MS 582
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Collection Summary | |
| Creator: | Howard, Joseph E. (Joseph Edgar), 1878-1961 Howard, Miriam |
| Creator: | Howard, Miriam |
| Collection Name: | Joseph E. Howard Papers |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1895-2009 |
| Bulk Dates: | (1947-1966) |
| Physical Description: | 16.5 linear feet |
| Abstract: | Contains sheet music written by Howard, as well as correspondence and press documenting his long life as a vaudevillian and public performer. It includes his 1956 autobiography, Gay Nineties Troubadour , and photographs of Howard, his family, and other performers. |
| Collection Number: | MS 582 |
| Language: | Materials are in English. |
| Repository: |
University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections University of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-621-6423 Fax: 520-621-9733 URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/ E-Mail: LBRY-askspcoll@email.arizona.edu |
Joseph E. Howard (1878-1961) was a skilled composer and vaudevillian. Born in New York in 1878, he ran away from home around the age of seven after the death of his mother. He ended up in St. Louis, where he took to singing and performing on the streets to earn money. He received a break as a teenager when a vaudeville group invited him to travel with them. At the time of his death, Howard had been married nine different times. Many of his wives were fellow performers, including his first wife, Ida Emerson, who helped write and perform Howard’s most famous song, “Hello! My Baby.” Sometimes his marriages ended in divorce and other times in death. He had at least two sons, Joseph Jr. and Lionel, and one daughter, Josephine.
In addition to “Hello! My Baby” (1899), Howard’s most well-known songs include “Goodbye My Lady Love” (1904), and “I Wonder Who’s Kissing Her Now” (1909). He also composed the official state song of Montana in 1945. A motion picture based on Howard’s life, also titled “I Wonder Who’s Kissing Her Now,” was released in 1947 starring Mark Stevens and June Haver. Soon after the release of the movie, Howard was sued by his former assistant, Harry Orlob, for stealing the lyrics to the song “I Wonder Who’s Kissing Her Now.” They settled by agreeing to remove Howard’s name from the song, though it is still often associated with him.
The second part of his career began in 1939 when he collaborated with Beatrice Kay to produce a successful radio show, “Gay Nineties Revue.” He wrote an autobiography titled Gay Nineties Troubadour that was published in 1956, but it was commercially unsuccessful. Howard continued performing on stage even after his retirement, and he died during a curtain call in Chicago on May 19, 1961. He was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.
The Joseph E. Howard collection consists primarily of his sheet music and correspondence. Most of the sheet music comes from the early 20th century, and there is some music written and composed by other musicians. The correspondence mostly relates to business matters, including Howard’s eponymous publishing house and copyright issues. It contains a considerable amount written to or by his last wife, Miriam, concerning Howard’s estate after his death; it also includes some letters by his sons, Joseph Jr. and Lionel. A few years after Howard’s death in 1961, Miriam remarried to Charles Kirschner of the Cincinnati area. There is some ephemera and correspondence of the Kirschner family and of Ben Gillespie, Miriam’s son from a previous relationship. In fact, much of the material from the late 1960s and 1970s relates to Gillespie.
Included in correspondence is a letter by Jacqueline Kennedy and a couple of short letters from Ed Sullivan giving thanks for a performance or appearance, as well as various letters from Congressmen and fellow composers and musicians. The photographs are mainly of Howard performing and Howard’s wives and sons. There are also shots from the 1947 motion picture “I Wonder Who’s Kissing Her Now,” based on Howard’s life. Scripts are typed drafts or revisions of many of the plays that Howard wrote music for, including “The Time, the Place, and the Girl.” In addition to greeting card artwork and postcards, ephemera consists of performance ephemera and personal items. The financial series includes copyright claims, receipts, and royalty statements. It also contains appraisals of the estate of one of Joseph’s later wives, Mary Howard, as well as documents relating to Joseph’s death.
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Joseph E. Howard collection (MS 582). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.. Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.
Processed by Mark F. Sandoval.
