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A collection of clippings from 1907 through 1946 about the singing actress Nora Bayes

Typescript, undated -- Lacks some of the music. Script is autographed and marked by actress Carol Teitel, wife of the adaptor, who played 2 roles in the musical

Correspondence and writings of journalist and humorist author Ring Lardner. Also estate papers, including royalty records through 2003, biographical materials, publicity and reviews, adaptations of writings, and a few photographs.

The papers give a brief and sporadic look at the careers of Edward and Alfred Darling.

Photographs, manuscripts and memorabilia, as well as 78 rpm and LP recordings, cassette tapes, player piano rolls, music books, and histories, and a cast collection of original sheet music of popular music composers and performers from the turn of the century through the 1960s. Artists represented include Harry Von Tilzer, Gus Edwards, Jay Gorney, Eva Tanguay, Nora Bayes, Bert Williams, Al Jolson, Eddie Cantor, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Cole Porter, Duke Ellington, Eubie Blake, Fats Waller, Jerome Kern, Richard Rogers, Oscar Hammerstein II, Guy Lombardo, Tommy Dorsey, Glenn Miller, Otis Black well, Elvis Presley, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Elton John and Billy Joel

The Darling papers document the careers of vaudeville executives Edward V. and Alfred T. Darling -- Included in the collection is correspondence and memoirs of Edward Darling for the years 1901-1951, photographs from 1922-23 which are mostly of Alfred, and clippings scrapbooks for each of their careers spanning the years 1899-1952. Of particular interest is the typescript of Edward Darling's unfinished memoirs, composed ca. 1946-7, in which he writes of many prominent performers with whom he worked, including Sophie Tucker, Nora Bayes, and Jack Benny, among others. Also included is a contract proposing financial terms for the book with his intended co-author, as well as a later letter to a friend explaining why he abandoned the project. There are numerous clippings and a souvenir booklet related to star performer Eva Tanguay, who was reported to be engaged to Edward Darling in 1909, although the marriage did not take place. There is also a typed list naming every vaudeville act which ...

book by Chas. Dickson ; lyrics by O.A. Hauerbach ; music by Karl L. Hoschna (Jos. M Gaites' musical production "Bright Eyes") -- New York : M. Witmark, c1909 -- -- words by Will. Dillon ; music by Harry von Tilzer -- New York : Harry Von Tilzer Music Pub. Co., c1909 -- -- Jas. A. Bland -- New York : Hitchcock, c1880 -- -- American version written & sung by Nora Bayes & Jack Norworth ; introduced in Lew Fields production "The Jolly Bachelors" ; written and composed by Tom Mellor, Alf. J. Lawrence, Harry Gifford -- New York : T.B. Harms & Francis Day & Hunter, c1910 -- -- written & composed by C.W. Murphy & Will Letters ; successfully introduced by Nora Bayes of Bayes & Norworth in Lew Fields production "The Jolly Bachelors" -- New York : T.B. Harms & Francis Day & Hunter, c1909

Printed playbills and programs from productions presented at theaters in New York City, New York, USA.