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"Perfessor" Bill Edwards' Bibliography and Sources

Reference Sources In and Out of Print (OOP)
All My Best Friends (OOP)
George Burns with David Fisher - ©1989, 1990, G.P. Putnam, New York.
Blind Boone: Missouri's Ragtime Pioneer
Jack A. Batterson with Rebecca B. Schroeder - ©1998, University of Missouri Press.
Chicago Jazz: A Cultural History
William Howland Kenney - ©1993, 1994, 1998, Oxford University Press.
Covers of Gold
Marion Short - ©1998 Schiffer Books.
Dancing to a Black Man's Tune: A Life of Scott Joplin
Susan Curtis - ©2004 University of Missouri Press.
From Cakewalks to Concert Halls (OOP)
Thomas L. Morgan and William Barlow - ©1992 Black Belt Press.
From Footlights to the Flickers
Marion Short - ©1998 Schiffer Books.
The Gold in Your Piano Bench
Marion Short - ©1997 Schiffer Books.
Gracie: A Love Story (OOP)
George Burns - ©1988, 1990 G.P. Putnam, New York.
Hollywood Movie Songs
Marion Short - ©1998 Schiffer Books.
King of Ragtime: Scott Joplin and His Era
Edward A. Berlin - ©1994, Oxford University Press.
The Life and Times of Scott Joplin
John Bankston - ©2004 Mitchell Lane Publishers.
Lissauer's Encyclopedia of Popular Music in American 1888 to the Present (1993) (OOP)
Robert Lissauer - ©1991, 1993, Facts on File. Three Volume Set.
Mister Jelly Roll (OOP)
Alan Lomax - ©1950, 1973, University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles.
More Gold in Your Piano Bench
Marion Short - ©1997 Schiffer Books.
Dimensions in Jazz (WNYC Radio Show Script) (OOP)
Rudi Blesh - ©1964 WNYC University Press.
Ragged but Right: Black Traveling Shows, Coon Songs, And the Dark Pathway to Blues And Jazz
Lynn Abbott & Doug Seroff - ©2007, University Press of Mississippi.
Rags and Ragtime, A Musical History
David A. Jasen & Trebor Jay Tichenor - ©1978, 1989, Seabury Press, New York.
Ragtime: A Musical and Cultural History
Edward A. Berlin - ©1980,2002, University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles.
Ragtime: An Encyclopedia, Discography, and Sheetography
David A. Jasen - ©2007, Routledge.
Reflections and Research on Ragtime (OOP)
Edward A. Berlin - ©1987, Institute for Studies in American Music, Conservatory of Music, Brooklyn College, New York.
Scott Joplin (OOP)
James Haskins with Kathleen Benson - ©1978, Stein and Day/Scarborough, New York.
Scott Joplin (Black Americans of Achievement) (OOP)
Katherine Preston - ©1990, Chelsea House Publishing.
Spreadin' Rhythm Around: Black Popular Songwriters, 1880-1930
David A Jasen & Gene Jones - ©1998, Schirmer Books, New York.
That American Rag, The Story of Ragtime in the United States
David A. Jasen & Gene Jones - ©2000, Schirmer Books, New York.
They All Played Ragtime (OOP)
Rudi Blesh & Harriet Janis - ©1950, 1959, 1966, 1971, Oak Publications, New York.
They Were Ragtime(OOP)
Warren Forma - ©1976 Putnam Publication Group.
This is Jazz (Lecture Series) (OOP)
Rudi Blesh - ©1943 Rudi Blesh.
This Is Ragtime
Terry Waldo - ©1976, 1991, Da Capo Press, New York.
Time-Life American History - Twelve Volume Set (OOP)
Various/Time-Life Editors - ©1963, 1993 Time-Life Books.
Tin Pan Alley (OOP)
David A Jasen - ©1988, 1989, Donald Fine Inc., New York.
Tom Turpin - His Life and Music
Gene Jones - ©1995, Tom Turpin Ragtime Festival, Savannah, GA.

Additional On-line Research Sources
Ancestry
Census records, directories, government sources. Paid membership required.
The Scholarly Journal Archive
Source of many books not available elsewhere. Membership required or access is available from most libraries.
Google Book Search
Partial or complete text of many good reference sources. Also has on-line library links to aid in finding a book copy.
Wikipedia
On-line encyclopedia. Information can be contributed by anybody, so check sources carefully.
Ragtime Compendium
Comprehensive listing of known rags, rag songs, cakewalks, etc. with composers, years, publishers and sources.
Red Hot Jazz
Collective information on early jazz artists, recordings and repertoire.

Ragtime and Old-Time Music Sites/Archives
Lester L. Levy Collection at John Hopkins University
Historic American Sheet Music at Duke University
Sheet Music at University of Colorado at Boulder
Sheet Music Collection at Indiana University
Indiana Historic Society Digital Image Collection
Charles H. Templeton Sheet Music at Mississippi State University
U.C.L.A. Digital Music Library
New York Public Library
The Maine Music Box
The E. Azalia Hackly Collection of 19th and 20th Century Sheet Music
University of Southern Florida Digital Collections
Library of Congress African-American Sheet Music 1850-1920
Sam DeVincent American Music Collection - Smithsonian Archives
Ragtime at the Library of Congress
National Library of Australia
National Library and Archives of Canada
Ted Tjaden's Classic Ragtime Piano
Parlor Songs

Individuals Not Mentioned Above Who Have Contributed to Ragtime Research
Note that individual email addresses are not linked to here, but can be made available on request pending approval.

Nora Hulse
Specialty is Women in Ragtime
Nan Bostick
Specialty is Charles N. Daniels and Women in Ragtime
Michael Meddings
Jelly Roll Morton and related artists
Reginald Pitts
Ragtime Geneaologist
Brent Watkins
Midwest Ragtime and Race in Ragtime
Butch Thompson
Jelly Roll Morton and Blues and Stride Piano
Max Morath
Research on some individual composers and pieces.
Bob Milne
Barrelhouse, Boogie and Origins of Ragtime.
Frederick Hodges
Information on George L. Cobb and Post-Ragtime Composers.
Richard Zimmerman
Historical Elements of Ragtime.
Tracy Doyle
Biographical Information on Egbert Van Alstyne.
Phil Stewart
Biographical Information on Charles L. Johnson
Todd Robbins
New York Ragtime Figures
Luigi Ranalli
A Variety of Research Facts and Observations
Adam Swanson
Research on Ragtime Performers
Andrew Barrett
Research on Ragtime Performers
Marco Romano
A Variety of Research Facts and Observations