Family & Social Life

Donations to the Museum have preserved irreplaceable evidence about generations of ordinary Americans. Objects from the Copp household of Stonington, Connecticut, include many items used by a single family from 1740 to 1850. Other donations have brought treasured family artifacts from jewelry to prom gowns. These gifts and many others are all part of the Museum's family and social life collections.

Children's books and Sunday school lessons, tea sets and family portraits also mark the connections between members of a family and between families and the larger society. Prints, advertisements, and artifacts offer nostalgic or idealized images of family life and society in times past. And the collections include a few modern conveniences that have had profound effects on American families and social life, such as televisions, video games, and personal computers.

All-American Glee Club. side 1: Rambling Wreck From Georgia Tech (track 1) Hail to Georgia (track 2) Cavalier Song/Virginia, Hail, All Hail (track 3); side 2: Carolina's Day (track 1) Hark!
Description
All-American Glee Club. side 1: Rambling Wreck From Georgia Tech (track 1) Hail to Georgia (track 2) Cavalier Song/Virginia, Hail, All Hail (track 3); side 2: Carolina's Day (track 1) Hark! The Sound of Tarheel Voice/Here Comes Carolina (track 2) (Victor 26684), from the album, College Songs, Vol. 3 - Southern (Victor P 34).
78 rpm.
Location
Currently not on view
recording date
1940
manufacturer
Victor
ID Number
1988.0384.25
accession number
1988.0384
maker number
26684
catalog number
1988.0384.25
All-American Glee Club. College Songs, Vol. 4 - Pacific Coast (Victor P 36). 3-disc set. (album for 1988.0384.27 - .29).78 rpm.Currently not on view
Description
All-American Glee Club. College Songs, Vol. 4 - Pacific Coast (Victor P 36). 3-disc set. (album for 1988.0384.27 - .29).
78 rpm.
Location
Currently not on view
recording date
1940
manufacturer
Victor
ID Number
1988.0384.26
accession number
1988.0384
maker number
P 36
catalog number
1988.0384.26
Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra. side 1: Stompy Jones; side 2: Delta Serenade (Victor 20-1533). form the album, A Duke Ellington Panorama (Victor P-138).78 rpm. Side 1 was originally recorded in 1934 and released on Victor 24521.
Description
Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra. side 1: Stompy Jones; side 2: Delta Serenade (Victor 20-1533). form the album, A Duke Ellington Panorama (Victor P-138).
78 rpm. Side 1 was originally recorded in 1934 and released on Victor 24521. Side 2 was originally recorded in 1934 and released on Victor 24755. The album was released in 1943.
Location
Currently not on view
recording date
1934
release date
1943
recording artist
Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra
manufacturer
Victor
ID Number
1978.0670.668
accession number
1978.0670
maker number
20-1533
P-138
catalog number
1978.0670.668
side 1: Hawaiian Quintette. Aloha Oe (Farewell to Thee); side 2: S. M. Kaiawe with the Hawaiian Quintette. Kuu Home (Native Plantation Song) (Victor 18577).78 rpm.Currently not on view
Description
side 1: Hawaiian Quintette. Aloha Oe (Farewell to Thee); side 2: S. M. Kaiawe with the Hawaiian Quintette. Kuu Home (Native Plantation Song) (Victor 18577).
78 rpm.
Location
Currently not on view
recording date
1913
composer
Queen Lili'uokalani
recording artist
Hawaiian Quintette
lyricist
Montano, Mary J.
recording artist
Kaiawe, S. M.
manufacturer
Victor
ID Number
2000.3053.1678
catalog number
2000.3053.1678
label number
18577
nonaccession number
2000.3053
Benny Goodman Trio. side 1: After You've Gone; side 2: Oh, Lady Be Good! (Victor 40-0107), from the album, Victor Hot Jazz, Vol. 2: Benny Goodman (Victor HJ-2).78 rpm. Side 1 was originally recorded in 1935 and released on Victor 25115.