| Music, 1895-1969 | |||||||||||
| This series contains two subseries: Subseries I: Joseph Howard Sheet Music, 1899-1969, undated Subseries II: Howard Publishing, Other Artists’ Music, Lyrics, 1895-1961, undated | |||||||||||
| Joseph Howard Sheet Music, 1899-1969, undated | |||||||||||
| This subseries consists of an alphabetical list of sheet music written by Joseph E. Howard. | |||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Across the River, undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Actors' Boarding House, 1969 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | At the End of an Evening with You, 1948 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Auld Lang Syne, 1950 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Bachelor Bear, 1913 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Be Sweet to Me, Kid, undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Beautiful Sisters, undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | The Best Days of Our Lives, 1950 | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Blow the Smoke Away, 1933 | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | California, 1907 | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | Can-Can, 1969 | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | Can't Get You Out of My Mind, 1948 | |||||||||
| 1 | 13 | The Cello Fellow, 1912 | |||||||||
| 1 | 14 | Central, Give Me Back My Dime, 1905 | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 | Circumstancial Evidence, undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 16 | Compilations of Joseph Howard Sheet Music and Compositions, undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 17 | Compilations of Joseph Howard Sheet Music and Compositions, undated | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | Cotton Pickin' Time in Tennessee, 1913 | |||||||||
| 2 | 2 | Custom of Dressing for Dinner, 1956 | |||||||||
| 2 | 3 | The Dream Waltz Melody, undated | |||||||||
| 2 | 4 | Drink to the Glorious Night, 1904 | |||||||||
| 2 | 5 | Dublin, undated | |||||||||
| 2 | 6 | Ev'ry Little Stone, 1952 | |||||||||
| 2 | 7 | First and Only, 1906 | |||||||||
| 2 | 8 | Forever, Forever I Want You, 1926 | |||||||||
| 2 | 9 | Friend of Mine, undated | |||||||||
| 2 | 10 | Frisco Fizz, 1911 | |||||||||
| 2 | 11 | "The Girl Question" (Selection), 1907 | |||||||||
| 2 | 12 | Go Get 'Em (Soldier Boys), 1942 | |||||||||
| 2 | 13 | Goodbye, My Lady Love, 1904, 1932 | |||||||||
| 2 | 14 | Good Night People, 1961 | |||||||||
| 2 | 15 | The Hat That I Kissed You Under, 1946 | |||||||||
| 2 | 16 | The Haunted Pool, 1909 | |||||||||
| 2 | 17 | Heart to Heart Talk with My Heart, 1944 | |||||||||
| 2 | 18 | A Heart to Let, undated | |||||||||
| 2 | 19 | Hello! My Baby, 1899, 1961 | |||||||||
| 2 | 20 | Honey Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone, undated | |||||||||
| 2 | 21 | Honeymoon, undated | |||||||||
| 2 | 22 | "Honeymoon Trail" (Selection), 1908 | |||||||||
| 2 | 23 | Honolulu, 1904 | |||||||||
| 2 | 24 | How Could You Do It to Me, 1942 | |||||||||
| 2 | 25 | I Don't Like Your Family, 1906 | |||||||||
| 2 | 26 | I Don't Want to Marry Your Family, 1909 | |||||||||
| 2 | 27 | I Never Knew What Love Was (Till I Met You), 1946 | |||||||||
| 2 | 28 | I Sends Her Roses, 1969 | |||||||||
| 2 | 29 | I've Always Been True Blue to You, 1923 | |||||||||
| 2 | 30 | I Want to Talk with You, 1947 | |||||||||
| 2 | 31 | I Will Wait, undated | |||||||||
| 2 | 32 | I Wonder What's Become of Sally, undated | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now, 1909, 1936 | |||||||||
| 3 | 2 | If All the Moons Were Honeymoons, 1909 | |||||||||
