| Collection | Max Tyler Music Hall Collection |
| Description | Research file compiled by Max Tyler about the performer G.H MacDermott (aka The Great MacDermott), b.1845, d.1901. Containing:
Printed email correspondence between Max Tyler and Richard Baker, McDermott's great grandson. Dated 9th June 2012.
Printed list titled 'G.H. MacDermott songs'.
Photocopy of lyrics of an unknown song.
Photocopy of sheet music and lyrics for 'She wanted to be a fairy', sung by G.H. MacDermott, written and composed by Geoffrey Thorn.
Photocopy of sheet music and lyrics for 'The old familiar faces', arranged by Ernest J. Symons, words and music by John J. Stamford.
Photocopy of sheet music and lyrics for 'The semaphore song, or, There's danger on the line'. Written and composed by G.P. Norman.
Two printed lists; one title 'G.H. MacDermott works/repertoire (Chronologically)', the other 'List of possible other works performed by G.H. MacDermott - unconfirmed'.
Photocopy and original copy of article titled 'Songs and their singers, no. 3, The Great MacDermott', by H. Chance Newton. Undated and from an unknown publication.
Photocopy of songsheet for 'Don't run old England down (patriotic song)'. Written by Frank W. Green, composed by W.C. Levey.
3 colour photocopies of songsheet covers, 'How does he do it', 'How did you lose your arm?', and 'W.E.G'.
Copy of essay titled 'The Great MacDermott as a political singer' by Michael Diamond.
2 photocopies of songsheet cover 'The fire escpae!'.
Printed copy of lyrics for 'Not much', noted as "Bryan Foot's version for Oterbourne, June 1998".
Photocopy of sheet music and lyrics for 'Says Aaron to Moses', written and composed by Geoffrey Thorn.
Photocopy of songsheet 'Wild Wild West of London', written by George Horncastle, composed by A.E. Durandeau, sung by G.H. MacDermott.
Photocopy of songsheet 'Milly's cigar divan', written and composed by John Cooke Jnr, sung by G.H. MacDermott.
Photocopy of songsheet 'The Scamp, or, They can't hold a candle to me'. Written by Henry Pettitt, composed by Lance Major, sung by G.H. MacDermott.
Photocopy of sheet music and lyrics for 'Not much, or, Better then nothing at all', written by Joseph S. Long, composed by Kate Royle. |
| Admin history | Transferred to the University of Kent in May 2018. |