Description
Benny Goodman Trio. side 1: After You've Gone; side 2: Oh, Lady Be Good! (Victor 40-0107), from the album, Victor Hot Jazz, Vol. 2: Benny Goodman (Victor HJ-2).
78 rpm. Side 1 was originally recorded in 1935 and released on Victor 25115. Side 2 was originally recorded in 1936 and released on Victor 25333. The album was released in 1945.
Location
Currently not on view
recording date
1935
1936
release date
1945
recording artist
Benny Goodman Trio
manufacturer
Victor
ID Number
1978.0670.671
accession number
1978.0670
maker number
40-0107
HJ-2
catalog number
1978.0670.671
United States Navy Band. side 1: Anchors Aweigh; side 2: All Hands (Victor 21296).78 rpm. This record is not part of the original Victor P 32 set. The correct record is Victor 26672.Currently not on view
Description
United States Navy Band. side 1: Anchors Aweigh; side 2: All Hands (Victor 21296).
78 rpm. This record is not part of the original Victor P 32 set. The correct record is Victor 26672.
Location
Currently not on view
recording date
1928
release date
1940
recording artist
United States Navy Band
manufacturer
Victor
ID Number
1988.0384.19
accession number
1988.0384
maker number
21296
catalog number
1988.0384.19
maker number
P 32
Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra. side 1: East Saint Louis Toodle-Oo; side 2: The Mooche (Victor 20-1531), from the album, A Duke Ellington Panorama (Victor P138).78 rpm. Side 1 was originally recorded in 1928 and released on Victor 21703.
Description
Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra. side 1: East Saint Louis Toodle-Oo; side 2: The Mooche (Victor 20-1531), from the album, A Duke Ellington Panorama (Victor P138).
78 rpm. Side 1 was originally recorded in 1928 and released on Victor 21703. Side 2 was originally recorded in 1927 and released on Victor V-38034. The album was released in 1943.
Location
Currently not on view
recording date
1928
1927
release date
1943
recording artist
Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra
manufacturer
Victor
ID Number
1978.0670.666
accession number
1978.0670
maker number
20-1531
P-138
catalog number
1978.0670.666
Lionel Hampton and his Orchestra. side 1: Ring Dem Bells; side 2: Rhythm, Rhyhm (I Got Rhythm) (Victor 40-0111), from the album, Victor Hot Jazz Series, Vol. III: Lionel Hampton (Victor HJ-3).78 rpm. Side 1 was originaly recorded in 1938 and released on Victor 26017.
Description
Lionel Hampton and his Orchestra. side 1: Ring Dem Bells; side 2: Rhythm, Rhyhm (I Got Rhythm) (Victor 40-0111), from the album, Victor Hot Jazz Series, Vol. III: Lionel Hampton (Victor HJ-3).
78 rpm. Side 1 was originaly recorded in 1938 and released on Victor 26017. Side 2 was originally recorded in 1937 and released on Victor 25586. The album was released in 1945.
Location
Currently not on view
recording date
1938
1937
date made
1945
recording artist
Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra
manufacturer
Victor
ID Number
1978.0670.663
accession number
1978.0670
maker number
40-0111
HJ-3
catalog number
1978.0670.663
All-American Glee Club. side 1: Roll On, Tulane (track 1) Fight for L.S.U./Alma Mater (track 2); side 2: Blue and White/Dear Old Duke (track 1) Washington and Lee Swing/College Friendships (track 2) (Victor 26683), from the album, College Songs, Vol.
Description
All-American Glee Club. side 1: Roll On, Tulane (track 1) Fight for L.S.U./Alma Mater (track 2); side 2: Blue and White/Dear Old Duke (track 1) Washington and Lee Swing/College Friendships (track 2) (Victor 26683), from the album, College Songs, Vol. 3 - Southern (Victor P 34).
78 rpm.
