Wilma Ferrel Collection
Scope and Contents
The Wilma Ferrel Collection consists of popular Hawaiian style music that is arranged for steel guitar. Many of the pieces were published by the Oahu Publishing Company. The collection is arranged in alphabetical order by title of the piece or series.
Dates
- Creation: 1903-1968
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge. Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Biographical / Historical
Wilma Ferrel lived in Columbus, Ohio where she acquired this sheet music. Ferrel used both the tablature and standard sheet music to learn the popular music of the time. At the beginning of the 20th century Hawaiian style music grew in popularity in America. Around this time Harry G. Stanley founded the Oahu Publishing Company. The Oahu Publishing Company published popular Hawaiian style music. The company survived until a short time after Stanley's passing in 1965. The Oahu Publishing Company was headquarted in Cleveland, Ohio and distributed many of the sheet music pieces collected by Ferrel. Ferrel acquired and used the sheet music to take notes for introductory steel guitar courses.
Full Extent
0.42 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Wilma Ferrel Collection consists of popular Hawaiian style music that is arranged for steel guitar. Ferrel acquired and used the sheet music to take notes for introductory steel guitar courses.
- Title
- Guide to the Wilma Ferrel Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- 2023-08-07
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections & Archives Repository
University Library
California State University, Northridge
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