| Collection | Max Tyler Music Hall Collection |
| Description | Research file compiled by Max Tyler containing infromation regarding various music hall artists and performers. Contains:
3 page song index featuring various artists.
27 page document titled 'Dutch Daly: comedian and concertinist. Includes appendices such as a discography, variety concertinists of the era (including American) and variety stars of the era.
7 page biographical article about Will Evans.
Copy of a verse 'The music-hall comedian', noted as being from Familiar Faces by Harry Graham, 1907.
A typed list of music hall songs, with handwritten notes by Max Tyler.
Printed copy from website 'It's Behind You' about Mona Vivian (1894-1971).
One page document titled 'Lizzie Ramsden (the female Fregoli): premiere danseuse and quick change artiste', featuring various press quotations about the artist (undated).
Article from an unknown publication by Leslie Baker titled 'Sam Mayo and the Cowans'.
9 page article about Herbert Campbell.
10 page article about Herbert Campbell.
Printed copy from a website (accessed 15/12/2003) about William & Hettie King.
8 page document containng various imagesof performers, including George Robey, Florrie Forde, Trixie, and pantomime.
Printed copy from a website (accessed 27/01/2007) about Moore and Burgess Minstrels.
2 page document featuring a list of early stage appearances by Lydia Flopp.
Photocopy of article titled 'Tops, bottoms and middles: VII Sam Mayo' by Norman Quilliam, from an unknown publication.
Printed copy from a website (accessed 16/08/2008) about Mark Sheridan.
6 page biographical article about Florrie Forde.
Printed copy from a website (accessed 27/01/2007) about the Royal Command Performance, 1912 (later known as the Royal Variety Performance).
Copy of email correspondence between Max Tyler, Richard Baker & Peter Puppet [sic], regarding an article about Minnie Cunningham.
Printed copy from a website (Wikipedia - 04/03/2000) about Cecilia Loftus.
Printed copy from a website (British Library Catalogue - 24/11/2009) containing a list of material related to Alec Kendal.
Excised pages from Volume 20, Number 4 of Somerset & Dorset Family History Society featuring article on T.E. Dunville, Will Gane, Sonnie and Binnie Hale.
Printed copy from a website (accessed 08/01/2005) featuring an article about Dickens on Music Hall.
Listing of various music hall artists/acts and songs.
Printed copy from a website (accessed 27/09/2004) featuring an article on music hall and its history.
Issue 136 of Soho Clarion, the magazine of the Soho Society.
2 page document featuring a list of stage appearances by Adelaide Astor.
Photocopy from The Era, 4th December 1909, featuring an article about the death of Hugh Didcott.
List of songs and corresponding artists, titled 'Tony Berker'.
Copy of email correspondence between Max Tyler and Stuart Raine regarding Edna Latonne, a male impersonator.
3 page document containing information of performances featuring Albert Lentine, a female impersonator.
2 copies of a biographical article about Harry Anderson, accompanied by a phocopy of a songsheet cover 'It's nice to have a home of your own', written and composed by A.E. Lawrence and George Lester, sung by Harry Anderson.
Photocopy from a unknown publication about Daisy Bell.
2 page document featuring a list of early stage appearances by Fanny Dango.
Photocopy of an article published in Yorkshire Post, 21st June 2003, titled 'Inside the music hall'.
A selection of material about the agent Hugh Didcott. Including correspondence between Max Tyler and Terry (from the British Music Hall Society) regarding the memorial of Hugh Didcott dated 13th February 2005, a list of cartoons by Alfred Bryan featuring Hugh Didcott, a photocopy of an article about the death of Hugh Didcott published in The Era on 4th December 1909, a copy of a testimonial to Hugh Didcott published in The Era, June 1892, and a biographical article.
Brief biographical article about Ada Lundbergh.
Printed copy from a website Footlight Notes (accessed 27/08/2008) featuring an article about Lottie Lennox.
Photocopy of a book 'The apostle of fun: W.F. Frame tells his own story'.
2 photocopies regarding Graham Moffat. A book chapter titled 'The comedians frame and lauder'. With a handwritten note on the first page by an unknown person named Archie. The chapter is from a book written by Graham Moffat's daughter about Moffat's life and career. A photocopy of an invitation and correspondence related to Archie's research in to Graham Moffat.
Photocopy of a book section, pages 34-45 of 'My life and memories' by Walter Freer, published in Glasgow, 1929. |
| Admin history | Transferred to the University of Kent in May 2018. |