Location
Currently not on view
recording date
1940
manufacturer
Victor
ID Number
1988.0384.24
accession number
1988.0384
maker number
26683
catalog number
1988.0384.24
side 1: Al Jolson. Snap Your Fingers; side 2: Collins and Harlan. I Want To Be in Dixie (Victor 17075)78 rpm. Side 1 was recorded in 1911. Side 2 was recorded in 1912. This pressing was released in 1923.Currently not on view
Description
side 1: Al Jolson. Snap Your Fingers; side 2: Collins and Harlan. I Want To Be in Dixie (Victor 17075)
78 rpm. Side 1 was recorded in 1911. Side 2 was recorded in 1912. This pressing was released in 1923.
Location
Currently not on view
recording date
1912
1911
recording artist
Jolson, Al
Collins, Arthur
Harlan, Byron G.
manufacturer
Victor
ID Number
1985.0256.01
accession number
1985.0256
maker number
17075
catalog number
1985.0256.01
Bunny Berigan and his Orchestra. side 1: Jelly-Roll Blues; side 2: Black Bottom (Victor 20-1502), from the album, Bunny Berigan Memorial Album (Victor P-134).78 rpm. Side 1 was originally recorded in 1938 and released on Victor 26113.
Description
Bunny Berigan and his Orchestra. side 1: Jelly-Roll Blues; side 2: Black Bottom (Victor 20-1502), from the album, Bunny Berigan Memorial Album (Victor P-134).
78 rpm. Side 1 was originally recorded in 1938 and released on Victor 26113. Side 2 was originally recorded in 1937 and released on Victor 26138. The album was released in 1944.
Location
Currently not on view
recording date
1937
1938
date made
1937
release date
1944
recording artist
Bunny Berigan and his Orchestra
manufacturer
Victor
ID Number
1978.0670.674
accession number
1978.0670
maker number
20-1502
P-134
catalog number
1978.0670.674
Texas Jim Robertson. side 1: O Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie (The Dying Cowboy); side 2: In Texas for the Round-Up in the Spring (Victor 27551), from the album, 'Round the Campfire (Victor P-84).78 rpm.Currently not on view
Description
Texas Jim Robertson. side 1: O Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie (The Dying Cowboy); side 2: In Texas for the Round-Up in the Spring (Victor 27551), from the album, 'Round the Campfire (Victor P-84).
78 rpm.
Location
Currently not on view
recording date
1941
recording artist
Robertson, Texas Jim
manufacturer
Victor
ID Number
1996.0320.05232
maker number
27551
P-84
accession number
1996.0320
catalog number
1996.0320.05232
Texas Jim Robertson. side 1: Home on the Range; side 2: The Cowboy's Dream (Victor 27550), from the album, 'Round the Campfire: Famous American Cowboy Songs (Victor P 84).78 rpm.Currently not on view
Description
Texas Jim Robertson. side 1: Home on the Range; side 2: The Cowboy's Dream (Victor 27550), from the album, 'Round the Campfire: Famous American Cowboy Songs (Victor P 84).
78 rpm.
Location
Currently not on view
recording date
1941
recording artist
Robertson, Texas Jim
manufacturer
Victor
ID Number
1996.0320.05227
maker number
27550
P-84
accession number
1996.0320
catalog number
1996.0320.05227
side 1: The Dixieland Jazz Group of "NBC's Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street" with Lena Horne. Aunt Hagar's Blues; side 2: The Dixieland Jazz Group of "NBC's Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street." East St.
Description
side 1: The Dixieland Jazz Group of "NBC's Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street" with Lena Horne. Aunt Hagar's Blues; side 2: The Dixieland Jazz Group of "NBC's Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street." East St. Louis Blues (Victor 27544), from the album, The Birth of the Blues: An Album Of W.C. Handy Music (Victor P 82).
78 rpm.
