Von Tilzer / Gumm Collection

Processed by the Music Division of the Library of Congress

1993


Collection Summary
	Creator	Von Tilzer, Harry, 1872-1946
	Creator	Gumm, H. Harold
	Title	Von Tilzer / Gumm Collection
	Span Dates	1878-1959(bulk 1900-1949)
	Abstract:	The Von Tilzer / Gumm Collection consists of both personal and professional papers of composer and music publisher Harry Von Tilzer (1872-1946) and his brother, H. Harold Gumm (1881 or 82-1973), who was a lawyer, agent, and producer in the entertainment business. After having served as attorney for the Harry Von Tilzer Music Publishing Co. (HVTMPC) for several decades, Harold Gumm served as executor of Harry Von Tilzer's estate and took over the company when Von Tilzer died in 1946. This collection contains the records of the HVTMPC which are inextricably combined not only with Harry Von Tilzer's papers but also with Gumm's papers and those of his firm Goldie & Gumm. Von Tilzer's personal papers include correspondence, writings, legal and financial documents, and drafts of his autobiography. The HVTMPC materials primarily consist of music (manuscript and printed), lyrics (manuscript and typewritten), scripts, legal and financial records, and a catalog of works published by HVTMPC. Most of Gumm's subject files relate to his activities as an agent for many prominent black performers of the 1930s and 1940s. Materials relating to their brothers (music publisher Will Von Tilzer; songwriter Albert Von Tilzer; and Jules and Jack Von Tilzer, who both worked in the family business) also appear in the collection. In addition, the collection contains programs, photographs, and clippings.
	Extent:	approximately 11,000 items77 containers26.0 linear feet
	Language:	Material in English
	Identification:	ML31.V67

Biographical Note

Harry Von Tilzer was born Harold Gumm on July 8, 1872 to Jacob and Sarah Tilzer Gumm in Goshen, Indiana. At the age of fourteen he ran away to join the circus, and at seventeen joined the Chamberlain Stock Company in Chicago, changing his name from Gumm to a variant of his mother's maiden name, Von Tilzer. He moved to New York in 1892, and was a performer on the vaudeville circuit for many years, frequently partnered with George Sidney and managed by Tony Pastor. In conjunction with his vaudeville performing, he had been writing songs, and in New York began to peddle them in Tin Pan Alley -- a slang term for the music-publishing district that has been credited to Von Tilzer himself. He joined the publishing firm of Shapiro, Bernstein in 1899, but soon left to form his own firm, the Harry Von Tilzer Music Publishing Co. (HVTMPC), in 1902.

In his unpublished biography (many drafts of which are found in this collection), Von Tilzer claims to have written over 8000 songs during his career, of which 2000 were published, some of the best known being "A Bird in a Gilded Cage" (1900), "In the Sweet Bye and Bye" (1902), "The Cubanola Glide" (1909), and "That Old Irish Mother of Mine" (1920). In addition, he wrote the music for and financed the production of a number of musicals, including The Fisher Maiden (1903), Heigh Ho (1905), and The Kissing Girl (1909). In addition to writing and publishing songs, Von Tilzer was active in establishing organizations such as the Song Writers' Protective Association, and, as an early and active member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), joined with composers such as Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Victor Herbert and John Philip Sousa in attempting to effect changes in the music copyright laws.

Harry Von Tilzer had several brothers, most of whom also took the name Von Tilzer: Will Von Tilzer, a music publisher in his own right who was president of the Broadway Music Corporation; Albert Von Tilzer, a songwriter who settled in California and is best known for songs such as "Take Me Out to the Ball Game;" Jules Von Tilzer, who worked with his brother Harry at the HVTMPC; and Jack Von Tilzer, who also worked for a time in the family business. Only H. Harold Gumm retained the family name, and started the firm of Goldie & Gumm with partner William V. Goldie. Trained as a lawyer, Gumm was active on both the East and West Coasts as a theatrical agent and attorney who had as clients some of the best known black performers of the 1930s and 1940s.

The firm of Goldie & Gumm also handled the legal affairs of the Harry Von Tilzer Music Publishing Co. up to and following Harry's death in January of 1946. At that point, Harold Gumm, executor of Von Tilzer's estate, took over as the president of the publishing company. Partner William Goldie continued to handle the firm's legal matters from that point, but Gumm's activities as a theatrical agent were largely curtailed. Extensive litigation over the HVTMPC catalog dragged through the 1940s and 1950s, and the catalog was put up for sale in 1957.

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Scope and Content Note

The Von Tilzer / Gumm Collection consists of both personal and professional papers of composer and music publisher Harry Von Tilzer and his brother, H. Harold Gumm, who was both a lawyer and an agent cum producer in the entertainment business. The date span of the collection is from 1878 to 1959, with the bulk of the materials dating between the early 1900s and the 1940s. Because Harold Gumm served as executor of Harry Von Tilzer's estate and took over the Harry Von Tilzer Music Publishing Co. when Von Tilzer died in 1946 (after having served as attorney for the publishing house for several decades), the records of the HVTMPC are inextricably combined not only with Harry Von Tilzer's papers but also with Gumm's papers and those of Goldie & Gumm. Various papers of Harry's other brothers also appear in the collection. Therefore, although the collection has been organized into traditional series according to type of materials, within each series type the materials are divided into the following categories by originator (where necessary): Harry Von Tilzer, Estate of Harry Von Tilzer, Harry Von Tilzer Music Publishing Co., [Other Von Tilzer brothers], H. Harold Gumm, William V. Goldie, and Goldie & Gumm.

The personal papers of Harry Von Tilzer consist of writings, correspondence, and various legal and financial documents. There are several manuscript and typewritten drafts of his unpublished autobiography, which chronicles not only his own experiences as a vaudevillian and composer but also the development of the music publishing business in New York from the turn of the century through the 1930s. Noteworthy in his correspondence is that with one of his primary collaborators, lyricist Andrew B. Sterling. His legal papers include song contracts with other publishers, including those dating from before he established his own publishing house in 1902. The records of his estate, both legal and financial, provide additional insight into his personal and family ties, particularly his relationship with his stepdaughter, Aimee V. Samuels.

The materials in the collection from the records of the Harry Von Tilzer Music Publishing Co. consist primarily of music, lyrics, scripts, and legal and financial records. There is a significant amount of songs, with over 800 titles in manuscript form, ranging from lead sheets without words to complete piano-vocal scores. There are an additional five boxes of lyric sheets, both manuscript and typewritten, some of which designate the letter names of notes over the words to indicate the intended melody. An ASCAP listing of the HVTMPC catalog, revised in 1957, provides the most recent itemization of the publisher's list (see box 69).

Several musicals are represented in the collection, including orchestral scores and parts for The Kissing Girl, The Fisher Maiden, and Tiddleywinks (or Snowdrop and the Pirates). There are four boxes of scripts without music as well, representing authors such as Dolph Singer, Frances Nordstrom, and Junie McCree. A number of untitled "gags" and "specials" in manuscript form are also included.

The financial records of the HVTMPC are far from complete, including ledgers, financial reports, ASCAP royalty distributions and the like but covering only limited and erratic date spans. The legal files of the HVTMPC are far more substantial, particularly in the contracts and litigation files. There are more than 120 song contracts in the collection, as well as numerous other contracts with authors and producers. The litigation files are highlighted by the papers of HVTMPC vs. Jerry Vogel Music Co. et al and its appeal, the correspondence, depositions, and other trial documents of which fill four boxes and span the years 1937 to 1955.

The subject files and correspondence are among the most noteworthy of H. Harold Gumm's papers. Most of Gumm's subject files consist of the correspondence, programs, financial records, and/or clippings relating to his activities as an agent for black performers such as Georgette Harvey, Jester Hairston, Rex Ingram, and Teddy Hale. Another file documents Gumm's participation in a touring production of Cabin in the Sky, originating in Chicago and starring Ethel Waters, Todd Duncan, and Rex Ingram. Gumm's correspondence with Walter Meyers, a Hollywood agent, and William Redford, Gumm's California representative, document Gumm's activities as an agent and producer involved in stage, film, and ultimately television productions.

The photographs in the collection include not only numerous professional and personal shots of Harry Von Tilzer and his brothers but also many photographs of early vaudeville performers, some of which bear inscriptions to Harry or Albert Von Tilzer. Other series include an assortment of programs from music halls and vaudeville houses dating from 1906 to 1940 and a large number of clippings from the late 1800s to the 1950s.

Claudia Widgery, September 1993

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Selected Search Terms

People

Duke, Vernon, 1903-1969. Cabin in the sky.
Gum family.
Gumm, H. Harold--Archives.
Gumm, H. Harold--Correspondence.
Gumm, H. Harold.
Gumm, H. Harold.
Gumm, H. Harold. Von Tilzer / Gumm collection. 1878-1959.
Hairston, Jester, 1901-2000.
Hale, Teddy.
Harvey, Georgette.
Ingram, Rex, 1895-1969.
McCree, Junie, 1865-1918.
Nordstrom, Frances.
Singer, Dolph, 1900-1942.
Sterling, Andrew B., b. 1874--Correspondence.
Von Tilzer, Albert.
Von Tilzer, Harry, 1872-1946--Archives.
Von Tilzer, Harry, 1872-1946--Correspondence.
Von Tilzer, Harry, 1872-1946--Photographs.
Von Tilzer, Harry, 1872-1946.
Von Tilzer, Harry, 1872-1946.
Von Tilzer, Harry, 1872-1946. Songs. Selections.
Von Tilzer, Jules.

Organizations

Goldie & Gumm.
Harry Von Tilzer Music Pub. Co.
Harry Von Tilzer Music Pub. Co.
Harry Von Tilzer Music Pub. Co.--Archives.

Subjects

African American entertainers.
Composers--United States--Correspondence.
Music publishers--United States.
Music publishing--United States.
Music--Manuscripts--19th century.
Music--Manuscripts--20th century.
Musical theater--United States--19th century.
Musical theater--United States--20th century.
Popular music--1901-1910.
Popular music--1911-1920.
Popular music--To 1901.
Theatrical agents--United States.
Vaudeville--United States.

Form/Genre

Clippings (Information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Financial records.
Legal correspondence.
Legal documents.
Photographic prints.
Programs (Documents)
Scripts (Documents)
Songs (Document genre)

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Organization of the Von Tilzer / Gumm Collection

The Von Tilzer / Gumm Collection is organized into 13 series:

Biographical Materials
Writings
Correspondence
Music
Scripts
Subject Files
Legal Papers
Financial Papers
Catalog of the Harry Von Tilzer Music Publishing Co.
Programs
Photographs
Clippings
Miscellany

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Container List

Biographical Materials

This series contains manuscript and typewritten materials, mostly undated; biographical summaries and press releases; lists of songs and musicals by the Von Tilzers; transcripts of interviews with Harry Von Tilzer; typescripts of articles about Harry Von Tilzer; miscellaneous.

Biographical data (typewritten biographical summaries, press release, etc.)

List of biographical data (for California) [citations of clippings about Harry Von Tilzer]

List of songs by Harry Von Tilzer

List of songs by Albert Von Tilzer

List of musicals by Albert Von Tilzer

List of songs - Miscellaneous

The Story behind the Song [descriptions of songs by Harry Von Tilzer]

Transcripts of interviews with Harry Von Tilzer, 1939 and undated (2 folders)

"Harry and Albert Von Tilzer" [typescript of article for Billboard, March 19, 19--]

"3000 Songs Before His First Real Hit" [typescript of article for Cosmopolitan, July 1926]

Membership cards of Harry Von Tilzer

Writings

This series contains manuscript and typescript items, mostly undated; Harry Von Tilzer's autobiography (several versions); and writings by others regarding Harry Von Tilzer's autobiography, such as synopses, screen treatments, and comments.

Writings by Harry Von Tilzer

Mister Tin Pan Alley, Himself Typescript, 164 p., with cover letter from Harry Von Tilzer to H. Harold GummTypescript, 164 p.Typescript, 159 p. (complete)

Story of Harry Von Tilzer's Career Typescript, 194 p.

Story of Harry Von Tilzer's Career Typescript, partial, 23 p.

[Untitled autobiography] Holograph manuscript, pencil on oversize brown paper, 65 p.

[Untitled autobiography] Typescript, 158 p.

Writing a Popular Song Holograph manuscript, 5 p.