| 3 | 3 | If I Can Take You From Someone, undated | |||||||||
| 3 | 4 | If I Had Married Rip Van Winkle, 1955, 1957 | |||||||||
| 3 | 5 | If I Were in Love with Somebody Else, 1923 | |||||||||
| 3 | 6 | If the Last is the Best of All, undated | |||||||||
| 3 | 7 | If You Should Stop Caring, undated | |||||||||
| 3 | 8 | I'm Lonesome for You, 1905 | |||||||||
| 3 | 9 | In Dear Old Kankakee, 1904 | |||||||||
| 3 | 10 | In the Evening Time, 1916 | |||||||||
| 3 | 11 | The Irish Suffragette, 1913 | |||||||||
| 3 | 12 | It's Lonesome Tonight, undated | |||||||||
| 3 | 13 | I've Written All My Love Songs, undated | |||||||||
| 3 | 14 | Junior Miss, undated | |||||||||
| 3 | 15 | Just Across the River, undated | |||||||||
| 3 | 16 | Just Hold Her Hand, 1948 | |||||||||
| 3 | 17 | Just a Little Smile, undated | |||||||||
| 3 | 18 | Just Love Me, undated | |||||||||
| 3 | 19 | Just My Style, undated | |||||||||
| 3 | 20 | Keep Mum Chum, 1942 | |||||||||
| 3 | 21 | The Land of Used-To-Be, 1909 | |||||||||
| 3 | 22 | Lauderdale By the Sea, 1956 | |||||||||
| 3 | 23 | Let Me Call You Sweetheart, undated | |||||||||
| 3 | 24 | Let Me Ride by Your Side, 1942 | |||||||||
| 3 | 25 | Let's Do It All Over, 1942 | |||||||||
| 3 | 26 | Let's Start All Over, undated | |||||||||
| 3 | 27 | Let's Stay Over Here, 1939 | |||||||||
| 3 | 28 | Let's Take a Ride on a Rocket, 1946 | |||||||||
| 3 | 29 | Let's Talk About the Weather, undated | |||||||||
| 3 | 30 | Levee Lou, 1924 | |||||||||
| 3 | 31 | Look Out for the Big Banshee, 1919 | |||||||||
| 3 | 32 | Looking for a Bully, 1941 | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 4 | 1 | The Lord Loves the Irish, undated | |||||||||
| 4 | 2 | Love is a Will-O-the-Wisp, 1942 | |||||||||
| 4 | 3 | Love Me All the Time, undated | |||||||||
| 4 | 4 | Love Me Just Because, 1908 | |||||||||
| 4 | 5 | A Love Song Lullaby, undated | |||||||||
| 4 | 6 | Love Street, 1948 | |||||||||
| 4 | 7 | Loving You to Music, 1940 | |||||||||
| 4 | 8 | The Luck of the Irish, 1969 | |||||||||
| 4 | 9 | Mandy Came Along, 1950 | |||||||||
| 4 | 10 | Medley, undated | |||||||||
| 4 | 11 | Meet Me at the New York World's Fair, 1937 | |||||||||
| 4 | 12 | Meet Me in Miami, undated | |||||||||
| 4 | 13 | Montana, 1946 | |||||||||
| 4 | 14 | Montreal, My Montreal, undated | |||||||||
| 4 | 15 | My Baby Girl, undated | |||||||||
| 4 | 16 | My Dad's Violin, 1950 | |||||||||
| 4 | 17 | My Gal Has Left Me, 1899 | |||||||||
| 4 | 18 | Nothing Too Good For You, Dear, 1910 | |||||||||
| 4 | 19 | Oh! You Wedding Bells, 1913 | |||||||||
| 4 | 20 | Old Broadway, 1950 | |||||||||
| 4 | 21 | On a Saturday Night, 1931 | |||||||||
| 4 | 22 | Once in a Lifetime, 1965 | |||||||||
| 4 | 23 | Our Jimmie's Coming Home, 1935 | |||||||||
| 4 | 24 | Out of the Dark, 1947 | |||||||||
| 4 | 25 | Paradise is Love, 1948 | |||||||||
| 4 | 26 | A Prince of Tonight, undated | |||||||||
| 4 | 27 | Rainbow Over Chicago, 1947 | |||||||||
| 4 | 28 | Rocket to the Moon, undated | |||||||||
| 4 | 29 | Rubbers Dance Routine, undated | |||||||||
| 4 | 30 | The Salvation Glide, 1913 | |||||||||
| 4 | 31 | San Francisco Frizz ("Hey Hey"), 1947 | |||||||||
| 4 | 32 | Sheila O'Shea, undated | |||||||||
| 4 | 33 | The Ship of Dreams, 1909 | |||||||||
| 4 | 34 | The Silver in Your Hair, 1946 | |||||||||
| 4 | 35 | A Smile, a Tear, a Kiss, Dear, 1954 | |||||||||
| 4 | 36 | Some of These Long Nights, undated | |||||||||
| 4 | 37 | Something in My Eye, undated | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 5 | 1 | Something I've Never Told You, 1946 | |||||||||
| 5 | 2 | Sometimes, 1903 | |||||||||
| 5 | 3 | Somewhere in France (is the Lily), 1917 | |||||||||
