St. Louis: Ragtime Capital show sources

Here are some sources for more information, and where we got our information, from our recent program St. Louis: Ragtime Capital from the St. Louis County Library. You can visit the county library online at www.slcl.org 

 TOM TURPIN 

 There's a good bio of him here. 

 Bill Edwards' page is a great source for all things ragtime, and his bio of Turpin is here. 

 Here's another good one from All Music. 

 Here is a story about ragtime in St. Louis magazine which includes information on Turpin, Stark, and Joplin. 

 SCOTT JOPLIN

This is a cool article on Sedalia, MO, including some info about Joplin's time there. 

Also check out some new books, Dancing to a Black Man's Tune by Susan Curtis, and King of Ragtime and Ed Berlin. 

 Here's a pretty good short bio of Joplin. Here's a piece about the Joplin and the Joplin Festival in Sedalia.

JAMES SCOTT 

 This is a good bio in the Joplin Globe. There seems to be some discrepancy in the bios as to when he moved to Kansas City, etc. But a lot of information of this era is hard to document. 

  All Music has a bio here. 

 Here's a quick on from the Library of Congress. 

 Here's a rarely seen photo of Mr. Scott. 

 And of course, Bill Edwards is also a great source of information. 

  ETHYL SMITH 

 Courtesy of Bill Edwards. 

  IRENE GIBLIN 

 Here's a short take. 

 And here's Bill Edwards' bio of her. 

 Courtesy of Black Music Scholar. 

  LUCIAN PORTER GIBSON 

  From Bill Edwards page. 

  And here is another short piece about him.