Von Tilzer / Gumm Collection
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collection
Von Tilzer / Gumm Collection 1878-1959 (bulk 1900-1949)
Von Tilzer, Harry, 1872-1946
Gumm, H. Harold
Biographical History for: Von Tilzer / Gumm Collection 1878-1959 (bulk 1900-1949)
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 In his unpublished biography (many drafts of which are found in this collection), Von Tilzer claims to have written over 8000 songs during his career, of which 2000 were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.
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
series
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.
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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
"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 Gumm
Story of Harry Von Tilzer's Career
[Untitled autobiography]
Holograph manuscript, pencil on oversize brown paper, 65 p.
Writing a Popular Song
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).
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
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.
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
Hynard, Marjorie
Jewish Theatrical Guild of America
Johnson, Irbie
Kendis, Lillian (Mrs. James)
Radcliffe, Ella
Saltpeter, Sophie
Salvador & Nigro
Sontag, Sophie
Terker, Arthur
Von Tilzer, Albert
Steven Wise Free Synagogue
re: HVTMPC payments
H. Harold Gumm
Arnow, Max
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
Foyer, Bernie
Garfunkel, George
Gilbert, L. Wolfe
Gleis, Stanley N.
Goldberg, Jack
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
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
Reinhardt, Max
Romberg, Sigmund
Singer, Wally (Mrs. Leo)
Smitman, Ralph
Sontag, Mae
Starn, E. A (HVTMPC, 1921-1922)
Sullivan, Ed & Sylvia
Thomas, Earl G.
U. S. Treasury Dept.
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, 1946-1958, from the files of H. Harold Gumm
Miscellaneous correspondence from the files of H. Harold Gumm (by subject):
Automobile
Banks
Domestic help
Health care and interrment
Hotels
Investments
Sympathy notices
Address list [manuscript, in the hand of H. Harold Gumm]
William V. Goldie
Broadway Music Corp.
Mahoney, Jack
Phillips, Nizer, Benjamin & Krim
Sherwood, Vince
Correspondence from others to the following:
Dorner, Charles J.
Preston, Walter
Music
subseries
Vocal Music, Manuscripts
Contains lead sheets (with or without text), piano scores, piano-vocal scores and more. Mostly undated.
Abba dabba [also known as Monkey song]Stone
ABC Medley
Abie and me and the baby Lew Brown, Harry Von Tilzer
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
Ain't that guy got nerve
Ain't that mean
Alabama bound
All by our lonely
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)
Along the Milky Way
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
Arrah go long with you see Green in your eye
At the lovers' ball
At the old town pump
At the Yiddish wedding dance
Attic Harry Von Tilzer, Phil White
Auld lang syne Frank Fogarty
Babette [Minuet]
Baby
Baby o' mine
Baby, save your kisses for meFrank Tinarey, Fred Strasser, Joe Hartig
Baby smiles at me
Bad, bad baby
Baldy
Bamboo bungalow
Band played Dixie
Barnyard gale
Bass viol
Bathing Ben Welch
Batter up
Battery F
Battle for living Frank Fogarty, Grace Edmonds
The beautiful snow Andrew B. Sterling, Harry Von Tilzer
Billy's Betty girl
Bing bing
The bluebird's lament
Blues Pinkard, Marian Lewis
Booby-house
Book
Book song
Bridget McCann, you're a jewel Vincent Bryan, Harry Von Tilzer
Bring back Rowland, Pall Mall 3
Broadway
The Broadway handicap
Broadway must be heaven
Broadway scale of love
Broadway touch
Broken heart Ed Barnes
Brother Mike Frank Fogarty
Brotherly love Jack Norworth, Harry Von Tilzer
Brutus Caesar
Bubbles Wells
Busy bee Ben
Buy a liberty bond for the baby Ed Moran, Harry Von Tilzer
Bye and bye
Cabby
Can't get away from me Harry Hastings
Can't keep my eyes Bergeron, King
Can't you see Nat Vincent
Captain Curly Head
Carolina sunshine Wm. K. Wells; Pall Mall 3; 6 Kirksmiths; Rover; Mrs. Thornton
Castle in Spain Sam Howe
Cat is away
Cause of it all Myrtle & Pauli
Celia (1903) Harry Wellman
Charity Bensee & Baird
Cheat
Cheer up Big City 4
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
Come on Susan, come on Joe
Come to the circus
Consequences Vincent Bryan, Harry Von Tilzer
Coochi coochi coo
Cotton blossom Sue
Couldn't happen to me
Country
Croquet Dolph Singer, Harry Von Tilzer
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
Dat spoony rag W. Raymond Walker
Days (new patter) Arranged by Ed. Smalle
Dear old mother days
Disappointed
Discovered you
Dixie Romain & La Pearl; Leslie Connell Trio
Does anybody want my Fido? (1919) Garfield Kilgour, Harry Von Tilzer
Does you love Honey
Doing hi bit
Doll Mrs. Sydney
Dolly shook her golden curls
Do they do those things in New York Edward Clark
Do you get me?