| 5 | 4 | The Song of the Butterfly, 1909 | |||||||||
| 5 | 5 | The Song That Was Born in My Heart, 1946 | |||||||||
| 5 | 6 | Strings of My Heart, undated | |||||||||
| 5 | 7 | A Stubborn Cinderella, 1908 | |||||||||
| 5 | 8 | Sulphur Baths, undated | |||||||||
| 5 | 9 | The Sweetest Girl, undated | |||||||||
| 5 | 10 | That's What I Call Heaven, 1938 | |||||||||
| 5 | 11 | There's a Kiss in Your Eyes, 1955 | |||||||||
| 5 | 12 | There's Nothing Like a Good Ol' Song, undated | |||||||||
| 5 | 13 | There's Something in My Eye, 1942 | |||||||||
| 5 | 14 | The Time, the Place, and the Girl (Selection), undated | |||||||||
| 5 | 15 | Those Wonderful Eyes, 1912 | |||||||||
| 5 | 16 | Thursday is My Jonah Day, undated | |||||||||
| 5 | 17 | Tonight is the Last Night, 1947 | |||||||||
| 5 | 18 | Tonight Will Never Come Again, 1909 | |||||||||
| 5 | 19 | Too Many Nights, 1955 | |||||||||
| 5 | 20 | Travelin' Man, 1942 | |||||||||
| 5 | 21 | The Trolleys of Old Broadway, undated | |||||||||
| 5 | 22 | Tuning the Strings of My Heart, 1913 | |||||||||
| 5 | 23 | The Umpire is a Most Unhappy Man, 1905 | |||||||||
| 5 | 24 | "The Umpire (Selection), 1906 | |||||||||
| 5 | 25 | Untitled Sheet Music, undated | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 6 | 1 | We Never, Never Lost a War, 1943 | |||||||||
| 6 | 2 | We've Never Walked in the White Moonlight, undated | |||||||||
| 6 | 3 | What Every Man Should Know (What a Man), 1969 | |||||||||
| 6 | 4 | What is Left of Yesterday, undated | |||||||||
| 6 | 5 | What's the Use of Dreaming, 1934 | |||||||||
| 6 | 6 | What's the Use of Loving You, undated | |||||||||
| 6 | 7 | What Would You Do, 1969 | |||||||||
| 6 | 8 | When Eyes Like Yours Looked Into Eyes Like Mine, 1907 | |||||||||
| 6 | 9 | When I Feel Like Loving, 1905 | |||||||||
| 6 | 10 | When You First Kiss the Last Girl You Love, undated | |||||||||
| 6 | 11 | Where Are They Now, undated | |||||||||
| 6 | 12 | Where is Your Girl, 1924 | |||||||||
| 6 | 13 | Won't You Be My Girlie, undated | |||||||||
| 6 | 14 | You'll Be Sorry When We Say Goodbye, undated | |||||||||
| 6 | 15 | You're a Dear Old World After All, 1909 | |||||||||
| Howard Publishing, Other Artists' Music, Lyrics, 1895-1961, undated | |||||||||||
| This subseries consists of sheet music published by the Joseph Howard Music House, as well as sheet music that Howard did not have a part in writing. There are also sheet music covers and lyrics of songs, many of which Howard wrote. | |||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 7 | 1 | Josephe Howard Music House Sheet Music, 1937-1961 | |||||||||
| 7 | 2 | Multiple/Unknown Artists' Sheet Music, undated | |||||||||
| 7 | 3 | Other Artists' Sheet Music A-I, 1910-1960, undated | |||||||||
| 7 | 4 | Other Artists' Sheet Music J-Z, 1895-1952, undated | |||||||||
| 7 | 5 | Sheet Music Covers, undated | |||||||||
| 7 | 6 | Lyrics, undated | |||||||||
| Autobiographies and Biographies, 1950-1956, undated | |||||||||||
| This series contains several drafts of Joseph E. Howard’s autobiography and the published product, Gay Nineties Troubadour. There are also excerpts of biographies of Howard and a short autobiography of Miriam Howard. | |||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 7 | 7 | Autobiography Contract and Correspondence, 1950-1956 | |||||||||
| 7 | 8 | Gay Nineties Troubadour, 1956 | |||||||||
| 7 | 9 | Joseph Howard Autobiography Draft, undated | |||||||||
| 7 | 10 | Joseph Howard Autobiography Draft, undated | |||||||||
| 7 | 11 | Joseph Howard Autobiography Draft, undated | |||||||||
| 7 | 12 | Joseph Howard Autobiography Draft, undated | |||||||||
