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ROBERT L. TONSING COLLECTION OF 19TH CENTURY MUSIC
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Series 1 Box 1 Volumes 1-5 Contains collected sheet music, bound in book form, for voice and piano.
Box 2 Contains four volumes entitled: The Popular Song Collection, World of Song, Album of Music, and Gems of the Dance.
Series 2 Box 2 FF 1-3 Contains booklets and articles concerning Kansas regiments as well as photographs of sheet music covers.

 

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Box 1 Volume 1 of collected sheet music for voice and piano
Box 1 Vol. 1 1877 Angels Met Him At The Gate
Box 1 Vol. 1 1873 Come Holy Spirit
Box 1 Vol. 1 1873 Saviour, Thou Art Ever Near
Box 1 Vol. 1 1868 There's Nothing True But Heaven!
Box 1 Vol. 1 1874 We Are Trav'ling To Mount Zion
Box 1 Vol. 1 1870 The Beautiful Hills
Box 1 Vol. 1 1855 The Child Of The Regiment or Ask Me Not Why
Box 1 Vol. 1 1866 "Erin Is My Home"
Box 1 Vol. 1 1868 'Twas Within A Mile Of Edinboro'town
Box 1 Vol. 1 1855 Ellen Boideachd or Row Weel, My Boatie Row Weel
Box 1 Vol. 1 n. d. I'm Over Young To Marry Yet
Box 1 Vol. 1 1855 Ilka Blade O' Grass
Box 1 Vol. 1 1855 There Grew In Bonnie Scotland
Box 1 Vol. 1 1873 Dinna Forget Yer Mither, Sandie
Box 1 Vol. 1 n. d. The Dream Is Past
Box 1 Vol. 1 1855 Bonnie Bessie Lee
Box 1 Vol. 1 1855 Hame Cam Our Gudeman At E'en
Box 1 Vol. 1 1866 The Spider And The Fly
Box 1 Vol. 1 1848 Ben Bolt or "Oh Don't You Remember!"
Box 1 Vol. 1 1867 Bonnie Scotland I Adore Thee
Box 1 Vol. 1 1861 Bonnie Aileen
Box 1 Vol. 1 n. d. The Dream Is Past
Box 1 Vol. 1 n. d. Comin' Through The Rye
Box 1 Vol. 1 n. d. Buy A Broom
Box 1 Vol. 1 n. d. The Echo Duet
Box 1 Vol. 1 1857 O, Come To The Forest
Box 1 Vol. 1 1854 Ben Bolt
Box 1 Vol. 1 1864 Les Cloches Du Soir (The Evening Bells)
Box 1 Vol. 1 n. d. Drift My Bark
Box 1 Vol. 1 1876 That Banner A Hundred Years Old
Box 1 Vol. 1 1876 We'll Blow Our Horn For Hayes
Box 1 Vol. 1 1875 1776 Centennial Ode 1876
Box 1 Vol. 1 1861 The Star Spangled Banner
Box 1 Vol. 1 1872 "Alice," Medley
Box 1 Vol. 1 1872 The Absurdity Of It
Box 1 Vol. 1 n. d. The Apology or You Know
Box 1 Vol. 1 1874 "Mother's Gone Crusading"
Box 1 Vol. 1 1868 Nobby Samuel
Box 1 Vol. 1 1875 Only In Fun
Box 1 Vol. 1 1874 Now Or Never
Box 1 Vol. 1 1871 Better Be Out Of The World Than Out Of Fashion
Box 1 Vol. 1 1874 My Linda Love
Box 1 Vol. 1 1874 Sly Cupid
Box 1 Vol. 1 1875 Pretty Little Jakey
Box 1 Vol. 1 1875 As Pretty As A Little Butterfly
Box 1 Vol. 1 1876 All Tied Back
Box 1 Vol. 1 n. d. A Free Lance Am I or The Soldier Of Fortune
Box 1 Vol. 1 n. d. Gold, Gold, Gold
Box 1 Vol. 1 1872 You Never Miss The Water Till The Well Runs Dry
Box 1 Vol. 1 1869 Ecstasy
Box 1 Vol. 1 n. d. The Heart Bow'd Down
Box 1 Vol. 1 1866 O Tell Me, Tell Me Birdies Wild
Box 1 Vol. 1 n. d. Margaret At The Spinning-Wheel
Box 1 Vol. 1 1875 The Flower Girl
Box 1 Vol. 1 1870 They Bid Me Call It All A Dream
Box 1 Vol. 1 1854 It Is Better To Laugh Than Be Sighing
Box 1 Vol. 1 1875 The Quareling Duet
Box 1 Vol. 1 1875 Christine Of Sweden
Box 1 Volume 2 of collected sheet music for voice and piano
Box 1 Vol. 2 1872 Our Little Pet
Box 1 Vol. 2 n. d. My Love Has Gone A Sailing
Box 1 Vol. 2 1875 De Old Church-Yard In De Lane
Box 1 Vol. 2 n. d. Then You'll Remember Me
Box 1 Vol. 2 1874 Fare Well!
