Frances G. Spencer Collection of American Sheet Music

The Frances G. Spencer Collection of American Sheet Music is a collection of over 30,000 titles of American popular music spanning from the late 18th century to the early 20th century. It includes many first editions such as Jingle Bells and Battle Hymn of the Republic, as well as first editions of prominent American composers of the time such as Stephen Foster and Scott Joplin. The collection was acquired by Baylor University in 1965. In 2000, an effort began to digitize the entire collection with a TexTreasures grant which funded the imaging and cataloging of the collection.