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Series I. Scripts
Americanization
Americanization
Aunt Sally's Syncopated Social, 1918-1919
Bargain Day in a Department Store
Big Brother Club, 1918-1919
Brave Bold Black and Tans
Captain Seagrass, 1917-1918
Charcoal and Midnight Back from the Front
Child of the Desert
Fighting the Flames, 1915-1916
Fire Department
Following the Flag, 1912-1913
Following the Flag
Hopping the Atlantic Ocean, 1920-1921
Hot Dog, 1924-1925
House of Rest, 1908-1909
Hunting the Hahas
In the Secret Service, 1917-, 1918-
Jitney Joy Bus [1]
Jitney Joy Bus [2]
Kernal Jim and Kasper
Kunnel Jim and Jasper
League of Explainations
Lost Purse and Demon Run or a Dry Town
Meatless Day, 1918-1919
Meatless Day
Musical Sketch
Parcel Post and Demon Run
Pay Before You Enter, 1923-1924
Penny Arcade (No. 2), 1915-1916
Penny Arcade (No.1), 1915-1916
Potato Peeler [1], 1919-1920
Potato Peeler [2], 1919-1920
Potato Peeler [3], 1919-1920
Pressing Business Afterpiece, 1924
Putt and Take Bankers, 1922-1923
Quick Lunch [1]
Quick Lunch [2]
Quick Lunch [3]
Rapid Transit Trolley Car
Reforming the Force or the Substitute, 1911-1912
Robber's Roost or Hunting the Who-Whats
Robber's Roost or the Hunting HaHas, 1923-1924
Rufus In the Lion's Den, 1922-1923
Street Car Act, 1904-1905
Submarine (Dumont's copy)
Substitute
Troubles in a Bug House
Who's Boss, 1913-1914
Wood Alcohol, 1921-1922
Unknown Scripts
Unknown Scripts
Series II. Music and scripts
Afterpiece, 1922-1923
Brave Black and Tans; Mexico, 1916-1917
League of Explai-Nations, 1919-1920
Look Out Song; Daddy Moon; Poor Butterfly, 1924-1925
Sleepless Sleeper, 1921-1922
Wood Alcohol, 1921-1922
Series III. Published music
I Ain't Lookin' For Trouble
Lucy Lee (published and original)
Slew Foot Sal (published and original)
Lime Kiln Club, 1893
If I Had A Dollah Of My Own (published and original), 1900
I Hope you Choke (published and original), 1901
You Ain't No Actor, 1902
Sunday is My Day, 1903
Never No More (published and original), 1905
Absolutely No (published and original), 1914
I'm On My Way to New Orleans, 1923
Luxury (lyrics by O'Brien), 1912
Series IV. Original music
Following the Flag and Orchestration, 1912-1913
Good Night White Folks, 1913-1914
First Part Finale Opera Vs. Opera With Comedy, 1913-1914
Opening Overture Words and Music, 1913-1914
First Part Finale - Parody on Rigolletto Quartette Words and Music, 1914-1915
Uncle Jo's Dream or In the Candle Light - Words and Music, 1914-1915
Opening Overture Medley Words and Music, 1914-1915
Opening Overture Short Medley, 1915-1916
Medley Finale Season Words and Music, 1915-1916
Rail Road Blues Me Myself Orchestrations, 1915-1916
Advertising
End Song
Smile
Trouble
Twora Half
The Wood Alcohol Blues (may or may not relate to O'Brien)
Handwritten lead sheet scraps
First Part Overture Words and Music, 1916-1917
Blacksmith on Song, 1917
Opening Overture Words and Music Finale Was Tableau With Song; The Red Cross Muse, 1917-1918
Mandy's Syncopated Reception, 1917-1918
"Patriotic" Words and Music Finale was Tableau with song What Have You Done, 1918-1919
Finale Songs Orchestrations & Words; Boys We Are Proud of you; After the Storm Comes the Rainbow; Tableau - Mother With Arms On Shoulders of Soldier & Sailor, 1919-1920
Song and Dance; Medley of Song Titles; Orchestration and Words; Also Script, 1919-1920
Opening Overture; Orchestration and Words also odd chorus Words, 1919-1920