Box 1 Vol. 2 1865 I Am Dying, Egypt, Dying
Box 1 Vol. 2 1874 "Would Ye Leave Your Home, Robin?"
Box 1 Vol. 2 n. d. Susan's Story
Box 1 Vol. 2 1869 Come Sit By My Side, Little Darling
Box 1 Vol. 2 1857 O'er The Billow Our Light Bark Is Dancing
Box 1 Vol. 2 1866 "In The Days When We Went Gipsying"
Box 1 Vol. 2 1872 Goodbye, Eva Darling
Box 1 Vol. 2 1874 The Last Good-Night
Box 1 Vol. 2 1866 Tenderly Bury The Fair Young Dead
Box 1 Vol. 2 1866 "Ten O'Clock" or Remember Love, Remember
Box 1 Vol. 2 1871 Three Little Words
Box 1 Vol. 2 1878 "Softly Shone The Stars Of Heaven"
Box 1 Vol. 2 1873 "No Little One To Meet Me"
Box 1 Vol. 2 1874 On The Beautiful Blue Danube
Box 1 Vol. 2 1873 I Have No Home
Box 1 Vol. 2 1873 "Papa Is Calling Me Home"
Box 1 Vol. 2 1873 "Tenderly Think Of The Dead!"
Box 1 Vol. 2 1873 Julia! 'Tis Of Thee I Sing
Box 1 Vol. 2 1873 'Neath The Waves Her Spirit Wanders
Box 1 Vol. 2 1873 Pretty Evaline Adair
Box 1 Vol. 2 1872 When The Light Waves Rippling Play
Box 1 Vol. 2 1869 I'll Remember You In My Prayers
Box 1 Vol. 2 1866 Teach Oh! Teach Me To Forget
Box 1 Vol. 2 1867 There Are Lonely Hearts To Cherish
Box 1 Vol. 2 1871 The Beautiful Days That Are Past
Box 1 Vol. 2 1874 Send For Mother, Birdie's Dying
Box 1 Vol. 2 1874 Cover Them Over With Beautiful Flowers
Box 1 Vol. 2 1874 Sleep, Dearest, Sleep
Box 1 Vol. 2 1872 "A Maiden Sat Complaining!"
Box 1 Vol. 2 1873 Dream Of Love
Box 1 Vol. 2 1873 Far Away Where Angels Dwell
Box 1 Vol. 2 1873 Little Bue Eyes
Box 1 Vol. 2 n. d. When The Tide Comes In
Box 1 Vol. 2 1875 Father, Bring Home Your Money To-Night!
Box 1 Vol. 2 1875 Heaven Bless Mamma!
Box 1 Vol. 2 1875 A Brave Boy's Plea
Box 1 Vol. 2 1874 One Happy Year Ago
Box 1 Vol. 2 1874 The Last Good-Night
Box 1 Vol. 2 1872 "The Lover's Parting"
Box 1 Vol. 2 1871 The Kiss She Gave Me At The Gate
Box 1 Vol. 2 n. d. Stay With Me
Box 1 Vol. 2 1868 Thou Art So Near And Yet So Far
Box 1 Vol. 2 1875 Remember Deeds Of Kindness
Box 1 Vol. 2 1875 "Sadie Darling"
Box 1 Vol. 2 1875 Kiss, And Forget All The Past
Box 1 Vol. 2 1875 "Darling Aroon!"
Box 1 Vol. 2 1875 The "Why" Of A Blush
Box 1 Vol. 2 1875 Oh! Little Silver Shining Thread
Box 1 Vol. 2 1860 The Ring My Mother Wore
Box 1 Vol. 2 1874 There's But One Sweet Song
Box 1 Vol. 2 1876 Lullaby
Box 1 Vol. 2 1876 Return to Me My Darling!