Location
Currently not on view
recording date
1941
recording artist
Horne, Lena
Dixieland Jazz Group of NBC's CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY of Lower Basin Street
manufacturer
Victor
ID Number
1979.1023.156
accession number
1979.1023
maker number
27544
P 82
catalog number
1979.1023.156
Alexander Kipnis with Balalaika Orchestra. side 1: The Innocent Siberian Exile; side 2: Lullaby (Victor 10-1014), from the album, Russian Folk Songs (Victor M 917).78 rpm.Currently not on view
Description
Alexander Kipnis with Balalaika Orchestra. side 1: The Innocent Siberian Exile; side 2: Lullaby (Victor 10-1014), from the album, Russian Folk Songs (Victor M 917).
78 rpm.
Location
Currently not on view
release date
1943
recording artist
Balalaika Orchestra
Kipnis, Alexander
manufacturer
Victor
ID Number
1979.1023.145
accession number
1979.1023
maker number
M 917
10-1014
catalog number
1979.1023.145
side 1: John Allison with Sawyer's Minutemen. The Capture of Major Andre; side 2: John and Lucy Allison with Sawyer's Minutemen.
Description
side 1: John Allison with Sawyer's Minutemen. The Capture of Major Andre; side 2: John and Lucy Allison with Sawyer's Minutemen. Nathan Hale [rack 1] Cornwallis's Country Dance (track 2) (Victor 26461), from the album, Ballads of the American Revolution and The War of 1812 (Victor P-11).
78 rpm.
recording date
1939
recording artist
Allison, John
Allison, Lucy
Minute Men
manufacturer
Victor
ID Number
1979.1023.152
accession number
1979.1023
maker number
P-11
26461
catalog number
1979.1023.152
Texas Jim Robertson. side 1: Home on the Range; side 2: The Cowboy's Dream (Victor 27550), from the album, 'Round the Campfire: Famous American Cowboy Songs (Victor P-84).78 rpm.Currently not on view
Description
Texas Jim Robertson. side 1: Home on the Range; side 2: The Cowboy's Dream (Victor 27550), from the album, 'Round the Campfire: Famous American Cowboy Songs (Victor P-84).
78 rpm.
Location
Currently not on view
recording date
1941
recording artist
Robertson, Texas Jim
manufacturer
Victor
ID Number
1996.0320.05231
maker number
27550
P-84
accession number
1996.0320
catalog number
1996.0320.05231
Lionel Hampton and his Orchestra. side 1: China Stomp; side 2: Stompology (Victor 40-0110), from the album, Victor Hot Jazz Series, Vol. III: Lionel Hampton (Victor HJ-3).78 rpm. Side 1 was originally recorded in 1937 and released on Victor 25586.
Description
Lionel Hampton and his Orchestra. side 1: China Stomp; side 2: Stompology (Victor 40-0110), from the album, Victor Hot Jazz Series, Vol. III: Lionel Hampton (Victor HJ-3).
78 rpm. Side 1 was originally recorded in 1937 and released on Victor 25586. Side 2 was originally recorded in 1937 and released on Victor 25601. The album was released in 1945.
Location
Currently not on view
recording date
1937
release date
1945
recording artist
Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra
manufacturer
Victor
ID Number
1978.0670.662
accession number
1978.0670.662
maker number
40-0110
HJ-3
catalog number
1978.0670.662
Bunny Berigan and his Orchestra. side 1: I Can't Get Started; side 2: Frakie and Johnnie (Victor 20-1500), from the album, Bunny Berigan Memorial Album (Victor P134).78 rpm. Side 1 was originally recorded in 1937 and released on Victor 36208.
Description
Bunny Berigan and his Orchestra. side 1: I Can't Get Started; side 2: Frakie and Johnnie (Victor 20-1500), from the album, Bunny Berigan Memorial Album (Victor P134).
78 rpm. Side 1 was originally recorded in 1937 and released on Victor 36208. Side 2 was originally recorded in 1937 and released on Victor 25616. The album was released in 1944.
