An historical sketch of ragtime music in Sedalia, Missouri, 1897. Includes some printed brochures regarding ragtime, Jazz, and Scott Joplin. Clifford's book, in three volumes, entitled St. Louis ' Fabulous Municipal Theatre - 50 Seasons of Summer Musicals, is in the State Historical Society Reference Library. A Sensational Missourian Forgotten. Material on radio, movie musicals, the USO, theater and club appearances, television, and popular music of the 1930s-1950s.
Volumes are on microfilm.
Includes publicity material, concert programs, obituaries, correspondence, awards, and recordings of his music. 1 f. Sketch book, sketches, report cards, high school commencement program, and other papers of a Missouri-born artist who gained national fame for his woodcuts and woodcut engravings. 2 folders Announcements of dramtic performances and advertisements by St. Louis businesses. The album must have been shown at the Lousiana Purchase exposition in St. Louis sometime in 1904 as its cover title is World's Fair Sticker Album . Many St. Louis business firms from the period are represented in the album.