Box 1 Vol. 2 n. d. A Song For The Hearth And Home
Box 1 Volume 3 of collected sheet music for voice and piano
Box 1 Vol. 3 1868 Maggie Malone
Box 1 Vol. 3 1865 Little Maud
Box 1 Vol. 3 1866 John
Box 1 Vol. 3 n. d. The Brook
Box 1 Vol. 3 1871 The Little Church Around The Corner
Box 1 Vol. 3 1871 The Little Blue Shoes
Box 1 Vol. 3 1866 Robin Adair
Box 1 Vol. 3 1845 Mary Of The Wild Moor
Box 1 Vol. 3 n. d. Come Over The Ferry
Box 1 Vol. 3 1869 Making Love While On The Ice
Box 1 Vol. 3 1866 Kathleen Manvourneen
Box 1 Vol. 3 1867 Tin-Ni-Min-Ni-Win-Kum-Ka
Box 1 Vol. 3 1871 Reconcilliation
Box 1 Vol. 3 1870 Louie Lee
Box 1 Vol. 3 1869 My Heart Is Thine
Box 1 Vol. 3 1867 Mother's Waiting For Her Children
Box 1 Vol. 3 n. d. Home! Sweet Home!
Box 1 Vol. 3 1870 Do You Love Me? Tell
Box 1 Vol. 3 1869 I'm Waiting My Darling For Thee
Box 1 Vol. 3 1870 Give My Button-String To Sister
Box 1 Vol. 3 1871 Hear The Cry That Comes Across The Sea
Box 1 Vol. 3 1869 "Under The Snow"
Box 1 Vol. 3 1869 Unfinished Prayer
Box 1 Vol. 3 1871 That Little Church Around The Corner
Box 1 Vol. 3 1869 Her Image Lives Withing My Heart
Box 1 Vol. 3 1869 The Kingdom Of Home
Box 1 Vol. 3 1869 Cling To The Bible
Box 1 Vol. 3 1869 The Victory In Christ
Box 1 Vol. 3 n. d. Juanita
Box 1 Vol. 3 n. d. List, To The Convent Bells
Box 1 Vol. 3 1861 Brave Boys Are They!
Box 1 Vol. 3 n. d. The Murmuring Sea
Box 1 Vol. 3 n. d. From Our Merry Swiss Home
Box 1 Vol. 3 1869 We'll Have To Mortgage The Farm
Box 1 Vol. 3 1871 The Lovers Question
Box 1 Vol. 3 1870 She's So Sweet
Box 1 Vol. 3 1871 Happy Little Violets
Box 1 Vol. 3 1870 The Gay Masque Ball
Box 1 Vol. 3 n. d. Lovely Wilhelmina
Box 1 Vol. 3 n. d. Vegetable Joe
Box 1 Vol. 3 n. d. Here Stands A Young Man Who Wants A Sweetheart
Box 1 Vol. 3 n. d. The Mixed Up Family
Box 1 Vol. 3 1868 La Reine Des Roses
Box 1 Vol. 3 1866 Affection Waltz
Box 1 Vol. 3 1869 Balm Of A Thousand Flowers Waltzes
Box 1 Vol. 3 1869 Les Bords Du Missouri
Box 1 Vol. 3 1870 Morning Glory Waltz
Box 1 Vol. 3 1871 Rhein Waltz
Box 1 Vol. 3 1860 Duke Of Reichstadt Waltz
Box 1 Vol. 3 1870 Fig Polka
Box 1 Vol. 3 1870 Tremolo Polka
Box 1 Vol. 3 1867 Mountain Spring
Box 1 Vol. 3 1870 Octave
Box 1 Vol. 3 1868 Acorn Polka-Mazurka
Box 1 Vol. 3 1867 Silver Stream
Box 1 Vol. 3 1868 Dora Rail-Road Polonaise
Box 1 Vol. 3 n. d. Sans Souci
Box 1 Vol. 3 1868 Little Maud's
Box 1 Vol. 3 1866 Home Sweet Home
Box 1 Vol. 3 1866 Ben Bolt
Box 1 Vol. 3 1866 Annie Laurie
Box 1 Vol. 3 1866 Hours There Were
Box 1 Vol. 3 1866 Charity
Box 1 Vol. 3 1866 Blue Bells of Scotland
Box 1 Vol. 3 n. d. Les Cloches Du Monastere
Box 1 Vol. 3 n. d. Le Crépuseule
Box 1 Vol. 3 1866 Maryland My Maryland
Box 1 Vol. 3 1867 Fading Still Fading or The Last Beam Is Shining
Box 1 Vol. 3 1868 Pensées Fugitives (Fleeting Thoughts)
