James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection (Digitized) | The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

Consists of sheet music arranged in three series, 1) General and Country Music, 2) Military Music, and 3) Jewish American Music. The 934 titles of World War I-era sheet music titles in series 2 were digitized between 2013 and 2015. These titles are fully searchable in the University of Illinois' Digital Library Platform (see link above). File organization can be found on the Sousa Archives finding aid for the collection.

These titles have also been linked to the James Frances Driscoll Collection of World War I titles, which are housed at the Newberry Library, but which are hosted on the University of Illinois Digitial Library platform. The Driscoll Sheet Music Collection  can be found here: https://digital.library.illinois.edu/collections/e5ad80f0-8529-0135-01fc-0050569601ca-e

Staff Access to preservation, nearline, and access copies can be found in three locations on Medusa.

First, materials in series 1 and 3 can be found in the James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection at: https://medusa.library.illinois.edu/collections/595.

Second, materials in series 2 can be found in the James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection at: https://medusa.library.illinois.edu/collections/1164.

Third, the James Francis Driscoll Collection from the Newberry Library can be found at: https://medusa.library.illinois.edu/collections/1232