Writings by Others

Culver, Lillian. Synopsis of Mister Tin Pan Alley, Himself

Herzig, Sig, and Albert Lewis. Take Me Back to New York Town [treatment of the Von Tilzer Story, 1949]

Shaw, E. A. Synopsis of Mister Tin Pan Alley, Himself

The Von Tilzers: Skeleton Synopsis of Mister Tin Pan Alley, Himself

Suggested Screen Treatment of the Von Tilzers

H. Harold Gumm's comments on the life story of Harry Von Tilzer

Correspondence, 1921-1958

This series contains correspondence sent and received by Harry Von Tilzer (boxes 2-4), H. Harold Gumm (boxes 5-10), and William V. Goldie & others (box 10).

Arranged alphabetically by correspondent, with the office correspondence of H. Harold Gumm arranged chronologically by year.

Harry Von Tilzer

Adams, Robert W.

American Red Cross

Anheuser-Busch, inc.

D. Appleton-Century Company

A.S.C.A.P.

Ash, Paul

Aucoin, Lionel A.

Authors League of America

Aylward, James P.

Baer, Arthur "Bugs"

Bellos, George

Irving Berlin, Inc.

Bernard, Sam

Bird, Carol

Brahany, Thomas

Bryan, Vincent

Bye, George T.

Capital Music Co.

Cerf, Bennett

Cochrane, Nick

Cohan, George M.

Conn, Dick

Cooper, Charles G.

Costello, Harry F.

Curtis, Billy

Davis, Clare B.

Decca Records, Inc.

Diamond, Louis S.

Dillon, William A.

Dreyfus, Max

Durling, E. V.

Edwards, Leo

Federal Trade Commission

Feist, Leo

Fox, Harry

Francis, Day & Hunter

Goldie, William V.

Green, Abel

Grosvenor Library

Gumm, H. Harold

Harmon, Roy

Healy, Vincent

Hill, Gus

Hueston, Billy

Indiana University

Jones, Francis Arthur

Kenny, Nick

Kerr, Harry D.

Kings Feature Syndicate

Lang, Helen

Levish, Thomas

Lewis, Ted (Mrs.)

Lucas, Jimmie

Maddock, C. B.

Martin, Hunter

McKeon, Joseph H.

Moran, Edward P.

Munters, Saul L.

Murphy, E. H.

Murphy, Mrs. Stanley (Elizabeth M.)

Music Dealers Service

Music Publishers' Holding Corp.

Music Publishers' Protective Association

National Variety Artists

Newman, Alfred

Nizer, Louis

O'Brien, A. H.

Peer, Ralph

Platzman, Eugene

Powell, W. Templar

Progressive Music Publishers

Ringle, Dave

The Rotarian

Ruby, Harry

Salkow, Irving

Samuels, Aimee V.

Seamon, Harry

Segool, Benjamin

Shapiro, Elliot

Singer, Dolph

Smith, Robert Garland

Snyder, Ted

Song Writers' Protective Association

Spaeth, Sigmund

Sterling, Andrew B. (4 folders)

Tamarin, Al

Theatre Guild, Inc.

Tucker, Sophie

USO Camp Shows, Inc.

Vestal, A. H.

Von Tilzer, Karlyn

Von Tilzer, William

Ward, Kathrin Clare

Wattenberg, A. M.

Whipple, Odell

Whiting, Sadie

Winchell, Walter

Miscellaneous

Jules Von Tilzer

Albertina, Ethel

Burton, Jack

Campbell, S. Brunson

Ferguson, Dave

Goldie, William V.

Hynard, Marjorie

Jewish Theatrical Guild of America

Johnson, Irbie

Kendis, Lillian (Mrs. James)

Radcliffe, Ella

Saltpeter, Sophie

Salvador & Nigro

Shapiro, Elliot

Sontag, Sophie

Sterling, Andrew B.

Terker, Arthur

Von Tilzer, Albert

Steven Wise Free Synagogue

Miscellaneous (2 folders)

re: HVTMPC payments

H. Harold Gumm

Arnow, Max (3 folders)

A.S.C.A.P. (4 folders)

Beale, Ella

Benjamin, Ben

Bernstein, Harry M.

Blau, Victor

Blumberg, Nate J.

Blume & Jolles

Blume, Jolles, Gruber, Szabad & Gerson

Borinstein, Manuel R.

Bornstein, Saul

Brandon, Joseph M.

Broadway Muisc Corp.

Bryk, Hugo

Davis, Irving K.

DeMarco, Tony & Sally

Douglass, John W.

Dreyer, Louis A.

Finkelstein, Jake R.

Fitzgerald, Leo

Fox, Harry

Foyer, Bernie

Garfunkel, George

Gilbert, L. Wolfe

Gleis, Stanley N.

Goldberg, Jack

Goldie, William V.

Greer, Norman & Gloria

Gumm, Elizabeth

Gumm, Trudy (Mrs. H. Harold)

Hennigs, Frank

Higgins, Joe & Sadie

Hirsch & Co.

Kepler, Tobias A.

Klausner, Bertha

Landers, Rolli (Mrs. Lou)

Leibner, Sol L.

Lewis, Albert

Lewis, Ted & Adah

Library of Congress

McEathron, Margaret (Mrs. C. N)

McLaughlin, Edward J.

McPherson, Harry

Metropolitan Life Insurance

Meyers, Abe

Meyers, Walter (3 folders)

Miller, Taps

Mitchell, Mae

Moran, Edward

Leo Morrison, Inc.

New York Times Sunday Magazine

Orsatti Agency

Page, Olivia

Paul, Robert T.

Radio Station KNX

Redford, William (2 folders)

Reinhardt, Max

Romberg, Sigmund

Salkow, Irving

Saltpeter, Sophie

Singer, Wally (Mrs. Leo)

Smitman, Ralph

Sontag, Mae

Spaeth, Sigmund

Starn, E. A (HVTMPC, 1921-1922)

Sterling, Andrew B.

Sullivan, Ed & Sylvia

Thomas, Earl G.

U. S. Treasury Dept.

Von Tilzer, Albert

Von Tilzer, Jules

Von Tilzer, Will & Blanche

Wing, Ted & Patricia

Winkler, Daniel M.

Albert Woodley Co.

re: Harry Von Tilzer Memorial Tribute, 1946-1954

Negotiations re: Sale of HVTMPC in 1957

Office correspondence, from the files of H. Harold Gumm 1946-1958, (7 folders)

Miscellaneous correspondence from the files of H. Harold Gumm (by subject):

Automobile

Banks

Domestic help

Health care and interrment

Hotels

Investments

Sympathy notices

Miscellaneous

Address list [manuscript, in the hand of H. Harold Gumm]

William V. Goldie

Broadway Music Corp.

Mahoney, Jack

Mitchell, Mae

Phillips, Nizer, Benjamin & Krim

Sherwood, Vince

Miscellaneous

Correspondence from others to the following:

Dorner, Charles J.

Preston, Walter

Singer, Dolph

Music

Vocal Music, Manuscripts

Contains lead sheets (with or without text), piano scores, piano-vocal scores and more. Mostly undated.

Arranged alphabetically by title.

Abba dabba [also known as Monkey song]Stone Piano; text

ABC Medley

Abie and me and the baby Lew Brown, Harry Von Tilzer Piano-vocal; parts

Abraham

Absent minded Mary Harry Von Tilzer Piano-vocal (without words); 1st violin; text

Aching hearts

Achoo song Chas Robinson

Ah-ah-ah-ah I'll tell my Ma Text

Ain't that guy got nerve Piano; text

Ain't that mean

Alabama bound

All by our lonely 1st violin part (conductor)

All comes out in the wash Harry Von Tilzer

All sorts of eyes

All the girls lovely girls

Alley

Alone in the dark (duet from Mad Love) Piano; text

Along the Milky Way Piano; text

America

American bookmakers

An angel

Angel of love Tommy Ray

Anton, he's a craze

Any old man will do (duet, Eleanor & Pussy)

Any old night is moonlight when you're on Broadway Text

Arrah go long with you see Green in your eye

At the lovers' ball

At the old town pump Piano; six saxophones; text

At the Yiddish wedding dance

Attic Harry Von Tilzer, Phil White

Auld lang syne Frank Fogarty Piano

Babette [Minuet] Piano

Baby Piano; female quartet; cornet part

Baby o' mine

Baby, save your kisses for meFrank Tinarey, Fred Strasser, Joe Hartig Piano-vocal

Baby smiles at me Lead sheet

Bad, bad baby Kids' routine

Baldy

Bamboo bungalow

Band played Dixie

Barnyard gale

Bass viol Male quartet

Bathing Ben Welch

Batter up Male quartet

Battery F

Battle for living Frank Fogarty, Grace Edmonds Piano

The beautiful snow Andrew B. Sterling, Harry Von Tilzer Piano-vocal

Billy's Betty girl

Bing bing Text

The bluebird's lament Text

Blues Pinkard, Marian Lewis Lead sheet; trombone part

Booby-house

Book

Book song

Bridget McCann, you're a jewel Vincent Bryan, Harry Von Tilzer Piano-vocal

Bring back Rowland, Pall Mall 3 Quartet; male trio

Broadway Text

The Broadway handicap

Broadway must be heaven Bassoon part

Broadway scale of love Piano; text

Broadway touch Text

Broken heart Ed Barnes

Brother Mike Frank Fogarty Piano

Brotherly love Jack Norworth, Harry Von Tilzer Text

Brutus Caesar

Bubbles Wells

Busy bee Ben

Buy a liberty bond for the baby Ed Moran, Harry Von Tilzer Piano

Bye and bye Quartets

Cabby Piano

Can't get away from me Harry Hastings

Can't keep my eyes Bergeron, King

Can't you see Nat Vincent Lead sheet

Captain Curly Head

Carolina sunshine Wm. K. Wells; Pall Mall 3; 6 Kirksmiths; Rover; Mrs. Thornton Piano; trios; quartets

Castle in Spain Sam Howe

Cat is away

Cause of it all Myrtle & Pauli

Celia (1903) Harry Wellman Text; contract

Charity Bensee & Baird

Cheat

Cheer up Big City 4 Piano-vocal (without words); quartet

Cherie

Chicken farm

Choo choo car

Chop sticksJack Norworth

Christmas

Christofo Colombo Al Piantadosi

Circus (excerpts) Leo Hoyt

The circus band

Come and dance with me

Come back to me (Spanish coon song) Frank Hayes

Come on over Harry Von Tilzer, Grace Fisher Lead sheet; text

Come on Susan, come on Joe Text

Come to the circus

Consequences Vincent Bryan, Harry Von Tilzer Text

Coochi coochi coo Text

Cotton blossom Sue

Couldn't happen to me

Country

Croquet Dolph Singer, Harry Von Tilzer Text

Cry baby

Cuckoo reel

The custard pie song (Act II, no. 12)

Curiosity

Cute little plane for two

Daddy knows

Dance medley Tom Overholt

Dance of death (Finale, Act I)

Dancing by the sea Text

Dat spoony rag W. Raymond Walker Piano

Days (new patter) Arranged by Ed. Smalle Piano

Dear old mother days

Disappointed Piano

Discovered you Vocal parts

Dixie Romain & La Pearl; Leslie Connell Trio Trio; male quartet

Does anybody want my Fido? Garfield Kilgour, Harry Von Tilzer (1919) Piano-vocal; text

Does you love Honey

Doing hi bit

Doll Mrs. Sydney Male quartet

Dolly shook her golden curls

Do they do those things in New York Edward Clark 1st violin part

Do you get me?

