Guide to the Neil O'Brien papers PA Mss 70

Americanization undated

Americanization undated

Aunt Sally's Syncopated Social 1918-1919

Bargain Day in a Department Store undated

Big Brother Club 1918-1919

Brave Bold Black and Tans undated

Captain Seagrass 1917-1918

Charcoal and Midnight Back from the Front undated

Child of the Desert undated

Fighting the Flames 1915-1916

Fire Department undated

Following the Flag 1912-1913

Following the Flag undated

Hopping the Atlantic Ocean 1920-1921

Hot Dog 1924-1925

House of Rest 1908-1909

Hunting the Hahas undated

In the Secret Service 1917-1918

Jitney Joy Bus [1] undated

Jitney Joy Bus [2] undated

Kernal Jim and Kasper undated

Kunnel Jim and Jasper undated

League of Explainations undated

Lost Purse and Demon Run or a Dry Town undated

Meatless Day 1918-1919

Meatless Day undated

Musical Sketch undated

Parcel Post and Demon Run undated

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] undated

Quick Lunch [2] undated

Quick Lunch [3] undated

Rapid Transit Trolley Car undated

Reforming the Force or the Substitute 1911-1912

Robber's Roost or Hunting the Who-Whats undated

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) undated

Substitute undated

Troubles in a Bug House undated

Who's Boss 1913-1914

Wood Alcohol 1921-1922

Unknown Scripts undated

Unknown Scripts undated

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

I Ain't Lookin' For Trouble undated

Lucy Lee (published and original) undated

Slew Foot Sal (published and original) undated

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

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 undated

End Song undated

Smile undated

Trouble undated

Twora Half undated

The Wood Alcohol Blues (may or may not relate to O'Brien) undated

Handwritten lead sheet scraps undated

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] undated

Assorted music [2] undated

Assorted music [3] undated

Assorted music [4] undated

Leader undated

Medley undated

Opera--Jazz undated

What Have You Done undated

After All undated

A Little Street Where Old Friends West undated

Barcarolle undated

The Bell Buoy undated

Bells of Killarney undated

Darktown Doin's undated

Dear Old Ireland (signed for O'Brien) undated

Don't Ever Make Another Cry (performed by O'Brien) undated

Dreaming Song undated

Everybody Takes His Hat Off to Me undated

The Harbor of Love undated

If you Love Me When I'm Old, And Gray, Then You've Loved Me At the Proper Day undated

