This collection is arranged topically, and then by title. Topics include Beginners, Furman-related, Holidays, Images of African-American, Images of Women, International, Nineteenth Century, Regional, Religious, South Carolina, TV, Broadway, and Movie Scores, Twentieth Century, Wartime and Patriotic, and Women Composers.

The Sheet Music collection is comprised of primarily illustrated sheet music dating from the late nineteenth century to the twenty-first century. Representing a cross-section of popular music, most of the songs were selected for their images or composers.