Done before Piano

Don't do that Ed Moran, Harry Von Tilzer, Lillian Lorraine Piano-vocal; piano; parts; text

Don't know where Quartets

Don't make me laugh

Don't say good-bye Dannie O'Neil Piano; lead sheet

Don't stop Text

Don't talk about home Harry Von Tilzer

Don't wake me up

Don't you remember me? Text

Doo-da

Doo dah dey

Doodle doodle doo

Dooley did the booly booly Text

Down by the river Nile George Totten Smith, Harry Von Tilzer Piano-vocal

Down in Madagascar land

Down in rag-time row

Down on the farm

Dreams Sterling 3 Piano; vocal quartet; trio

Dreams come true

Ebenezer

Egypt

Eli

Ely, good bye

End of world

Every morning Text

Ev'ry tear is a smile (in an Irishman's heart) Piano

Everybody knows that I love you, dear Text

Everybody's on the make

Exposition four Flute and trombone parts

Eyes can't see me

Faces across the bar Harry Von Tilzer, Fred Nolan

Fairy tales

The famous galloping girl

Far away lookHarry Von Tilzer Parts

Far far away

Farewell Miss Clarabelle

Farmer Piano

Father said something to mother

Finger in the pie

Fool out of Broadway

French Phil White

Funny little walk

Game of love Childs in F Piano

Ganges River

Garden of lies

Gay Paree Midgie Miller

Gee ain't I glad I'm home

Genevieve

Gentleman Charlotte Parry

Georgia Sterling Trio Quartet arrangement

German heaven

The ghost of the ukelele Piano; text

Ginger

Girl for me Millard & Gay Lorette

The girl I left

The girl I left before I left Mahoney, Harry Von Tilzer (1909) Piano-vocal; text

Girl song Three parts

A girl who don't like the boys

A girl who's one of the boys

Give me the right to call you mine Harry Von Tilzer; Sterling Trio Guitar/vocal; vocal trio

Give my love to Nellie

Golden days Piano; lead sheet

Goodbye Antonio

Goodbye Susan, goodbye Jane

Good for nothing Doris Wilson Three vocal parts

Good man now

The good ole song of the blue and gray

Good ship Honeymoon

Good time Charlie Text

Gorilla grab

Got nothing

Gowns Herlein Piano; text

Grape juice bill

Great big world

Green in your [me] eye (also known as Arrah go long with you) Eddie Moran, Harry Von Tilzer Piano; instrumental parts; text

The greeter May Hickey

Gumshoe man

Gunga

Hackensack

Hannah's going to get me sure

Happy hunting ground

Harry

Harvest days Piano

Harvest moon Elm City 4 Male quartet; female quartet

Has anybody got an umbrella

Have a heart Sterling, Harry Von Tilzer Piano-vocal

Have you forgotten so soon? Harry Von Tilzer (1935) Piano-vocal (with guitar); piano

Have you no heart

He learned about women from me Text

He was a hero in the army Phil Baker

He was talking

He's always doing something Piano

Hebrew sailor song Sam Howe

Hello! Boys, I'm back again Harry Von Tilzer Piano; parts

Help Piano; lead sheet

Hennessey

Here's your hat

Highland Mary (Dance for) Eddie Foy

The hippodrome evangelist Piano

Hm hm let's see Billy Montgomery, George Perry Piano; parts

Hokum

Holding hands

Homesick

Honestly think

Honey bee Sterling, Harry Von Tilzer (1926) Piano

Honeymoon R. C. McPherson, Chris Smith Text

Honoloo Text

Honolula cabaret Piano

Hot time

How about tonight?

How can I help

How much am I bid Addison Burkhardt Text

How would you like in my auto car

Huckle

Husband Miss Le Roy Piano

I can't guess that you love me Text

I could be coaxed Sterling, Harry Von Tilzer Piano-vocal (partial); text

I don't count for nothin' Text

I don't want another girlie

I feel it

I gave her that Ed Moran, Dave Weisburg, Dave Kaplan Piano; text

I got an idea Dolph Singer, Harry Von Tilzer

I hate you

I heard different Adair and Gaylor Piano

I just came from old Missouri

I know all about it now George Duval, Jr. Text

I know just where she hangs out

I know nothing of love Anna Ford Piano; parts

I left my old Kentucky home for you Text

I love a little lovin

I love to make up with you

I love you even more dan dat

I might be coaxed but not by you Harry Von Tilzer

I never knew that I loved you Lead sheet

I never that a girl like you Piano

I.O.U.

I really hate to talk about myself Text

I sez Wimperis and Davidson/Davidson Piano-vocal (without words); text

I tried to make a fool out of B'way Harry Von Tilzer Piano

I used to be a regular actor

I used to call her honey

I want a boy Harry Von Tilzer Piano; text

I want a mama

I want a man Harry Von Tilzer Piano; text

I want a playmate

I want someone to float me Edward Clark Piano-vocal; text

I want to be good Frank Fay, Dave Dreyer Piano-vocal; piano

I want to be loved Margaret Ford, Al Doyle

I want to be somebody's baby Ed Smalle, Jesse Greer Lead with words (duet)

I want you Text

I wish I were you Ballard Macdonald, Harry Piani (1911) Lead sheet

I won the family over

I wouldn't be surprised Piano

I'd do as much for you Text

I'd do the same for you

I'd like to change places with you Text

I'd like to meet the fella that wrote...

If all the nurses were like you... Pauli Piano

If I catch the guy

If I wait till the end of the world Harry Von Tilzer

If it wasn't for you

If old Bill Jones were here

If the dreams that I dream come true Billy K. Wells Piano

If you don't think you ought to do Sterling & Moran, Harry Von Tilzer Piano-vocal; text

If you don't want to lose you're chicken

If you only had my disposition Albert Von Tilzer; arranged by Mornay D. Halm (1915) Parts

If you were mine Text

I'll be the boy you be the girl

I'll be the words you'll be the music "Ruth"

I'll be your Carmen if you be my toreador

I'll be yours 'till Niagara Falls Harry R. Aurachev

I'll get even with you

I'll never pick a rose again Text

I'll tell my big brother on you

Ill wind Piano; text

I'm a devil of a fellow don't you know

I'm a little bit afraid of you, B'way Piano; parts

I'm an old sea dog Text

I'm ashamed to tell the rest Harry Von Tilzer

I'm going down to beat my wife William F. Kirk, Harry Von Tilzer Piano-vocal

I'm homesick Sterling, Harry Von Tilzer Piano-vocal (without words); text

I'm so good to the manager

I'm worried

In a chimney corner Royal Musical Five Violin part

In an aeroplane built for two Piano; text

In childhood days Dick Knowles

In de evenin' Alex Rogers, Will Marion Cook (1910) Piano-vocal; text

In dreamy Spain Alberto Rizzo Piano

In Ladyland

In London town Sam Howe

In Matteawan Piano

In Paree

In the cottage on Poverty Street Andrew B. Sterling, Harry Von Tilzer

In the foolish-house

In the good old Irish way Piano; text

In the land of the rising sun Samuel A. Massell Piano

In the springtime

In you all my dreams come true Text

Indian love

Indian summer moon Harry Von Tilzer Piano-vocal; text

Indian summer moon George A. Kershaw, Harry Von Tilzer Piano-vocal (3 copies); text

Intermezzo Al Johns

Ireland

Irish home sweet home Me, Him & I Piano; parts

The Irish Jew-bi-lee Text

Irish melody

Irish song Harry Von Tilzer

Irish songs of yesterday Piano

Isn't my fault

It ain't so awful Mabel

It's a secret Ballard MacDonald, Billy Kilgard Lead sheet

It's my birthday everyday Eva Tanguay Piano

It's 100 to 1 he's in love

I've got it on them all Eddie Foy Text

I've wasted my love on you Dolph Singer, Harry Von Tilzer Piano; text

Ivy twines

Jack Smith rag Smalle Piano

Jakali

Japanese moon Sam Howe

Jean Harry Von Tilzer Piano-vocal; text

Jess (Special) De Noyer

Jim Nosse Vocal quartet

Jingaboo

Jingle bells 4 Virginia Girls Piano

Jingle jungle town

Joe

Just Piano

Just a little bit

Just a little party

Just an old jay Big City 4

Just another poor man Piano

Just as if I didn't know White Sisters; Honey Hurst Piano; parts; text

Just as lonesome as you [also known as Let's play house]

Just as Mother's was

Just as we used to be Harry Von Tilzer Piano-vocal; text

Just because he's good to me Sterling, Harry Von Tilzer Piano-vocal; text

Just like your dear old mother Harry Von Tilzer, Kaplan Piano

Just lonesome for you Arranged by Ed. Smalle Piano-vocal

Just nigger Parry

Just one more

June's brides Piano

K. W.

Kalamazoo Prown & Jackson Piano

Katie Wood Piano; text

Keep away from Elaine Text

Keep Irish out Hanlon & Conrad

Keep it in the family

Kentucky Sue

Kicking around

Kiddie Koo

King Solomon Text

Kisses for sale Text

Kissing rag Manning & Moore

Kitty Rooney Arthur E. Behim Piano-vocal; text

Knit knit knit

Knock a little louder Ephraham Harry Von Tilzer

Lady Lou Sherwood Trio Piano

Lamp us on the campus Hi, Icho, Icho 2nd violin part

The land o' love Will Heelan, Herbert Walters Piano-vocal

Land of Eskimo

Language of the eyes

Lantern dance 1st violin part

The lassie I know

Last day Burr & Meyer

Laughing song Piano

Laura Lee Piano; text

Leave it to Eva

Lemon tree

Leo Friedman

Let me dream, dream, dream [also known as Mr. Dreamer] Text

Let me see old Ireland Piano

Let's get acquainted

Life ain't worth living George B. Alexander, Harry Von Tilzer Piano-vocal

Life is one thing after another

Life saver Larry Comer Piano

Life's what you make it Gus Van, Joe Scheuck Piano

Lights go out Piano

Like Kelly did

Like telling a kid there ain't no Santa Claus Text

Lion Male quartet

Listen to the anvil chorus

Little bit - I'll say so

A little bundle from heaven

Little devil Vincent Text

A little German heaven

Liza

Lollypop Text

London town Sam Howe

Long Island Sound Piano; parts

Long long way to U.S.A. Piano

Long way Peerless 4 Vocal quartet

Look at me now and the day you got me Text

Look who's here (Waltz) Harry Von Tilzer Piano

Looking hot and keeping cool Text

Lost a girl

The lost chord blues Text

Lovable rogue Text

Love Vocal quartet, quintet

Love is such a tender feeling Piano; text

Love love love

Love me Palais Royal

Love me, love my dog (no. 3) Text

Love me nice [slumming] Sterling, Harry Von Tilzer Parts; text

L-O-V-E spells love Duncan Sisters Piano; text

Love time

Love will find

Lovin' Sam

Lucky girl

Mad Ma-Madeline Louis Dacre Text

Maggie McCart

Maggie spill the beans

Mah-jong Piano

Maiden's prayer

Makim's Female quartet

Man behind the hammer and saw

Mandy Stock, arranged by Smalle Male quartet

March Nick-o-demus Saxophone trio

March song Mossinger

March two step

Marie

Mariutcha Piano

Mary

Maybe for someone but not for you Text

Me & myself Harry Von Tilzer

Meanest man

Medleys Piano; [texts]

Meet me at the ball tonight

Meet me at the Waldorf

Mirror Dan Sullivan, Harry Von Tilzer Piano

Mickey Slater singing waiter Norworth Piano; lead sheet; text

Million reasons

Miserary Henry Troy & Al Johns Piano

Miss Angelina Snow Jas T. Bryum

Miss Tammany

Mississippi shore Text

Mistakes will happen

Mister G.

Mobile Sam, banjo man

Moon

Moonlight night

Mosquito & the frog Whiting Burt

Mother Ad Hoyt; Bison City 4; Rover Piano; mixed quartets

Mother could only see me

Move up closer to me, kid

Mr. Booze man

Mr. Joy May Ward Piano; parts

Mum's the word 1st violin part

Music is playing

Music russle of the skirt [slumming]

My bagpipe Sandy Text

My birthday

My chop suey girl A. Roattino 1st violin part

My Dixie Lou Sterling, Harry Von Tilzer Text

My Dixie queen

My girl

My love to Nellie

My mamma dear

My old man had a funny little walk Piano; text

My ragtime boy

My sweet American rose Alice W. Melville; arranged by Samuel Perlstein Piano; text

My sweet babee Text

My sweet one

My sweetheart Amy Ashmore Clark, Sam Siebert Piano-vocal

My sweetie Dolph Singer, Harry Von Tilzer Piano; text

Nasty disposition

Nationals Piano; lead sheet

'Neath an Indian summer moon Harry Von Tilzer Piano-vocal (with guitar); text

Never knew Lead sheet

Never too late

A nice little girl is naughty Text

No one knew just what she wanted, only me

No[one] loves a thin man

No use asking me why

Nobody but Abie shall do it Edward Clark Piano-vocal

Nobody else but you

Nobody knows what a little love

None of my business

Northern blue and gray of Dixie Text

Not enough love, baby Harry Von Tilzer Piano; text

Nothin' but you

Nothing more to say Charlotte Parry

Nothing new

Now I know

Nurse song

O-O-O-O-O-O'Brien Text

Off the bunk Joe Herbert

Officer

Oh Daddy come home

Oh dear

Oh how I love you

Oh Marie

Oh, oh, Miss Lucy Ella Sterling, Harry Von Tilzer (1907) Piano-vocal

Oh! Such a lovin' feeling [also known as Head over heels in love]