I'm Tying the Leaves so they Won't Come Down undated

In Flanders (signed for O'Brien) undated

In the Garden Where Sweet Colleens Crow undated

The Irish Jubilee undated

Jes' A Lonesome Pickaninny Baby undated

Jimmy Valentine undated

June's the Time for Roses undated

Just one Girl undated

Mammy's Little Kinky Headed Boy (signed for O'Brien) undated

Maureen Mavoureen undated

The Minstrel Street Parade (signed for O'Brien) undated

My Gal is a High Born Lady undated

Night and Day undated

Old Black Joe undated

The Old Sexton undated

One Love Letters undated

Out of the Sunshine Into My Heart (performed by O'Brien) undated

Playmates undated

Rosy Callahan undated

Sailing Away on the Henry Clay undated

When My Ships Come Sailing Home undated

The Widow of a German Threw Him Down undated

Other Varieties of music undated

Scrap of sheet music undated

Ditson March Folio For Orchestra undated

Francis and Day's 36th Dande and Piano Album undated

Official Songs - Chamber of Commerce undated

Miscellaneous undated

A Perfect Day in Minstrelsy undated

Act With Trained Dog and Not Dog Stand undated

Adam Gigiletto undated

Aeroplane Finish undated

Alaska Ike undated

Americanization undated

Amos and Andy undated

Arithmetic undated

Back from the Front undated

Baron and World undated

Beasley's Dog undated

Big Breeze & Dusty & Other Dog Points undated

Boarding House undated

Bride in de Hand, etc. undated

Bud undated

Burglar Proof Lock undated

Camp Meeting undated

Caution undated

Chief undated

Cinder In His Eye undated

Cruise of the Ebony Yacht Club undated

Daisy Winner undated

Dear Chief undated

Dixie and the Darkie undated

Doctor Act undated

Doctors Act Big Words undated

Dog undated

Dog (different sketch) [1] undated

Dog (different sketch) [2] undated

Dog Gag undated

Dog for Sale [1] undated

Dog for Sale [2] undated

Dog for Sale [3] undated

Egg Festival undated

End Recitation undated

Engineer undated

Eskimo Finish/Gimmies undated

Farmer's Dream undated

Fashion Review undated

Fat-Thin Gal undated

Fight Gag undated

Fight Gags undated

Fighting the Flames [1] undated

Fighting the Flames [2] undated

Fighting the Flames [3] undated

Fireman Act In One undated

Fireman's Story undated

First Mate Lookout undated

Following the Flag [1] undated

Following the Flag [2] undated

France [1] undated

France [2] undated

Frying Pan Finish undated

George Wilson undated

Good Man is Hard to Find undated

Grippe undated

Hawkshaw undated

Henry Bragg undated

Hunting the HaHas undated

I Love to Sing While I dance undated

I Met You [1] undated

I Met You [2] undated

Ice Cream Gag undated

Indian Gag undated

Isie Knott undated

Jim Secret Lodge Hailing Signs undated

Judge and Senator undated

Kankukup undated

Killauia undated

Kleptomaniac Tambo Endman undated

Kunnel Jim & Jasper undated

Language of Flowers undated

Lizza undated

Locating the Leak undated

Love undated

Luther Wilberforce undated

Lying undated

Major Coffey undated

Mayor undated

McGinn's Inn undated

Misery Moan - Soldier undated

Misery Moan undated

Modern Evangeline undated

Moses undated

Mother in Law undated

Moving Pictures undated

Musical Act undated

My Dog Albert undated

Negro Sayings undated

No Account! undated

O.K. Alright undated

Onary Weather - Lying Gag undated

Opening Algie undated

Opening Henry undated

Parcel Post Bit undated

Panama Canal undated

Patter to Radio Girl undated

Political Pull Secretary undated

Political Pull Spuds undated

Politics [1] undated

Politics [2] undated

Polkadot Vest and Sinker [1] undated

Polkadot Vest and Sinker [2] undated

Possum and Arizona undated

Post Office [1] undated

Post Office [2] undated

Pressing Business - Fatima Truckmuck undated

Pressing Business - Ida Shuffles undated

Pressing Business - Nubby Shuffles undated

Pressing Business - Officer Strongman undated

Pressing Business - Pug Grumble undated

Pressing Business - Simp Zero undated

Pressing Business - Smokey Singe undated

Pressing Business - Stub Burhead undated

Pressing Business - Bit of First Writing undated

Pressing Club - Bit of First Writing undated

Pressing Business - All Parts undated

Pretty Knees undated

Prohibition undated

Ragging the Radio undated

Ragtime Opera undated

Rain Storm and Dust undated

Reorsed St Car undated

Ricord Material undated

Rival Cities undated

Robbers Roost or Hunting the Hahas (Scene 1) undated

Otter Side undated

Sailing undated

Sam's Son and De Liar undated

School Gag undated

See'd Your Sister Gag undated

She of the Movies undated

Shell Pink Ears undated

Sim Simpson undated

Sleepless Sleeper - sketch and letter undated

Slide, You'll Make It undated

Slim Trim Ankles and Dainty Feet/Patter undated

Smile Song undated

So-City Reporter undated

Soldier undated

Soldier--First Scene undated

Sam undated

Some Whiskey [1] undated

Some Whiskey [2] undated

Some Whiskey [3] undated

Song of Advertisements undated

Soup undated

So Why Worry Gag undated

Sparkling Eyes [1] undated

Sparkling Eyes [2] undated

Street Car undated

Street in One [1] undated

Street in One [2] undated

Symptoms End Gag undated

Tariff Reformer undated

That Funny Fellow undated

Theosophy undated

Two Hearts that Beat as One undated

Visiting a Medium undated

Webb Hardy undated

[skipped] undated

Welcome Home undated

What the Demo-crates, The Republi-Cans undated

What the Engine Done undated

Wife undated

Wise Button undated

Yale Student undated

Neil O'Brien - Prospective Ideas - Books of Materials One undated

Neil O'Brien - Haverly's Minstrels - Books of Material undated

Neil O'Brien - Bits Book - Book of Materials undated

O'Brien's Gag undated

Unnamed Script Sections [1] undated

Unnamed Script Sections [2] undated

Unnamed Script Sections [3] undated

Unknown (Charcoal and Pat B.) undated

Unknown - (King and Morse) undated

Unknown - (Misery Moan and Snappy) undated

Unknown - (Sim and Henry) undated

Unknown - (Sim Simkins and Secretary Graft) undated

Unknown - (Sim and Secretary) undated

Unknown - (Zeke) undated

Prop Making undated

Afterpiece - Props and Wardrobe undated

Afterpiece - Wardrobe undated

Hawkshaw the Detective, Beasley's dog, Stump Speec - Wardrobe, Stage Description undated