Box 1 Vol. 3 n. d. The Broken Heart
Box 1 Vol. 3 1868 Blissful Kisses
Box 1 Vol. 3 n. d. Robin And I
Box 1 Volume 4 of collected sheet music for voice and piano
Box 1 Vol. 4 1867 Janette
Box 1 Vol. 4 1853 Aileen Aroon
Box 1 Vol. 4 1867 The Golden Ring
Box 1 Vol. 4 1868 Thro' Beautiful Groves We'll Wander
Box 1 Vol. 4 n. d. Sing Birdie Sing
Box 1 Vol. 4 1868 Bird Of The Angel Wing
Box 1 Vol. 4 1868 Midnight Serenade
Box 1 Vol. 4 1868 Silvia Lee
Box 1 Vol. 4 1868 My Own Sweet Woodland Rose
Box 1 Vol. 4 1866 Happy May You Ever Be
Box 1 Vol. 4 1869 I Saw Her With A Rosy Wreath
Box 1 Vol. 4 1868 Meet Me Josie, At The Gate
Box 1 Vol. 4 1863 Vesper Song
Box 1 Vol. 4 1852 Maryland My Maryland
Box 1 Vol. 4 1863 Tread Lightly Ye Comrades
Box 1 Vol. 4 n. d. The Three Calls
Box 1 Vol. 4 1867 Don't You Go, Tommy
Box 1 Vol. 4 1868 I'm Not A Widow
Box 1 Vol. 4 1866 "Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep"
Box 1 Vol. 4 1864 "Come Home, Father!"
Box 1 Vol. 4 1864 "Voices That Are Gone"
Box 1 Vol. 4 1866 Home They Brought Her Warrior Dead
Box 1 Vol. 4 1865 Beautiful Spring
Box 1 Vol. 4 1868 Walking In The Rain
Box 1 Vol. 4 1865 Mister Carney, None Of Your Blarney
Box 1 Vol. 4 1865 My Mary Ann
Box 1 Vol. 4 1868 Rally, Boys, Rally! or "Reconstruction"
Box 1 Vol. 4 1868 U.S. Grant Is The Man
Box 1 Vol. 4 1868 The Great Coming Contest
Box 1 Vol. 4 1868 Grant The Darling Lion Hearted Shall Be Our Watchword
Box 1 Vol. 4 n. d. Music On The Waves
Box 1 Vol. 4 n. d. Greatest Plague On The Earth Is Love
Box 1 Vol. 4 1868 Aileen
Box 1 Vol. 4 1868 Fairy-Land March
Box 1 Vol. 4 1868 Potpourri Sur Fleur De Thè
Box 1 Vol. 4 1868 Little Maggie May
Box 1 Vol. 4 1868 Sweet Thoughts
Box 1 Vol. 4 1864 Un Ballo In Maschera
Box 1 Vol. 4 1868 The Baton Galop
Box 1 Vol. 4 1869 Grecian Bend Galop
Box 1 Vol. 4 1863 Musical Bouquet From "La Perichole"
Box 1 Vol. 4 1869 Le Premier Jour De Bonheur Waltz
Box 1 Vol. 4 1868 Ida's Morning Song
Box 1 Vol. 4 1868 Atchinson Waltz
Box 1 Vol. 4 1868 Dream-Land Mazurka
Box 1 Volume 5 of collected sheet music for voice and piano
Box 1 Vol. 5 1878 Softly Now The Light Of Day
Box 1 Vol. 5 1877 He Holds The Fort Of Heaven
Box 1 Vol. 5 1877 "Silver-Grey"
Box 1 Vol. 5 n. d. Grandfathers Chair
Box 1 Vol. 5 1877 Touch Me Gently, Father Time
Box 1 Vol. 5 1877 The Poor Old Tramp
Box 1 Vol. 5 1877 Dear Old Homestead
Box 1 Vol. 5 1877 Old Uncle Dan
Box 1 Vol. 5 1877 Our Old Brown Homestead
Box 1 Vol. 5 1878 The Old Water Mill or I've Built Me A Neat Little Cot
Box 1 Vol. 5 1877 Home Of My Childhood, Farewell
Box 1 Vol. 5 1878 The Cabin On The Hill
Box 1 Vol. 5 1878 Homeless And Alone To-Night
Box 1 Vol. 5 1877 The Old Homestead
Box 1 Vol. 5 n. d. I'm Called Little Buttercup
Box 1 Vol. 5 1877 Will His Letter Bring Me Sadness?