Oh what a beautiful dream

Oh what a summer

Oh what a wonderful dream

Oh what I could do

Oh, what I'd do for you Text

Old B'way

Old jay

Old King Solomon

On the B & O

On the Champs-Elysées Text

On the day that comes before Monday Text

On the level Barry

Once was enough for me

100 years ago Harry Von Tilzer; Billy Gould Piano

100 years from now Bergeron

Oola Piano

Open gates of paradise Piano

Open up

Open up that door and let me in

Opened my eyes

Opera Taylor & Francis

Operatic waltz song

Opium Piano

Orange blossom time in California Piano; drum part

Organ begins to play

Over here and over there Billy Curtis, Harry Von Tilzer Text

Pal

Parcel post

Part of it is mine Arthur Lamb, Harry Von Tilzer Text

Party wire Nordstrom & Potter Piano

Peek-a-boo

Pick Mrs. Jack Sydney; B. B. 4 Mixed quartet; female quartet; lead sheet

Pick on me Harry Von Tilzer

Pick a nice one out for me Jos. H. McKeon, W. Raymond Walker, Harry M. Piano; Text

Picture Female quartet

Pies Piano

A plain girl

Play McCormick & Irving

Polly

Poor little me

Poor old moon

Potatoes Peerless 4 Male quartet

Presents

Pretty girl Male quartet

Pretty please

Production

Put the moon to bed

Quaker Piano

Quaker song

Quaker town

Queen of fashion Sam Howe

Racket song

Ragtime boat

Ragtime glider

Ragtime wagon of love

Rain Piano

Rainbow Jos. Morris Male trio

Regular pal

Rib Singer & Jay

Roaming

Rock me

The rocking chair brigade Text

Rocking in a ragtime boat

Roll them bones

Rolling stone

Romeo Billie Darval, Jimmie Morgan

Rose

Rose Marie (waltz)

Rose of my heart Ben Bernard

Rosie

Rube band

Ruby Thorne

Rug around the moon

Safety first Vincent Bryan, Harry Von Tilzer

Sally simple

The same as the night before

Same sweet girl Cello part

Santa Claus

Sardinia Sterling, Harry Von Tilzer Piano-vocal; piano; printed proofs; text

Say, ain't it grand Vincent Bryan, Harry Von Tilzer Piano

Says I to myself Midgie Miller Piano; male quartet; text

School days Boland & Knight

Seadrift Text; musical cues

See it that way Parts (3)

Seeing Polly home

See saw

Semi-classic song

Send you a picture Male quartet

Señorita

Shadowland

Shady side Broadway

Shake 'em up (at Lucinda's Honolulu ball) Text

She got off

She hates me to go away Dyson

The sheriff's going to get 'em

Shylock

Sicky sigh

Since Tilly started taking Tastyeast

Sing

Sit down, stand up, walk around... Arranged by Dave Kaplan Piano; parts (2)

Sitting up with a sick friend

Sleeping Text

Sleepy moon Marion Chase Lead sheet

Small world Sterling, Harry Von Tilzer; Sterling 3 Piano; male trio

Smoke goes up the chimney Text

Snap your fingers

Sneeze Geo. Mack Piano

Snowman Jesse Greer; Rice & Francis Drum part

Soldier's rosary

Some day

Some day sweet heart

Some girl

Some little girl Dolph Singer, Harry Von Tilzer Text

Somebody loves you [also known as I love you both] Sabel

Somebody's waiting Nonette Chorus; male quartet; duet

Someone Text

Someone I love

Someone's more lonesome than you

Something's going to happen De Noyer Piano; parts; text

The song that stole...

Song to the chief Text

The song wasn't written that way Milt Feiber, Jess Feiber Piano

Sorry John Meyers

Spank! Spank! Spank! Harry Von Tilzer Texts

Spellbound Text

Spoon with the man in the moon

Squirrel & nut

Stand up, sit down, walk around... Weston & Leon Piano

Standing on the corner

Stolen sweets (waltz) Harry Von Tilzer Piano

Stop! Piano

Strolling along

Studio Sam Howe

Sue dear Harry Von Tilzer

Sullivan's chowder party

Sunday Text

Sunny Seville Sam Howe

Sure and it's me that knows Text

Sweet little girl

Sweet potatoes Piano [partial]

Sweeta-Marie

Sweeter

Sweeties Pell & Pell; Woodrow Vocal quartets; violin part

'Tain't none of my business Cecil Mack & Chris. Smith Piano-vocal; text

Take an aspirin Piano; text

Take it from me Piano

Take me along

Take me where the music is playing

Taking care of mother

Tax on love Quartet

Tear League of Nations Male quartet (with words); quintet

Tear is a smile Sterling Trio

Tell Mamie I said good-bye Billy Curtis Text

Ten cent store

Ten-fifty nine

Tennessee medley Piano

Thanks goodnight

That old-fashioned garden back home Text

That what you call love [also known as You're too good to lose]

That's going some

That's why Bluebeard's beard turned blue Billy Jerome, Harry Von Tilzer Piano-vocal; text; gags for "Bluebeard"

There isn't anyone with strings on me

There'll be someone waiting for you

They never come back George McFadden

They're after me Piano

36 inches Costello & Heinzman[?]

Tina waltzes Alberto Rizzi Piano

To the music of the band

To the tune of a beautiful song Text

Tokio

Tonight's the night

Top o' the mornin' Joe Maxwell Chorus

Tra-la-la

Tra-la-la-la la

Trail of yesterday K & S; Walter

Trench fires Piano; quartet

Twas a braw brecht moonlecht necht Harry Von Tilzer Piano

Tweet, tweet

Twelve o'clock fellow La Rue; Tom Brown Chorus; quartet

Twist Kilgour

Two (2) arms

Ukalou Piano; melody/words

Umpah

Uncle Sammy Text

Under love's moon Duncan Sisters Piano

Under the Hudson River

Under the weeping willow tree Piano; text

Under the Yiddish moon

U.S.A.

A vagabond am I Harry Von Tilzer Text

The villain

Violets

Waiting Female quartet

Waltz

Waltzing Text

Wasn't my fault

Wasn't that thoughtful of him

Watchful waiting Piano

Waves rolled on

We go for a lark on the tail of a shark Text

Wedding breakfast

Wee! wee! wee! Text [partial]

Welcome to our city, Kitty

Well worth waiting for Piano

What a fool I'd be

What a uniform

What are you getting from somebody else?

What are you going to do for me Text

What could I do

What do I care

What do you want of my young life? Text

What you've started Dreyer & Fay Text

What's goin' to be the outcome if the income don't come in? Piano-vocal (without words); text

When Anna practices on her "pianner" Text

When Casey marched away

When I gave myself to you Text

When I went to school [slumming]

When I'm with you Piano

When the golden rod is waving... John Meyer Vocal parts with words (3)

When you go to Picadilly pick a girl for me Piano; text

When you waltz with the girl you love Piano-vocal

Where are songs Barry 3

Where do [you] get that stuff? Celia Weston

Where is she now?

Where the morning glories...

Where the rolling sea

Whether it rains, whether it shines Text

Whistle Kilgour

Who bribed the umpire Harry Von Tilzer

Who hit McAdoo? Harry Von Tilzer Piano; text

Who puts me in my little bed

Whoa January Schram & Raymond Quartets

Whoop de-doodle doodle do George Totten Smith

Who's your lady friend

Why did you

Why do they play?

Why do your kisses taste so sweet

Why must you go Text

The widow [also known as U. S. A.] Piano; 1st violin part

Wilhelmina Harry Von Tilzer Piano

Winter-time Meredith Text

Wireless Harry Von Tilzer

The wireless telephone Vincent Bryan, Harry Von Tilzer 1st violin parts (2); text

A wonderful night to dream Piano; text

Won't go home till morning Delmore

Won't someone find me a sweetheart Melvin M. Franklin Piano

Words & music

The Yanks did it Van and Schenck; James Irving Lead sheet

Ye ne'er can tell until ye try Piano-vocal [without words]

Yiddisha Japanese Sam Howe

Yo San Parts

You

You are not the same sweet girl Text [musical fragment only]

You certainly opened my eyes [also known as Down where the cotton bud grows]

You don't know what it is?

You don't know what you're missing when you're not in love

You haven't known me long enough for that Text

You needn't think I'm goin to do it all

You took the sweet from sweetheart Piano; lead sheet

You'll never miss what you've never had Text

You're just a bad, bad babyDolph Singer, Harry Von Tilzer; arranged by Anthony J. Franchim[?] Piano-vocal (with ukelele)

You're just a part of my heart Piano; text

You're my little theme song

You're not with your Billy tonight Billy K. Wells, Al Stedman Piano; text

You're too good to lose

Openings

Untitled music (3 folders)

Vocal Music, Printed, 1878-1940

Contains printed piano-vocal scores, with music by Harry Von Tilzer and others.

Adieu Foulard adieu Madras, Claude-François Amour undated

All aboard for Blanket Bay, Andrew B. Sterling, Harry Von Tilzer 1910

A bird in a gilded cage, Arthur J. Lamb, Harry Von Tilzer 1900, 1927

Be my little honey bee (proofs), Andrew B. Sterling, Harry Von Tilzer 1921

Cubalita, Harry Sims, Alberto Rizzi 1941

Down on the farm, Raymonde A. Browne, Harry Von Tilzer 1902, 1930

Emmet's lullaby, J. K. Emmet 1878

The girl I left before I left... [cover pages only]

Gliding through the old stage door, William Jerome, Harry Von Tilzer 1912

A hair of the dog that bit you, Vincent Bryan, Harry Von Tilzer 1909

Harry Von Tilzer's Folio no. 3 for mandolin, guitar & piano, Harry Von Tilzer undated

Harry Von Tilzer's old time favorite hits, Harry Von Tilzer 1922

He went a-hunting, Jack Mahoney, Harry Von Tilzer 1907

The highly important fly [from The Jolly Baron], Arthur J. Lamb, Harry Von Tilzer 1903

I don't care if there's a girl there [also known as Anywhere will do [and] Won't you waltz `The Merry Widow waltz' with me?], Charles Collins, R. P. Weston 1908

I don't want any other sweetheart... Jack Gorman, Andrew Sterling, Harry Von Tilzer 1911

I might be coaxed, dear, but not by you, Jack Mahoney, Harry Von Tilzer 1915

I want a girl just like the girl... William Dillon, Harry Von Tilzer 1911, 1938

I wish I could hear you calling me now, Katharine Bainbridge, Harry Von Tilzer undated

I'm homesick, Andrew B. Sterling, Harry Von Tilzer 1906

In the eternal city, Arthur J. Lamb, Harry Von Tilzer 1902

It's a hundred to one you're in love, Lou Klein, Harry Von Tilzer 1916

Just across the river on the hill, Harry Von Tilzer 1934

Just around the corner, Dolph Singer, Harry Von Tilzer 1925

Let's see, um, um, that's right, George Whiting, Andrew Sterling, Harry Von Tilzer 1911

Little curly hair in a high chair [from Forty Little Mothers], Charles Tobias, Nat Simon 1940

Little skipper, Nick Kenny, Charles Kenny 1939

Maydee [from The Jolly Baron], Arthur J. Lamb, Harry Von Tilzer 1903

My black Bess, Andrew B. Sterling, Harry Von Tilzer 1898

My counterfeit Bill, Andrew B. Sterling, Harry Von Tilzer 1911

Oh! Marjory! [from The Jolly Baron], Arthur J. Lamb, Harry Von Tilzer 1903

On a Sunday afternoon, Andrew B. Sterling, Harry Von Tilzer 1902, 1929

The pickaninny's paradise, Sam Ehrlich, Nat Osbourne 1918

The ragtime wagon of love, William Jerome, Harry Von Tilzer 1912

Sitting in the dark, John Kemble, Lester Keith 1907

That old Irish mother of mine, William Jerome, Harry Von Tilzer 1920, 1925

That's where I meet my girl, J. Vincent Healy, Dolph Singer, Harry Von Tilzer 1926

Wait till the sun shines, Nellie, Andrew B. Sterling, Harry Von Tilzer 1905, 1932

Waters of Venice (or Floating down the sleepy lagoon), Neville Fleeson, Albert Von Tilzer 1918

What kind of an American are you? Lew Brown, Chas. McCarron, Albert Von Tilzer 1917

When my baby smiles at me [cover page only]

When the harvest days are over, Howard Graham, Harry Von Tilzer 1900, 1927

Where's Dooley? A. J. Mills, Bennett Scott 1910

You can't get arrested for thinking [also known as Somebody knows (HVT)], Andrew B. Sterling, Harry Von Tilzer 1915

Lyric Sheets

Contains manuscript and typescript lyric sheets. Mostly undated.

