Collection Summary
Daniels, Charles N., 1878-1943
Charles N. Daniels papers
1898-1982
1898-1943
07752
2.00 cubic feet (6 boxes)
University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
English
Materials of early 20th century composer Charles N. Daniels, often writing under the name Neil Moret, including songs (published and unpublished, in print and in manuscript), reports and financial information, and correspondence.
Biography of Charles N. DanielsCharles N. Daniels was an American songwriter and music publisher whose first hit song, "Margery," (1896) was popularized by John Philip Sousa. His best known songs include "You Tell Me Your Dreams, I'll Tell You Mine, " "Moonlight and Roses, " and "She's Funny That Way." Much of Daniels' work was published under the pseudonyms Neil Moret, Lamonte C. Jones, L'Albert, Sidney Carter, Joe Burke, Jules Lemare, Julian Strauss and Charlie Hill.
Scope and ContentCollection contains correspondence (1905-1944, 1973); sheet music (1898-1947); manuscripts of unpublished songs; manuscript music and related correspondence for a proposed musical, "Lazy Lover," by Daniels and Jo Trent; photographs; newspaper clippings; a biographical sketch of Daniels written by his son, Neil M. Daniels (1982); and miscellaneous other materials.
Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes,
and the collection is open to the public.
Copyright Information
The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright,
property, and libel laws as they apply.
Related Materials
There are no known other archival collections created by Charles N. Daniels at the date of processing.
Acquisition Information
Donated by Neil M. Daniels in 1981 and 1982.
Processing Information
Collection was processed by Andrew Schuster in March 2018.
Select materials from this collection were digitized by Halena Bagdonas in June 2018.
Preferred Citation
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection
Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Existence and Location of Copies
Digital reproductions of select material from this collection are available at
https://digitalcollections.uwyo.edu/luna/servlet/uwydbuwy~13~13.
Access Terms
Popular music.
Popular music -- Writing and publishing.
Sheet music.
Music.
Photographs.
Biographies.
Composers.
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Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Music
Container List
Series I. Correspondence and Biographical Information
1
John P. Wilson
1908
1
Fred Day
1921, 1927
1
J. J. Robins of the Robbins Music Corporation
1921-1938
1
Maruice Richmond
1921
1
Paul Whiteman
1921
1
Jerome H. Remick
1921
1
Daniels Children
1906-1941
1
Allen Clark at WKY Radiophone Company
1933-1942
1
Johnny White
1933-1943
1
George Finzel
1934
1
Ted Fiorito
1934
1
Lou Brock
1934
1
Pearl Daniels
1934
1
Morton Borics
1934
1
Gordon Clifford
1934
1
Meridith Wilson
1934
1
John W. Green
1934
1
Jan Garber
1934
1
H. H. Slaugh
1934
1
P.J Wrigley
1934
1
Erma Schnellenberg
1934
1
Phil Konnheiser
1922
1
"Sally"
1927
1
Edward Bowers of MGM
1933
1
Ray Hubbell
1933-1934
1
W. M. Napier
1933
1
Edward Small
1933
1
Jimmy Irving
1933
1
Billy Hill
1933-1934
1
Joe Keit
1933
1
John G. Paine
1933-1934
1
Jack Mills of Mills Publishing
1933-1937
1
Al Jolson
1937-1941
1
Harry Link
1937
1
Saul Bronstein
1937, 1942
1
Ralph Barnes
1937
1
Will Rockwell
1937
1
Wolfe Gilbert
1937-1939
1
Gene Buck, President of ASCAP
1937, 1940
1
"Karl"
1937
1
E. A. McFaul of The Industrial Bank of Detroit (Includes script "Song Hits by Detroiters")
1939
1
Etta S. Cox
1939
1
"Bing"
1939
1
Katherine Bainbridge
1939
