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Title: | Goldman, Samuel. Papers |
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Dates: | ca. 1910-1965 |
Size: | 8.5 linear ft. (15 boxes) |
Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
Abstract: | Samuel Goldman, vaudeville comedy writer, producer, actor. The Goldman Papers consist of nearly five hundred manuscripts, mainly original dramatic compositions. These have been divided into three groups, following Goldman’s own categorical divisions: “Complete Dramas,” “Scenes,” and “Bits.” Most of this material is unpublished. It includes an early version of “Who’s on First?” the baseball bit made famous by Abbott and Costello. The collection contains diverse notes and script fragments, as well as stage directions and other production materials. There is also a limited amount of miscellaneous material and memorabilia from Goldman’s wife and vaudeville partner Allie Ellsmore. |
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Samuel Goldman was an actor, producer, and writer of vaudeville comedies from 1909 (or earlier) until the early 1940s. Goldman toured vaudeville circuits in the United States, first as a single act and later with his wife Allie Ellsmore, as Goldman and Ellsmore. He played Perlmutter in Potash and Perlmutter directed by Al Woods and was with Sam Harris’s productions of the Marx Brothers’ Coconuts and Animal Crackers. Goldman also produced at major theaters through the 1910s and 1920s, with casts that included well-known stars (possibly May West). During the 1920s, he produced for W.J. Lytle (Publix Corporation) in San Antonio, Texas for six years. Later he directed stock and burlesque companies and taught classes in acting, vaudeville, and dance at schools that he had established in San Antonio and Cleveland, Ohio. According to a brief Billboard obituary, Goldman died on April 27, 1945 at the Maybury Sanatorium, Northville Michigan. He was all but forgotten and is not even mentioned in modern reference books on vaudeville.
Goldman wrote hundreds of pieces, from short bits [including the famous “Slowly I Turned,” re-enacted on I Love Lucy] to full multi-act dramas. Several of the dramatic and musical works of Goldman and Ellsmore were copyrighted, including “Clouds and Sunshine” (copyrighted in 1922), “Meet Me Tomorrow Night at Eight” (1924), “Decidedly Different” (1924), “In Nineteen Twenty-Four” (1924), “Everybody Laughed But Me” (1924), and “Dancing the Blues Away” (1935). In 1964, Allie Ellsmore registered a claim to copyright “Wine Women and Hats.” None of these pieces were ever published. Many of Goldman’s pieces were pirated by other more successful comedians, possibly including the original version of “Who’s on First?” the baseball skit made famous by Abbott and Costello.
Goldman’s productions were filled with the stock characters of vaudeville: Jew (often played by Goldman himself), Dutch, Ingénue, Rube, Straight, and Soubrette. His skits also feature suffragettes, gold-diggers, and policeman. The skits played on ethnic stereotypes and poked fun at gender relations. They parodied country bumpkins and noveau riche, as well as comic characters always out to make a quick dollar. Goldman’s witty word play relied on puns and mispronunciation, often made in exaggerated attempts at sophistication. He parodied new motion pictures and film stars and took occasional jabs at contemporary politicians. As an indication of what amused a wide spectrum of Americans in the first part of the twentieth century, his scripts represent a wealth of information for American social history and the history of the American
The Samuel Goldman Papers consist of nearly five hundred manuscripts, mainly original compositions, with related material including stage directions and programs for shows. The manuscripts are in Goldman’s handwriting or typescript, with many of them written in pencil on cheap contemporary paper. The original compositions have been divided into three groups, following Goldman’s own categorical divisions. These divisions represent primarily the length of each composition. “Complete Dramas” are the longest pieces, most containing several acts and requiring a large cast. “Bits” are the shortest pieces, no more than short skits, usually requiring only one or two actors. “Scenes” represent an intermediate category, compositions which call for large casts and elaborate staging (like the complete dramas) but which are relatively short (like the bits). There is significant overlap in categories: Goldman himself sometimes labeled the same piece as both a “bit” and a “scene.” Many bits are incorporated into scenes and both bits and scenes appear in modified forms in dramas. Some relatively complete pieces have no titles: these have been grouped in the appropriate category and given titles in brackets.
In all, 108 dramas, 106 scenes, and 280 bits have been identified in the collection. Labeled items are scripts unless otherwise noted in parentheses in the finding aid. Identical copies are noted by “c.1”, “c.2,” etc. while substantially different versions or completely different scripts with the same name are labeled with “-1,” “-2,” etc. Most of the scripts are undated, except where cue sheets or other materials related to production are available. While the majority of the materials appear to be Goldman originals, a few pieces are associated with Weber and Fields, the Marx Brothers, and other comedians, as noted in the inventory.
In addition to these three main series, a general series contains script fragments and notes pertaining to the scripts and production. This series also contains cue sheets, schedules, and other production materials not directly associated with scripts identified in the collection. There are a few newspaper clippings and miscellaneous materials included. The final series in the collection consists of materials from Allie Ellsmore (Goldman), including vaudeville materials, non-vaudeville poetry and writings, and a few items of memorabilia.
