| Collection | Max Tyler Music Hall Collection |
| Description | Research file compiled by Max Tyler about the music hall performer Tom Costello (b.1863, d.1943). Contains:
Printed copy of a biographical document about Tom Costello. Includes the following: list of Tom costello songs by title and by year, a chronological list of Tom Costello appearances, publications, reviews and life events, and a transcription of an interview with Hugh O'Shea, Tom Costello's Grandson.
Printed copy of document titled 'Tom Costello', featuring brief biographical information and a chronology of performances.
Photocopy of songsheet 'The Boers have got my Daddy', by Mills & Castling, sung by Tom Costello.
Photocopy of sheet music and lyrics for 'A quiet little corner down in Kent', written by Edgar Bateman, composed by Felix McGlennon, sung by Tom Costello.
Photocopy of sheet music and lyrics for 'Only a simple message from the Dear Homeland', written and composed by Joseph Tabrar, sung by Tom Costello.
Photocopy of sheet music and lyrics for ' My old pal Joe, or, the ten bob rise', written by Edgar Bateman, composed by Bennett Scott.
Photocopy of songsheet 'Once more I sent the needful eighteen stamps', written and composed by Felix McGlennon, sung by Tom Costello.
Photocopy of sheet music and lyrics for 'His funeral's to-morrow', written and composed by Felix McGlennon, sung by Tom Costello.
Photocopy of sheet music and lyrics for 'I got married to a widow', written and composed by Joe Burley & Maurice Scott, sung by Tom Costello.
Photocopy of songsheet 'The publican's lament', originated and sung by Tom Costello.
Photocopy of sheet music and lyrics for 'the ship I love' by Theo Bonheur.
Photocopy of songsheet 'Farewell my little Yo San!', written by A.J. Mills, composed by Bennett Scott, sung by Tom Costello.
Photocopy of sheet music and lyrics for 'Board and lodging for a nice young man', written and composed by Tom Mellor and Harry Gifford, sung by Tom Costello.
Photocopy of sheet music and lyrics for 'Mrs Gottem', written and composed by Joseph Tabrar, sung by Tom Costello.
Photocopy of sheet music and lyrics for 'The sheeny coon', written and composed by Harry Castling, sung by Tom Costello.
Photocopy of sheet music and lyrics for 'Down our street', written by Albert Hall, composed by Felix McGlennon, sung by Tom Costello.
Photocopy of sheet music and lyrics for 'I've made up my mind to sail away', written and composed by Bennett Scott, sung by Tom Costello.
Photocopy of songsheet 'He's in the asylum now', written and composed by Frank Aylmer, sung by Tom Costello.
Photocopy of sheet music and lyrics for 'The fighting ships of England, or, Nelson's return', written by Edgar Batemen, composed by Geroge Le Brunn.
Photocopy of sheet music and lyrics for 'Board and lodging for a nice young man', written and composed by Tom Mellor and Harry Gifford, sung by Tom Costello.
Photocopy of sheet musci and lyrics for 'Kruger', written and composed by Felix McGlennon, sung by Tom Costello.
Photocopy of songsheet 'It don't go well with scroggs', written by Edgar Bateman, composed by Bennett Scott, sung by Tom Costello. |
| Admin history | Transferred to the University of Kent in May 2018. |