{"id":3802,"date":"2020-10-26T10:25:18","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T10:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/?p=3802"},"modified":"2021-01-04T13:40:06","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T13:40:06","slug":"dont-dilly-dally-on-the-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/2020\/10\/26\/dont-dilly-dally-on-the-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Don’t Dilly Dally on the Research"},"content":{"rendered":"

You may remember reading about the Max Tyler Music Hall Collection in our #musichallvareityday blog post<\/a>. Today we\u2019re going to delve a little deeper in to one part of this rich and impressive collection \u2013 the research files!<\/p>\n

It goes without saying that Max was a great fan of music hall, and he was known by many for his specialist knowledge of the subject. But Max was also a diligent organiser and an avid researcher of music hall, and this is reflected in the research files within this collection.<\/p>\n

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Examples of the research files in Max’s collection.<\/p><\/div>\n

Whilst\u00a0working as the British Music Hall Society\u2019s historian and archivist he would receive many queries from people all over the world. Max would always go the extra mile when responding to these queries, often carrying out a substantial amount of research on the enquirer\u2019s behalf. He seemed to have a knack for knowing where to look for the most elusive of details, and his knowledge of obscure music hall songs was second to none. The outcomes of this research, alongside his own research for the various articles, publications and presentations he produced, was compiled into these files.<\/p>\n

There are 183 files in the collection<\/a>, on topics from individual performers, composers and historic events, through to animals, horse racing and trains. The majority of the contents is photocopied sheet music and songsheets, but they also contain biographies, published articles and newspaper cuttings, copies of photographs, print outs from the internet, and email correspondence, alongside some original examples of ephemera, songsheets and postcards.<\/div>\n

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So, what do we have here\u2026?<\/h2>\n

Within the collection there are:<\/p>\n