Series I: Complete Dramas |
Box 1 Folder 1 | A Day At Coney Island, n.d. |
Box 1 Folder 2 | A Day At The Seashore, n.d. |
Box 1 Folder 3 | A Trip To The Mountains, by Billy DeHaven, n.d. |
Box 1 Folder 4 | A Wise Guy, n.d., c. 1 |
Box 1 Folder 5 | A Wise Guy, n.d., c. 2 |
Box 1 Folder 6 | A Wise Guy, n.d. (cast parts) |
Box 1 Folder 7 | A Wise Guy, 1927 (props, scenes, cue sheets) |
Box 1 Folder 8 | All In A Fog or The Wrong Flat, 1927 (with cue sheets) (see also BOX 6 Folder 16) |
Box 1 Folder 9 | All in Fun, n.d. (cast parts) |
Box 1 Folder 10 | All in Fun, 1927 (cue sheets, opening medley) |
Box 1 Folder 11 | Angel Of Hell's Valley, n.d. |
Box 1 Folder 12 | At Rocky Pass, n.d. |
Box 1 Folder 13 | Bashfull [sic] Venus, 1914 |
Box 1 Folder 14 | Battle Of Pickle Hill, n.d. |
Box 1 Folder 15 | Battle Of The Bums, n.d. |
Box 1 Folder 16 | Beauty Youth Money, n.d. (cast parts) |
Box 1 Folder 17 | Beauty Youth Money, n.d. (opening medley and cue sheets) (note: date of 1927 is crossed out) |
Box 1 Folder 18 | Believe Me Xantippe Or Hot Zigidy, n.d. |
Box 1 Folder 19 | Breaking Into Society, by James J. Morrison, 1909 |
Box 1 Folder 20 | Broadway Jones (Tabloid version II), by Billy Dehaven, n.d. |
Box 1 Folder 21 | Brother Owls' Farce, n.d. |
Box 1 Folder 22 | Charley's Aunt, n.d. |
Box 1 Folder 23 | Charley's Elopement, 1917 (with cue sheets) |
Box 2 Folder 1 | Cheerfull [sic] Liar, n.d. |
Box 2 Folder 2 | Cheerfull [sic] Liar, n.d. (cast parts) |
Box 2 Folder 3 | Chief Of Police, copyright 1966 (2 drafts) |
Box 2 Folder 4 | Confusion, n.d. |
Box 2 Folder 5 | Crooks, n.d. |
Box 2 Folder 6 | Crooks, 1928 (cast parts, props, cue sheet) |
Box 2 Folder 7 | Diamond Palace, 1914 |
Box 2 Folder 8 | Divorce Mill (or, What's Your Husband Doing), n.d. |
Box 2 Folder 9 | Divorce Mill, n.d. (carbon copy) |
Box 2 Folder 10 | Divorce Mill, n.d. (sheet music) |
Box 2 Folder 11 | Divorce Mill, 1927 (cue sheets, props, and opening) |
Box 2 Folder 12 | Divorce Mill, n.d. (cast parts) |
Box 2 Folder 13 | Doctor Buzzar, n.d. (with cast parts) |
Box 2 Folder 14 | Doctors Troubles, n.d. |
Box 2 Folder 15 | Duke Of Durham, n.d. (2 versions) |
Box 2 Folder 16 | Eliza Comes To Stay, n.d. |
Box 2 Folder 17 | End of A Perfect Day, 1927 (with cue sheets) |
Box 2 Folder 18 | End of A Perfect Day, 1927 (cast parts and cue sheets) |
Box 3 Folder 1 | Facing The Music, n.d. |
Box 3 Folder 2 | Fads And Fancies, n.d. |
Box 3 Folder 3 | Flapper Of Today, n.d. |
Box 3 Folder 4 | Flapper Of Today, 1927 (scene list) |
Box 3 Folder 5 | Fun In A Studio, 1917 |
Box 3 Folder 6 | Getting Gertie's Garter, n.d. (with cue sheets and props) |
Box 3 Folder 7 | Getting Gertie's Garter, n.d. (cast parts) |
Box 3 Folder 8 | Girls From Gay Paree, n.d. (2 folders) |
Box 3 Folder 9 | Happy Go Lucky, n.d. |
Box 3 Folder 10 | Happy Go Lucky, 1927 (cue sheets and props) |
Box 3 Folder 11 | House Black Out, n.d. |
Box 3 Folder 12 | How To Be Happy Tho Married, by Allie Ellsmore, n.d. |
Box 3 Folder 13 | King For A Day, n.d. |
Box 3 Folder 14 | Knights Of The Red Garter, 1916 (2 copies) |
Box 3 Folder 15 | Mcguire From Shaddington, n.d. |
Box 3 Folder 16 | Military Bill, n.d. [not SG handwriting?] |
Box 3 Folder 17 | Millionaire Girl, n.d. |
Box 3 Folder 18 | Millionaire Tramps, n.d. |
Box 3 Folder 19 | Miss Manhattan Or Revue Brilliante, n.d. |
Box 3 Folder 20 | Movie Queens, n.d. |
Box 3 Folder 21 | Movie Queens, n.d. (cast parts, cue sheet, props) |
Box 3 Folder 22 | Nautical Mix Up, n.d. |
Box 3 Folder 23 | No No Nora, n.d. |
Box 3 Folder 24 | Not Guilty (published script by Ring W. Lardner-The Talking Vase) |
Box 3 Folder 25 | On the Midway (Midway Carnival Scene), 1919 (with props, scenes, cue sheets) |
Box 4 Folder 1 | Peaches, n.d. |
Box 4 Folder 2 | Poor Hubby, n.d. |
Box 4 Folder 3 | Poor Hubby, n.d. (cast parts) |
Box 4 Folder 4 | Red Hot Stove, n.d. |
Box 4 Folder 5 | Running For Mayor, n.d. |
Box 4 Folder 6 | Running Wild (A.K.A. Hats Off), n.d. |
Box 4 Folder 7 | Running Wild (A.K.A. Hats Off), n.d. (cast parts) |
Box 4 Folder 8 | Running Wild, 1927 (cue sheets and props) |
Box 4 Folder 9 | Schnider In Paris Or A Night In Paris, n.d. |
Box 4 Folder 10 | Scrambled Husbands, n.d. (cast parts) |
Box 4 Folder 11 | Senator Guggenheim, n.d. |
Box 4 Folder 12 | Suzette, n.d. |
Box 4 Folder 13 | Telephone Girl, 1922 (with props and scenes) |
Box 4 Folder 14 | The Corner Drug Store, n.d. |