| 7 | 13 | Joseph Howard Autobiography Draft, undated | |||||||||
| 7 | 14 | Joseph Howard Autobiography Draft--Irma Kilgallin, undated | |||||||||
| 7 | 15 | Joseph Howard Biographies, undated | |||||||||
| 7 | 16 | Miriam Howard Autobiography, undated | |||||||||
| Correspondence, 1930-1978, undated | |||||||||||
| This is an alphabetical arrangement of correspondence, mostly involving Joseph E. Howard or his last wife, Miriam. | |||||||||||
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| 8 | 1 | A, 1953-1954, 1957-1960, 1972 | |||||||||
| 8 | 2 | Adams, Frank, 1950-1963, undated | |||||||||
| 8 | 3 | AGAC, 1961-1972, undated | |||||||||
| 8 | 4 | ASCAP, 1953, 1957, 1961-1964, 1972 | |||||||||
| 8 | 5 | B, 1937, 1947, 1953, 1957-1962, 1968-1969 | |||||||||
| 8 | 6 | C, 1955-1961, 1972 | |||||||||
| 8 | 7 | Caldarone, Mike, 1957-1959, undated | |||||||||
| 8 | 8 | Calvary and Allied Cemeteries, 1955 | |||||||||
| 8 | 9 | Cole, Maurice, 1959-1960 | |||||||||
| 8 | 10 | Coppola, James, 1955-1959 | |||||||||
| 8 | 11 | Copyright Office, Library of Congress, 1958-1970, 1973, undated | |||||||||
| 8 | 12 | Coughlin, Walter, 1954-1960 | |||||||||
| 8 | 13 | D, 1955-1960 | |||||||||
| 8 | 14 | DeBus, Allen, 1955-1964, 1967-1968 | |||||||||
| 8 | 15 | Dillon, William, 1958 | |||||||||
| 8 | 16 | E, 1960-1970, 1978 | |||||||||
| 8 | 17 | Earle, Bobby, 1959 | |||||||||
| 8 | 18 | Eaton, Rhea, 1956-1961, undated | |||||||||
| 8 | 19 | Marks, Edward B., 1953-1972, undated | |||||||||
| 8 | 20 | F, 1950-1964 | |||||||||
| 8 | 21 | Fay, Ed, 1956-1958 | |||||||||
| 8 | 22 | Fetters, Robert "Bob", 1954, 1957, 1969 | |||||||||
| 8 | 23 | Flaum, Joe, 1956-1961 | |||||||||
| 8 | 24 | Fletcher, Robert "Bob", 1957-1958 | |||||||||
| 8 | 25 | G, 1956-1967, 1972, undated | |||||||||
| 8 | 26 | Gilbert, L. Wolfe, 1955-1956 | |||||||||
| 8 | 27 | Gillespie, Ben, 1971, undated | |||||||||
| 8 | 28 | Gold, Ralph, 1952-1954, undated | |||||||||
| 8 | 29 | Green, Harry, 1956-1958 | |||||||||
| 8 | 30 | Greene, Iris and Maude, 1954-1962, undated | |||||||||
| 8 | 31 | H, 1954-1962, undated | |||||||||
| 8 | 32 | Heberlein, Frederick, 1949, 1956-1961, undated | |||||||||
| 8 | 33 | Henry, Dick, 1955-1960 | |||||||||
| 8 | 34 | Hill, Lance, 1957-1960 | |||||||||
| 8 | 35 | Hough, William "Bill", 1954-1963, 1967, 1969, undated | |||||||||
| 8 | 36 | Howard Family, 1955-1959, 1961, undated | |||||||||
| 8 | 37 | Ingalls, Miles, 1956-1958 | |||||||||
| 8 | 38 | J, 1944, 1954-1966, undated | |||||||||
| 8 | 39 | Jerome, Nat S., 1958, undated | |||||||||
| 8 | 40 | K, 1943, 1947, 1956-1966, 1972, 1977 | |||||||||
| 8 | 41 | Kalchiem, Jack, 1956-1957 | |||||||||
| 8 | 42 | Kennedy, Jacqueline, 1963 | |||||||||
| 8 | 43 | Kirschner Family, 1930-1937, 1955, 1968, 1971 | |||||||||
| 8 | 44 | Kornblum, I.B., 1955-1956, 1959, 1962, undated | |||||||||
| 8 | 45 | L, 1947-1957, 1961-1963, undated | |||||||||
| 8 | 46 | Leddy, Mark J., 1956, 1959-1961 | |||||||||
| 8 | 47 | Lindahl, John H., 1956-1962 | |||||||||
| 8 | 48 | Loitz, Bella, 1959-1961 | |||||||||
| 8 | 49 | Loose, Dennick, 1960-1961, undated | |||||||||
| 8 | 50 | Lord, Alice and Fred, 1956-1957 | |||||||||
| 8 | 51 | M, 1950, 1956-1964, 1969, undated | |||||||||
| 8 | 52 | Machat, Martin, 1958 | |||||||||
| 8 | 53 | Malloy, John Cyril, 1963 | |||||||||
| 8 | 54 | Marshall, Walter, 1957, 1967-1969 | |||||||||
| 8 | 55 | McCollister, Raymond, 1971 | |||||||||
| 8 | 56 | McCune, C.N., 1957, 1961-1962 | |||||||||
| 8 | 57 | McInerney, Harold and Mary, 1957-1961 | |||||||||
| 8 | 58 | Mills Music, Inc., 1955-1963, undated | |||||||||
| 8 | 59 | Miriam Rose Stern Agency, 1971-1974 | |||||||||
| 8 | 60 | Mister Donut, 1962-1964 | |||||||||
