Collection Information
Collection
Yolande Oglesby collection of Kitty Cheatham documents and other materials
Location
Theater programs awaiting processing in the University Press Building Library storage area; photographs and a few miscellaneous Cheatham documents in Sousa Archives (formerly the Collections File folder (“Oglesby, Yolande”)); some items may have been added to circulating collection or may not have been retained
Provenance
Gift of Yolande Oglesby, Morrisville, Illinois
When Acquired
November – December, 1996
Description
Collection of approximately 550 theater programs (Boston, New York, Paris [France], Chicago and elsewhere); as well as five items by or relating to the American professional singer Kitty Cheatham; 10 vocal anthologies, including children’s and school songbooks; 10 choral octavo editions; nine piano collections or instruction books; nine items of sheet music; and miscellaneous materials. Kitty Cheatham items consist of two songbooks for which she was the compiler; a copy of her song, “Spring Greeting” with Cheatham’s inscription and autograph; and two photographs (one autographed).
Arrangement
Materials largely dispersed or unprocessed
Access/Finding Aids/Bibliography
Unfortunately, no list exists of collection.
See also
See the Yolande Oglesby Collection, 1900-1910 in the Sousa Archives and Center for American Archives which contains the Kitty Cheatham materials.
“Cheatham, Catherine Smiley’;’ in International cyclopedia of music and musicians, ed. 0. Thompson (New York: 1964) p.378
“Cheatham, Kitty” in International who’s who in music and musical gazetteer, ed. C. Saerchinger (New York: 1918) p.115.
Index terms
Cheatham, Kitty; Children’s songs; Oglesby, Yolande