Arranged alphabetically by title.

Aeroplane built for two All I has now is an empty purse Alphabet song Am I in love? And Dolly shook her golden curls by Arthur James Anna Anvil chorus blues [Oh listen to the Anvil chorus] Anybody's girl Applesauce Are you coming out tonight Mary Ann Are you married or single by Addison Burkhardt Arrah go 'long with you As long as the shamrock grows green by William Jerome, Harry Von Tilzer At the end of lover's lane Automobile blues

Back in the old home town Back in Dixie land Bald-headed blues by Dolph Singer Balmy summer's evening The band the good old band Barn dance Be my little honey bee Beautiful but dumb Beautiful fairy tales by Vincent Bryan, Harry Von Tilzer Bedtime story Before I came back to you Before the war Better times are coming Birds sang sweetly and life seemed complete Bit of curiosity Blue skies by Dave Dreyer Boudoir gossip Brass band song Breathing heavy

Broadway isn't Broadway until the clock strikes ten A broken heart never forgets Brown eyes Bunch of shamrocks But she won't hang out with me by Billy Jerome, Harry Von Tilzer By the dawn's early light By the sea Cadenza Can you blame me for lovin' that man Captain of the corset squad brigade Carolina mine A carpet of green 'neath a ceiling of blue Castway Cheep, cheep Chickens come home to roost Chief Hokum Circus man College capers Come back to Aaron

Contentment Corn off the cob Could ya A cowboy honeymoon by Will Heagney, Bert Reed Cozy little flat up town, McDonald and Walker Cry baby The cuckoo clock went coo coo The cute little bird in the tree by Billy Jerome, Harry Von Tilzer Dance of the cuckoos Deceiving bluebird Detective song by Dolph Singer, Dave Dreyer Do they know what they want? by Dolph Singer, Dave Dreyer Dr. Cupid Don't bring Lulu Don't count your chickens Don't go into them lion's cage tonight mother by Dolph Singer (?) Don't leave me now Don't talk about home Down at the barnyard gate Down at the garden gate Down at the old minstrel show Down at the old swimming hole Down on old Long Island Sound by William Jerome, Harry Von Tilzer

E-E-Ely Eagle eye Ever lovin' baby The face on the playhouse wall by Arthur Lamb Fashion queen Female sultan by Dolph Singer, Dave Dreyer French flip flop Gee but its sweet to cheat just a little The girls of the studio Girls who have traveled Give me a chance to be happy Give me the right to always love you Good old pals Goodbye Jakalie Gotta get a girl like mother... Had the devil not come to town by Ed Moran Hair of the dog that bit you The handsome man Hannah Honolulu cabaret Hap-hap-happiness

He did, he did, he did like Kelly did He kissed her near the moving picture show Heaven's on earth Heavy lover Hello Mr. Joy, goodbye Mr. Gloom Here's Paddy from the Emerald Isle Hey beautiful Hey there fella Hi Jenny, oh Jenny Johnson Hindu song High-life made a fun Hip hip hooray for our national wedding day by Leonard Nelson, Kathryn Bartlett Hit the trail Homemade home town band [Homemade rube town band] Honeymooning by Ballard McDonald Honoloo Hoosier girl How I love you by Dolph Singer Humpty dumpty by Bill Murray, Ed Smalls Hungry lips

I can't forget the girl I left behind I can't keep away from you I died laughing by A. B. Sterling I don't blow bubbles anymore by Billy K. Wells, Harry Von Tilzer I feel so blue by William Jerome, Harry Von Tilzer I gotta see a man about a dog by J. Vincent Healy I guess you have to wait a little longer I had a devil of a time I just made up with my darling by Dolph Singer, J. Fred Coote I just received a letter from my baby I know a pumpkin down in Kokomo I never felt so awkward in my life by John P. Harrington, Jas. W. Tate I never see Maggie alone by Harry Tilsley, Everett Lynton I put a nickel in the slot I realize now I was wrong by George A. Kershaw I tried to make a fool out of old Broadway I want a boy, I want a girl [I want a girl, I want a boy] I want a doll I want a kitchen canary for mine I want my rib [My rib] I want what I want I will teach you how to forget [I'll teach you how to forget] I wish I could play pianner I wish you'd let me know if you see Mary I wonder did I do wrong I wrote a song for you

I'd like to baby you I'd like to be your affinity by Vincent Bryan, Harry Von Tilzer If by Billy Curtis If I should give my heart to you by Arthur J. Lamb If it had been for you If it wasn't for you If my mother could only see me now If Solomon had a million wives today by Harry D. Kerr If they ever take the sun out of Sunday If you were the girl you ought to be by Vincent Healy, Harry Von Tilzer If you'd say yes I'll never pick a rose again I'm a rolling stone by Vincent Bryan, Harry Von Tilzer I'm a woman of very few words by Billy Curtis I'm always gettin' forgot I'm for you I'm getting sleepy I'm going to steal your heart [I'm gonna steal your heart] I'm gonna to take you for a ride I'm just breaking my neck to get home I'm letting no grass grow under my feet by Eddie Clark I'm looking for the right little girl I'm so foolish over Julius by Ray Goetz I'm tellin' the birds--tellin' the bees by Dolph Singer In gay Paree In Ireland [Ireland isn't Ireland anymore] by Vincent Bryan, Harry Von Tilzer In London town In spot light land

In sunny Seville In that little Irish home sweet home In-di-a-na Indiana moon Isle of romance It comes out in the wash It was just like Hennessy It's a cruel, cruel woild It's all wrong It's coming soft for you It's never to late to love It's the little things you do I've been disappointed that's all I've got a bone to pick with you by Billy Curtis I've got it I've won the family over, but I haven't won the girl

Jakey with the hook and ladder Jap number Just a little dairy for Mary and me Just a little fun by Melville and Higgins Just across the river on the hill by Harry von Tilzer Just an-other broken heart Just around the corner by Lillian Morton Just as long as your good to me Just like a baby by Billy Curtis Just my luck Just pass the buck to Gene Just the same old moon is shining Just to while the hours away Just you and I Kisses

The last one is the best one Lay down Fido, you're all wet Let's go where they've got a piano Let's see, um, um, that's right Life is sweet Lima how have you been Listen to the Anvil Chorus Little Georgie (?) Little old Broadway Lonesome me Love moon Love your ever little lovin' baby nice Lumbago Made up with my darling Magic song Make hay hay Make me a boy again just for tonight by Harry D. Kerr, Al Piantadosi The makings of the U.S.A. by Vincent Bryan, Harry Von Tilzer Mamie Mcintyre Marching home with Rosie Margie by Harry Fox, Joseph H. McKean , Raymond Walker

Maria by Billy Curtis Me for you Mercenary mortals Milk Milo by Billy Curtis Minstrel show Mister Broadway Mr. Worry and Mr. Dreamer Model song A Mormon's life is not a happy one by Vincent Bryan and Harry Von Tilzer Mother's blues My bamboo lady My daddy's growin' old My Egyptian maid My fair Gitana by Arthur J. Lamb My heart is the harbor to hold all your love by Harry D.Kerr My palace of stone My Sunday girl by Herman Ruby and Bud Cooper My sun My sweetheart has no golden hair My thoughts are far away tonight My twilight queen by George Totten Smith My wife ain't coming back

Napoleon 'Neath an Indian summer moon 'Neath the Japanese moon Necking time in Great Neck No one loves a fat man but his wife Nonchalant Not so good... not so bad Not so you could notice it Nothing else matters anymore Nothing like that in a town like this Now ain't that mean Of all the songs Oh for the life of a fireman Oh grandma what big eyes you got Oh those eyes On a Hoosier straw ride On a South Sea isle by Dolph Singer and Harry Von Tilzer On a street that leads down from Broadway On a Sunday go to meetin time On dear old Mother's Day On old Coney Island every night On the day that comes before Monday by William Jerome and Harry Von Tilzer On the ice On the isle of liverwurst On the old rustic bench On the Rialto On the strict Q. T. On to the isle of romance Onward Opra is too ruff O'Reilly's ball Oskaloo by Billy Curtis Our cocktail of love by Vincent Healy and Harry Von Tilzer Over the garden wall by Andrew B. Sterling

P-a-i-n-t by Connie Ediss Pajama party Papa's following a pretty little maid Paradise lost Party of the first part Pass the buck to Gene The place where the girlies grow by Arthur J. Lamb Please keep me after school Pretty baby come and play with me Pretty soft for you Louise Put your shoulder to the wheel Quartette of sheriffs The ragtime wagon of love Robin I'll build a nest for you The rose that blooms for me Rounder of Broadway Row, row, row for lake song Run away little boy Run him up and down

Save all your love and kisses for me Say! Can he recite by Billy K. Wells, Harry Von Tilzer The sea by Arthur Wimperis, Walter Davidson, Harry Von Tilzer Settle up and settle down Shakespeare jubilee She says the cutest things She's always riding around She's chasing a crown She's the sweetest little sweety in the world Sister hasn't got a chance... by Nat Vincent, Harry Von Tilzer So will I by Dolph Singer Some day, they'll come my way Some other day Song of the stormy deep by Arthur J. Lamb Spreading the news Springtime Stealing by Harry S. Burnhardt Stick around look Stick around with me dear Straight Sunbeams Sunrise on the cross by Arthur J. Lamb Surprise by Eddie P. Moran, Harry Von Tilzer Sweet stuff

'Tain't so awful Mabel Take a little tip from me Take a wife Take back the presents Take me to your heart again by Arthur J. Lamb That man has something That was the maiden's prayer That wonderful tune by Stanley Murphy That's contentment That's just my type That's where I love you the most by Harry D. Kerr That's where I met my girl Then who'll be sorry There isn't anyone with strings on me see What are you going to do for me? There must be lots of angel dear in you There's a picture in the attic They all had a finger in the pie They always blame me They're after us by Harry Von Tilzer, Andrew Sterling A thing or two I'd really like to see Think of it Those days are over Those musical eyes Titles To the sweetest girl I know Tom, Ted and Ann Tonight's the night Toy that was cast aside by Vincent P. Bryan Tramp in the woods (?) Tropical kiss True love goes on forever Try try again Tune up Bill, you're off the key by Andrew B. Sterling, Harry Von Tilzer Turn out the light and go to bed 'Twas a braw brecht moonlecht necht Twenty five minutes away Two little snowbirds Two little, true little, blue little eyes Two lonesome arms

Under a pyramid Uncle Tom's cabin Venitian days A voice from the world beyond by Arthur J. Lamb, Harry Von Tilzer Votes for women by Vincent Bryan Waiting for me (?) Waiting for the tide to turn Wait'll we're married Walter James by Edward Moran Way down in Mexico by William Jerome, Harry Von Tilzer We landed on Lannigan's landing Wedding of diamonds and tears Welcome new day We've got a little home in the country What are the air waves saying by George T. Higgins What are you going to do for me? What did the wiggle bug say? by Chris Lane, Harry Von Tilzer What does little sweetie want What is to be will be, them that always has gets What price liberty What's gonna be the outcome if the income don't come in What's good enough for Washington [or Yankee rose] by Dolph Singer

When Dolly shook her golden curls When eyes of blue meet eyes of green When I get myself all alone When I laid my Fanny to rest When I spin spaghetti with you When I was in the chorus in the Gaiety When I'm in your arms by Dolph Singer When its celery time in Kalamazoo When Miss Lulu sings of Honolulu in her darktown cabaret When my baby smiles at me When my Johnny boy goes marching by Andrew Sterling,Harry Von Tilzer When Shakespeare was a boy When the bugle calls to arms When the cat is away by Vincent Bryan,Harry Von Tilzer When the frost is on the pumpkin Maggie dear When the golden rod is blooming sweet Norine When the harvest moon is shining by George Kershaw When the moonlight turned to lovelight in your eyes When the music gets started When you get through with all the rest come back to me When you hear the music in the park by Eddie P. Moran, Harry Von Tilzer When you're down that way, drop in by Andrew Sterling Where is my rainbow of love Who loves you? I do Whose little dear little girlie... by Andrew Sterling,Harry Von Tilzer Why did Bluebeard's beard turn blue? Why did you do it to me babe Why don't you marry a star... by Arthur J. Lamb

Wilhelmina Will the girl I left behind be true to me With a far away look in her eyes With a look..in her eyes..far far away by Billy Curtis, Harry Von Tilzer Within the gates of our own United States Woman suffrage by Vincent Bryan Wrap it up and I'll take it home Yes Flo! The Yiddisha wedding dance You are so beautiful You brought heaven to me You can always come back to me You can do the same thing too You cannot get arrested for thinking You can't bring her back to me You can't judge a book by de cover You can't take away all your love You can't understand You don't know what you're missing (if you've never had a kiss) You Lou you You ought to see what Santa Claus brought me You say the cutest things [She does the cutest things] You taught me to remember by James Stanley Royce, Dolph Singer You'll have to read the answer... by Bryan Vincent, Harry Von Tilzer You're a better man than I am Mr. B'way You're a fool if you fool with a fool You're a good old car You're just a bad bad baby You're never too late to love by William Jerome, Harry Von Tilzer You're the only girl I love You've certainly opened my eyes

Four writing tablets containing miscellaneous untitled fragments of lyrics

Untitled lyrics (typewritten)

Untitled lyrics (manuscript) (4 folders)

Instrumental Music

Contains manuscript full scores, piano scores, and orchestral parts. Undated material.