| 8 | 61 | Mitchell, Ray, 1959 | |||||||||
| 8 | 62 | Montana Children's Home and Hospital, 1956-1966 | |||||||||
| 8 | 63 | Montana Historical Society, 1968-1971, undated | |||||||||
| 8 | 64 | Morgan, Duke, 1970 | |||||||||
| 8 | 65 | Mourra, J.G., 1964-1965 | |||||||||
| 8 | 66 | Music Publishers Holding Corporation, 1955-1963, 1969, undated | |||||||||
| 8 | 67 | N, 1956-1966 | |||||||||
| 8 | 68 | National Variety Artists, Inc., 1956-1959, undated | |||||||||
| 8 | 69 | O, 1956-1960 | |||||||||
| 8 | 70 | Orlob, Harry, 1948, 1959, 1963, undated | |||||||||
| 8 | 71 | P, 1946, 1956-1961, 1972 | |||||||||
| 8 | 72 | Passantino Printing Compnay, Inc., 1956-1961, undated | |||||||||
| 8 | 73 | Penn Nurseries, 1952-1953 | |||||||||
| 8 | 74 | Peterson, Charles, 1954, 1956-1958, 1961 | |||||||||
| 8 | 75 | President of the United States, 1965, 1972 | |||||||||
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| 9 | 1 | R, 1949, 1954-1961, 1970 | |||||||||
| 9 | 2 | Randell, Louis P., 1961-1962 | |||||||||
| 9 | 3 | Randolph, Bob, 1961-1963 | |||||||||
| 9 | 4 | Riley, Edward, 1959-1960 | |||||||||
| 9 | 5 | Ripley, John, 1956-1962 | |||||||||
| 9 | 6 | Robbins Music Corporation, 1956-1966, 1975 | |||||||||
| 9 | 7 | Roche, Olga, 1960 | |||||||||
| 9 | 8 | Rogers, Paul, 1963, 1966, 1971-1972 | |||||||||
| 9 | 9 | Rooney, Pat, 1956-1961 | |||||||||
| 9 | 10 | S, 1953-1961, 1965-1972, 1978, undated | |||||||||
| 9 | 11 | Schwartz, Harry, 1956 | |||||||||
| 9 | 12 | Shawnee Press Inc., 1962-1965 | |||||||||
| 9 | 13 | Shea, Harry, 1956-1960 | |||||||||
| 9 | 14 | Shepherd Sisters, 1956-1957, undated | |||||||||
| 9 | 15 | Songwriters Hall of Fame, 1970-1978, undated | |||||||||
| 9 | 16 | Southern Music Corporation, 1957-1961 | |||||||||
| 9 | 17 | St. John, Louis, 1956-1961 | |||||||||
| 9 | 18 | Sterling Gold Coast Furniture, 1961 | |||||||||
| 9 | 19 | Sullivan, Ed, 1957, 1961 | |||||||||
| 9 | 20 | T, 1957, 1960, 1970, undated | |||||||||
| 9 | 21 | Tenney, F.M., 1956-1957 | |||||||||
| 9 | 22 | Thomas, Bert and Chris, 1956-1961 | |||||||||
| 9 | 23 | Tobias, Henry, 1958-1959 | |||||||||
| 9 | 24 | Tracey, Fred, 1957, undated | |||||||||
| 9 | 25 | Twentieth Century Fox Corporation, 1956-1959 | |||||||||
| 9 | 26 | U, 1956, 1969-1970 | |||||||||
| 9 | 27 | Unidentified People, 1952-1959, 1961-1963, 1969, undated | |||||||||
| 9 | 28 | United Attractions, Inc., 1959-1960 | |||||||||
| 9 | 29 | V, 1956, 1964, 1969 | |||||||||
| 9 | 30 | W, 1942, 1954-1964, undated | |||||||||
| 9 | 31 | Wendell, Ola, 1961-1963 | |||||||||
| 9 | 32 | Whitaker, Freda, 1959, undated | |||||||||
| 9 | 33 | Whyte, Bette S., 1954-1959, undated | |||||||||
| 9 | 34 | Wisner, Carl V., 1963-1965, 1973, undated | |||||||||
| 9 | 35 | Z, 1961 | |||||||||
| 9 | 36 | Los Zeas (Burdette Wilson and Salvador Cabrera), 1956-1957 | |||||||||
| 9 | 37 | Notes, 1968, undated | |||||||||
| 9 | 38 | Postcards, undated | |||||||||
| Photographs, 1947, 1954, undated | |||||||||||
| This series consists of photographs, primarily of Howard and his family. There are also many unidentified photographs. | |||||||||||
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| 10 | 1 | Atlantic City Centennial, 1954 | |||||||||
| 10 | 2 | "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now" Movie, 1947 | |||||||||
| 10 | 3 | Joseph Howard Photographs, undated | |||||||||
| 10 | 4 | Joseph Howard's Wives and Sons, undated | |||||||||
| 10 | 5 | Negatives, undated | |||||||||
| 10 | 6 | Performers--Autographed or Identified Photographs, undated | |||||||||
| 10 | 7 | Unidentified People and Places, undated | |||||||||