Hydroplane - Prop List undated

Sleeper - Wardrobe undated

Sleeper and Afterpiece - Cast, Characters, Costume undated

Song and Dance - Wardrobe undated

Westchester Co. Club Minstrels, Wedding Scene, Levee Scene, Levee Scene 2 undated

Unamed Packet of Jokes (One post 1935) undated

Absolutely No undated

The Alabama dip undated

All the Hills Are Full of Stills undated

At Sixty Cents an Hour undated

Auto (2) undated

Buying A Home undated

The Cruel Bartender undated

Dear Heart undated

Definition of a Blush undated

Different Auto's undated

Dis Ain't De Place I Thought It Was undated

Don't Try To Bluff Uncle Sam undated

End Gag (5) undated

Esau Buck undated

Essaw and the Buckshaw undated

Executive Ballad undated

Fables undated

Father Was A Fighter undated

Girls of Today undated

Goodbye Miss Sadie Green undated

The Greatest Financier undated

Have Some Kind of A Badge On Your Coat undated

He Wasn't In It undated

Honey undated

Hot [missing from folder] undated

I Ain't Scared undated

I'd Rather Be A Newsboy undated

I Feel So Lonely Comedy undated

I Hope You Choke undated

I Never Bother undated

I Wonder undated

I've Said Goodbye a Thousand Times undated

Language of Flowers undated

The Little undated

Living Humble undated

Lucy Lee undated

Luxury undated

Master and Dog undated

Never No Mo undated

9 Dollar Gag undated

No More Chop Suey For Me undated

Oh Lord Dese Feet of Mine undated

One Fond Lament undated

Opening Song - Big Brother Club undated

Pay for Rain undated

Prorder undated

Quinny undated

Railroad Gag undated

Rainy Weather and Dust Dog Gag undated

Right and Left undated

The Rise and Fall of Officer Dough undated

School Songs undated

Seven by Seven undated

She Wouldn't Give Me Tea Because She Had the Coffee Made undated

Social Party undated

Solid Ground undated

A Story in Fish undated

A Temperance Address undated

There's No Reason Why She Shouldn't But One Should See undated

Tell Dem Coons I'll Be There undated

Tonsorial Sam undated

The Wearing of The Green undated

Welcome Home undated

What Adam Missed undated

Which Won the War or Political Pull undated

Why Girls R[K?]iss Each Other undated

Wife Gag (3) undated

Winnia Way undated

Your Presence Tire Me You Ain't No Minstrel undated

Unnamed [1] undated

Unnamed [2] undated

Unnamed [3] undated

Unnamed [4] undated

Unnamed [5] undated

Unnamed [6] undated

Neil Jr. and New York Electrical School undated

NYES [1] undated

NYES [2] undated

NYES [3] undated

NYES [4] undated

NYES [5] undated

NYES [6] undated

Diagram of Motors undated

Plane/Radio undated

Report Card for Jack O'Brien undated

Receipts 1924

Receipts 1924

Receipts 1924

Salary Figures [1] 1925

Salary Figures [2] 1925

Receipts Unknown Year undated

Pennsylvania Systems Envelope undated

Insurance undated

Blank Contracts undated

Production Cost 1924-1925

Production Cost 1924-1925

Production Cost 1924-1925

Production Cost 1924-1925

Receipt 1927

Musical Receipt 1897 October 18

Check 1897 December 31

Check 1922 December 26

Harry O'Brien Penn. System 1923 January 1

Order Strobridge Lithographing Co. 1923 February 28

Receipt A.A. Calloway 1923 March 20

Performance Contract 1923 May 22

Receipt, Victoria [?] Theatre 1923 March 31

Telephone Bills 1923

Office Lettering Bill 1923 May 3

Steam Cleaning Receipt 1923 May 26

Storage Bills 1923

Receipt, Lumiere Studio 1923 June 7

Receipt, Apeda Studio 1923 June 22

Receipt, for Pneumatic Pillow 1923 July 9

Receipt, Benedict Engraving Co. 1923 July 30

Receipt, Vaughn 1923 August 4

Receipt, The General Flower and Decorating Co. 1923 August 13

Receipt, George Gorman 1923 August 17

Receipt, Elsinger Press, Minstrelsy in Review 1923 Augst 23