Done before
Don't do that Ed Moran, Harry Von Tilzer, Lillian Lorraine
Don't know where
Don't make me laugh
Don't say good-bye Dannie O'Neil
Don't stop
Don't talk about home Harry Von Tilzer
Don't wake me up
Don't you remember me?
Doo-da
Doo dah dey
Doodle doodle doo
Dooley did the booly booly
Down by the river Nile George Totten Smith, Harry Von Tilzer
Down in Madagascar land
Down in rag-time row
Down on the farm
Dreams Sterling 3
Dreams come true
Ebenezer
Egypt
Eli
Ely, good bye
End of world
Every morning
Ev'ry tear is a smile (in an Irishman's heart)
Everybody knows that I love you, dear
Everybody's on the make
Exposition four
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
Far far away
Farewell Miss Clarabelle
Farmer
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
Ganges River
Garden of lies
Gay Paree Midgie Miller
Gee ain't I glad I'm home
Genevieve
Gentleman Charlotte Parry
Georgia Sterling Trio
German heaven
The ghost of the ukelele
Ginger
Girl for me Millard & Gay Lorette
The girl I left
The girl I left before I left (1909) Mahoney, Harry Von Tilzer
Girl song
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
Give my love to Nellie
Golden days
Goodbye Antonio
Goodbye Susan, goodbye Jane
Good for nothing Doris Wilson
Good man now
The good ole song of the blue and gray
Good ship Honeymoon
Good time Charlie
Gorilla grab
Got nothing
Gowns Herlein
Grape juice bill
Great big world
Green in your [me] eye (also known as Arrah go long with you) Eddie Moran, Harry Von Tilzer
The greeter May Hickey
Gumshoe man
Gunga
Hackensack
Hannah's going to get me sure
Happy hunting ground
Harry
Harvest days
Harvest moon Elm City 4
Has anybody got an umbrella
Have a heart Sterling, Harry Von Tilzer
Have you forgotten so soon? (1935) Harry Von Tilzer
Have you no heart
He learned about women from me
He was a hero in the army Phil Baker
He was talking
He's always doing something
Hebrew sailor song Sam Howe
Hello! Boys, I'm back again Harry Von Tilzer
Help
Hennessey
Here's your hat
Highland Mary (Dance for) Eddie Foy
The hippodrome evangelist
Hm hm let's see Billy Montgomery, George Perry
Hokum
Holding hands
Homesick
Honestly think
Honey bee (1926) Sterling, Harry Von Tilzer
Honeymoon R. C. McPherson, Chris Smith
Honoloo
Honolula cabaret
Hot time
How about tonight?