Arranged alphabetically by title.

Chinese chopsticks Stanley Crawford Piano; orchestra parts [also includes printed parts booklet, arranged by Wm. Schulz]

The Hindoo Harry Von Tilzer, arranged by C. M. Selling Full score

Illinois Full score

Kitty Rooney (Irish medley) Arthur E. Behim, arranged for orchestra by Ernest Bial Full score

The mad Madrid Harry Von Tilzer, arranged by C. M. Selling Full score

Narcissus rag Arranged by Mornay D. Helm Piano; orchestra parts

Oriental intermezzo Harry Von Tilzer, arranged by Stephen O. Jones Orchestra parts

Silver water dance Schulz Piano; orchestra parts

Untitled Full score

Dramatic Music

Includes manuscript and typescript full scores, piano-vocal scores, orchestral parts, choral and vocal parts, and scripts. Undated material.

Arranged alphabetically by show.

The fisher maiden Scored by Ludomir Thomas Full score [Act I, Act II, cover pages (3 folders)]

The fisher maiden Orchestral parts [by number, with instruments in score order within each number]

The fisher maiden Excerpts (piano-vocal scores) (manuscript)

The fisher maiden Excerpt (Act II, no. 8, chorus vocal parts) [printed]

The fisher maiden Complete script in the hand of Arthur J. Lamb (signed); London, England, May 4, 1904

The fisher maiden Excerpts from script, typewritten, with manuscript annotations

The fisher maiden Script fragments, alterations, drawings of props, etc. [manuscript]

The fisher maiden Script booklets for specific roles [typewritten]

The fisher maiden Scene design, Act II [ink on transparency]

Hoosier girlEdward P. Moran and Harry Von Tilzer Script (complete, typewritten)

Hoosier girl Music manuscripts (excerpts, 2 folders)

Hoosier girl Lyrics (excerpts, typewritten)

Hoosier girl Alphabetized notebook with lyrics, music, etc.

Hoosier girl Financial records, correspondence

The kissing girl [also known as The girl from Bohemia or The bridesmaid]Stanislaus Stange, Harry Von Tilzer, Vincent Bryan Full score; orchestrated by Ludomir Thomas

The kissing girl Piano-vocal score (individual numbers in approximate order)

The kissing girl Orchestral parts [by number, with instruments in score order within each number]

The kissing girl Printed piano-vocal scores of individual numbers (2 folders)

The kissing girl Printed choral parts

The kissing girl Manuscript piano scores

The kissing girl Manuscript vocal parts

The kissing girl Script (complete, typewritten)

Mad loveFrances Nordstrom and Harry Von Tilzer Scripts (complete, typewritten, 2 folders) and Music manuscripts (excerpts)

Tiddleywinks [also known as Snowdrop and the pirates]Arthur J. Lamb and Harry Von Tilzer Script (complete, (signed) Arthur J. Lamb, May 15, 4:16 P.M.) and Script (complete, typewritten)

Tiddleywinks Piano-vocal score (complete) and Piano-vocal score (without words, partial)

Tiddleywinks Orchestral parts (by number, with instruments in score order within each number)

Scripts

Scripts are mostly typescript and range from full-scale musical plays to revues, skits and radio scripts; included after the scripts are miscellaneous routines, scenes, gags, and the like. Authors are listed underneath titles. Material is mostly undated.

Arranged alphabetically by title.

Ann of HarlemTom Barry

Betty, the baby, and usJunie McCree

Bookland, Addison Burkhardt, Edgar Allen Woolff 1910

Christine, Douglas Grant 1924

Don't make me laugh (manuscript)Charlie Burns

Down the joy line; A river of fun banked with musicJunie McCree

Dumb luck; A story of chance and chancesW. Vaughan Dunham, Dolph Singer

The elopementJunie McCree, Edward Clark

The extra added attractionJunie McCree, Edward Clark

Harry Conley

[Ensemble of] Hello New YorkJunie McCree

Helped by the enemy (skit)

Hogan in societyJunie McCree

Hoodlum College

Hoosier girlEdward P. Moran, Harry Von Tilzer

The huckster and the hamJunie McCree

Hugh decides

Imagination scene (partial)

InsultsDolph Singer, Harry Von Tilzer

Jimmie Cooper's revue, 1924-1925

The jolly baron

Just around the corner

The love of nations [Abe Reynolds' show]Ad. Singer

Lover's lane; An episode of adolescenceDolph Singer

Marie ElineDolph Singer

The matinee girlsJunie McCree

A merry whirl, 1916-1917

The milky wayDolph Singer, Harry Von Tilzer

Miss Emily Darrell, Dolph Singer 1924-1925

Mr. and Mrs. (At home)Dolph Singer, Theodore Lesser

Mrs. Johnson's husband; A farcical romance on a side street, paved with satire

More nonsense (2nd act only)

MushroomsDolph Singer

The other brotherGeorge Totten Smith

On the beach

On the iceDolph Singer, Harry Von Tilzer

Passing the time away; A lesson in watchfulnessDolph Singer

Performing camel

The rose girlArthur J. Lamb, Harry Von Tilzer

Sea drift; A musical romance of the south seasHugh Stanislaus Stange, Dolph Singer, Harry Von Tilzer

Shavings

So this is Paris, H. C. Greene 1930

Soldier's sweetheart

Son decides (short story)

The spicy island; A musical burletta in one sceneDave Lewis

SquirrelsDolph Singer, Harry Von Tilzer

The substitute modelJunie McCree

The systemJunie McCree with Taylor Granville

Tom fooleryJunie McCree

Trailing a smugglerJunie McCree

The village cut-ups

Where there's a will

Window washersDolph Singer, Leo Donnelly

A Yankee Doodle girl, Jack Singer, arranger 1904-1905

You asked for it

You know me Al

Untitled scripts (2 folders)

Miscellaneous routines, gags, etc. (2 folders)

Miscellaneous gags, notes, etc., by Dolph Singer

Miscellaneous scenes (2 folders)

Scenes for Harry Conley by Dolph Singer

Radio Scripts for the following broadcasts:

Amateur song writers' contest, written by Dolph Singer and Joe Laurie, Jr.

The cavalcade of America. The old Fall River line, presented by Du Pont; starring Brian Donlevy 1946;

Hits and misses; written by Dolph Singer; featuring Harry Von Tilzer

Indiana presents (Station WIRE, Indianapolis; Book III: Indiana composers; Chapter 29, Harry Von Tilzer)

Voice of Firestone, WNBC 1947,

Subject Files, 1931-1954

Contains the files of H. Harold Gumm and primarily includes papers of black performers for whom Gumm was an agent in the 1930s and 1940s; also contains the records from a 1942 production of Cabin in the Sky and papers concerning the board of directors of the Beverly Hills Hotel.

Arranged alphabetically by subject or performer, then by correspondence, scripts, contracts, financial papers, etc.

Beverly Hills Hotel

Correspondence

Contracts (and related correspondence): Antonio & Sally DeMarco - Luigi Albolino & Susan R. Jarrell

Minutes of board meetings, 1946-1954

Financial reports

Miscellaneous

Cabin in the Sky Production

Correspondence

Contracts between H. Harold Gumm and Albert Lewis

Contracts between H. Harold Gumm and Isabel M. Duncan, Al Goldin, Joe Goldin, & Jack Yorke

Financial reports

Jester Hairston

Correspondence

Script for Chloé

Script for Christopher Columbus

Script for Her majesty the queen

Script for Untitled synopsis for all-Negro musical

Program for Run, little children

Clippings

Teddy Hale

Correspondence, memos

Scripts (fragments)

Contracts

Financial papers

Farm deed of Ted Lewis

Georgette Harvey

Correspondence

Contracts between Georgette Harvey and Merle Armitage Concerts, Inc.

Contracts between Georgette Harvey and Roy Ellison

Contracts between Georgette Harvey and H. Harold Gumm

Contracts between Georgette Harvey and Lou Irwin, Inc.

Contracts between Georgette Harvey and Guthrie McClintic

Contracts between Georgette Harvey and NBC

Contracts between Georgette Harvey and Theatre Guild, Inc.

Contracts between Georgette Harvey and Richard Wheaton

Real estate transactions

Will

Clippings

Miscellanous

Mann Holiner

Correspondence (including drafted agreements, etc.)

Rex Ingram

Correspondence (2 folders)

Correspondence, financial papers regarding Emperor Jones

Emperor Jones script (partial)

Contracts between Rex Ingram and Columbia Artists, Inc.

Contracts between Rex Ingram and Goldie & Gumm

Contracts between Rex Ingram and Anna Lucasta Co.

Litigation: Martha Salzberg vs. Rex Ingram

Litigation: Ida Mae Hubbard vs. Rex Ingram

Litigation: Muriel Rahn complaint to Actors' Equity Association

Financial papers: Columbia Artists, Inc.

Financial papers:Goldie & Gumm

Clippings

Duke McHale

Correspondence (3 folders)

Memoranda

Contract with William Liebling

Script (fragment)

Clippings

Legal Papers

Files arranged according to originator.

Harry Von Tilzer, 1899-1946

Contains contracts, litigation, death certificate, and last will and testament.

Contracts between Harry Von Tilzer and George Broadhurst

Contracts between Harry Von Tilzer and Broadway Music Corp.

Contracts between Harry Von Tilzer and William C. Dunn & Co. Music Publishers (for "The coldest coon in town" and "She's a perfect little lady")

Contracts between Harry Von Tilzer and B. Feldman & Co.

Contracts between Harry Von Tilzer and T. B. Harms & Co.

Contracts between Harry Von Tilzer and Remick Music Corp.

Contracts between Harry Von Tilzer and Abraham Schomer

Contracts between Harry Von Tilzer and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co.

Contracts between Harry Von Tilzer and Shapiro Von Tilzer Music Co.

Contracts between Harry Von Tilzer and Southern Music Publishing, Inc. (for "Just across the river on the hill" and "When the goldenrod is waving, Annie dear)

Contracts between Harry Von Tilzer and Joseph W. Stern & Co. (for "Win I lose")

Contracts between Harry Von Tilzer and Jules Von Tilzer and Will U. Gumm

Contracts between Harry Von Tilzer and Charles B. Ward Music Publishing Co.

Litigation: Harry Von Tilzer vs Irwin Abrams (Victor Irwin)

Litigation: Ludwig Baumann & Co. vs Harry Von Tilzer

Death certificate

Drafts of Last will and testament

Last will and testament: documents regarding probate

Estate of Harry Von Tilzer, 1927-1957

Contains papers generated by settling of the estate; agreements regarding Aimee V. Samuels (stepdaughter) claim; papers regarding other estates pertaining to the settlement of Harry Von Tilzer's estate.

Application to determine the estate tax

Appraisal of the estate

Final judicial settlement of H. Harold Gumm as executor

Objections of Estelle Von Tilzer

Proving the last will and testament of Harry Von Tilzer

Release and discharge of executor

Aimee V. Samuels [stepdaughter of Harry Von Tilzer]: Agreements regarding claim on Harry Von Tilzer estate

Aimee V. Samuels [stepdaughter of Harry Von Tilzer]: Correspondence regarding claim on Harry Von Tilzer estate

Jack and Isabel Von Tilzer: Adoption papers

Papers regarding other estates pertaining to settlement of Harry Von Tilzer estate: Cohan, George M. [used for comparison]

Papers regarding other estates pertaining to settlement of Harry Von Tilzer estate: Gershwin, George [used for comparison]

Papers regarding other estates pertaining to settlement of Harry Von Tilzer estate: Goldie, William V.--Correspondence

Papers regarding other estates pertaining to settlement of Harry Von Tilzer estate: Goldie, William V.--Death certificate, marriage license, will, etc.

