Finding Aid for Multnomah County Library (Portland, OR) Art and Music Department Cylinder Collection, 1900-1916 | The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

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Collection Overview

Title: Multnomah County Library (Portland, OR) Art and Music Department Cylinder Collection, 1900-1916

ID: 12/9/187

Primary Creator: Multnomah County Library (1902-)

Extent: 3.0 cubic feet

Arrangement: The cylinders are arranged alphabetically by title.

Date Acquired: 08/14/2026

Subjects: Bands, Banjo music, Hawaiian guitar music, Libraries, Oregon

Formats/Genres: Sound Recordings

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Consist of two- and four-minute phonographic cylinders collected by the Multnomah County (Portland, OR) Library's Art and Music Department, documenting cylinders produced by Columbia, Edison, and Oxford between 1900-1916. Of note are recordings of Hawaiian songs by Helen Louise and Frank Ferera, marches by John Philip Sousa, and Banjo solos by Van Eps. Also of note are a select number of four-minute recordings with two tracks.

Biographical Note

The Multnomah County Library has been in operation in Portland, Oregon since 1902. The library was the brainchild of a group of Portland businessmen, who established the Library Association of Portland and began acquiring books in 1864. In 1891, the Library Association opened a free public service and by 1902 the city of Portland began funding the library. Throughout the Twentieth Century, the library expanded its holdings, added departments, and opened several buildings around the city. The library was governed by the Library Association of Portland until 1990, when the Association transfered its buildings and holdings to the people of Multnomah County.

Subject/Index Terms

Bands
Banjo music
Hawaiian guitar music
Libraries
Oregon

Administrative Information

Repository: The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

Acquisition Source: Rachel Short

Acquisition Method: Purchase and transfer from the Multnomah County Library Archives.

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Series 1: Cylinder Collection, 1900-1916

Consists of 2-minute and 4-minute phonographic cylinders. Materials are arranged alphabetically by title.

Box 1

Item 1: Abide With Me, baritone solo, ca. 1902-1910: 2-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 33019.
Item 2: After They Gather the Hay, baritone solo, ca. 1904-1910: 2-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 33013.
Item 3: Almost Persuaded, baritone and tenor duet, ca. 1904-1910: 2-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 8416.
Item 4: American Patrol, band, ca. 1910: 4-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 4m.3001.
Item 5: Annie Laurie, male quartet, ca. 1906: 2-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 1255.
Item 6: The Arkansas Traveler, by Len Spencer, ca. 1910: 4-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 4m.3020.
Item 7: Awake, My Beloved, Awake, baritone solo, ca. 1904-1910: 2-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 32835.
Item 8: Back to the Carolina You Love, by Owen McCormack and orchestra, ca. 1915: 4-minute cylinder, Edison Blue Amberol no. 2562.
Item 9: Beautiful Isle of Somewhere, by James F. Harrison, ca. 1906-1910: 4-minute cylinder, Oxford no. 4m.3365.
Item 10: The Birds and the Brook, Columbia Orchestra, ca. 1906-1910: 2-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 31648.
Item 11: Black Jim, male quartet, ca. 1906-1910: 2-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 33201.
Item 12: Blue Feather, duet by Ada Jones and Walter Van Brunt, ca. 1906-1909: 2-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 1095.

Box 2

Item 1: A Bit O' Blarney, tenor solo, ca. 1904-1910: 2-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 32533.
Item 2: Blue Bell, vocal and orchestra, ca, 1902-1910: 2-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 32515.
Item 3: Blue Danube Waltz, band, ca. 1906-1910: 4-minute cylinder, Oxford no. 4m.3084.
Item 4: Boston Commandery March, band, ca. 1904-1910: 2-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 1572.
Item 5: Brother Masons, tenor solo, ca. 1904-1910: 2-minute cylinders, Columbia no. 32849.
Item 6: The Butterfly, flute and clarinet duet, ca. 1910: 4-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 4m.3025.
Item 7: A Call to Arms, male quartet, ca. 1904-1910: 2-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 32931.
Item 8: Can't You See I'm Lonely, tenor solo, ca. 1904-1910: 2-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 32946.
Item 9: Cocoanut Dance, band, ca. 1910: 2-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 1301.
Item 10: Convivial March, band, ca. 1904-1910: 2-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 31896.
Item 11: Creole Days, by Walter Van Brunt, ca. 1909-1910: 4-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 4m.3041.
Item 12: La Czarine Mazurka, band, ca. 1910: 4-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 4m.3040.