Box 4 Folder 15 | The Dope Fiend, n.d. |
Box 4 Folder 16 | The Fakirs, 1914 |
Box 4 Folder 17 | The Flirt, n.d. |
Box 4 Folder 18 | The Foxy Bachelor, n.d. |
Box 4 Folder 19 | The Gay Society Belles, n.d. |
Box 4 Folder 20 | The Girl And The Photo, n.d. |
Box 4 Folder 21 | The Girl From Broadway, n.d. |
Box 4 Folder 22 | The Girl From Milwaukee, n.d. |
Box 4 Folder 23 | The Girl From Mumms, n.d. |
Box 4 Folder 24 | The Happy Medium, by James Madison, n.d. |
Box 4 Folder 25 | The Hypnotist, n.d. |
Box 4 Folder 26 | The Hypnotist, 1928 (cast parts and cue sheets) |
Box 5 Folder 1 | The Island Of Too Soon, n.d. |
Box 5 Folder 2 | The Man From Mexico, n.d. |
Box 5 Folder 3 | The Naughty Bride, n.d. (with cue sheet, cast part) |
Box 5 Folder 4 | The Naughty Girls, n.d. (opening and sheet music) |
Box 5 Folder 5 | The Perfect Girl (A.K.A. The Nightmare, The Arabian Nights), n.d. |
Box 5 Folder 6 | The Perfect Girl (A.K.A. The Nightmare, The Arabian Nights), n.d. (cast parts) |
Box 5 Folder 7 | The Perfect Girl (A.K.A. The Nightmare, The Arabian Nights), 1928 (cast parts, cue sheets, opening medley) |
Box 5 Folder 8 | The Raw Recruits, 1913 |
Box 5 Folder 9 | The Rehearsal, 1919 |
Box 5 Folder 10 | The Rounders, n.d. |
Box 5 Folder 11 | The Shamrock Girl, 1917 (with cue sheet) |
Box 5 Folder 12 | The Tourists, n.d. |
Box 5 Folder 13 | The Two Fools, n.d. (missing pp. 8, 9) |
Box 5 Folder 14 | The Two Married Men, n.d. |
Box 5 Folder 15 | The Village School, n.d. |
Box 5 Folder 16 | The Wrong Mr. Wright, n.d. |
Box 5 Folder 17 | Three Married Men, n.d. |
Box 5 Folder 18 | Thou Shall Not Kill, n.d. |
Box 6 Folder 1 | Tops And Bottoms (A.K.A. Dancing Around), n.d. |
Box 6 Folder 2 | Tops and Bottoms (A.K.A. Dancing Around), n.d. (cast parts) |
Box 6 Folder 3 | Tops and Bottoms (A.K.A. Dancing Around), n.d. (props and cues) |
Box 6 Folder 4 | Tough [Doll?], 1917 (with cue sheet) |
Box 6 Folder 5 | Two Dueces, |
Box 6 Folder 6 | Two Gay Old Sports, 1917 (with props and cue sheets[s1] |
Box 6 Folder 7 | Upside Down (cast parts), n.d. |
Box 6 Folder 8 | What Happened To Jones, n.d. |
Box 6 Folder 9 | Whiskers, Or The Man Of The West, n.d. |
Box 6 Folder 10 | Who's Baby Is It?, n.d. |
Box 6 Folder 11 | Why Smith Left Home, n.d. |
Box 6 Folder 12 | Wine, Women And Hats, n.d. (2 versions) |
Box 6 Folder 13 | Wine, Women And Hats, 1964 (2 copies) |
Box 6 Folder 14 | Wits Outwitted, 1913 |
Box 6 Folder 15 | Wits Outwitted, n.d. (slightly different version) |
Box 6 Folder 16 | Wrong Flat, n.d. (see also BOX 1 Folder 8) |
Box 6 Folder 17 | Youth And Money, n.d. |
Box 6 Folder 18 | Zuleka, The Turkish Maiden, 1919 |
Box 7 Folder 1 | Untitled [Count in the Hotel], n.d. |
Box 7 Folder 2 | Untitled [Don't know what day it is], n.d. [see also BOX 8, Folder 39] |
Box 7 Folder 3 | Untitled [Judge], n.d. |
Box 7 Folder 4 | Untitled [Powder], n.d. |
Series II: Scenes |
Box 7 Folder 5 | Airline, n.d. (gag for scene) |
Box 7 Folder 6 | Air Ship (Weber and Fields), n.d. |
Box 7 Folder 7 | Artist, n.d. (cast part) |
Box 7 Folder 8 | Baby, n.d. |
Box 7 Folder 9 | Bank, n.d. |
Box 7 Folder 10 | Banking, n.d. |
Box 7 Folder 11 | Banquet, n.d. (cues) |
Box 7 Folder 12 | Beer, n.d. |
Box 7 Folder 13 | Beer (and Umbrella for Drink), n.d. |
Box 7 Folder 14 | Bell Boy, n.d. |
Box 7 Folder 15 | Black Out & Announcement, n.d. |
Box 7 Folder 16 | Black Out, n.d. |
Box 7 Folder 17 | Blind Pig Saloon, n.d. |
Box 7 Folder 18 | Blue, n.d. |
Box 7 Folder 19 | Bootlegger, n.d. |
Box 7 Folder 20 | Bread And Carpet, n.d. |
Box 7 Folder 21 | Breakaway Pants Blackout, n.d. |
Box 7 Folder 22 | Burlesque Drama, n.d. |
Box 7 Folder 23 | Cab (Weber and Fields), n.d. |
Box 7 Folder 24 | Camera, n.d. |
Box 7 Folder 25 | Car, n.d. |
Box 7 Folder 26 | Car [Conductor and Fares], n.d. |
Box 7 Folder 27 | Cohen's Pawnshop, n.d. |
Box 7 Folder 28 | Comedian And Straight Routine, n.d. |
Box 7 Folder 29 | Conroy And Le Maire, The Blackface Comedians, Have An Argument In "The Passing Show Of 1913", n.d. |
Box 7 Folder 30 | Contract, n.d. (cast parts) |
Box 7 Folder 31 | Court Room-1, n.d. |
Box 7 Folder 32 | Court Room-1, n.d. (cast parts) |
Box 7 Folder 33 | Court Room-2, n.d. (cast part) |
Box 7 Folder 34 | Cremation, n.d. |
Box 7 Folder 35 | Crystal Gazing, n.d. |
Box 7 Folder 36 | Desdamona, n.d. |
Box 7 Folder 37 | Devil, n.d. (cast part) |
Box 7 Folder 38 | Doll, n.d. |
Box 7 Folder 39 | Door, n.d. (cast part) |