1
Gus Kahn
1939, 1940
1
Frank G. Strong
1940
1
Will Hill (1940 correspondence includes song "Just Peeking Thru the Key-Hole)
1940-1942
1
E. Meinardus
1940
1
Haven Gillespie
1940
1
Walter Smith
1940
1
Elliot Shapiro
1940
1
Mary Janakowski
1940
1
The Ingersoll Company
1940
1
Russell Cole
1941-1942
1
J. Keirn Brennan
1941
1
Al Garman (1934 is "special" correspondence on donation of materials to Los Angeles County Museum of History, Science, and Art)
1934, 1941
1
Harold Le Vaugh Taylor
1941
1
Ben Black
1941
1
Weston Wilson
1942
1
Lionel Aucoin (Daniels' Agent)
1942
1
E.C. Mills
1942
1
Roland McKinney
1941
1
"Neilious" Daniel's Father
1929
1
Gene Arnold
1933
1
Gus Arnheim
1934
1
E.V. Rodgers
1938
1
Neil Daniels
1938-1941
1
Beatrice Daniels
1941
5
Birth Annoucement for Neil Moret Daniels
1907
5
Birth Annoucement for Dana Agnes Daniels
1908
5
Christmas Cards
Undated
5
Handrawn Series of Cards "Ain't it Hell to be Married"
1905
5
Biography of Charles N. Daniels, school work by Dana Daniels
1943
5
"Biographical Sketch of Charles N. Daniels (1878-1943): Composer and Music Publisher" by Neil M. Daniels
1980s
Series II. Songs
2
"As Boys Come Marching Home"
1903
2
"A Deed of the Pen"
1903
2
"Forever and For You"
1900
2
"Imperial Courier"
1897
2
"The Jolly General"
1903
2
"Mosquito Dance"
1900
2
"My Dream Lady"
1901
2
"My Josephine: The Sweetest girl I've Ever Seen"
1898
2
"My Sugar Baby"
1900
2
" 'Neath Southern Skies"
1902
2
"Our Directors"
1900
2
"There's Not Another Girl Like You"
1900
2
"Think Just Once More Before We Part"
1900
2
"When the Cold, Cold Wind Begins to Blow"
1902
2
"You're Drifting Further From Me Day by Day"
1899
2
"You Tell Me Your Dream, I'll Tell You Mine" (2 copies/versions)
1899
2
Lil Ol' Lady (From Musical, Lazy Lover)
1946-1948
2
"Levee Camp Road" (From Musical, Lazy Lover)
2
"Lazy Lover" (From Musical, Lazy Lover)
1946-1948
2
"Spadioso" (From Musical, Lazy Lover)
1946-1948
2
"Get up and Shout" (From Musical, Lazy Lover)
1946-1948
2
"Relativity" (From Musical, Lazy Lover)
1946-1948
2
"I'm in the Mood for Love" (From Musical, Lazy Lover)
1946-1948
2
"Every Tub on its own Bottom" (From Musical, Lazy Lover)
1946-1948
2
"Harlem Conversation" (From Musical, Lazy Lover)
1946-1948
2
"Margery" or "That Girl That I Adore"
1898
2
"If I Could Dream a Thousand Years"
1911
2
"Beedle-um-Bo: 'I Love You' in Zulu"
1913
2
"I'll Come Back to You My Honolulu Lou"
1912
2
"In Maple Sugar Time"
1911
2
"The Beautiful Dawn of Love"
1913
2
"Gee, I Love a Beautiful Girl"
1912
2
"Heartease"
1914
2
"Kill That Bear"
1911
2
"Where the Shenandoah Flows"
1912
2
"On Long Island Sound"
1912
2
"Where the Moonbeams Gleam"
1912
2
"The Story of a Broken Music Box"
1911
2
"I'll Dream of You if You'll Dream of me"
1912
2
"The Heart that Sighs to Life"
1911
2
"Give Back the Kiss I Gave to You"
1911
2
"Love is a Weaver of Dreams"
1912
2
"When I Went to School With You"
1913
2
"After Vespers"
1912
2
"On Mobile Bay"
1910
2
"Hiawatha"
1903
2
"Fifty Years Ago"
1910
2
"Love Will LIght the Way"
1909
2
"A Song of Long Ago"
1905
2
"It's a Long Way Back to Home Sweet Home"
1905
2
"Near You"
1905
2
"Moonlight"
1905
2
"Honka-Tonk Rag"
1910
2
"Woodland Love (My Gypsy Love)"
1910
2
"Silverheels"
1905
2
"The Banshee" from "They Loved a Lassie"
1909
2
"That's What You Get for Getting Married"
1909
2
"I Dreamed You Were Dreaming of Me"
1905
2
"Indian Summer" (2 Copies/ Versions)
1909
2
"Musette"
1907
2
"Cotton Time"
1905
2
"Sombrero: A Mexican Serenade"
1905
2
"Avalon"
1905
2
It's a Joy to Say Good Evening, But it's a Pain to Say Goodnight"
1905
2
"Cherry"
1907
2
"Niccolini"
1905
2
"Could I?"