How can I help
How much am I bid Addison Burkhardt
How would you like in my auto car
Huckle
Husband Miss Le Roy
I can't guess that you love me
I could be coaxed Sterling, Harry Von Tilzer
I don't count for nothin'
I don't want another girlie
I feel it
I gave her that Ed Moran, Dave Weisburg, Dave Kaplan
I got an idea Dolph Singer, Harry Von Tilzer
I hate you
I heard different Adair and Gaylor
I just came from old Missouri
I know all about it now George Duval, Jr.
I know just where she hangs out
I know nothing of love Anna Ford
I left my old Kentucky home for you
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
I never that a girl like you
I.O.U.
I really hate to talk about myself
I sez Wimperis and Davidson/Davidson
I tried to make a fool out of B'way Harry Von Tilzer
I used to be a regular actor
I used to call her honey
I want a boy Harry Von Tilzer
I want a mama
I want a man Harry Von Tilzer
I want a playmate
I want someone to float me Edward Clark
I want to be good Frank Fay, Dave Dreyer
I want to be loved Margaret Ford, Al Doyle
I want to be somebody's baby Ed Smalle, Jesse Greer
I want you
I wish I were you (1911) Ballard Macdonald, Harry Piani
I won the family over
I wouldn't be surprised
I'd do as much for you
I'd do the same for you
I'd like to change places with you
I'd like to meet the fella that wrote...
If all the nurses were like you... Pauli
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
If you don't think you ought to do Sterling & Moran, Harry Von Tilzer
If you don't want to lose you're chicken
If you only had my disposition (1915) Albert Von Tilzer; arranged by Mornay D. Halm