Box 3

Item 1: Dance of the Song Birds, orchestra, ca. 1904-1910: 2-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 32445.
Item 2: Darkies Dream, banjo solo by Fred Van Eps, ca. 1906-1912: 2-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 653.
Item 3: Edna Mazurka, orchestra and bells, ca. 1904-1910: 2-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 33029.
Item 4: El Capitan March, band, ca. 1906: 2-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 1176.
Item 5: El Capitan March, Columbia Orchestra, ca. 1904-1910: 2-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 15008.
Item 6: Face to Face, by Royal Dadmun, ca. 1906-1910: 4-minute cylinder, Oxford no. 4m.3366.
Item 7: The Golden West March, Prince's Military Band, ca. 1906-1907: 2-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 33102.
Item 8: Goodbye, Little Girl, Goodbye, tenor solo, ca. 1902-1910: 2-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 32546.
Item 9: Hannah, Won't You Open That Door?, baritone solo, ca. 1902-1910: 2-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 32508.
Item 10: Hero Girl's Dream, instrumental trio, ca. 1906-1910: 4-minute cylinder, Oxford no. 4m.3200.
Item 11: Hiawatha, by Baret, baritone solo, ca. 1903-1910: 2-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 32289.
Item 12: Hilo March, Helen Louise and Frank Ferera, 1916: 2-minute cylinder, Edison Blue Amberol no. 2927.

Box 4

Item 1: Honey Boy, male quartet, ca. 1906-1910: 2-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 33188.
Item 2: Honeymoon Waltz, trombone solo, ca. 1904-1910: 2-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 32863.
Item 3: I Will Love You When the Silver Thread..., by Manuel Romain, ca. 1910-1912: 4-minute cylinder, Oxford no. 4m.3305.
Item 4: I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now, by Henry Burr, ca. 1906-1909: 2-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 1258.
Item 5: If I had a Thousand Lives to Live, by Frank Stanley and Henry Burr, ca. 1908-1910: 4-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 4m.3013.
Item 6: If That Place Called Heaven Was Mine, baritone solo, ca. 1904-1910: 2-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 33089.
Item 7: I'm Wearing My Heart Away for You, baritone solo, ca. 1900-1910: 2-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 23358.
Item 8: In the Gloaming, baritone solo, ca. 1904-1910: 2-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 33054.
Item 9: In the Village by the Sea, vocal and orchestra, ca. 1902-1910: 2-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 32446.
Item 10: In the Village Tavern, Columbia Band, ca. 1904-1910: 2-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 1580.
Item 11: Jesus Lover of My Soul, choir, ca. 1910: 4-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 4m.3018.
Item 12: The Jolly Blacksmith, Columbia Orchestra, ca. 1904-1910: 2-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 3388.

Box 5

Item 1: Keep Your Foot on the Soft Pedal, by Fred Duprez, ca. 1910: 2-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 1296.
Item 2: Kiss Duet from A Waltz Dream, soprano and tenor duet, ca. 1906-1910: 2-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 33225.
Item 3: Kohala March Instrumental, Ford's Hawaiians, ca. 1916: 2-minute cylinder, Edison Blue Amberol no. 3446. FRAGILE: Inner ring of plaster of Paris is crumbling.
Item 4: Little Girl, You'll Do, baritone solo, ca. 1904-1910: 2-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 32790.
Item 5: Love Me and the World is Mine, tenor solo, ca. 1906-1910: 2-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 33184.
Item 6: Love Me Just Because from A Stubborn Cinderella, tenor solo, ca. 1906-1910: 2-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 33289.
Item 7: Madame Butterfly, band, ca. 1906-1910: 4-minute cylinder, Oxford no. 4m.3022.
Item 8: March de Molay Commandery, band, ca. 1906: 2-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 1257.
Item 9: Marriage Bells, for orchestra and bells, ca. 1900-1910: 2-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 31896.
Item 10: Me and Me Banjo, Prince's Military Band, ca. 1904-1910: 2-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 32816.
Item 11: Medley of Hawaiian Airs No. 1, Helen Louise and Frank Ferera, ca. 1916: 2-minute cylinder, Edison Blue Amberol no. 2917.
Item 12: Medley of Hawaiian Airs No. 2, Helen Louise and Frank Ferera, ca. 1916: 2-minute cylinder, Edison Blue Amberol no. 2941.

Box 6

Item 1: A Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year, by Bob Roberts, ca. 1910: 2-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 1289.
Item 2: The Messenger Boy March, orchestra, ca. 1904-1910: 2-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 31869.
Item 3: Mike's the Boy, by Bob Roberts, ca. 1909-1911: 2-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 1254.
Item 4: My Wild Irish Rose, tenor solo, ca. 1904-1906: 2-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 4188.
Item 5: Old Black Joe / Old Folks at Home, male quartet, ca. 1910: 4-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 4m.3031. Note: includes two distinct wave forms with a break between tracks.
Item 6: Orchestra Songe d'Automne (Dream of Autumn), ca. 1910: 4-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 4m.3043.
Item 7: One Sweetly Solemn Thought, tenor solo, ca. 1904-1910: 2-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 32492.
Item 8: On the Beach Medley, Waikiki Hawaiian Orchestra, ca. 1916: 2-minute cylinder, Edison Blue Amberol no. 2971.
Item 9: Only Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway, tenor solo, ca. 1904-1910: 2-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 32877.
Item 10: Powhattan's Daughter March, Prince's Military Band, ca. 1906-1910: 2-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 33199.
Item 11: Rainbow duet, by Frank Stanley and Henry Burr, ca. 1906-1908: 2-minute cylinder, Columbia no. 960.
Item 12: Return of the Arkansas Traveler, by Ada Jones and Len Spencer, ca. 1910: 4-minute cylinder, Oxford no. 4m.3108.

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