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Title
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Sheet Music Covers
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Description
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File contains color photocopies of the covers of 20 pieces of sheet music with local connections. Also contains one original sheet music cover. Contains five covers of songs by James Scott and published by Stark Music Company, three covers of songs by Charles L. Johnson and published by him and Jenkins Music Company, three covers of songs by Euday L. Bowman published by Jenkins Music Company, and others.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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Charles L. Johnson
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Description
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Black and white portrait of local musician and composer, Charles L. Johnson.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Juvenile Military Band
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Description
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Wording on drum in photograph is "George Washington Juvenile Military Band, Kansas City, Kansas (?)". Charles Johnson is identified as "2nd row from front, 3 person over from right".
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Unidentified portrait
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Description
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Black and white autographed portrait. Writing says "To my best pal, Chas. Johnson, ....." Signature not readable.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Charles L. Johnson
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Description
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Black and white photo identified on the back as Charles Johnson at the piano, Frances "Brick" Wornall as conductor and Jack Riley with clarinet on the far left.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Charles Johnson
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Description
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Identified on back of photograph as "Johnson at Benson farm-Arthur Benson on far right." Charles Johnson is first on the left. Others in photograph are not identified.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Music Store
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Description
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Interior view of an unidentified music store with customers, instruments and sheet music in view.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Class Photo
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Description
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Class and location is unidentified but back of photograph says that Charles Johnson is playing drum.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Carl Hoffman Music Company
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Description
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Folder contains a small, illustrated advertisement for the Carl Hoffman Music Co. of Kansas City, Missouri. Features the song "With Fire and Sword" by Charles L. Johnson, giving the first four lines of music. Pianos and other music titles available for sale are also listed.
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Date
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1901
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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SC4 Charles L. Johnson Papers Finding Aid
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Description
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Charles Johnson, ragtime musician and composer and arranger, spent most of his life in Kansas City, Missouri. It is believed that he made the first orchestra arrangement for the song "Missouri Waltz" and tried to sell it to music publishers in 1914. Johnson arranged music for the American Royal previous to World War II, was the musical director of the annual "Nit-Wits" show of the University Club, and was an arranger for the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. He died at the age of 75 in 1950. Collection contains music manuscripts, both published and in manuscript form, one recording, photos, newspaper clippings, and other memorabilia.
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Date
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1861/1951
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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Jack Riley and His Orchestra
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Description
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Black and white photograph identified on the front of the photograph as "American Royal - 1937, Jack Riley and His Orchestra". Included in the group is Charles L. Johnson and his wife.
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Date
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1937
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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SC59 Local Sheet Music Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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This collection of 49 boxes is arranged by imprint and state: Missouri, Kansas, and outside the local area and then by city, with the two largest groupings for Kansas City and St. Louis. Within the Kansas City arrangement is a separate category for Jenkins Music Company and for Charles Johnson. Local composers besides Charles Johnson include Scott Joplin, Carl Hoffman, Charles N. Daniels, and others. The type of music includes traditional music of the time period with emphasis on ragtime selections. The bulk of the music is published but there are some original, handwritten compositions. Also included are songs about Kansas City as well as sheet music covers with illustrations depicting Kansas City.
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Date
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1880/1960~
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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Ragtime Rascals
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Description
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Helen Hein reminisces about her second cousin Charles L. Johnson, composer of the first ragtime hit Dill Pickles that sold over one million copies of sheet music.
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Date
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2004-01
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Object Type
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Newsletter Article
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Title
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SC227 Phillip A. Stewart Charles L. Johnson Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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This collection contains various sheet music composed by Charles L. Johnson and additional composers dating from 1895 to 1947. The sheet music consists of ragtime, cakewalks, waltzes, novelty, and two-step. The items in this collection were gathered by a local collector, Philip Stewart.
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Date
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1895/2009
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