Papers regarding other estates pertaining to settlement of Harry Von Tilzer estate: Goldie, William V.--Federal tax returns, 1949-1953

Papers regarding other estates pertaining to settlement of Harry Von Tilzer estate: Von Tilzer, Albert

Papers regarding other estates pertaining to settlement of Harry Von Tilzer estate: Von Tilzer, Ida

Papers regarding other estates pertaining to settlement of Harry Von Tilzer estate: Von Tilzer, Isabel

Papers regarding other estates pertaining to settlement of Harry Von Tilzer estate: Von Tilzer, Will

Papers regarding other estates pertaining to settlement of Harry Von Tilzer estate: Young, Joseph [used for comparison]

Harry Von Tilzer Music Publishing Co. (HVTMPC), 1903-1956

Contains organizational papers; song and show contracts (arranged alphabetically by title in two alphabets); other contracts (arranged by name of individual or organization); litigation (arranged alphabetically by name of litigant).

By-laws

Minutes of board of directors

Certificate of incorporation

Memos regarding incorporation and other topics

Reinstatement of incorporation

Certificate of corporate banking

Lease and other items

Contracts: Songs

Arranged alphabetically by title.

Annette; Addison Burkhardt/Arthur Behim, 1912

Are you half the man; James Amoroso/unknown, 1916

Baby doll (also known as Angel child); Harry Armstrong/William Clark, 1910

Baby, save your kisses for me; Fred Strasser/Frank Tinney, 1911

Baltimore ("Baldy Moore"); Andy Rice, 1907

Big Chief Dynamite; Al Piantadosi, undated

Buzzy bee; Billy Borden/Joe Denny, 1911

Celia; Walter Smart/Harry Wellman, 1903

Chloe; Eddie Leonard/J. C. Levan, 1921

Cindy, you're my dream; J. B. Mullen, 1903

Contentment; Billy Curtis/Harry Von Tilzer, 1932

Cotton pickin' time in Alabama; Arthur J. Daly/Harold L. Cool, 1917

Country days; Albert Weiler, 1921

Creole jazz; Karyl Norman, 1922

Dearest days; Harry Truax, 1911

Does anybody want my fido; Garfield Kilgour/Harry Von Tilzer, 1918

Don't say good-bye; Dannie O'Neil, 1921

Dreaming of love; Harry Truax, 1911

Duty calls; Dr. M. Hall/C. A. Egener, 1918

The easiest way; Arthur Behim, 1909

East is east, west is west; Jack Yellen/Milton Ager, 1922

Everything's been done before; Eddie Leonard, 1911

The garden of lies; A. K. Allison/Harry Von Tilzer, 1914

Georgia was so different from the rest; William Davis/unknown, 1912

Giddy-ap, Pocahontas, good-bye; Richard Howard/Harry Von Tilzer, 1918

The girl I left before I left; Jack Mahoney, 1908

Golden eyes; Don V. Harwood/Alice Lawlor, 1913

Grandma's Sunday dinner; Edward Maddan/Alfred J. Doyle, 1910

The goose step; Earl Benham/unknown, 1921

He was a hero in the army; Sam Landers/Phil Baker, 1919

Here I am; Annie Kent, 1914

Honeymoon; R. C. McPherson/Chris Smith, 1902

Hula girl (instrumental); James Europe, 1910

I don't count for nuffin' anymore; Marie Tyler (author of title), 1912

I just can't make my heart behave; unknown/Harry Von Tilzer [unsigned], [undated]

I just made up with my darling; Dolph Singer/J. Fred Coots, 1926

I never knew that a girl like you; Paul Cunningham/Alfred J. Doyle, 1914

I should worry; L. Wolfe Gilbert, 1911

I want everyone to love me; unknown/Arthur E. Behim, 1911

I want someone to chase the blues away; unknown/Murray Bloom, 1915

I wish I was King Solomon; Will J. Harris, 1915

I wish I were you; Ballard MacDonald/Harry M. Piano, 1911

I'd like to know you better; Francis De Witt/Aubrey Stauffer, 1909

If a girl wants a boy and a boy; Checkers Von Hampton/Henry Cohen, 1909

If love were a yard long; Bartlett Costello/John Heinzman, 1910

If you don't vant her, I vant her; Lew Brown/unknown, 1911

I'll get you; Hal Dyson, 1922

I'll put the blame on Mr. Rubinstein; Eugene Platzman, 1910

I'm going to leave this town; Andrew B. Sterling/Elmer Bowman, 1911

In de evenin'; Alex Rogers/Will Marion Cook, 1910

In my garden of golden dreams; W. E. Browning/Alfred J. Doyle, 1910

In my little Honolulu cabaret; Louis Harrison/Harry Von Tilzer, 1917

It's going to be tough on the old men; B. Russell, A.B. Sterling/George Bennett, 1918

It's got to be someone I love; Will Dillon/Alfred J. Doyle, 1910

I've won the family over; Felix Adler, 1911

Jakey with the hook and ladder; Al Piantadosi, [undated]

Just as if I didn't know; Billy Curtis, 1919

Just like Hennessy; Alexander Groves/unknown, 1910

Just like taking candy from a baby; Will J. Hart/Ed Nelson, 1917

Kiss for shame; Albert H. Fitz, 1904

Kitty Rooney; Andrew B. Sterling/Arthur E. Behim, 1910

Land o' love; Walter Stanton, 1919

Laugh with me; Albert Weiler, 1920

Laughing song; Billy Curtis/unknown, 1920

Let's see, um, um, that's right; George Whiting, 1908

Life; Fay Tishman/Marjorie Goetschius, 1956

Lize, those great big beautiful eyes; Eddie Leonard, 1911

Lost, a girl; Leon Bennett/unknown, 1911

L-O-V-E spells love; Rosetta and Vivian Duncan, 1921

Loving eyes; Harry Puck, Alfred Bryan, George Meyer, 1908

Ma belle rose; Arthur E. Behim, 1910

M'cool; Jim Ward/Bob Willis, 1914

Meet me in St. Louis, Louis; Andrew B. Sterling/unknown, [1904]

Miserary; Woods, Frazer and Lederer, 1910

Moonlight in Vermont; John Blackburn/Karl Suessdorf, 1944

More; Arthur E. Behim, 1910

Mother's blues; Murray Roth/unknown, 1921

My Dixie dream; Earl Taylor, 1910

My little curly head girl; Lew Farris/Emil Valezco, Herbert Straub, 1927

My little dreamland Rose; C. M. Dennison/Anna Bumaer Berg, 1911

My Madeline; Louis Dacre, 1903

My sweet American rose; Alice Melville/Tom Edwards, 1917

The naughty Lucie bump; Edward Madden, 1910

The nervous knee; Garfield Kilgour/Walter Scanlan, 1918

Not so good, not so bad; Murray Roth/Unknown, 1921

Now's the time; Edward Grossmith/Ted D. Ward, 1916

Oh, Daddy come home; Tom Helmick/Vincent Rose, 1915

Oh! What I know about you; W. Raymond Walker [copyright], 1909

On Ragtime Bay; Bernard Grossman/Fred Watson, 1913

On that Mississippi shore; Billy Curtis/Harry Von Tilzer, 1919

On the way to Oskaloo; Billy Curtis/Unknown, 1920

Princeton cheer song; Charles W. Orth/W.D. Biekhan, 1911

Roly boly eyes; Eddie Leonard, 1919

The rose of my dreams; Ben Barnett/Marie Scanlon, 1913

Rose of my heart; Ben Bernard, 1920

Sardinia; Andrew B. Sterling/unknown, 1921

She says the cutest things; Dolph Singer, Paul Ash, Dave Dreyer, 1926

Sister hasn't got a chance since Mother; unknown/Harry Von Tilzer [unsigned], [undated]

Smile; Fred Ziemer/Dewitt Bell, 1909

Some day little girl; Lew Brown/W. Raymond Walker, 1911

Somebody; Jeff T. Branen/Joe Hollander, 1911

Someone cares; Frank Davis/George J. Bennett, 1920

Star kiss; Jack McGarr/Murray Bloom, Jesse Greer, 1920

Telephone your Rivky, Izzie; Addison Burkhardt/Lillian Shaw, 1910

That woodland cabaret; Art M. Swanstrom/Leo Bennett, 1913

That's where I meet my girl; J. Vincent Healy, Dolph Singer/Harry Von Tilzer, 1926

Tina waltzes; unknown/Alberto Rizzi, 1915

Two little true little blue little eyes; Dave Dreyer, Dolph Singer, Jimmy Steiger, 1927

Underneath the chestnut tree; Alfred Bryan, 1904

Wandering one; Harry Mayo/Harry Von Tilzer, 1924

We are never too old to love; William Cahalin, Philip Moore/Harold C. O'Hare, 1916

When I look in the mirror; Dan Sullivan/Harry Von Tilzer, 1919

When I send you a picture of Berlin; Dave Dreyer, Ben Ryan, Frank Fay, 1918

When I'm with you; unknown/Bill Munro, 1920

When my baby smiles at me; Andrew B. Sterling, Ted Lewis/Bill Munro, 1938

When Rosa Rosano sings matse soprano; Edward Clark [unsigned], [undated]

When you're painting my Irish home; Frank Terry, 1916

Whether it rains, whether it shines; Dolph Singer/Harry Von Tilzer [MPPA title registration], 1927

Whistle a tune; unknown/Harry Von Tilzer [unsigned], [undated]

Whistling charms; unknown/Alberto Rizzi, 1915

With a far away look in her eye; Garfield Kilgour/Harry Von Tilzer, 1916

Won't you change your name to Reilly; Herbert W. Smith/unknown, 1910

Won't you say yes today; Mark E. Beam, 1911

The Yiddisha wedding dance; Arthur Fields/Harry Carroll, 1911

You are my life, my all; Alfred J. Doyle, 1907

You can't eat peas with a knife; Harry Von Tilzer [MPPA title registration], 1927

You can't take away what you gave; Arthur Terker, 1919

You certainly have opened my eyes; Harry David Kerr/Harry Von Tilzer, 1914

You're not with Billy tonight; Billy K. Wells/Al Steadman, 1913

Zuleika; Andrew B. Sterling, 1903

[Empty contract envelopes]

Contracts: Shows

Heigh-Ho [previously called Insults]; Leo Donnelly and Dolph Singer/Harry Von Tilzer

Hoosier Girl; Edward P. Moran/Harry Von Tilzer

Mad Love; Frances Nordstrom/Harry Von Tilzer

To-Day [previously called Style]

You Know Me Al; Hugh Stanislaus Stange, Stannard Mears, W. Anson Hallihan/Harry Von Tilzer

Contracts between HVTMPC and the following:

American Federation of Musicians

ASCAP

Bornstein, Ben

Candy Music Publishing Co.

Cohen, Meyer

Herman Darewski Music Publishing Co., Ltd.

Decca Records, Inc.

Dyson, Hal R. and William K. Wells

Fero, James

Fitzgerald, Dallas M.

Hill, Gus et al

Music Autographers' Union

O'Day, James

Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation

Preston, E. D. and Arthur Wimperis

Smith, Samuel

Smitman, Ralph

Sterling, Andrew B.

Jerry Vogel Music Co., Inc.

Von Tilzer, Albert and Harry, and Jack Louis Gumm

Von Tilzer, Harry and Will

Contracts between the following:

Broadway Music Corp. - Simon & Schuster

Feist, Leo - Walter Donaldson

Feist, Leo - Harry Von Tilzer

Mills, F. A. - William S. Estrell[?] & Budd Minor[?]

Singer, Dolph - Various vaudeville artists

Von Tilzer, Albert - Stasny Music Corp.

Certificate of incorporation for Vontil Corporation (1913)

Correspondence regarding Certificate of incorporation for Shapiro, Bernstein & Von Tilzer

Miscellaneous forms

Litigation: HVTMPC vs. the following:

Columbia Recording Corporation correspondence, 1927, 1943-1944

Columbia Recording Corporation releases, 1943-1944

Leo Feist, Inc., et al, Affidavit, Order to show just cause, etc.

Leo Feist, Inc., et al, Complaint, depositions, etc.

Leo Feist, Inc., et al, Arthur J. Lamb & M. Witmark & Sons

Loew's, Inc., et al, Correspondence, music, clippings

Loew's, Inc., et al, Interrogatories, final release, etc.