"Playmates" Song and Dance Words and Music, 1920-1921
Americanization part of Orchestration, 1920-1921
Opening Overture; Only a Fair Finale, 1920-1921
Song and Dance; The Highbrow, Words and Music, 1921-1922
First Part Overture; Finale Words and music; Only Few Parts of Finale Lucia; Overture of Reciting Minstrel Experience, 1921-1922
In Grandma's Day; Oh You Wonderful Girl; Closing Number, 1922-1923
Opening Overture, 1922-1923
Lest We Forget; First Part Finale, 1922-1923
In Day's of Old; Touch of Nature; Peach Orchard Scene, 1922-1923
All Production Music for the Season, 1923-1924
First Part Finale, 1923-1924
Finale; Sextette - No Bananas, 1924-1925
Melodies of Old Songs, 1924-1925
Opening Overture, 1924-1925
Assorted music [1]
Assorted music [2]
Assorted music [3]
Assorted music [4]
Leader
Medley
Opera--Jazz
What Have You Done
Series V. Published music (not O'Brien)
After All
A Little Street Where Old Friends West
Barcarolle
The Bell Buoy
Bells of Killarney
Darktown Doin's
Dear Old Ireland (signed for O'Brien)
Don't Ever Make Another Cry (performed by O'Brien)
Dreaming Song
Everybody Takes His Hat Off to Me
The Harbor of Love
If you Love Me When I'm Old, And Gray, Then You've Loved Me At the Proper Day
I'm Tying the Leaves so they Won't Come Down
In Flanders (signed for O'Brien)
In the Garden Where Sweet Colleens Crow
The Irish Jubilee
Jes' A Lonesome Pickaninny Baby
Jimmy Valentine
June's the Time for Roses
Just one Girl
Mammy's Little Kinky Headed Boy (signed for O'Brien)
Maureen Mavoureen
The Minstrel Street Parade (signed for O'Brien)
My Gal is a High Born Lady
Night and Day
Old Black Joe
The Old Sexton
One Love Letters
Out of the Sunshine Into My Heart (performed by O'Brien)
Playmates
Rosy Callahan
Sailing Away on the Henry Clay
When My Ships Come Sailing Home
The Widow of a German Threw Him Down
Other Varieties of music
Scrap of sheet music
Ditson March Folio For Orchestra
Francis and Day's 36th Dande and Piano Album
Official Songs - Chamber of Commerce
Miscellaneous
Series VI. Gags and scenes
A Perfect Day in Minstrelsy
Act With Trained Dog and Not Dog Stand
Adam Gigiletto
Aeroplane Finish
Alaska Ike
Americanization
Amos and Andy
Arithmetic
Back from the Front
Baron and World
Beasley's Dog
Big Breeze & Dusty & Other Dog Points
Boarding House
Bride in de Hand, etc.
Bud
Burglar Proof Lock
Camp Meeting
Caution
Chief
Cinder In His Eye
Cruise of the Ebony Yacht Club
Daisy Winner
Dear Chief
Dixie and the Darkie
Doctor Act
Doctors Act Big Words
Dog
Dog (different sketch) [1]
Dog (different sketch) [2]
Dog Gag
Dog for Sale [1]
Dog for Sale [2]
Dog for Sale [3]
Egg Festival
End Recitation
Engineer
Eskimo Finish/Gimmies
Farmer's Dream
Fashion Review
Fat-Thin Gal
Fight Gag
Fight Gags
Fighting the Flames [1]
Fighting the Flames [2]
Fighting the Flames [3]
Fireman Act In One
Fireman's Story
First Mate Lookout
Following the Flag [1]
Following the Flag [2]
France [1]
France [2]
Frying Pan Finish
George Wilson
Good Man is Hard to Find
Grippe
Hawkshaw
Henry Bragg
Hunting the HaHas
I Love to Sing While I dance
I Met You [1]
I Met You [2]
Ice Cream Gag
Indian Gag
Isie Knott
Jim Secret Lodge Hailing Signs
Judge and Senator
Kankukup
Killauia
Kleptomaniac Tambo Endman
Kunnel Jim & Jasper
Language of Flowers
Lizza
Locating the Leak
Love
Luther Wilberforce
Lying
Major Coffey
Mayor
McGinn's Inn
Misery Moan - Soldier
Misery Moan
Modern Evangeline
Moses
Mother in Law
Moving Pictures
Musical Act
My Dog Albert
Negro Sayings
No Account!