| 10 | 8 | Unidentified Performers, undated | |||||||||
| Ephemera, 1907-1978, undated | |||||||||||
| This series includes both performance ephemera and personal ephemera. While there is performance ephemera related to Joseph E. Howard’s career, most of the performance ephemera is unrelated to his work. Ephemera of Ben Gillespie, a son of Miriam Howard from a previous relationship, is also included. There is personal ephemera related to Howard’s life, including a scrapbook of one of his visits to the state of Montana to celebrate his writing of Montana’s state song. | |||||||||||
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| 11 | 1 | Ben Gillespie Performance Ephemera, 1948-1961 | |||||||||
| 11 | 2 | Ben Gillespie Ephemera, undated | |||||||||
| 11 | 3 | Joseph Howard Performance and Music House Ephemera, 1910, 1952-1961, 1966, undated | |||||||||
| 11 | 4 | Non-Joseph Howard Performance Ephemera, 1956-1966, 1969, 1978 | |||||||||
| 11 | 5 | Non-Joseph Howard Performance Ephemera, 1955-1964, 1969-1971, undated | |||||||||
| 11 | 6 | Non-Joseph Howard Performance Ephemera, 1948, 1955-1964, undated | |||||||||
| 11 | 7 | Non-Joseph Howard Performance Ephemera, 1964, 1967, 1972, undated | |||||||||
| 11 | 8 | Non-Joseph Howard Performance Ephemera, 1955-1965, 1968, 1971, undated | |||||||||
| 11 | 9 | Non-Joseph Howard Performance Ephemera, undated | |||||||||
| 11 | 10 | Rare Performance Ephemera, 1924, 1930, undated | |||||||||
| 11 | 11 | Ephemera--Personal, 1907-1956, 1961, 1975 | |||||||||
| 11 | 12 | Ephemera, undated | |||||||||
| 11 | 13 | Ephemera--Montana Souvenirs, undated | |||||||||
| 11 | 14 | Ephemera--Postcards, undated | |||||||||
| 11 | 15 | Ephemera--Menus, 1926, undated | |||||||||
| 11 | 16 | Ephemera--Illustrated Greeting Cards, undated | |||||||||
| 11 | 17 | Ephemera--Address Books and Prayer Books, 1954, 1963, undated | |||||||||
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| 12 | Oversize--Montana Scrapbook, undated | ||||||||||
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| 13 | 2 | Oversize--Posters, undated | |||||||||
| Scripts, 1905, 1939-1969, undated | |||||||||||
| This series consists of manuscripts of plays, including plays that feature Howard’s music. There are also transcripts of radio shows, some of which include Howard as host or guest. | |||||||||||
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| 14 | 1 | "All's Fair" Incomplete Script and Notes, undated | |||||||||
| 14 | 2 | "Born Lucky" Script, undated | |||||||||
| 14 | 3 | "Intermission" or "Life" Script, undated | |||||||||
| 14 | 4 | "The Isle of Bong-Bong" Script, 1905 | |||||||||
| 14 | 5 | "Love and Politics" Script, 1961 | |||||||||
| 14 | 6 | "My Midnight Sweetheart" Incomplete Script, undated | |||||||||
| 14 | 7 | "My Midnight Sweetheart" Incomplete Script, undated | |||||||||
| 14 | 8 | "The Old Composer" Script, undated | |||||||||
| 14 | 9 | "Quandry" Script, undated | |||||||||
| 14 | 10 | "Ten Nights in a Bar Room" or "The Curse of Drink" Script, undated | |||||||||
| 14 | 11 | "The Time, the Place, and the Girl" Script, 1942 | |||||||||
| 14 | 12 | "The Time, the Place, and the Girl" Script, 1942 | |||||||||
| 14 | 13 | "The Time, the Place, and the Girl" Script, 1969 | |||||||||
| 14 | 14 | "The Time, the Place, and the Girl" Script, 1969 | |||||||||
| 14 | 15 | "The Time, the Place, and the Girl" Script, 1969 | |||||||||
| 14 | 16 | "The Time, the Place, and the Girl" Script, undated | |||||||||
| 14 | 17 | "The Time, the Place, and the Girl" Script, undated | |||||||||
| 14 | 18 | "The Time, the Place, and the Girl" Incomplete Script and Notes, undated | |||||||||
| 14 | 19 | "The Toy Prince" Script, undated | |||||||||