Jerry Vogel Music Co., et al

General correspondence, 1937-1955, undated (12 folders)

Correspondence between HVTMPC and Goldie & Gumm, 1939-1955, undated (3 folders)

Correspondence with Harry Fox regarding royalties and synchronization rights of disputed songs, 1941-1947

Correspondence with Sol Leibner of Leibner & Chaikin, Accountants, 1947-1952

Correspondence regarding Pauline B. Story, 1938

Trial documents

Arranged alphabetically by type of document.

Account of plaintiff

Appeal

Audit of Jerry Vogel Music Co. by HVTMPC, June 1947

Briefs from defendant

Briefs from defendant-appellant

Briefs from plaintiffs

Briefs from plaintiffs-appellees

Copyright and royalty information on disputed songs

Depositions of Brandenburg, Minnie

Depositions of Dillon, William A.

Depositions of Dody, Daniel

Depositions of Freidberg, Sidney

Depositions of Nizer, Louis

Depositions of Rosenbloom, Milton M.

Depositions of Ryan, Ben

Depositions of Tafuri, Jennie A. Browne

Depositions of Vogel, Jerry

Depositions of Von Tilzer, Harry [summary]

Examinations before trial: Sterling, Andrew B.Jerry Vogel Music Co., by Jerry Vogel

Examinations before trial: March 1941

Examinations before trial: April 1941

Examinations before trial: May 1941

Examinations before trial: June 1941

Examinations before trial: Von Tilzer, Harry

Findings of fact and conclusions of law

Hearing transcript, 1951 (2 folders)

Interlocutory decree

Judgment

Judgment of appeal

Memoranda from defendant

Memoranda from plaintiff (3 folders)

Notice of settlement

Notice to produce

Opinion

Order to show cause

Plaintiff reply to counterclaims

Pleadings

Report of special master

Statements from Von Tilzer, Jules

Statements from Von Tilzer, Will

Stenographers' fees

Stipulation

Summons and complaint (3 drafts) (3 folders)

Tender of proof

Miscellaneous (2 folders)

Litigation: William A. Dillon vs Harry Von Tilzer Music Publishing Corp.

Litigation between Broadway Music Corp. vs Jerry Vogel Music Co. and Jack Norworth

Litigation between Broadway Music Corp. vs Jerry Vogel Music Co. and Adella & Harold Singer

Litigation between Rose Druckerman et al vs James G. Harbord et al

Litigation between Charles K. Harris vs Ted Snyder Co. et al

Litigation between Edward B. Marks Music Corp. vs Jerry Vogel Music Co.

Litigation between Selwyn & Co., Inc., vs Bayard Veiller

Litigation between Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. vs P. F. Collier & Son Co. & Joseph P. McEvoy

Litigation between M. Witmark & Sons vs Fred Fisher Music Co. et al

H. Harold Gumm, 1903-1951

Contains certificates to practice law, contracts, deed to Los Angeles property, and wills prepared for various clients.

The wills are arranged alphabetically by name.

Certificates to practice law

Contracts between H. Harold Gumm and Sig Herzig

Contracts between H. Harold Gumm and Frank Lewis

Contracts between H. Harold Gumm and Leo Morrison

Contracts between H. Harold Gumm and Will and Jules Von Tilzer

Contract between Gertrude S. Gumm (Mrs. H. Harold) and Eugene Berton

Deed (Los Angeles property), 1948

Will prepared for Samuel (Sammy Lee) Levy

Will prepared for Antonio L. DeMarco

Will prepared for Mann Holiner

Will prepared for Catherine Roth

Will prepared for Lester A. Santly

Will prepared for Lillian Roth Scott (Lillian Roth)

Will prepared for Esther Solomon (Esther Santly)

Financial Papers, 1899-1957

Contains the financial papers of Harry Von Tilzer, the Estate of Harry Von Tilzer, Harry Von Tilzer Music Publishing Co., Jules Von Tilzer, H. Harold Gumm, and Goldie & Gumm. Includes royalty statements, business and personal financial records, insurance records, and tax records.

Arranged according to name of originator.

Harry Von Tilzer

Check stubs, 1931-1938; 1939-1945

Receipts

Record of deposits and withdrawals, 1944

Royalty statements for Feist & Frankenthaler

Royalty statements M. Witmark & Sons

Taxes, 1928, 1940-1945

Estate of Harry Von Tilzer

Memos, summaries, etc.

Royalty statements for Bourne, Inc.

Royalty statements for Broadway Music Corp.

Royalty statements for Shapiro, Bernstein & Co.

Estate taxes

Income taxes (New York and U.S.), 1946-1951

Social security taxes

Freeport House, L. I.--Insurance

Freeport House, L. I.--Inventory

Freeport House, L. I.--Maintenance, 1944-1956

Freeport House, L. I.--Mortgages, 1908-1930

Freeport House, L. I.--Paid bills, 1946-1957

Freeport House, L. I.--Taxes, 1930-1956 (2 folders)

Freeport House, L. I.--Title and title search, appraisal

Harry Von Tilzer Music Publishing Company

ASCAP royalty distributions - Accounts, 1952-1957

ASCAP royalty distributions - Statements, 1934-1950

ASCAP writer-performance record, 1949-1956

Bankruptcy proceedings: Correspondence and notes

Bankruptcy proceedings: Documents (2 folders)

Financial reports, 1923-1924

General ledger balance book, 1923-1924

Insurance, 1944-1949

Inventory of safe, 1946

Ledger of mechanical releases, 1918-1922

List of broadcast uses (by song), 1943-1946

List of synchronization uses, 1938-1951

Mechanical royalties ledger, 1924-1928

Printing order book, 1935-1943

Order book (carbon); entries include name and address, quantity and title ordered, and date, 1922-1924

Federal and state income taxes, 1918-1951 (4 folders)

Employer's tax returns, 1937-1942

Jules Von Tilzer

Paid bills

Social security, 1950-1951

Federal and state taxes (incomplete), 1948-1954

H. Harold Gumm

Bank statements, 1941-1944

Deposit receipts and cancelled checks, 1941-1944

Insurance: Correspondence, bills, etc. (2 folders)

Insurance: Policies (health, auto, etc.)

Investments: Broker statements, correspondence, 1936-1940

Paid bills (correspondence, receipts), 1926-1957, undated

Record of deposits and withdrawals, 1941-1942, 1945

Record of expenditures regarding producing activities, 1942

Savings books and check registers, 1912, 1921, 1935-1936

Taxes, 1942, 1946

Goldie & Gumm

Accounts payable and receivable

Inventory of furniture

Paid bills, 1949-1952 (2 folders)

Taxes, 1946-1953

Catalog of the Harry Von Tilzer Music Publishing Co.

Contains printed, typescript, and index cards; printed catalog; list of works published by HVTMPC; copyright information; status of catalog as of 1957, etc. Mostly undated material.

HVTMPC printed catalogs, some annotated with copyright information

Status of HVTMPC catalog as of July 1957 (typescript)

Lists of Harry Von Tilzer works published by HVTMPC

List of Harry Von Tilzer works published by others

Songs published by HVTMPC - ASCAP list

Songs published by HVTMPC - Revision of ASCAP list

Copyright information for HVTMPC catalog (typescript)

Copyright renewal applications [for seven songs]

Miscellaneous

Card file labelled "not in current catalogue"

Programs, 1894-1929, 1940

Printed programs and newsprint announcements, primarily about Harry Von Tilzer performances or compositions.

1894-1906

1909-1929, 1940, undated

Photographs

Includes both publicity and casual photos of Harry Von Tilzer and family members. There is also a collection of performers' publicity photos. Mostly undated material.

Harry Von Tilzer alone see also Box OV 2 (8 oversize folders and 1 wooden mounting)

Harry Von Tilzer with others see also Box OV 2 (1 wooden mounting)

Others, including family members see also Box OV 2 (2 buttons)

Male performers (identified and unidentified) (2 folders)

Female performers (identified and unidentified) (2 folders)

Groups of performers (identified and unidentified) (2 folders)

Child performers

Banquet camera photographs (rolled) of ASCAP meeting and dinner at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, March 30, 1927; and ASCAP meeting and dinner at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, March 27, 1930

Clippings, 1900-1959

Arranged by subject (as originally ordered) or by decade.

Harry Von Tilzer (writings, biographical material, obituaries)

Obituary notices for William V. Goldie

Notices regarding Dolph Singer

Articles on estate settlements

1900-1909

1920-1929 (2 folders)

1930-1939 (3 folders)

1940-1949 (3 folders)

1950-1959 (2 folders)

Miscellany

Miscellaneous artwork, publicity, publications. Mostly undated.

Artwork

Cartoons: "Birth of a Song" by Paul Carruth and Joseph R. Fliesler (signed) and "Seems Like Yesterday" by C. Kessler

Placemats - "Claytoon" illustrations of Harry Von Tilzer songs from a series entitled "The Gay Nineties" by the Sass-Dorne Studios of Hollywood, California

Wooden mounting of clipping from The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 30, 1939, illustrating "She's Only a Bird in a Gilded Cage" with slides from an early nickelodeon accompaniment of the song

Publicity - HVTMPC

"A Tribute to Harry Von Tilzer" Printed flyer

List of on-air plugs, 1936-1939

Notes for "The Silver Anniversary of the Silver Haired Composer Harry Von Tilzer" Manuscript, in pencil

Publications

Pamphlets, booklets, flyers, etc.

Spaeth, Sigmund. Read 'Em and Weep: The Songs You Forgot to Remember. New York/Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1927.

Proposal for "The International Ice Frolics" Typewritten, no name or date

Miscellaneous

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Contents

Von Tilzer / Gumm Collection

Processed by the Music Division of the Library of Congress

1993

Collection Summary

Biographical Note

Scope and Content Note

Selected Search Terms

People

Organizations

Subjects

Form/Genre

Organization of the Von Tilzer / Gumm Collection

Container List

Biographical Materials

Biographical data (typewritten biographical summaries, press release, etc.)

List of biographical data (for California) [citations of clippings about Harry Von Tilzer]

List of songs by Harry Von Tilzer

List of songs by Albert Von Tilzer

List of musicals by Albert Von Tilzer

List of songs - Miscellaneous

The Story behind the Song [descriptions of songs by Harry Von Tilzer]

Transcripts of interviews with Harry Von Tilzer, 1939 and undated (2 folders)

"Harry and Albert Von Tilzer" [typescript of article for Billboard, March 19, 19--]

"3000 Songs Before His First Real Hit" [typescript of article for Cosmopolitan, July 1926]

Membership cards of Harry Von Tilzer

Writings

Writings by Harry Von Tilzer

Mister Tin Pan Alley, Himself Typescript, 164 p., with cover letter from Harry Von Tilzer to H. Harold GummTypescript, 164 p.Typescript, 159 p. (complete)

Story of Harry Von Tilzer's Career Typescript, 194 p.

Story of Harry Von Tilzer's Career Typescript, partial, 23 p.

[Untitled autobiography] Holograph manuscript, pencil on oversize brown paper, 65 p.

[Untitled autobiography] Typescript, 158 p.

Writing a Popular Song Holograph manuscript, 5 p.

Writings by Others

Culver, Lillian. Synopsis of Mister Tin Pan Alley, Himself

Herzig, Sig, and Albert Lewis. Take Me Back to New York Town [treatment of the Von Tilzer Story, 1949]

Shaw, E. A. Synopsis of Mister Tin Pan Alley, Himself

The Von Tilzers: Skeleton Synopsis of Mister Tin Pan Alley, Himself

Suggested Screen Treatment of the Von Tilzers

H. Harold Gumm's comments on the life story of Harry Von Tilzer

Correspondence, 1921-1958

Harry Von Tilzer

Adams, Robert W.

American Red Cross

Anheuser-Busch, inc.

D. Appleton-Century Company

A.S.C.A.P.

Ash, Paul

Aucoin, Lionel A.

Authors League of America

Aylward, James P.

Baer, Arthur "Bugs"

Bellos, George

Irving Berlin, Inc.

Bernard, Sam

Bird, Carol

Brahany, Thomas

Bryan, Vincent

Bye, George T.

Capital Music Co.

Cerf, Bennett

Cochrane, Nick

Cohan, George M.

Conn, Dick

Cooper, Charles G.

Costello, Harry F.

Curtis, Billy

Davis, Clare B.

Decca Records, Inc.

Diamond, Louis S.

Dillon, William A.

Dreyfus, Max

Durling, E. V.

Edwards, Leo

Federal Trade Commission

Feist, Leo

Fox, Harry

Francis, Day & Hunter

Goldie, William V.