“Cleo Steps Out,” script, book by Aeron E. Bishop and Sam John Park, lyrics and melodies by Milton Reddie and Eubie Blake, circa 1951

The Eubie Blake Manuscript and Ephemera Collection consists of 72 boxes and 2 oversize folders of materials from the estate of Eubie Blake. These materials include a large amount of Eubie’s personal correspondence, legal correspondence, financial records, programs from performances, public press, lyrics and scripts for Eubie’s musicals including In Bamville and Shuffle Along, and miscellaneous music-related and travel ephemera.