| 14 | 20 | "The Umpire" Script, undated | |||||||||
| 14 | 21 | Unidentified and Incomplete Scripts, undated | |||||||||
| 14 | 22 | Untitled Script, undated | |||||||||
| 14 | 23 | "Gay Nineties Revue" Radio Show Scripts, 1939-1940 | |||||||||
| 14 | 24 | Show Scripts, 1946, 1966, undated | |||||||||
| Newspaper Clippings, 1916-1978, undated | |||||||||||
| This series primarily contains newspaper clippings that feature Joseph E. Howard, including advertisements for his upcoming shows. | |||||||||||
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| 14 | 25 | Newspaper Clippings, 1916-1961, 1970, 1978 | |||||||||
| 14 | 26 | Newspaper Clippings, 1943-1969, 1972 | |||||||||
| 14 | 27 | Newspaper Clippings, undated | |||||||||
| 14 | 28 | Newspaper Clippings, undated | |||||||||
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| 13 | 1 | Oversize Newspaper Clippings, 1943-1945, 1957, 1966, 1971, undated | |||||||||
| Financial, 1942-2009 (1952-1966), undated | |||||||||||
| This series primarily consists of contracts, royalty statements, and copyright claims, as well as documents related to Howard’s death and estate. | |||||||||||
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| 15 | 1 | Financial--Contracts, 1947-1959 | |||||||||
| 15 | 2 | Financial--Leases, 1954-1961 | |||||||||
| 15 | 3 | Financial--Receipts, 1942, 1952-1965, undated | |||||||||
| 15 | 4 | Financial--Last Wills and Testaments, 1952, 1959, undated | |||||||||
| 15 | 5 | Financial--Social Security, 1956-1961 | |||||||||
| 15 | 6 | Financial--Royalty Statements--Edward B. Marks Corporation, 1959-1971, 2003-2009 | |||||||||
| 15 | 7 | Financial--Royalty Statements--Music Publishers Holding Corporation (Harms, Inc.), 1956-1963, 1968 | |||||||||
| 15 | 8 | Financial--Royalty Statements--Robbins Music Corporation, 1956-1966, 1975 | |||||||||
| 15 | 9 | Financial--Joseph Howard Estate Documents, 1961-1962 | |||||||||
| 15 | 10 | Financial--Mary Howard Estate Documents, 1952-1953 | |||||||||
| 15 | 11 | Financial--Copyright Claims, 1941, 1946, undated | |||||||||
| 15 | 12 | Financial--Copyright Notes, undated | |||||||||
| 15 | 13 | Financial--Copyright Notes, undated | |||||||||
| 15 | 14 | Financial--Copyright Notes, undated | |||||||||
| 15 | 15 | Financial--Notes, 1952, undated | |||||||||
| Audio/Visual Materials, 1964-1966, undated | |||||||||||
| This series contains mostly unidentified 8mm film, ¼”audio tapes, and three Dictabelt records. | |||||||||||
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| 16 | Untitled 8mm Film, 3" Reel, undated | ||||||||||
| 16 | Untitled 8mm Film, 3" Reel, undated | ||||||||||
| 16 | "Montana" 3" Reel, 1/4" Audio Tape, 1964 | ||||||||||
| 16 | "New York World's Fair" 3" Reel, 1/4" Audio Tape, undated | ||||||||||
| 16 | Untitled 3" Reel, 1/4" Audio Tape, undated | ||||||||||
| 16 | "An Evening with Joe Howard," 5" Reel, 1/4" Audio Tape, 1966 March 3 | ||||||||||
| 16 | Untitled Records of Allen DeBus, 5" Reel, 1/4" Audio Tape, undated | ||||||||||
| 16 | "What's the Use of Dreaming" and "New York World's Fair," 5" Reel, 1/4" Audio Tape, undated | ||||||||||
| 16 | "An Evening with Joe Howard," 7" Reel, 1/4" Audio Tape, 1966 March 3 | ||||||||||
| 16 | Jack Benson Recordings, 7" Reel, 1/4" Audio Tape, undated | ||||||||||
| 16 | Recordings of Ola Wendell Songs, 7" Reel, 1/4" Audio Tape, undated | ||||||||||
| 16 | Untitled 1/4" Open Audio Tape, 7" Reel, undated | ||||||||||
| 16 | Untitled 1/4" Open Audio Tape, 7" Reel, undated | ||||||||||
| 16 | Untitled 1/4" Open Audio Tape, 7" Reel, undated | ||||||||||
| 16 | 3 Untitled Envelopes of Dictabelt Records, undated | ||||||||||