Banjo collection
- Collection
- Hamilton College Library Digital Collections
- Collection Designation
- Special Collections
- Genre
- Ephemera
- Publications
- Language
- English
- Description
- This collection contains banjo related materials acquired from the Robert Fraker Collection of Nineteenth-Century Banjo Instruction Manuals. The materials are currently held by the Special Collections Department at Hamilton College. The contents of the collection include 36 banjo instruction manuals, 32 minstrel broadsides, 3 published dissertations, 2 music sales catalogs, 1 loose piece of sheet music, sermons, essays, and other writings.
- Note
A digital exhibit featuring 19th century banjo instruction manuals can be found here. The exhibit includes an introduction to the banjo, banjo manuals, and biographies of the authors of the manuals.
A selected bibliography of primary resources on the history of the banjo can be found here.
- Institutional Owner
- Hamilton College Library Digital Collections
- Restrictions on Access
- There are no restrictions on access to this resource.
Manifest
- Christian Goodwillie
- Director and Curator of Special Collections and Archives
- E-mail: cgoodwil@hamilton.edu
- Telephone: (315) 859-4447
- Special Collections
- Burke Library
- 198 College Hill Road
- Clinton, NY 13323