Box 1 Vol. 5 1878 Dream Eyes That Haunt Me Still
Box 1 Vol. 5 1878 Birdie's Return
Box 1 Vol. 5 1879 A Scentless Rose
Box 1 Vol. 5 1879 Rosebud
Box 1 Vol. 5 1877 Trust Me Darling - I'll Be True
Box 1 Vol. 5 1877 When The Blossoms Cover Us, Darling
Box 1 Vol. 5 1878 Loving Eyes That Answer Thine
Box 1 Vol. 5 1877 Vocal Waltzes As Sung In The Opera Of Love And War
Box 1 Vol. 5 1877 Drifting Along
Box 1 Vol. 5 1879 Thou Bonnie Bird
Box 1 Vol. 5 1879 If I Only Had A Beau
Box 1 Vol. 5 1879 "Down Where The Lilacs Bloom"
Box 1 Vol. 5 1879 I'll Sing Thee Songs Of Araby
Box 1 Vol. 5 1877 Sad Is The Heart
Box 1 Vol. 5 1878 Christmas Eve Waltz
Box 1 Vol. 5 n. d. The Turkish Patrol
Box 1 Vol. 5 n. d. Dahlia Polka
Box 1 Vol. 5 1877 Kansas Publishing House Galop
Box 1 Vol. 5 1870 Sweet By And By
Box 1 Vol. 5 1878 Galop
Box 1 Vol. 5 1878 Waltz
Box 1 Vol. 5 n. d. The Flying Deer
Box 1 Vol. 5 1879 In The Solitude
Box 1 Vol. 5 1877 Helen's Babies, In Their Little Bud
Box 1 Vol. 5 1868 Must I Then Go Away From The Town
Box 1 Vol. 5 1880 The Little Cadet
Box 1 Vol. 5 1879 Mint Sauce
Box 1 Vol. 5 1875 "Baby Mine"
Box 1 Vol. 5 1876 Grandfather's Clock
Box 1 Vol. 5 1877 Pretty Little Blue-Eyed Stranger
Box 1 Vol. 5 1878 In The Starlight
Box 1 Vol. 5 1878 There's A Letter In The Candle
Box 1 Vol. 5 1878 Within A Mile Of Edinburg Town
Box 1 Vol. 5 1878 The Murmuring Sea
Box 1 Vol. 5 1878 The Gipsy Countess
Box 1 Vol. 5 1878 Dear Little Shamrock
Box 1 Vol. 5 1878 When The Night Comes O'er The Plain
Box 1 Vol. 5 1878 Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still
Box 1 Vol. 5 1878 There's A Sigh In The Heart
Box 1 Vol. 5 1878 My Pretty Jane
Box 1 Vol. 5 1877 Mary's Promise; "Pledge Me, Love, In Sparkling Water"
Box 1 Vol. 5 1877 Redeemed!
Box 1 Vol. 5 1878 To-Night You've Been Drinking Again or I Thought That To-Night You'd Come Sober
Box 1 Vol. 5 1877 Angels Met Him At The Gate
Box 1 Vol. 5 1880 Lord, Forever At Thy Side
Box 1 Vol. 5 1869 Peter's Musical Monthly, Vol. III
Box 1 Vol. 5 1870 Peter's Musical Monthly, Vol. V-VI
Box 1 Vol. 5 1873 Peter's Musical Monthly, Vol. XI-XII
Box 2 Contains the following books: The Popular Song Collection, World of Song, Album of Music, and Gems of the Dance.
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Box 2 FF 1 Contains a booklet entitled A History of the 137th Infantry, An All-Kansas National Guard Regiment by Col. Charles H. Browne. At time of publication (1940), this regiment had been in service since 1861.
Box 2 FF 2 Contains a photograph of sheet music cover title page: "Dora Railroad Polonaise," composed by George H. Briggs. Also contains a photographs of sheet music cover title page: "We'll Have to Mortgage the Farm," words by C. Ernst Fahnestock, music by C. T. Lockwood.
Box 2 FF 3 Contains an article "From Stunning Loss to Amazing Victory," The Wichita Sunday Eagle and Beacon Feature, p. 4, 19, by Bob Tonsing, Sr. This article documents the role of the 8th Kansas Regiment in a Civil War battle near Chattanooga, Tennessee as commanded by John A. Martin in 1863.


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