O.K. Alright
Onary Weather - Lying Gag
Opening Algie
Opening Henry
Parcel Post Bit
Panama Canal
Patter to Radio Girl
Political Pull Secretary
Political Pull Spuds
Politics [1]
Politics [2]
Polkadot Vest and Sinker [1]
Polkadot Vest and Sinker [2]
Possum and Arizona
Post Office [1]
Post Office [2]
Pressing Business - Fatima Truckmuck
Pressing Business - Ida Shuffles
Pressing Business - Nubby Shuffles
Pressing Business - Officer Strongman
Pressing Business - Pug Grumble
Pressing Business - Simp Zero
Pressing Business - Smokey Singe
Pressing Business - Stub Burhead
Pressing Business - Bit of First Writing
Pressing Club - Bit of First Writing
Pressing Business - All Parts
Pretty Knees
Prohibition
Ragging the Radio
Ragtime Opera
Rain Storm and Dust
Reorsed St Car
Ricord Material
Rival Cities
Robbers Roost or Hunting the Hahas (Scene 1)
Otter Side
Sailing
Sam's Son and De Liar
School Gag
See'd Your Sister Gag
She of the Movies
Shell Pink Ears
Sim Simpson
Sleepless Sleeper - sketch and letter
Slide, You'll Make It
Slim Trim Ankles and Dainty Feet/Patter
Smile Song
So-City Reporter
Soldier
Soldier--First Scene
Sam
Some Whiskey [1]
Some Whiskey [2]
Some Whiskey [3]
Song of Advertisements
Soup
So Why Worry Gag
Sparkling Eyes [1]
Sparkling Eyes [2]
Street Car
Street in One [1]
Street in One [2]
Symptoms End Gag
Tariff Reformer
That Funny Fellow
Theosophy
Two Hearts that Beat as One
Visiting a Medium
Webb Hardy
[skipped]
Welcome Home
What the Demo-crates, The Republi-Cans
What the Engine Done
Wife
Wise Button
Yale Student
Series VII. Gags and scenes (not alphabetized)
Neil O'Brien - Prospective Ideas - Books of Materials One
Neil O'Brien - Haverly's Minstrels - Books of Material
Neil O'Brien - Bits Book - Book of Materials
O'Brien's Gag
Unnamed Script Sections [1]
Unnamed Script Sections [2]
Unnamed Script Sections [3]
Unknown (Charcoal and Pat B.)