If you were mine
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
I'll tell my big brother on you
Ill wind
I'm a devil of a fellow don't you know
I'm a little bit afraid of you, B'way
I'm an old sea dog
I'm ashamed to tell the rest Harry Von Tilzer
I'm going down to beat my wife William F. Kirk, Harry Von Tilzer
I'm homesick Sterling, Harry Von Tilzer
I'm so good to the manager
I'm worried
In a chimney corner Royal Musical Five
In an aeroplane built for two
In childhood days Dick Knowles
In de evenin' (1910) Alex Rogers, Will Marion Cook
In dreamy Spain Alberto Rizzo
In Ladyland
In London town Sam Howe
In Matteawan
In Paree
In the cottage on Poverty Street Andrew B. Sterling, Harry Von Tilzer
In the foolish-house
In the good old Irish way
In the land of the rising sun Samuel A. Massell
In the springtime
In you all my dreams come true
Indian love
Indian summer moon Harry Von Tilzer
Indian summer moon George A. Kershaw, Harry Von Tilzer
Intermezzo Al Johns
Ireland
Irish home sweet home Me, Him & I
The Irish Jew-bi-lee
Irish melody
Irish song Harry Von Tilzer
Irish songs of yesterday
Isn't my fault
It ain't so awful Mabel
It's a secret Ballard MacDonald, Billy Kilgard
It's my birthday everyday Eva Tanguay
It's 100 to 1 he's in love
I've got it on them all Eddie Foy
I've wasted my love on you Dolph Singer, Harry Von Tilzer
Ivy twines
Jack Smith rag Smalle
Jakali
Japanese moon Sam Howe
Jean Harry Von Tilzer
Jess (Special) De Noyer
Jim Nosse
Jingaboo
Jingle bells 4 Virginia Girls
Jingle jungle town
Joe
Just
Just a little bit
Just a little party
Just an old jay Big City 4
Just another poor man
Just as if I didn't know White Sisters; Honey Hurst
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
Just because he's good to me Sterling, Harry Von Tilzer
Just like your dear old mother Harry Von Tilzer, Kaplan
Just lonesome for you Arranged by Ed. Smalle
Just nigger Parry
Just one more
June's brides
K. W.
Kalamazoo Prown & Jackson
Katie Wood
Keep away from Elaine
Keep Irish out Hanlon & Conrad
Keep it in the family
Kentucky Sue
Kicking around
Kiddie Koo
King Solomon
Kisses for sale
Kissing rag Manning & Moore
Kitty Rooney Arthur E. Behim
Knit knit knit
Knock a little louder Ephraham Harry Von Tilzer
Lady Lou Sherwood Trio
Lamp us on the campus Hi, Icho, Icho
The land o' love Will Heelan, Herbert Walters
Land of Eskimo
Language of the eyes
Lantern dance
The lassie I know
Last day Burr & Meyer
Laughing song
Laura Lee
Leave it to Eva
Lemon tree
Leo Friedman
Let me dream, dream, dream [also known as Mr. Dreamer]
Let me see old Ireland
Let's get acquainted
Life ain't worth living George B. Alexander, Harry Von Tilzer
Life is one thing after another
Life saver Larry Comer
Life's what you make it Gus Van, Joe Scheuck
Lights go out
Like Kelly did
Like telling a kid there ain't no Santa Claus
Lion
Listen to the anvil chorus
Little bit - I'll say so
A little bundle from heaven
Little devil Vincent
A little German heaven
Liza
Lollypop
London town Sam Howe
Long Island Sound
Long long way to U.S.A.
Long way Peerless 4
Look at me now and the day you got me
Look who's here (Waltz) Harry Von Tilzer
Looking hot and keeping cool
Lost a girl
The lost chord blues
Lovable rogue
Love
Love is such a tender feeling
Love love love
Love me Palais Royal
Love me, love my dog (no. 3)
Love me nice [slumming] Sterling, Harry Von Tilzer
L-O-V-E spells love Duncan Sisters
Love time
Love will find
Lovin' Sam
Lucky girl
Mad Ma-Madeline Louis Dacre
Maggie McCart
Maggie spill the beans
Mah-jong
Maiden's prayer
Makim's
Man behind the hammer and saw
Mandy Stock, arranged by Smalle
March Nick-o-demus
March song Mossinger
March two step
Marie
Mariutcha
Mary
Maybe for someone but not for you
Me & myself Harry Von Tilzer
Meanest man
Medleys
Meet me at the ball tonight
Meet me at the Waldorf
Mirror Dan Sullivan, Harry Von Tilzer
Mickey Slater singing waiter Norworth
Million reasons
Miserary Henry Troy & Al Johns
Miss Angelina Snow Jas T. Bryum
Miss Tammany
Mississippi shore
Mistakes will happen
Mister G.
Mobile Sam, banjo man
Moon
Moonlight night
Mosquito & the frog Whiting Burt
Mother Ad Hoyt; Bison City 4; Rover
Mother could only see me
Move up closer to me, kid
Mr. Booze man
Mr. Joy May Ward
Mum's the word
Music is playing
Music russle of the skirt [slumming]
My bagpipe Sandy
My birthday
My chop suey girl A. Roattino
My Dixie Lou Sterling, Harry Von Tilzer
My Dixie queen
My girl
My love to Nellie
My mamma dear
My old man had a funny little walk
My ragtime boy
My sweet American rose Alice W. Melville; arranged by Samuel Perlstein
My sweet babee
My sweet one
My sweetheart Amy Ashmore Clark, Sam Siebert
My sweetie Dolph Singer, Harry Von Tilzer
Nasty disposition
Nationals
'Neath an Indian summer moon Harry Von Tilzer
Never knew
Never too late
A nice little girl is naughty
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
Nobody else but you
Nobody knows what a little love
None of my business
Northern blue and gray of Dixie
Not enough love, baby Harry Von Tilzer
Nothin' but you
Nothing more to say Charlotte Parry
Nothing new
Now I know
Nurse song
O-O-O-O-O-O'Brien
Off the bunk Joe Herbert
Officer
Oh Daddy come home
Oh dear
Oh how I love you
Oh Marie
Oh, oh, Miss Lucy Ella (1907) Sterling, Harry Von Tilzer
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
Old B'way
Old jay
Old King Solomon
On the B & O
On the Champs-Elysées
On the day that comes before Monday
On the level Barry
Once was enough for me
100 years ago Harry Von Tilzer; Billy Gould
100 years from now Bergeron
Oola
Open gates of paradise
Open up
Open up that door and let me in
Opened my eyes
Opera Taylor & Francis
Operatic waltz song
Opium
Orange blossom time in California
Organ begins to play
Over here and over there Billy Curtis, Harry Von Tilzer
Pal
Parcel post
Part of it is mine Arthur Lamb, Harry Von Tilzer
Party wire Nordstrom & Potter
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.