1905
2
"By the Moss Covered Wall, Dear Estelle"
1905
2
"The Longer We're Together the Harder it is to Part"
1905
2
"Yucatan"
1909
2
"One Little Soldier Man"
1904
2
"Tell Me While We Waltz"
1910
2
"It's Never Merry Christmas When You're Far From Home"
1910
2
"Cupids patrol"
1910
2
"The Fox Hunt Gallop"
1912
2
"Nymphs and Fauns"
1912
2
"Echoes of Seville: Marche Espanola"
1912
2
"After Vespers: A Twlight Meditation"
1912
2
"Mohnblumen (Poppies)"
1904
2
"Die Leibe in Peking"
1909
2
"Indianerständchen (Silverheels)"
1905
2
Kirschblüte (Cherry)
1904
2
"Autumn: The Woods are Blaze"
1906
2
"Enchanted Nights Waltzes"
1911
2
"Borneo Rag"
1911
2
"Cherry Cherokee"
1921
2
"Chung Lo: A Chinese Monkeydoodle"
1905
2
"The Classic"
1909
2
"Cleopatra Finnegan"
1905
2
"Hearts of Gold March"
1909
2
"Innocence"
1907
2
"The Island of Roses and Love"
1911
2
It's a Rocky Road to Dublin (But I'm Coming Home to You)
1913
2
La Fiesta Tango
1914
2
"The Lady Bug's Review"
1919
2
"Louisiana"
1917
2
"Mary"
1919
2
"Morning Star"
1916
2
"Poppies"
1914
2
"Pretty Wild Thing"
1914
2
"The Road to Loveland"
1912
2
"Sanitol March"
1915
2
"Silverheels: Indian Intermezzo -- Two-Step" (2 copies/versions)
1915
2
"Sugar Plum"
1918
2
"That Banjo Rag"
1917
2
"Huly Southern Rag"
Unknown, c. 1906-1915
2
"Virginia Love"
1912
2
"When My Dark Diana Dreams of Me"
1911
3
"Hindu Rose"
1919
3
"Hul'A L'ou"
1915
3
"Mickey" (2 copies)
1918>
3
"My Sweet Moana"
1915
3
"Nadja: Oriental Intermezzo"
1915
3
"Sammie Boy"
1917
3
"You Tell me Your Dream, And I'll Tell You Mine"
1918
3
"In Monterrey"
1915
3
"Yearning" (3 copies)
1918
3
"The Smiles and Tears of Killarney"
1917
3
"Our Paradise (Here and Now)"
1916
3
"Democracy Forever March"
1918
3
"Singin' River"
1929
3
"Milkweed"
1931
3
"Love is Like That"
1929
3
"Accross the Bridge of Dreams"
1927
3
"Give Me a Day in June"
1927
3
"Song of Siberia (An Exiles Lament)
1929
3
"Sandamn Lullabye"
1926
3
"Ready for the River" (2 Copies)
1928
3
"She's Funny That Way" (2 Copies)
1928
3
"A Pillow Wet With Tears"
1931
3
"An Old Guitar and an Old Refrain (A Song of Spain)"
1927
3
"I Got to Go Where You Are Chlo-E (Song of the Swamp)
1927
3
"Beside a Silv'ry Stream"
1925
3
"Kulalu: Hawaiian Love Song"
1924
3
"On the Way to Monterrey"
1924
3
"I'm in Love With You"
1925
3
"Chinky Chinee Bogie Man"
1929
3
"Up in the Clouds: Far From the Crowds, Flying Along With You"
1927
3
"Rose of Monterrey"
1927
3
"God's Greatest Gift"
1927
3
"Persian Rug"
1927
3
"Your Goodbye Kiss (The Love Theme of Mack Sennel's 'Super production' "The Goodbye Kiss")"
1927
3
"Sally, I'm Loving You, Sally"
1930
3
"Happy: My Baby Just Said Yes"
1928
3
"Feelin' the Way I Do"
1929>
3
"Moonlight and Roses"
1925
3
"Moon Deer: An Indian Love Song"
1925
3
"Nancy"
1924
3
"One Moment More With You"
1929
3
"Hope"(From the Instrumental Suite "Faith, Hope and Clarity")
1924
3
"Song of the Wanderer (Where Shall I Go?)"