Box 7 Folder 40 | Dope, n.d. |
Box 7 Folder 41 | Ediquette [sic] And Card Scene, n.d. |
Box 7 Folder 42 | Egyptian Princess and Mummy Scene, n.d. |
Box 7 Folder 43 | Fighting The Indians or Three Card Monte, n.d. |
Box 7 Folder 44 | Fly Street Dancer, n.d. |
Box 7 Folder 45 | Fun In Jail, n.d. |
Box 7 Folder 46 | Good Bye, n.d. |
Box 7 Folder 47 | Hammer, n.d. |
Box 7 Folder 48 | Hotel, n.d. |
Box 7 Folder 49 | Hotel Office, 1916 |
Box 7 Folder 50 | House Robbing, n.d. |
Box 8 Folder 1 | It's In There, n.d. |
Box 8 Folder 2 | Lecture Speech, n.d. |
Box 8 Folder 3 | Love & Limburger Cheese, n.d. |
Box 8 Folder 4 | Love Book, n.d. (fragments) |
Box 8 Folder 5 | Marriage, n.d. (cast part) (see also BOX 8 Folder 39) |
Box 8 Folder 6 | Melody Shop, n.d. (2 scenes) |
Box 8 Folder 7 | Mermaid, n.d. |
Box 8 Folder 8 | Model, n.d. |
Box 8 Folder 9 | Motion Picture, n.d. |
Box 8 Folder 10 | Motion Picture (The Retribution), n.d. |
Box 8 Folder 11 | Moving Picture-1, n.d. |
Box 8 Folder 12 | Moving Picture-2, n.d. |
Box 8 Folder 13 | Moving Picture (Slap), n.d. |
Box 8 Folder 14 | Noah, n.d. |
Box 8 Folder 15 | Noah And Papa, n.d. |
Box 8 Folder 16 | One Word Drama, n.d. |
Box 8 Folder 17 | Opening Scene Of Friendly Games, n.d. |
Box 8 Folder 18 | Oriental Love Room, n.d. |
Box 8 Folder 19 | Out-Door, 1927 (with cue sheet) |
Box 8 Folder 20 | Papa, n.d. |
Box 8 Folder 21 | Parlor, n.d. |
Box 8 Folder 22 | Peaches And Cream, n.d. |
Box 8 Folder 23 | Pick Out Number, n.d. |
Box 8 Folder 24 | Prince Charming, n.d. |
Box 8 Folder 25 | Quarrel, n.d. |
Box 8 Folder 26 | Quartette, n.d. |
Box 8 Folder 27 | Radio, n.d. |
Box 8 Folder 28 | Restaurant, n.d. |
Box 8 Folder 29 | Saint James Inf., n.d. (cast part) |
Box 8 Folder 30 | Scenario [Apache scene summary], n.d. |
Box 8 Folder 31 | School Act, n.d. |
Box 8 Folder 32 | Script, n.d. (cast part) |
Box 8 Folder 33 | Seven Dollar, n.d. |
Box 8 Folder 34 | Shirt, n.d. |
Box 8 Folder 35 | Sick, n.d. |
Box 8 Folder 36 | Snorky, n.d. |
Box 8 Folder 37 | Stage Door, n.d. |
Box 8 Folder 38 | Street, n.d. |
Box 8 Folder 39 | Stuttering Marriage, n.d. (with cast parts) (see also BOX 7 Folder 2, BOX 8 Folder 5, BOX 9 Folder 10, BOX 11 Folder 39) |
Box 8 Folder 40 | Suffragette, n.d. |
Box 8 Folder 41 | Suicide Scene, n.d. (see also BOX 12, Folders 36 and 37) |
Box 8 Folder 42 | The Inventor, 1917 (with cue sheet) |
Box 8 Folder 43 | The Rib-Tickling Bear Scene From "Twirly-Whirly", n.d. |
Box 8 Folder 44 | Toy Shop, n.d. |
Box 8 Folder 45 | Trunk, n.d. |
Box 8 Folder 46 | Union, n.d. (with parts) |
Box 8 Folder 47 | Wine, n.d. |
Box 8 Folder 48 | Wine, Women, and Song, n.d. (with cue sheets and opening medley) |
Box 8 Folder 49 | Winter, n.d. (notes) |
Box 8 Folder 50 | Wise Guy Idea, n.d. (notes) |
Box 8 Folder 51 | Woman Counting Scene, n.d. (cast part) |
Box 9 Folder 1 | Untitled [Beekeeping And Siamese Twins In Hotel, pp. 11-74], n.d. |
Box 9 Folder 2 | Untitled [Col. Colt And Louis Louder, pp. 43-54], n.d. |
Box 9 Folder 3 | Untitled [Count And Countess Deception, pp. 1-8, 11-12], n.d. |
Box 9 Folder 4 | Untitled [Female Spy, pp. 14-15], n.d. |
Box 9 Folder 5 | Untitled [Gambling, pp. 59-68], n.d. |
Box 9 Folder 6 | Untitled [Jewelry Thief, Purse Scam, Etc., pp. 5-24], n.d. |
Box 9 Folder 7 | Untitled [Love Book, pp. 29-37], n.d. |
Box 9 Folder 8 | Untitled [Miss Pearl Tiptoes], n.d. (see also BOX 13, Folder 34) |
Box 9 Folder 9 | Untitled [Sanatorium], n.d. |
Box 9 Folder 10 | Untitled [Train], n.d. (see also BOX 8, Folder 39) |
Series III: Bits |
Box 9 Folder 11 | A Night Out, 1917 (with prop sheet) |
Box 9 Folder 12 | Adams And York Routine (Five Yards of Cloth Shrunk), n.d. |
Box 9 Folder 13 | Adding Number, n.d. |
Box 9 Folder 14 | After Blackmail, n.d. |
Box 9 Folder 15 | Animal, n.d. |
Box 9 Folder 16 | Animal Book, n.d. |
Box 9 Folder 17 | Apple, n.d. (note: bit is about marrying for money) |
Box 9 Folder 18 | Arrest Me, n.d., typescript |
Box 9 Folder 19 | Arrest Me, n.d, manuscript |
Box 9 Folder 20 | Art Museum, n.d. |
Box 9 Folder 21 | Audience, n.d. |
Box 9 Folder 22 | Auto / Beer, n.d. |
Box 9 Folder 23 | Baby Sick, n.d. |
Box 9 Folder 24 | Baloons [sic], n.d. |
Box 9 Folder 25 | Bar, n.d. |
Box 9 Folder 26 | Barber Shop, n.d. (pp. 46-53) |
Box 9 Folder 27 | Baseball (Who's On First), n.d., c. 1 |
Box 9 Folder 28 | Baseball (Who's On First), n.d., c. 2 |
Box 9 Folder 29 | Baseball Double, n.d |