Picture
Pies
A plain girl
Play McCormick & Irving
Polly
Poor little me
Poor old moon
Potatoes Peerless 4
Presents
Pretty girl
Pretty please
Production
Put the moon to bed
Quaker
Quaker song
Quaker town
Queen of fashion Sam Howe
Racket song
Ragtime boat
Ragtime glider
Ragtime wagon of love
Rain
Rainbow Jos. Morris
Regular pal
Rib Singer & Jay
Roaming
Rock me
The rocking chair brigade
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
Santa Claus
Sardinia Sterling, Harry Von Tilzer
Piano-vocal; piano; printed proofs; text
Say, ain't it grand Vincent Bryan, Harry Von Tilzer
Says I to myself Midgie Miller
School days Boland & Knight
Seadrift
See it that way
Seeing Polly home
See saw
Semi-classic song
Send you a picture
Señorita
Shadowland
Shady side Broadway
Shake 'em up (at Lucinda's Honolulu ball)
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
Sitting up with a sick friend
Sleeping
Sleepy moon Marion Chase
Small world Sterling, Harry Von Tilzer; Sterling 3
Smoke goes up the chimney
Snap your fingers
Sneeze Geo. Mack
Snowman Jesse Greer; Rice & Francis
Soldier's rosary
Some day
Some day sweet heart
Some girl
Some little girl Dolph Singer, Harry Von Tilzer
Somebody loves you [also known as I love you both] Sabel
Somebody's waiting Nonette
Someone
Someone I love
Someone's more lonesome than you
Something's going to happen De Noyer
The song that stole...
Song to the chief
The song wasn't written that way Milt Feiber, Jess Feiber
Sorry John Meyers
Spank! Spank! Spank! Harry Von Tilzer
Spellbound
Spoon with the man in the moon
Squirrel & nut
Stand up, sit down, walk around... Weston & Leon
Standing on the corner
Stolen sweets (waltz) Harry Von Tilzer
Stop!
Strolling along
Studio Sam Howe
Sue dear Harry Von Tilzer
Sullivan's chowder party
Sunday
Sunny Seville Sam Howe
Sure and it's me that knows
Sweet little girl
Sweet potatoes
Sweeta-Marie
Sweeter
Sweeties Pell & Pell; Woodrow
'Tain't none of my business Cecil Mack & Chris. Smith
Take an aspirin
Take it from me
Take me along
Take me where the music is playing
Taking care of mother
Tax on love
Tear League of Nations
Tear is a smile Sterling Trio
Tell Mamie I said good-bye Billy Curtis
Ten cent store
Ten-fifty nine
Tennessee medley
Thanks goodnight
That old-fashioned garden back home
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
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
36 inches Costello & Heinzman[?]
Tina waltzes Alberto Rizzi
To the music of the band
To the tune of a beautiful song
Tokio
Tonight's the night
Top o' the mornin' Joe Maxwell
Tra-la-la
Tra-la-la-la la
Trail of yesterday K & S; Walter
Trench fires
Twas a braw brecht moonlecht necht Harry Von Tilzer
Tweet, tweet
Twelve o'clock fellow La Rue; Tom Brown
Twist Kilgour
Two (2) arms
Ukalou
Umpah
Uncle Sammy
Under love's moon Duncan Sisters
Under the Hudson River
Under the weeping willow tree
Under the Yiddish moon
U.S.A.