1924
3
"Don't Sing Aloha When I Go"
1926
3
"Lonely Debutante Foxtrot"
1937-1938
3
"Lily May Ballad"
1933
3
"Congo (Song of the Derelict)"
1931
3
"Love is the Thing" (2 Copies)
1935
3
"Somewhere Under the Stars Tonight"
1943
3
"When Two Hearts Beat as One"
1932
3
"Anita"
1934
3
"Give Her a Kiss For Me" (2 Copies)
1932
3
"Swanee River Dream Man"
1934
3
"From AM to PM (I Love You All the Time)"
1932
3
"Put Your Little Arms Around Me" (2 Copies)
1931
3
"Wild Honey"
1934
3
"Love Came Smiling Through"
1947
3
"Call of the Rockies"
1934
3
"Cingalee"
1931
3
"Dancing in Blue"
1933
3
"Darling Ella-May"
1935
3
"Down by the Danube"
1932
3
"A Gentleman and a Lady Were in Love"
1938
3
"Give Me Your Answer Tonight"
1934
3
"Goodnight My Love" (2 Copies)
1932
3
"Here You Come With Love"
1933
3
"Hills of Idaho"
1931
3
"I'm Gonna Get You"
1931
3
"In a Sweet Old Fashioned Garden"
1937
3
"It Might Have Been You"
1932
3
"Lady Lou"
1933
3
"Let's Help Each Other Along"
1933
3
"Lou-Anna"
1933
3
"Lonely Debutante"
1937-1938
3
"O Heart of Mine!" (2 Copies)
1937
3
"Old Virginny"
1940
3
"Wenn Sie Die Marie Bei Nacht Seh'n (Put Your Arms Around Me)"
1931
3
"Roses at Dawning"
1932
3
"What's The Use of a Silv'ry Moon"
1935
3
"Swanee Woman"
1933
3
"Süss wie Lilli (Sweet and Lovely) (Dulce Encantadora)" (3 copies, one in each language)
1931
3
"When It's Harvest Time (Sweet Angeline)"
1930
3
"When the Sun Goes Down on a Little Prairie Town"
1932
3
"White Shadows" (2 Copies)
1938
4
Manuscript: "Anita"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "Dreamy San Juaquin"
1941
4
Manuscript: "Go In and Out the Window"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "I'm Just a Fool in Love with You"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "Kiss Me to Sleep (In my Dreams)"
1939
4
Manuscript: "Lily May"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "Love Come Smiling Through"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "Milkweed"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "(You Will Always Be) the Same Sweetheart to Me" (2 copies/versions)
Undated
4
Manuscript: "Waltz Me to Sleep, My Love"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "Song of the Coral Sea"
Undated
4
"When I'm Dreaming of Someone (I am Dreaming of You)"
1932
4
"An Arabian Love Song"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "Bamba love"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "Bandanna Loo" (2 copies)
Undated
4
Manuscript: "Bayou St. Louis"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "Bored to Tears"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "Chloe's Comin Home" (2 copies0
Undated
4
Manuscript: "Darling Ella May"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "Dawn"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "Deep Down in Carolina in the Spring"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "Dere's a New Song in My Soul" (2 versions)
Undated
4
Manuscript: "Dream Valley"
4
Manuscript: "Far into the Night"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "Florida"
1922
4
Manuscript: "A Gentleman and a Lady were in Love"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "Give me a Kiss to Move on"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "Give me a Love Song" (2 versions)
Undated
4
Manuscript: "Goodbye" (2 versions)
Undated
4
Manuscript: "Gotta Have Love" (Sweet Love)
Undated
4
Manuscript: "Gypsy"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "Harlem Must Repent"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "When Heaven Sent Me You"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "Here's to Another Day For You"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "Honey: You're the Sweetest Flower of All"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "I Like Music with My Moonlight"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "I'll Keep on Loving You"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "If My Heart Could Speak"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "I'm a Fool to be in Love"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "I'm Looking for a Girl Like Mary"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "In an Old Venetian Garden"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "In an Old Fashioned Garden"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "I Never Know Till Now"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "In My Old Fashioned Album of Dreams"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "In That LIttle Rendezvous"
