| Collection | Max Tyler Music Hall Collection |
| Description | Research file compiled by Max Tyler containing material relating to the music-hall performer James Edwin Slater (Jimmy Slater) (1896-1996). Containing:
An envelope containing:
A series of five photographic postcards of Jimmy Slater's 'Super Follies' group at Cleethorpes during the late 1930s.
A series of three photographic postcards of Jimmy Slater dressed in drag. All three signed on the front by Jimmy Slater in black ink.
A series of two photographic postcards of Jimmy Slater's Skegness Mascots during the late 1930s.
A photographic postcard of 'Miss Nellie Dysons Jolly Mascots', taken at Cleethorpes around 1905.
A photograph postcard of a group of musical performers taken at Cleethorpes Pavilion in 1923.
A photographic postcard of an audience on the beach at Cleethorpes.
Three separate photographs of Jimmy Slater dressed in drag, each with a hand-written note on the back: 'to Max Tyler, best wishes, Sarah'.
A4 envelope containing the following three items:
A theatre programme for Jimmy Slater's Super Follies group, Cleethorpes Open Air Music Hall, 1939.
A theatre programme for the Woolwich Empire Theatre in which Jimmy Slater is featured, 1945.
A copy of a page taken from The Performer magazine, Christmas 1941, in which Jimmy Slater is featured.
An original Clacton Pier Theatre programme.
A facsimile of an advertisement for Jimmy Slater's 'Own Pantomime Productions', Christmas 1948.
A flyer advertising 'It's bang on!', featuring Jimmy Slater, Middlesbrough Theatre Royal, September 1952.
A double-sided flyer advertising the pantomime 'Mother goose', featuring Jimmy Slater, Ashton-Under-Lyne Theatre Royal.
A four-sided flyer advertising the pantomime 'Mother goose', featuring Jimmy Slater, Barnsley Theatre Royal.
A flyer advertising Jimmy Slater's pantomime 'Cinderella, featuring Jimmy Slater as 'Matilda', Palace Theatre, Grimsby, December 26th 1953.
An envelope containing a series of newspaper clippings relating to Jimmy Slater, his performances and productions. |
| Admin history | Transferred to the University of Kent in May 2018. |