A vagabond am I Harry Von Tilzer
The villain
Violets
Waiting
Waltz
Waltzing
Wasn't my fault
Wasn't that thoughtful of him
Watchful waiting
Waves rolled on
We go for a lark on the tail of a shark
Wedding breakfast
Wee! wee! wee!
Welcome to our city, Kitty
Well worth waiting for
What a fool I'd be
What a uniform
What are you getting from somebody else?
What are you going to do for me
What could I do
What do I care
What do you want of my young life?
What you've started Dreyer & Fay
What's goin' to be the outcome if the income don't come in?
When Anna practices on her "pianner"
When Casey marched away
When I gave myself to you
When I went to school [slumming]
When I'm with you
When the golden rod is waving... John Meyer
When you go to Picadilly pick a girl for me
When you waltz with the girl you love
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
Whistle Kilgour
Who bribed the umpire Harry Von Tilzer
Who hit McAdoo? Harry Von Tilzer
Who puts me in my little bed
Whoa January Schram & Raymond
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
The widow [also known as U. S. A.]
Wilhelmina Harry Von Tilzer
Winter-time Meredith
Wireless Harry Von Tilzer
The wireless telephone Vincent Bryan, Harry Von Tilzer
A wonderful night to dream
Won't go home till morning Delmore
Won't someone find me a sweetheart Melvin M. Franklin
Words & music
The Yanks did it Van and Schenck; James Irving
Ye ne'er can tell until ye try
Yiddisha Japanese Sam Howe
Yo San
You
You are not the same sweet girl
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
You needn't think I'm goin to do it all
You took the sweet from sweetheart
You'll never miss what you've never had
You're just a bad, bad babyDolph Singer, Harry Von Tilzer; arranged by Anthony J. Franchim[?]
You're just a part of my heart
You're my little theme song
You're not with your Billy tonight Billy K. Wells, Al Stedman
You're too good to lose
Openings
Untitled music
Vocal Music, Printed, 1878-1940
Contains printed piano-vocal scores, with music by Harry Von Tilzer and others.
Adieu Foulard adieu Madras, undated Claude-François Amour
All aboard for Blanket Bay, 1910 Andrew B. Sterling, Harry Von Tilzer
A bird in a gilded cage, 1900, 1927 Arthur J. Lamb, Harry Von Tilzer
Be my little honey bee (proofs), 1921 Andrew B. Sterling, Harry Von Tilzer
Cubalita, 1941 Harry Sims, Alberto Rizzi
Down on the farm, 1902, 1930 Raymonde A. Browne, Harry Von Tilzer
Emmet's lullaby, 1878 J. K. Emmet
The girl I left before I left...
Gliding through the old stage door, 1912 William Jerome, Harry Von Tilzer
A hair of the dog that bit you, 1909 Vincent Bryan, Harry Von Tilzer
Harry Von Tilzer's Folio no. 3 for mandolin, guitar & piano, undated Harry Von Tilzer
Harry Von Tilzer's old time favorite hits, 1922 Harry Von Tilzer
He went a-hunting, 1907 Jack Mahoney, Harry Von Tilzer
The highly important fly [from The Jolly Baron], 1903 Arthur J. Lamb, Harry Von Tilzer
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?], 1908 Charles Collins, R. P. Weston
I don't want any other sweetheart... 1911 Jack Gorman, Andrew Sterling, Harry Von Tilzer
I might be coaxed, dear, but not by you, 1915 Jack Mahoney, Harry Von Tilzer
I want a girl just like the girl... 1911, 1938 William Dillon, Harry Von Tilzer