Location
Currently not on view
recording date
1937
release date
1944
recording artist
Bunny Berigan and his Orchestra
manufacturer
Victor
ID Number
1978.0670.672
accession number
1978.0670
maker number
20-1500
P-134
catalog number
1978.0670.672
Alexander Kipnis with Balalaika Orchestra. side 1: Kalinka (The Mulberry); side 2: Night (Victor 10-1016), from the album, Russian Folk Songs (Victor M 917).78 rpm.Currently not on view
Description
Alexander Kipnis with Balalaika Orchestra. side 1: Kalinka (The Mulberry); side 2: Night (Victor 10-1016), from the album, Russian Folk Songs (Victor M 917).
78 rpm.
Location
Currently not on view
release date
1943
recording artist
Balalaika Orchestra
Kipnis, Alexander
manufacturer
Victor
ID Number
1979.1023.147
accession number
1979.1023
maker number
M 917
10-1016
catalog number
1979.1023.147
Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra. side 1: Dusk; side 2: Warm Valley (Victor 20-1534), from the album, A Duke Ellington Panorama (Victor P-138).78 rpm. Side 1 was origiinally recorded in 1940 and released on Victor 26677.
Description
Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra. side 1: Dusk; side 2: Warm Valley (Victor 20-1534), from the album, A Duke Ellington Panorama (Victor P-138).
78 rpm. Side 1 was origiinally recorded in 1940 and released on Victor 26677. Side 2 was originally recorded in 1940 and released on Victor 26796. The album was released in 1943.
Location
Currently not on view
recording date
1940
release date
1943
recording artist
Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra
manufacturer
Victor
ID Number
1978.0670.669
accession number
1978.0670
maker number
20-1534
P-138
catalog number
1978.0670.669
Texas Jim Robertson. side 1: O Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie (The Dying Cowboy); side 2: In Texas for the Round-Up in the Spring (Victor 27551), from the album, 'Round the Campfire (Victor P-84).78 rpm.Currently not on view
Description
Texas Jim Robertson. side 1: O Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie (The Dying Cowboy); side 2: In Texas for the Round-Up in the Spring (Victor 27551), from the album, 'Round the Campfire (Victor P-84).
78 rpm.
Location
Currently not on view
recording date
1941
recording artist
Robertson, Texas Jim
manufacturer
Victor
ID Number
1996.0320.05228
maker number
27551
P-84
accession number
1996.0320
catalog number
1996.0320.05228
All-American Glee Club. side 1: Harvardiana (track 1) Down the Field/Boola Boola (track 2); side 2: Princeton Tiger Gridiron March (track 1) Cannon Song (track 2) (Victor 26670), from the album, College Songs, Vol. 1 - Eastern (Victor P 32).78 rpm.Currently not on view
Description
All-American Glee Club. side 1: Harvardiana (track 1) Down the Field/Boola Boola (track 2); side 2: Princeton Tiger Gridiron March (track 1) Cannon Song (track 2) (Victor 26670), from the album, College Songs, Vol. 1 - Eastern (Victor P 32).
78 rpm.
Location
Currently not on view
recording date
1940
manufacturer
Victor
ID Number
1988.0384.20
accession number
1988.0384
maker number
26670
catalog number
1988.0384.20
maker number
P 32
John and Lucy Allison with Sawyer's Minutemen.
Description
John and Lucy Allison with Sawyer's Minutemen. side 1: Free Americas [track 1] Unhappy Boston [track 2] The White Cockade [track 3]; side 2: Yankee Doodle [track 1] The Boston Tea Tax [track 2] (Victor 26458), from the album, Ballads of the American Revolution and The War of 1812 (Victor P-11).
78 rpm.
recording date
1939
recording artist
Allison, John
Allison, Lucy
Sawyer's Minutemen
manufacturer
Victor
ID Number
1979.1023.149
accession number
1979.1023
maker number
P-11
26458
catalog number
1979.1023.149

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