| Collection | Max Tyler Music Hall Collection |
| Description | A research file collated by Max Tyler about the performer Datas (born William John Morris Bottle), born 1875, died 1956. Datas was known as the "World's Greatest Memory Man". This file includes:
A biography of Datas, wirtten by Rosalind and Steven Green. This includes a chronology of his life.
A 4 page document titled "My memory system", with various notes and transcriptions regarding Datas.
A photocopy of a book chapter about Datas from the book "Metal prodigies: An enquiry into the faculties of arithmetical, chess, and musical prodigies, famous memorizers, precocious children and the like" by Barlow, Fred, 1888-[?].
Copy of an obituary from 'The Performer', 30th August 1956.
Photocopy of an article titled "Datas: the man who knew too much" from an unknown publication.
Correspondence between Max Tyler and a various enquirers regarding Datas.
A letter from Ted Bottle (a well known music hall enthusaist) to Max Tyler, thanking him for sharing some papers about Datas. |