Box 9 Folder 30 | Beans In A Bucket, n.d. (with cast parts) |
Box 9 Folder 31 | Bear Story, n.d., c. 1 (typescript) |
Box 9 Folder 32 | Bear Story, n.d., c. 2 (ms) |
Box 9 Folder 33 | Beer, n.d. |
Box 9 Folder 34 | Beer Fiz, n.d. |
Box 9 Folder 35 | Black Gun, n.d. (cast part) |
Box 9 Folder 36 | Blind Man, n.d. |
Box 9 Folder 37 | Bomb-1, n.d. |
Box 9 Folder 38 | Bomb-2, n.d. |
Box 9 Folder 39 | Bon Bon, n.d. |
Box 9 Folder 40 | Bon Bons n.d. |
Box 9 Folder 41 | Bootlegger, n.d. |
Box 9 Folder 42 | Bull Fight, n.d. |
Box 9 Folder 43 | Burnt Toast |
Box 9 Folder 44 | Cafe, n.d. |
Box 9 Folder 45 | Calf, n.d. |
Box 9 Folder 46 | Captain Spaulding, n.d. |
Box 9 Folder 47 | Car, n.d. |
Box 9 Folder 48 | Carnival Or Sideshow, n.d. |
Box 9 Folder 49 | Checker, n.d. |
Box 9 Folder 50 | Chicken Club, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 1 | Chicken Talk, n.d. (cast parts) |
Box 10 Folder 2 | Chinese Pose, n.d. (cast part) |
Box 10 Folder 3 | Cigar, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 4 | Cigar And Match, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 5 | Cleopatras [sic] Asp, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 6 | Coat/Bullet, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 7 | College Is A Beautiful City (Weber and Fields), n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 8 | Colored Stocking, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 9 | Come To Me My Love, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 10 | Crazy Woman, n.d. (cast part) |
Box 10 Folder 11 | Crystal Gazer, n.d. (fragments) |
Box 10 Folder 12 | Crystal Gazing, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 13 | Dance, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 14 | Debt, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 15 | Diamond Necklace, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 16 | Dice, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 17 | Dice, n.d. (cast part) |
Box 10 Folder 18 | Dice Gag, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 19 | Doctor, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 20 | Dog or Date Making Dog, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 21 | Double, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 22 | Double Jew Talk, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 23 | Double Military, n.d. (cast part) |
Box 10 Folder 24 | Double...St. & Jew, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 25 | Double Suitcase, n.d. (cast part) |
Box 10 Folder 26 | Dream, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 27 | Drinking, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 28 | Duel/Auto Horn, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 29 | East Lynne (A.K.A. Did You Get That Hat), n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 30 | Egg In Hat, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 31 | Eskimo Pie, n.d. (cast part) |
Box 10 Folder 32 | Fairy Prince, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 33 | 50-50 Holdup-1, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 34 | Fifty Fifty Hold Up-2, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 35 | Fifty-Fifty Hold Up-3, n.d. (cast parts) |
Box 10 Folder 36 | Fish Horn, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 37 | Flower, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 38 | Forget Your Hat, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 39 | French, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 40 | Future School Room / School Days, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 41 | Gags, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 42 | Gazooka (cast part), n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 43 | Give Her What She Wants, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 44 | Grip, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 45 | Harry J. Ashton's Book Of Burlesque Comedy Bits, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 46 | Hat, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 47 | Heart, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 48 | Heliatrope, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 49 | Hold Up-1, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 50 | Hold Up-2, n.d. (cast parts) |
