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Digital Collections

Our Digital Collections include:

Stephen Foster's Sketchbook

Fully digitized version of Foster's sketchbook, searchable by any term that appears in the book.

Stephen Foster's Sheet Music: we are in the process of creating a digital archive of Stephen Foster's sheet music, including all editions and variants, from the very first editions to those created in the early twentieth century. This remarkable collection will be online in 2011.

Additional Foster related items available through the University's Digital Research Library:

The Stephen Foster Memorial at the University of Pittsburgh: A Tribute to the Composer Whose Melodies Have Become Heart Songs of the American People

Fully digitized version of the pamphlet written for the dedication of the Stephen Foster Memorial in 1937. Part of the Historic Pittsburgh collection of the University of Pittsburgh's digital library.

The Minstrel of the Alleghenies by Harvey B. Gaul.

Full digitzed version of the pamphlet describing Stephen Foster's life.

The Chronicles of Stephen Foster's Family, Volume I, by Evelyn Foster Morneweck.

Fully digitized version of the first volume of Foster's niece's biography of her famous uncle, including extensive illustrations and full texts of family letters.

The Chronicles of Stephen Foster's Family, Volume II, by Evelyn Foster Morneweck.

Fully digitzed version of the second volume of Foster's niece's biography of her famous uncle, including extensive illustrations, full-text of family letters, and genealogical information on the Foster family.