I wish I could hear you calling me now, undated Katharine Bainbridge, Harry Von Tilzer
I'm homesick, 1906 Andrew B. Sterling, Harry Von Tilzer
In the eternal city, 1902 Arthur J. Lamb, Harry Von Tilzer
It's a hundred to one you're in love, 1916 Lou Klein, Harry Von Tilzer
Just across the river on the hill, 1934 Harry Von Tilzer
Just around the corner, 1925 Dolph Singer, Harry Von Tilzer
Let's see, um, um, that's right, 1911 George Whiting, Andrew Sterling, Harry Von Tilzer
Little curly hair in a high chair [from Forty Little Mothers], 1940 Charles Tobias, Nat Simon
Little skipper, 1939 Nick Kenny, Charles Kenny
Maydee [from The Jolly Baron], 1903 Arthur J. Lamb, Harry Von Tilzer
My black Bess, 1898 Andrew B. Sterling, Harry Von Tilzer
My counterfeit Bill, 1911 Andrew B. Sterling, Harry Von Tilzer
Oh! Marjory! [from The Jolly Baron], 1903 Arthur J. Lamb, Harry Von Tilzer
On a Sunday afternoon, 1902, 1929 Andrew B. Sterling, Harry Von Tilzer
The pickaninny's paradise, 1918 Sam Ehrlich, Nat Osbourne
The ragtime wagon of love, 1912 William Jerome, Harry Von Tilzer
Sitting in the dark, 1907 John Kemble, Lester Keith
That old Irish mother of mine, 1920, 1925 William Jerome, Harry Von Tilzer
That's where I meet my girl, 1926 J. Vincent Healy, Dolph Singer, Harry Von Tilzer
Wait till the sun shines, Nellie, 1905, 1932 Andrew B. Sterling, Harry Von Tilzer
Waters of Venice (or Floating down the sleepy lagoon), 1918 Neville Fleeson, Albert Von Tilzer
What kind of an American are you? 1917 Lew Brown, Chas. McCarron, Albert Von Tilzer
When my baby smiles at me
When the harvest days are over, 1900, 1927 Howard Graham, Harry Von Tilzer
Where's Dooley? 1910 A. J. Mills, Bennett Scott
You can't get arrested for thinking [also known as Somebody knows (HVT)], 1915 Andrew B. Sterling, Harry Von Tilzer
Lyric Sheets
Contains manuscript and typescript lyric sheets. Mostly undated.
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)
Instrumental Music
Contains manuscript full scores, piano scores, and orchestral parts. Undated material.
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
Illinois
Kitty Rooney (Irish medley) Arthur E. Behim, arranged for orchestra by Ernest Bial
The mad Madrid Harry Von Tilzer, arranged by C. M. Selling
Narcissus rag Arranged by Mornay D. Helm
Oriental intermezzo Harry Von Tilzer, arranged by Stephen O. Jones
Silver water dance Schulz
Untitled
Dramatic Music
Includes manuscript and typescript full scores, piano-vocal scores, orchestral parts, choral and vocal parts, and scripts. Undated material.
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]
Excerpts (piano-vocal scores) (manuscript)
Excerpt (Act II, no. 8, chorus vocal parts) [printed]
Complete script in the hand of Arthur J. Lamb (signed); London, England, May 4, 1904
Excerpts from script, typewritten, with manuscript annotations
Script fragments, alterations, drawings of props, etc. [manuscript]
Script booklets for specific roles [typewritten]
Scene design, Act II [ink on transparency]
Hoosier girlEdward P. Moran and Harry Von Tilzer
Hoosier girl
Alphabetized notebook with lyrics, music, etc.
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)
Printed piano-vocal scores of individual numbers (2 folders)
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)
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.
