Male and Female Impersonators Sheet Music Collection
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".
Dates
- Copyright: 1906-1922
Conditions Governing Access
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
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.
Extent
1 box
6 items
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains six pieces of sheet music featuring images of male and female impersonator vaudeville acts.
Arrangement
The sheet music titles are arranged alphabetically.
- Berry, Hyatt (Lyricist)
- Bryan, Alfred, 1871-1958 (Arranger)
- Clarke, Grant (Lyricist)
- Female impersonators
- Gumble, Albert, 1883-1946 (Composer)
- Male impersonators
- Meyer, George W., 1884-1959 (Lyricist)
- Norman, Karyl (Performer)
- Piantadosi, Al, 1884-1955 (Composer)
- Romaine, Claire (Performer)
- Russell, John (Performer)
- Schwartz, Jean, 1878-1956 (Lyricist)
- Tempest, Florence (Performer)
- Vaudeville
- Weber, Edwin J., 1893- (Composer)
- Title
- Inventory of the Male and Female Impersonators Sheet Music Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Karen Clemons; updated by Lindsay Anderson, 2022
- Date
- 2020-10
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections Repository
University Library South -5039 (Fifth Floor)
1000 E. Victoria St.
Carson CA 90747
310-243-3895
archives@csudh.edu