Undated
4
Manuscript:
Undated
4
Manuscript: "Isn't it Love?", (2 version/ copies)
Undated
4
Manuscript: "It's Night Again"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "It's More Than Just a Song"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "I Want to Wander by the River"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "Kiss me Goodnight"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "Kulalu: Hawaiian Love Song"
1924
4
Manuscript: "Lady Divine"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "Let me Take Your Hand"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "Levee Camp Road"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "Linda Rosa"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "Listen to the Wind"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "Love Comes"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "Love has Passed Me By"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "Love Me!!!"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "Mkae Your Mind up" (2 versions/ copies)
Undated
4
Manuscript: "Manhattan Barcarole"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "Manzanilla"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "Monte Carlo"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "Musette"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "My Beautiful"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "My Beloved"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "My Indigo Fantasy"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "My Joey's Coming Home" (2 copies/ versions)
Undated
4
Manuscript: "One Love"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "One More Moon"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "One Night, Two Nights" (2 copies/ versions)
Undated
4
Manuscript: Our LIttle Playhouse
Undated
4
Manuscript: "Payday on Levee Camp Road"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "Po'r White Trash (A River Lament)"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "Roaming in the Gloaming"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "Rosetime In Avalon"
Undated
4
Manuscript: "Shallow Waters"
Undated
5
Manuscript: "She's a Football Fan"
Undated
5
Manuscript: "Star of the East"
Undated
5
Manuscript: "Sunset on the Lido"
Undated
5
Manuscript: "Swampland Love" (2 copies/ versions)
Undated
5
Manuscript: "Sweet Forgetful"
Undated
5
Manuscript: "And Then We Fell in Love"
Undated
5
Manuscript: "There's a Bright Light in Hawaii"
Undated
5
Manuscript: "There Ain't no Nothin' When There Ain't no Love"
Undated
5
Manuscript: "Times Awastin' in Kentucky"
Undated
5
Manuscript: "Two Blue Eyes and Ten Green Acres"
Undated
5
Manuscript: "A Vesper Melody"
Undated
5
Manuscript: "We Belong Together"
Undated
5
Manuscript: "What I Wouldn't Give"
Undated
5
Manuscript: "When Love Comes Strolling Down the Lane"
Undated
5
Manuscript: "When Love Commands"
Undated
5
Manuscript: "When we Meet Again"
Undated
5
Manuscript: "Why Should Anyone Like You be Lonesome?"
Undated
5
Manuscript: "Why Should I Care But I do"
Undated
5
Manuscript: "You"
Undated
5
Manuscript: "You are Not Alone"
Undated
5
Manuscript: "You Came Along"
Undated
5
Manuscript: "You Don't Know What it Means to have the Blues for New Orleans"
Undated
5
Manuscript: "Orga"
Undated
5
Manuscript: "Cavalcade of Marches for Piano"
1946
6
Vinyl Record "Dancing on the Edge of the World" by The Chrysanthemum Ragtime Band (Includes recordings of music written by Daniels)
1986-1987
Series III. Reports and Financial Records
1
ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers) Reports
1933-1976
1
Financial Records regarding ASCAP and Daniels
1971-1974
1
Checks ASCAP and American Society of Composers to Neil M. Daniels
1971-74
1
Copyright Information
1929-1937
1
ASCAP- Royalty Statements and Performance Credits
1925-1952
1
Certificate of Membership in ASCAP
1925
1
ASCAP Stamps
Undated
1
Legal Agreement on "A Pretty Girl, a Lovely Evening"
1934
5
Mini Pianola Signifying "Neil Moret's" Election to the Songwriters Hall of Fame
1973