Ann of Harlem Tom Barry
Betty, the baby, and us Junie McCree
Bookland, 1910 Addison Burkhardt, Edgar Allen Woolff
Christine, 1924 Douglas Grant
Don't make me laugh (manuscript) Charlie Burns
Down the joy line; A river of fun banked with music Junie McCree
Dumb luck; A story of chance and chances W. Vaughan Dunham, Dolph Singer
The elopement Junie McCree, Edward Clark
The extra added attraction Junie McCree, Edward Clark
Harry Conley
[Ensemble of] Hello New York Junie McCree
Helped by the enemy (skit)
Hogan in society Junie McCree
Hoodlum College
Hoosier girl Edward P. Moran, Harry Von Tilzer
The huckster and the ham Junie McCree
Hugh decides
Imagination scene (partial)
Insults Dolph 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 adolescence Dolph Singer
Marie Eline Dolph Singer
The matinee girls Junie McCree
A merry whirl, 1916-1917
The milky way Dolph Singer, Harry Von Tilzer
Miss Emily Darrell, 1924-1925 Dolph Singer
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)
Mushrooms Dolph Singer
The other brother George Totten Smith
On the beach
On the ice Dolph Singer, Harry Von Tilzer
Passing the time away; A lesson in watchfulness Dolph Singer
Performing camel
The rose girl Arthur J. Lamb, Harry Von Tilzer
Sea drift; A musical romance of the south seas Hugh Stanislaus Stange, Dolph Singer, Harry Von Tilzer
Shavings
So this is Paris, 1930 H. C. Greene
Soldier's sweetheart
Son decides (short story)
The spicy island; A musical burletta in one scene Dave Lewis
Squirrels Dolph Singer, Harry Von Tilzer
The substitute model Junie McCree
The system Junie McCree with Taylor Granville
Tom foolery Junie McCree
Trailing a smuggler Junie McCree
The village cut-ups
Where there's a will
Window washers Dolph Singer, Leo Donnelly
A Yankee Doodle girl, 1904-1905 Jack Singer, arranger
You asked for it
You know me Al
Untitled scripts
Miscellaneous routines, gags, etc.
Miscellaneous gags, notes, etc., by Dolph Singer
Miscellaneous scenes
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, 1946; presented by Du Pont; starring Brian Donlevy
Hits and misses; written by Dolph Singer; featuring Harry Von Tilzer
Features "Just Around the Corner."
Indiana presents (Station WIRE, Indianapolis; Book III: Indiana composers; Chapter 29, Harry Von Tilzer)
Voice of Firestone, 1947, WNBC
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.
Beverly Hills Hotel
Correspondence
Contracts (and related correspondence): Antonio & Sally DeMarco - Luigi Albolino & Susan R. Jarrell
Minutes of board meetings, 1946-1954
Financial reports
Cabin in the Sky Production
Contracts between H. Harold Gumm and Albert Lewis
Contracts between H. Harold Gumm and Isabel M. Duncan, Al Goldin, Joe Goldin, & Jack Yorke
Jester Hairston
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
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
Miscellanous
Mann Holiner
Correspondence (including drafted agreements, etc.)
Rex Ingram
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
Duke McHale
Memoranda
Contract with William Liebling
Script (fragment)
Legal Papers
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
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.
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
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.
Other legal documents
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
Correspondence between HVTMPC and Goldie & Gumm, 1939-1955, undated
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
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
Interlocutory decree
Judgment
Judgment of appeal
Memoranda from defendant
Memoranda from plaintiff
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)
Tender of proof
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.
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.
Check stubs, 1931-1938; 1939-1945
Receipts
Record of deposits and withdrawals, 1944
Royalty statements for Feist & Frankenthaler
Royalty statements M. Witmark & Sons
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
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
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
Employer's tax returns, 1937-1942
Paid bills
Social security, 1950-1951
Federal and state taxes (incomplete), 1948-1954
Bank statements, 1941-1944
Deposit receipts and cancelled checks, 1941-1944
Insurance: Correspondence, bills, etc.
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
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]
Card file labelled "not in current catalogue"
Programs, 1894-1929, 1940
Printed programs and newsprint announcements, primarily about Harry Von Tilzer performances or compositions.
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)
Female performers (identified and unidentified)
Groups of performers (identified and unidentified)
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
Harry Von Tilzer (writings, biographical material, obituaries)
Obituary notices for William V. Goldie
Notices regarding Dolph Singer
Articles on estate settlements
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"
List of on-air plugs, 1936-1939
Notes for "The Silver Anniversary of the Silver Haired Composer Harry Von Tilzer"
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"