Box 10 Folder 51 | Hot Dog, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 52 | Hot Water Bottle, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 53 | Howdy (cast part), n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 54 | Hypnotism, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 55 | I'll Find Out, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 56 | Imaginary Man, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 57 | Indian Love, n.d. (with cast part) |
Box 10 Folder 58 | Inexperience, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 59 | Infidelity, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 60 | Judge, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 61 | Key, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 62 | Kid Ain't His, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 63 | Kiss, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 64 | Knife, n.d |
Box 10 Folder 65 | Knot (A.K.A., "Dot's der blace"), n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 66 | Language, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 67 | Lavelier, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 68 | Lawyer, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 69 | Lemon, n.d. |
Box 10 Folder 70 | Lemon Tango, n.d. |
Box 11 Folder 1 | Life Saviors, n.d. |
Box 11 Folder 2 | Lost Money, n.d. |
Box 11 Folder 3 | Lost Your Job, n.d. (with cast parts) |
Box 11 Folder 4 | L.O.V.E. (Opening Medleys), n.d. |
Box 11 Folder 5 | Love-1, n.d. |
Box 11 Folder 6 | Love-2, n.d. |
Box 11 Folder 7 | Love Book, n.d. |
Box 11 Folder 8 | Love Candy, n.d. (cast part) |
Box 11 Folder 9 | Love Cook, n.d. |
Box 11 Folder 10 | Love Letter, n.d. |
Box 11 Folder 11 | Love Mill, n.d. (with cast parts) |
Box 11 Folder 12 | Love Potion, n.d. |
Box 11 Folder 13 | Lying Machine, n.d. |
Box 11 Folder 14 | Mackeral [sic], n.d. |
Box 11 Folder 15 | Madam Coo Coo, n.d. |
Box 11 Folder 16 | Madam Excuse Me, n.d. |
Box 11 Folder 17 | Make 'Em Laff [sic], n.d. |
Box 11 Folder 18 | Make 'Em Laugh, n.d. |
Box 11 Folder 19 | Man Of Mystery, n.d. |
Box 11 Folder 20 | Manners, n.d. (with sequence note, see also BOX 10 Folder 49, 50) |
Box 11 Folder 21 | Many Dolls, n.d. |
Box 11 Folder 22 | Marriage, n.d. (see also BOX 8 Folder 39) |
Box 11 Folder 23 | McCarthy's Last Bite, n.d. |
Box 11 Folder 24 | Medicine Man, n.d. (see BOX 10 Folder 45) |
Box 11 Folder 25 | Medicine Salesman, n.d. (cast part) |
Box 11 Folder 26 | Mermaid, n.d. |
Box 11 Folder 27 | Millionaire, n.d. |
Box 11 Folder 28 | Mind Reader, n.d. |
Box 11 Folder 29 | Mind Reading-1, n.d. |
Box 11 Folder 30 | Mind Reading-2, n.d. (part of multi-act piece) |
Box 11 Folder 31 | Minstrel, n.d. |
Box 11 Folder 32 | Moving Picture, n.d. |
Box 11 Folder 33 | Moving Picture Stunt, n.d. |
Box 11 Folder 34 | Mummy, n.d. |
Box 11 Folder 35 | Music, n.d. |
Box 11 Folder 36 | Musketeers, n.d. |
Box 11 Folder 37 | New York To Jacksonville, n.d. |
Box 11 Folder 38 | Not Tonight / Strip, n.d. |
Box 11 Folder 39 | Notebook -- mss "Bits", n.d. |
Box 11 Folder 40 | Nudist Court Bit / Nudist Routine, n.d. |
Box 11 Folder 41 | Number-1, n.d. |
Box 11 Folder 42 | Number-2, n.d. |
Box 11 Folder 43 | Number Gambling, n.d. |
Box 11 Folder 44 | Opening Audience, n.d. |
Box 11 Folder 45 | Past, Present, And Future, n.d. (cast part) |
Box 11 Folder 46 | Pay My Half, n.d. (cast part) |
Box 11 Folder 47 | Pay The Two Dollars, n.d. (cast part) |
Box 11 Folder 48 | Photo / Beer, n.d. |
Box 11 Folder 49 | Pick Pocket's Union, n.d. (with cast part) |
Box 11 Folder 50 | Pill, n.d. |
Box 11 Folder 51 | Pinochle-1, n.d. |
Box 11 Folder 52 | Pinochle-2, n.d. |
Box 11 Folder 53 | Pocket Book-1, n.d. |
Box 11 Folder 54 | Pocket Book-2, n.d. |
Box 11 Folder 55 | Policeman, n.d. |
Box 11 Folder 56 | Posing, n.d. (cast part) |
Box 11 Folder 57 | Post Office, n.d. (cast part) |
Box 11 Folder 58 | Prickly Heat, n.d. (cast part) |
Box 11 Folder 59 | Prize Fight, n.d. (see also BOX 9 Folder 3) |
Box 11 Folder 60 | Pull Up A Chair, n.d. (cast parts) |
Box 11 Folder 61 | Pullman / Porter Scene Newspaper Clipping, n.d. |
Box 11 Folder 62 | Punch Bowl, n.d. (with cast part) |
Box 11 Folder 63 | Quartette, n.d. |
Box 11 Folder 64 | Rachel, n.d. |
Box 11 Folder 65 | Rag Time Dance, n.d. |
Box 12 Folder 1 | Rag Time Meal, n.d. |
Box 12 Folder 2 | Rag Time Wedding, n.d. |
Box 12 Folder 3 | Red Rose, n.d. |
Box 12 Folder 4 | Riding The Street Cars, n.d. |
