Janice Cleary collection
This sheet music collection of 50,000 items has been donated to Mississippi State University and is being processed there.
Next to the Library of Congress and University of Illinois this will be the largest collection I know of. The great thing about large single collections is that they don’t have the duplication you find among parallel collections.
A cover from 1926
Joe Howard autobiography
An important figure in popular music history, Joseph E. Howard has a book. Best known as the creator of the song “Hello Ma Baby”, he lived a long active life.
Gay Nineties Troubadour – Google Books
You might get this one through Inter-Library Loan or ebay. Let us know what you find out.