Receipt, Thorburn, Peck Co. Insurance 1923 September 4

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

1890-1899

1900-1909

1910-1913

1914

1915-1919

1920

1921

1922-1925

1926-1929

1930-1939

after 1940

Neil O'Brien's Minstrels - Programs undated

Neil O'Brien's Minstrels - advertisements undated

Bogert and O'Brien - programs and advertisements undated

Minstrel Advertisements: Dockstader/Field/Haverly/Primrose/Evans undated

Minstrel Programs - Field/Dockstader undated

Other Minstrels - Ads and Programs undated

Other Pamphlets and Programs undated

Newspaper Scrapbook one undated

Newspaper Scrapbook two undated

Neil O'Brien's Minstrels 1912-1913

Neil O'Brien Minstrels 1913

End of Minstrelsy undated

Neil O'Brien Minstrels 1915

Neil O'Brien Minstrels 1917

Neil O'Brien Minstrels 1920-1921

Neil O'Brien's Minstrels 1923-1925

Vaudeville Criticisms 1926-1928

O'Brien Rotary 1928

Mentions O'Brien 1929

Sidewalks of New York 1916, 1931

Dockstader - 25 Years Ago Today 1931

Dockstader - 25 Years Ago Today 1932

Dockstader - 25 Years Ago Today 1935

O'Brien as "Al Jolson of His Day" 1935

Brave Fire Laddies In Mount Vernon 1936

Jim Corbett 1938

Neil O'Brien 1939

Elks & O'Brien 1941

New York World ztelegran [sic] On O'Brien 1941

Bogert and O'Brien - Ads undated

Corbett & O'Brien undated

Dockstader Reviews undated

Neil O'Brien in Vaudeville undated

Retirement and After undated

Interviews of Past Seasons O'Brien, Dockstader undated

Cartoons of O'Brien, Dockstader, others undated

Advertising - Minstrelsy and Vaudeville undated

Late Vaudeville Notices undated

Advance Notices - as is undated

O'Brien Poughkeepsie undated

O'Brien at St. Catherine's undated

Elks and O'Brien undated

O'Brien and Knights of Columbus undated

O'Brien and The Knights Of Columbus/Binghamton undated

Mrs. Neil O'Brien undated

Nothing To Do With Anything undated

Overlapping and Unclear undated

Criticisms Before Neil O'Brien's Minstrels - Lew Dockstaders Minstrels undated

Criticism - Neil O'Brien Minstrels undated

Criticism - Neil O'Brien Minstrels undated

Criticism - Neil O'Brien Minstrels undated

Criticism - Neil O'Brien Minstrels undated

Criticism - Neil O'Brien Minstrels undated

Clippings not mentioning O'Brien - Poems etc. undated

Men in Uniform Photos undated

Blackface Photos undated

Non-blackface Photos undated

Newspaper Photos undated

Advertisements/Caricatures undated

Postcards undated

Other Photos undated

Neil O'Brien Folding Chair, patent 1895 June 11

Miscellaneous List - Minstrelsy's Second Generation Comedians undated

Miscellaneous List - Lots of Words undated

Mohawk Minstrels undated

Auction List undated

Bound Sheet Music undated

Forty Years in Cork--or Eleven Forty Five (315 pages) undated

Press Special undated

Neil O'Brien's Minstrel Experience (pencil copy) undated

Gentlemen be Seated--My Memories of Minstrelsy (300 pages) undated

Calendars 1901-1908

Calendars 1920-1930

Calendar after 1930

Address Book undated

Handwritten minstrel book made for O'Brien undated

2 Letters to O'Brien 1890s

Letter To O'Brien - Dockstader Minstrels 1905-1906

Letter to O'Brien 1907 January 8

Letter To O'Brien, - Sister Hedwig 1909

Friar's Club Member 1912

Friar's Club To O'Brien 1916

Knights of Columbus 1940

Letter from O'Brien 1942

Moving Picture Correspondence 1942-1943

To O'Brien/ Knights of Columbus after 1944

To O'Brien/ Fred Hager after 1944

Notes to O'Brien 1950

Letter After O'Brien's Death after 1954

Letter After O'Brien's Death after 1954

Letters undated

Letters undated

Letters undated

Knights of Columbus Membership card, Scraps, Envelopes undated

3 pairs of bones, 1 brush, 1 collar w/chain, 1 whistle undated

O'Brien minstrel show posters undated