Reminiscences of Louis Wolfe Gilbert : oral history, 1958.

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Reminiscences of Louis Wolfe Gilbert : oral history, 1958.

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Playing vaudeville; association with Joe Palmer; songwriting; impressions of Al and Harry Jolson.

Transcript: 19 leaves.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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