Box 12 Folder 5 | Saint Peter, n.d. |
Box 12 Folder 6 | Salvation Army / Blind, n.d. |
Box 12 Folder 7 | Say Fire, n.d. |
Box 12 Folder 8 | Say Fire, n.d. (cast parts) |
Box 12 Folder 9 | School, n.d. (cast part) |
Box 12 Folder 10 | School Memory, n.d. |
Box 12 Folder 11 | She Won't Take It, n.d. (with cast parts) |
Box 12 Folder 12 | She Won't Take It, n.d. (cast part, schedule) |
Box 12 Folder 13 | Shirt, n.d. |
Box 12 Folder 14 | Shoe String, n.d. |
Box 12 Folder 15 | Shot Gun Needs Repairs, n.d. |
Box 12 Folder 16 | Sick Wine, n.d. |
Box 12 Folder 17 | Sim Dempsy, n.d. |
Box 12 Folder 18 | Slow And Easy, n.d. |
Box 12 Folder 19 | Slowly I Turned, n.d. |
Box 12 Folder 20 | Snake, n.d. |
Box 12 Folder 21 | So Happy, n.d. (see also BOX 10, Folder 45) |
Box 12 Folder 22 | Society, n.d. |
Box 12 Folder 23 | Socks, n.d. |
Box 12 Folder 24 | Somnambulist, n.d. |
Box 12 Folder 25 | Song [Prohibition], n.d. |
Box 12 Folder 26 | Sophia Plunk, n.d. (with cast part) |
Box 12 Folder 27 | Spot Light, n.d. |
Box 12 Folder 28 | Stage Door, n.d. (cast parts) |
Box 12 Folder 29 | Star Gazing, n.d. |
Box 12 Folder 30 | Stenographer, n.d. (see also BOX 10, Folder 45) |
Box 12 Folder 31 | Store, n.d. (cast part) |
Box 12 Folder 32 | Street Car Manager, n.d. (with cast parts) |
Box 12 Folder 33 | Street Cleaners, n.d. (cast part) |
Box 12 Folder 34 | Street Doctor, n.d. (cast part) |
Box 12 Folder 35 | Strip Poker, n.d. |
Box 12 Folder 36 | Suicide, n.d. (see also BOX 8, Folder 41) |
Box 12 Folder 37 | Suicide / Policeman, n.d. (see also BOX 8, Folder 41) |
Box 12 Folder 38 | Sunk In Ocean, n.d. (see also BOX 10, Folder 45) |
Box 12 Folder 39 | Taxi Dance, n.d. |
Box 12 Folder 40 | Telephone Tangle, n.d. |
Box 12 Folder 41 | The Raid, n.d. (cast part) |
Box 12 Folder 42 | The Three Bracelet, n.d. |
Box 12 Folder 43 | The Three Jennys, n.d. |
Box 12 Folder 44 | The Three Watches, n.d. |
Box 12 Folder 45 | Ticker, n.d. |
Box 12 Folder 46 | Tough and Hero, n.d. |
Box 12 Folder 47 | Tough Chicken Talk (Weber and Fields), n.d. |
Box 12 Folder 48 | Traffic Cop, n.d. (cast parts) |
Box 12 Folder 49 | Train-1, n.d. (cast part) |
Box 12 Folder 50 | Train-2, n.d. (cast part) |
Box 12 Folder 51 | Trying To Snap Fingers, n.d. (fragment, pp. 3-4) |
Box 12 Folder 52 | Twenty-five cents, n.d. (cast part) |
Box 12 Folder 53 | Two For One Suit Sale, n.d. |
Box 12 Folder 54 | Two Late Now, n.d. (cast part) |
Box 12 Folder 55 | Two Married Men, n.d. |
Box 12 Folder 56 | Vest Rubber, n.d. |
Box 12 Folder 57 | Watch-1, n.d. |
Box 12 Folder 58 | Watch-2, n.d. (cast part) |
Box 12 Folder 59 | Who Paid, n.d. |
Box 12 Folder 60 | Willie Black, n.d. (cast part) |
Box 13 Folder 1 | Wine, n.d. |
Box 13 Folder 2 | Wireless Telephone, n.d. |
Box 13 Folder 3 | Wishing Book, n.d. (with cast part) |
Box 13 Folder 4 | Wishing Stone, n.d. |
Box 13 Folder 5 | Woman Hater's Union, n.d. (with cast parts) |
Box 13 Folder 6 | You Back Here Again, n.d. |
Box 13 Folder 7 | You Hurt Me, n.d. |
Box 13 Folder 8 | Untitled [Accident / Shooting Bluff], n.d. |
Box 13 Folder 9 | Untitled [Appendicitis], n.d. |
Box 13 Folder 10 | Untitled [Balling Out], n.d. |
Box 13 Folder 11 | Untitled [Banquet Manners], n.d. |
Box 13 Folder 12 | Untitled [Chauffer], n.d. |
Box 13 Folder 13 | Untitled [Cocoanuts (Marx Brothers)], n.d. |
Box 13 Folder 14 | Untitled [Cooking Chickens (Weber and Fields)], n.d. |
Box 13 Folder 15 | Untitled [Cop on Beat], n.d. |
Box 13 Folder 16 | Untitled [Dead Town, Fast City], n.d. |
Box 13 Folder 17 | Untitled [Demi-tasse], n.d. |
Box 13 Folder 18 | Untitled [Deserters (Weber and Fields)], n.d. |
Box 13 Folder 19 | Untitled [Dialogue, p. 2-6], n.d. |
Box 13 Folder 20 | Untitled [Dialogues And Monologues -- Safety First?], n.d. |
Box 13 Folder 21 | Untitled [Father], n.d. |
Box 13 Folder 22 | Untitled [Feminine Attire], n.d. |
Box 13 Folder 23 | Untitled [French Bouquets (Weber and Fields)], n.d. |
Box 13 Folder 24 | Untitled [Gags (in sequence)], n.d. |
Box 13 Folder 25 | Untitled [Gags (miscellaneous)], n.d. |
Box 13 Folder 26 | Untitled [Headlines], n.d. |
Box 13 Folder 27 | Untitled [Ice], n.d. |
Box 13 Folder 28 | Untitled [In Paris (Weber and Fields)], n.d. |
Box 13 Folder 29 | Untitled [Island], n.d. |
Box 13 Folder 30 | Untitled [Late, Love Book], n.d. |
Box 13 Folder 31 | Untitled [Life Saving], n.d. |
Box 13 Folder 32 | Untitled [Limericks], n.d. |
Box 13 Folder 33 | Untitled [Mama Vou And Gennessee, Pa.], n.d. |