Unknown - (King and Morse)
Unknown - (Misery Moan and Snappy)
Unknown - (Sim and Henry)
Unknown - (Sim Simkins and Secretary Graft)
Unknown - (Sim and Secretary)
Unknown - (Zeke)
Prop Making
Afterpiece - Props and Wardrobe
Afterpiece - Wardrobe
Hawkshaw the Detective, Beasley's dog, Stump Speec - Wardrobe, Stage Description
Hydroplane - Prop List
Sleeper - Wardrobe
Sleeper and Afterpiece - Cast, Characters, Costume
Song and Dance - Wardrobe
Westchester Co. Club Minstrels, Wedding Scene, Levee Scene, Levee Scene 2
Unamed Packet of Jokes (One post 1935)
Series VIII. Songs, recitations and poems
Absolutely No
The Alabama dip
All the Hills Are Full of Stills
At Sixty Cents an Hour
Auto (2)
Buying A Home
The Cruel Bartender
Dear Heart
Definition of a Blush
Different Auto's
Dis Ain't De Place I Thought It Was
Don't Try To Bluff Uncle Sam
End Gag (5)
Esau Buck
Essaw and the Buckshaw
Executive Ballad
Fables
Father Was A Fighter
Girls of Today
Goodbye Miss Sadie Green
The Greatest Financier
Have Some Kind of A Badge On Your Coat
He Wasn't In It
Honey
Hot [missing from folder]
I Ain't Scared
I'd Rather Be A Newsboy
I Feel So Lonely Comedy
I Hope You Choke
I Never Bother
I Wonder
I've Said Goodbye a Thousand Times
Language of Flowers
The Little
Living Humble
Lucy Lee
Luxury
Master and Dog
Never No Mo
9 Dollar Gag
No More Chop Suey For Me
Oh Lord Dese Feet of Mine
One Fond Lament
Opening Song - Big Brother Club
Pay for Rain
Prorder
Quinny
Railroad Gag
Rainy Weather and Dust Dog Gag
Right and Left
The Rise and Fall of Officer Dough
School Songs
Seven by Seven
She Wouldn't Give Me Tea Because She Had the Coffee Made
Social Party
Solid Ground
A Story in Fish
A Temperance Address
There's No Reason Why She Shouldn't But One Should See
Tell Dem Coons I'll Be There
Tonsorial Sam
The Wearing of The Green
Welcome Home
What Adam Missed
Which Won the War or Political Pull
Why Girls R[K?]iss Each Other
Wife Gag (3)
Winnia Way
Your Presence Tire Me You Ain't No Minstrel
Unnamed [1]
Unnamed [2]
Unnamed [3]
Unnamed [4]
Unnamed [5]
Unnamed [6]
Series IX. Miscellaneous family records
Neil Jr. and New York Electrical School
NYES [1]
NYES [2]
NYES [3]
NYES [4]
NYES [5]
NYES [6]
Diagram of Motors
Plane/Radio
Report Card for Jack O'Brien
Series X. Financial items and records
1924 Receipts
1924 Recepits
1924 Receipts
1925 Salary Figures [1]
1925 Salary Figures [2]
Receipts Unknown Year
Pennsylvania Systems Envelope
Insurance
Blank Contracts
Production Cost 1924-1925
Production Cost, 1924-1925
Production Cost, 1924-1925
Production Cost, 1924-1925
Receipt, 1927
Musical Receipt, 10/18/1897
Check, 12/31/1897
Check, 12/26/1922
Harry O'Brien Penn. System, 1/1/1923
Order Strobridge Lithographing Co., 2/28/1923
Receipt A.A. Calloway, 3/20/1923
Performance Contract, 5/22/1923
Receipt, Victoria [?] Theatre, 3/31/1923
Telephone Bills, 1923
Office Lettering Bill, 5/3/1923
Steam Cleaning Receipt, 5/26/1923
Storage Bills, 1923
Receipt, Lumiere Studio, 6/7/1923
Receipt, Apeda Studio, 6/22/1923
Receipt, for Pneumatic Pillow, 7/9/1923
Receipt, Benedict Engraving Co., 7/30/1923
Receipt, Vaughn, 8/4/1923
Receipt, The General Flower and Decorating Co., 8/13/1923
Receipt, George Gorman, 8/17/1923
Receipt, Elsinger Press, Minstrelsy in Review, 8/23/1923
Receipt, Thorburn, Peck Co. Insurance, 9/4/1923
Bills, 1923
Telegrams, 1923
Assorted Receipts, 1923
Assorted Receipts, 1923
Ledger Season, 1917-1918
Ledger Season, 1918-1919
Ledger, Season, 1919-1920
Ledger, Season, 1920-1921
Ledger, Season, 1921-1922
