The Stephen Foster Collection And Archive
The Stephen Foster Collection and archives are the largest collection of primary source materials on the life and work of composer Stephen Foster. The collection consists of documents and other items of historical interest related to the life and work of Stephen Foster. It resides in the Stephen Foster Memorial at the University of Pittsburgh. Josiah K. Lilly donated an almost complete set of first edition music. The memorial houses sketchbooks and other memorabilia. The process of assembling the collection was methodical, well-organized and funded by various non-governmental and governmental sources. The cost of maintaining the collection is partially funded by the University of Pittsburgh. Purpose Stephen Foster, one of the most influential composers in American history, never composed an autobiography or made any autobiographical statements. Following his death in 1864, his brother Morrison Foster, apparently ashamed by Stephen's association with abolitionists, destroyed n ...
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Fosters or Foster's may refer to: Places * Fosters, Alabama * Fosters, Michigan * Fosters, Ohio Television * The Fosters (British TV series), ''The Fosters'' (British TV series), a short-lived British sitcom that ran from 1976 to 1977 * The Fosters (American TV series), ''The Fosters'' (American TV series), an American drama series that aired on Freeform from 2013 to 2018 * ''Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends'', an animated television show on Cartoon Network Other * Foster's Cafeterias, a chain of cafeterias in San Francisco, California from the 1940s to 1972 * Foster's English Muffins, sourdough English muffins sold at Foster's cafeterias to take home * Foster's Group, an Australian brewer and distributor * Foster's Lager, an Australian beer * Fosters Freeze, a chain of fast-food restaurants in California * Fosters of Lincoln, British agricultural machinery company, William Foster & Co. * Fosters' Bank, in Cambridge, England * Foster and Partners, also known as Fosters, a Br ...
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