Indians in popular culture.

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"By the Waters of Minnetonka (An Indian Love Song)." Copyright Theo Presser Co.

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"By the Waters of Mionnetonka (An Indian Love Song)." Copyright Theodore Presser Co.

Content Description A broad collection of dime novels and story papers offering examples of the development of popular culture, as well as depictions of Native Americans in the era. The 4000-plus dime novels in our collection, these valuable pieces capture the beginnings of American popular culture. Although in the modern age “dime novel” has become a term to describe any quickly written, lurid potboiler and as such is generally used as a pejorative to describe a sensationalized yet superficial piece of...

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"Four American Indian Songs." Founded upon tribal melodies. Dedicated to Miss Alice Cunningham Fletcher. Copyright White-Smith Music Publishing Company.

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"Indian Love Call." Arthur Hammerstein presents "Rose-Marie, a musical play." Book and lyrics by Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein; music by Rudolf Friml and Herbert Stothart. Copyright Harms, Inc.

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Consists of business correspondence, documents, and photographs relating to Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Included in the collection are documents relating to Pawnee Bill's (Gordon W. Lillie) Old Town and Great Far East Show, a proposed radio program, "The Last of the Frontier Scouts," and photographs.

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"Ten Little Indians." A comic song and chorus. Published by Sep. Winner.