Ledger, Season, 1922-1923
Series XI. Programs and advertisements
1890-1899
1900-1909
1910-1913
1914
1915-1919
1920
1921
1922-1925
1926-1929
1930-1939
1940-
Neil O'Brien's Minstrels - Programs, Unknown Year
Neil O'Brien's Minstrels - advertisements, Unknown Year
Bogert and O'Brien - programs and advertisements, Uknown Year
Minstrel Advertisements - Dockstader/Field/Haverly/Primrose/Evans
Minstrel Programs - Field/Dockstader
Other Minstrels - Ads and Programs
Other Pamphlets and Programs
Series XII. Newspaper scrapbooks
Newspaper Scrapbook one
Newspaper Scrapbook two
Series XIII. Newspaper clippings
1912-1913, Neil O'Brien's Minstrels
1913, Neil O'Brien Minstrels
End of Minstrelsy
1915, Neil O'Brien Minstrels
1917, Neil O'Brien Minstrels
1920-1921, Neil O'Brien Minstrels
1923-1925, Neil O'Brien's Minstrels
1926-1928, Vaudeville Criticisms
1928, O'Brien Rotary
1929, Mentions O'Brien
1931, Sidewalks of New York, 1916
1931, Dockstader - 25 Years Ago Today
1932, Dockstader - 25 Years Ago Today
1935, Dockstader - 25 Years Ago Today
1935, O'Brien as "Al Jolson of His Day"
1936, Brave Fire Laddies In Mount Vernon
1938, Jim Corbett
1939, Neil O'Brien
1941, Elks & O'Brien
1941, New York World ztelegran [sic] On O'Brien
Bogert and O'Brien - Ads
Corbett & O'Brien
Dockstader Reviews
Neil O'Brien in Vaudeville
Retirement and After
Interviews of Past Seasons O'Brien, Dockstader
Cartoons of O'Brien, Dockstader, others
Advertising - Minstrelsy and Vaudeville
Late Vaudeville Notices
Advance Notices - as is
O'Brien Poughkeepsie
O'Brien at St. Catherine's
Elks and O'Brien
O'Brien and Knights of Columbus
O'Brien and The Knights Of Columbus/Binghamton
Mrs. Neil O'Brien
Nothing To Do With Anything
Overlapping and Unclear
Criticisms Before Neil O'Brien's Minstrels - Lew Dockstaders Minstrels
Criticism - Neil O'Brien Minstrels
Criticism - Neil O'Brien Minstrels
Criticism - Neil O'Brien Minstrels
Criticism - Neil O'Brien Minstrels
Criticism - Neil O'Brien Minstrels
Series XIV. Clippings unrelated to O'Brien
Clippings not mentioning O'Brien - Poems etc.
Series XV. Photographs
Men in Uniform Photos
Blackface Photos
Non-blackface Photos
Newspaper Photos
Advertisements/Caricatures
Postcards
Other Photos
Series XVI. Miscellany
Neil O'Brien Folding Chair, patent, 6/11/1895
Miscellaneous List - Minstrelsy's Second Generation Comedians
Miscellaneous List - Lots of Words
Mohawk Minstrels
Auction List
Bound Sheet Music
Series XVII. Autobiography
Forty Years in Cork--or Eleven Forty Five (315 pages)
Press Special
Neil O'Brien's Minstrel Experience (pencil copy)
Gentlemen be Seated--My Memories of Minstrelsy (300 pages)
Series XVIII. Calendars and address Book
Calendars, 1901-1908
Calendars, 1920-1930
Calendar
Address Book
Series XIX. Letters and personal notes
Handwritten minstrel book made for O'Brien
2 Letters to O'Brien - 1890s
Letter To O'Brien - Dockstader Minstrels, 1905-1906
Letter to O'Brien - 1/8/1907
Letter To O'Brien, 1909 - Sister Hedwig
Friar's Club Member - 1912
Friar's Club To O'Brien - 1916
Knights of Columbus - 1940
Letter from O'Brien - 1942
1942-1943- Moving Picture Correspondences
1944- to O'Brien/ Knights of Columbus
1944- to O'Brien/ Fred Hager
1950- Notes to O'Brien
1954- Letter After O'Brien's Death
1954- Letter After O'Brien's Death
Letters
Letters
Letters
Knights of Columbus Membership card, Scraps, Envelopes
Series XX. Minstrel show objects
3 pairs of bones, 1 brush, 1 collar w/chain, 1 whistle
Series XXI. Posters
O'Brien minstrel show posters