Inventory of the Male and Female Impersonators Sheet Music Collection SPC.2019.015
Karen Clemons; updated by Lindsay Anderson, 2022
California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
2020-10
University Library South -5039 (Fifth Floor)
1000 E. Victoria St.
Carson, CA 90747
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Contributing Institution:
California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
Title: Male and Female Impersonators Sheet Music Collection
Identifier/Call Number: SPC.2019.015
Physical Description:
1 box
Physical Description:
6 items
Date (inclusive): 1906-1922
Abstract: This collection contains six pieces of sheet music featuring images of male and female impersonator vaudeville acts.
Language of Material:
English
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Conditions Governing Access
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
Arrangement
The sheet music titles are arranged alphabetically.
Preferred Citation
Scope and Contents
The Male and Female Impersonators Sheet Music Collection (1906-1922) contains six pieces of sheet music featuring images
of male and female impersonator vaudeville acts. Three out of the six pieces of sheet music feature the male impersonation
acts: Florence Tempest (born Claire Lillian Ijames) sometimes billed as Florenze Tempest who alongside her sister Marion Sunshine
were known as "Sunshine and Tempest"; and Claire Romaine, nicknamed "London's Pet Boy". Another piece of sheet music features
John Russell of the Russell Brothers who were known for their comedy act, "The Irish Servant Girls".
Conditions Governing Use
The Gerth Archives and Special Collections is not the copyright holder for these photographs. If a patron wishes to make copies
of materials in this collection, it is the responsibility of the researcher to attempt to locate the holder of the copyright
to obtain permission for publication. Full responsibility for legal questions relating to the use and publication of manuscripts
rests with the researcher.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Vaudeville
Male impersonators
Female impersonators
Berry, Hyatt
Bryan, Alfred, 1871-1958
Clarke, Grant
Gumble, Albert, 1883-1946
Meyer, George W., 1884-1959
Norman, Karyl
Piantadosi, Al, 1884-1955
Romaine, Claire
Russell, John
Schwartz, Jean, 1878-1956
Tempest, Florence
Weber, Edwin J., 1893-
box 1
"I Live Up-Town," sung with unprecedented success by Tempest and Sunshine, words by Alfred Bryan, music by Geo W. Meyer
1911
Conditions Governing Use
New Zealand Building, New York, Broadway and 37th Street : F. B. Haviland Pub. Co.,
box 1
"I Love The Ladies," introduced by Florenze Tempest, words by Grant Clark, music by Jean Schwartz
1914
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright by Waterson, Berlin and Snyder Co..
box 1
"It's the Wonderful Way He Loves," written especially for Miss Florence Tempest, words by Homer Wesley, music by Al. Piantadosi
1913
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright MCMXIII by Leo Fiest, Inc., Feist Building, New York. International Copyright Secured and Reserved. Ascherberg,
Hopwood and Crew, Limited, London, England.
box 1
"Nobody Lied (When They Said That I Cried Over You)," sung by Karyl Norman, lyrics by Karyl Norman and Hyatt Berry, music
by Edwin J. Weber
1922
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright by Jerome H. Remick and Co., New York, Detroit, and Canada.
box 1
"When I Marry You," words by Alfred Bryan, music by Albert Gumble
1908
Scope and Contents
Contains a photograph of male impersonator, Claire Romaine.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright MCMVII, by Jerome H. Remick and Co., Successors to The Whitney Warner Pub. Co., Detroit, New York. Copyright, Canada,
MCMVIII, by Jerome H. Remick Co. Propidad para la Republica Mexicana de Jerome H. Remick & Co., Detroit, y New York, Depositada,
conforme a la ley.
box 1
"Where the River Shannon Flows," words and music by James L. Russell, sung by John Russell of the Famous Russell Bros in the
Principal Vaudeville Theaters and Matt J. Keefe of George Evans' "Honey Boy Minstrels"
1906
Conditions Governing Use
Published and Copyrighted MCMX by M. Witmark and Sons. 144 West 37th Str. New York, Chicago, San Francisco, London, Paris.
