A.W Auner, a song publisher based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania throughout the 19th century, played a pivotal role in spreading both Irish and American ballads across the United States. Although A.W. Auner was mainly active from the 1860s to 1890, the publisher was likely associated with Auner & Johnson, another song publisher that published ballads in the mid-19th from 12 South 8th Street. Through musical ballads such as ‘My Native Land’ and ‘Police Gazette’, songs printed by A.W. Auner reflected the Irish immigrant experience through a mixture of humor and tragedy tethered to a longing for Ireland. Alongside song publication, A.W. Auner provided card and job printings represented through military records published in 1884 and currently held by the Historical Society of Pennyslvania. A.W. Auner moved a number of times throughout its existence, with many locations now making up Philadelphia’s present-day Chinatown, in which the publisher formerly occupied addresses such as North 10th Race St. and 110 North 10th St. As stated by the Princetown University Library, from 1865 to 1874, A.W. Auner additionally resided in 11th and Market St.