Yes, I have a fairly good collection from circa 1890 to 1920.

They are not condusive to Digital Tradition type collection.

As the western states were settled and before the gramaphone "they all laughed we I sat at the piano."

Tunes - haunting melodies - like "The Black Hawk Waltz" or a rousing piece like "Ben Hur's Charriot Race" were published in the back pages of bound collections such as "Beautiful Gems of Thought and Sentiment."

Rather mushy - overdone stuff -

Within mine are included peculiar - non musical - handwritten copies - things like - "The Midnight Murder" with notation (an unpublished piece by E.A. Poe)

Sincerely,
Gargoyle