Box 13 Folder 34 | Untitled [Masons], n.d. (see also BOX 9, Folder 8) |
Box 13 Folder 35 | Untitled [Nationality, p. 14-23], n.d. |
Box 13 Folder 36 | Untitled [New Addition, pp. 7-11], n.d. |
Box 13 Folder 37 | Untitled [Office Set], n.d. |
Box 13 Folder 38 | Untitled [One From Two Is Three], n.d. |
Box 13 Folder 39 | Untitled [Purse Trick], n.d. |
Box 13 Folder 40 | Untitled [Shade Was Up], n.d. |
Box 13 Folder 41 | Untitled [Smart Family], n.d. |
Box 13 Folder 42 | Untitled [Sole Mates], n.d. |
Box 13 Folder 43 | Untitled [Song -- It's A Man], n.d. |
Box 13 Folder 44 | Untitled [Speaking French], n.d. |
Box 13 Folder 45 | Untitled [Stuttering Marriage, etc.], n.d. |
Box 13 Folder 46 | Untitled [Texas Ranchers (Weber and Fields)], n.d. |
Box 13 Folder 47 | Untitled [Toasts], n.d. |
Box 13 Folder 48 | Untitled [War Story], n.d. |
Box 13 Folder 49 | Untitled [What Time is it in Ashtabula?], n.d. |
Box 13 Folder 50 | Untitled [Wife In Hotel Room Gags], n.d. |
Box 13 Folder 51 | Untitled [You Don't Work At All], n.d. |
Box 13 Folder 52 | Untitled [Zululand, p. 14], n.d. |
Series IV: General |
Subseries 1: Notes And Fragments |
Box 14 Folder 1 | Add Gags |
Box 14 Folder 2 | Add To Military Bit |
Box 14 Folder 3 | Cast Parts, Miscellaneous |
Box 14 Folder 4 | Idea For Single |
Box 14 Folder 5 | Mistaken Identity |
Box 14 Folder 6 | Number Lists for Shows |
Box 14 Folder 7 | Script Fragments |
Box 14 Folder 8 | "Step on It" Description |
Box 14 Folder 9 | Miscellaneous-1 (Hotel Stationary) |
Box 14 Folder 10 | Miscellaneous-2 (Show Sequences) |
Box 14 Folder 11 | Miscellaneous-3 (Bits) |
Box 14 Folder 12 | Miscellaneous-4 (Bits) |
Box 14 Folder 13 | Miscellaneous-5 (Bit Sequences) |
Box 14 Folder 14 | Miscellaneous-6 (Bit Sequences) |
Box 14 Folder 15 | Miscellaneous-7 (Multiple Bits) |
Box 14 Folder 16 | Miscellaneous-8 (typed) |
Box 14 Folder 17 | Miscellaneous-9 |
Box 14 Folder 18 | Miscellaneous-10 |
Subseries 2: Cue Sheets, Props, Opening Medleys |
Box 14 Folder 19 | An Unpleasant Evening, 1927 |
Box 14 Folder 20 | Dance Opening, n.d. |
Box 14 Folder 21 | Easy Money, 1927 |
Box 14 Folder 22 | Fads and Follies, 1927 |
Box 14 Folder 23 | Gaities of 1928, 1927 |
Box 14 Folder 24 | Happy Hours, 1927 |
Box 14 Folder 25 | Racing Show, 1927 |
Box 14 Folder 26 | Small Towner, 1928 |
Box 14 Folder 27 | Society A La Carte, 1927 |
Box 14 Folder 28 | The Dance of the Underworld, 1913 |
Box 14 Folder 29 | The Midnight Rounders, 1927 |
Box 14 Folder 30 | Miscellaneous Cue Sheets |
Box 14 Folder 31 | Miscellaneous Opening Medleys |
Subseries 3: Newspaper Clippings And Miscellaneous Materials |
Box 14 Folder 32 | Comics, n.d. |
Box 14 Folder 33 | Advertisement, George White's Scandals of 1943 |
Box 14 Folder 34 | Stories, Rings, n.d. |
Box 14 Folder 35 | Potash and Perlmutter, by Glass and A. H. Woods, 1914 [oversized, BOX 15] |
Box 14 Folder 36 | A Musical Show, by James Montague, in The Duluth News Tribune, March 27, 1921 [oversized, BOX 15] |
Box 14 Folder 37 | Expense Account and Telegram |
Series V: Allile Ellsmore Materials |
Subseries 1: Vaudeville Materials |
Box 14 Folder 38 | Copyright Cards, 1920s-30s |
Box 14 Folder 39 | Copyright Submission, Wine Women and Hats, 1964 |
Box 14 Folder 40 | Copyright Registration Application, 1964 |
Box 14 Folder 41 | Modern Medicine, n.d. |
Box 14 Folder 42 | Monologue [Irish Christening], n.d. |
Box 14 Folder 43 | Parodies, n.d. |
Box 14 Folder 44 | The Silver Belt, 1939 |
Box 14 Folder 45 | Untitled [Irish Christening], n.d. |
Subseries 2: Non-Vaudeville |
Box 14 Folder 46 | Poetry, Signed "A.E.", n.d. |
Box 14 Folder 47 | Poetry, Unsigned, n.d. |
Box 14 Folder 48 | Verses To Blend [and Miscellaneous Poetry], n.d. |
Box 14 Folder 49 | An Island Of Peace, n.d. |
Box 14 Folder 50 | Footpaths To Peace, by Henry Van Dyke, n.d. |
Box 14 Folder 51 | Lesson 9, n.d. |
Box 14 Folder 52 | Lesson 11, n.d. |
Box 14 Folder 53 | The Infinite Plan, 1966 |
Box 14 Folder 54 | To Live Each Day, Guideposts, n.d. and My Daily Creed, n.d. |
Box 14 Folder 55 | Notes on Great Names In American History, 1942 |
Subseries 3: Memorabilia |
Box 14 Folder 56 | Memorabilia |
Box 14 Folder 57 | Photographs (2) |
Box 14 Folder 58 | Samuel Goldman Obituary, Billboard, May 19, 1945 |
Box 15 Folder 1 | Newspaper clipping, "A Musical Show," envelope |
Box 15 Folder 2 | Newspaper clipping, "Potash and Perlmutter" |