1) Postcard #128 "In the land of the sky", published by Deuel News Co., Asheville NC, poem No'th Ca'lina (signed Bert Braley) - available for research	click to enlarge
2) Postcard #200 "No'th Ca'lina", published by Ashville Post' Card Co., Asheville NC, poem No'th Ca'lina (signed Bertoon Braley) - available for research	click to enlarge
3) Set of eleven (11) WW II Patriotic Covers with bicolor stamped poems like: - Jack and Jill - Little Bo Peep - Old Mother Hubbard - Miss Muffet - Jack-in-the-box - No Gamble - It Makes Scents - War Bond - Double Wise Man - eight covers available for research
4) The Sporting News, May 15, 1927 (St. Louis); newspaper - not available for research
5) So So stories; booklet no. 7 called " Merely A Case ", illustrated by A.B.Butler, The cover says " Printed every month for the medical profession and sent free of charge, if it causes a smile. Otherwise, price was 10 cents." Published by Reed & Carnrick of Jersey City, NJ. Jr. , 1914 - available for research	click to enlarge
6) Lithograph of William Crapo Durant with poem "The Thinker", dedicated by Berton Braley, 1917. Location: University of Michigan-Flint, Frances Wilson Thompson Library, Genesee Historical Collections Center, HENRY HOWLAND CRAPO FAMILY PAPERS , 1851-1994, Box 2 - not available for research
7) Manuscript of "Three-Minus One" [1920]; Location: University of Pennsylvania Library, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Theodore Dreiser Papers, Appendix G: Works by Others in the Theodore Dreiser Papers, item 14402 - not available for research
8) CD Music (see: www.cdnow.com ) and Lyrics text to Braley poem The Habit, sung and lyrics added by Don Edwards; Transcribed and Submitted by: Brian McNeal ( kc7rcc@netscape.net ) Note: Don Edwards actually has two different versions of this song. This version is from the Don Edwards/West of Yesterday CD and varies from the earlier version on his "Chant of the Wanderer" CD in that he has written the chorus which makes the song sound more commercial. Don Edwards: Vocal & Acoustic Guitar Tim & Molly O'Brien: Harmony Vocals, Rich O'Brien: Acoustic Guitar/Mandolin/6-string Banjo, Tom Morrell: Slide Resonator Guitar , Randy Elmore: Fiddle, Bob Boatright: Fiddle, Mark Abbott: Upright Bass (source: Terri &/or Brian aunttee@ctaz.com) available/copyrighted - can be ordered
9) Poem "Butte" printed on copper; produced by the Butte Chamber Of Commerce - available for research	click to enlarge
10) The Mad Scientist's Songbook by Gary McGath, first published collection of filk songs by M.A.S.S. F.I.L.C. , Address: 18 Riverdale Street, Allston, MA 02134, phone 1-617-646-3118, e-mail massfilc@world.std.com Included are lyrics and music for 4 Braley settings: The Thinker, A Gothamite in Camelot, A Fable for Poets, Adventurers of Science - can be ordered
11) Look for me in Butte, CD with music by Mark Ross; poem Butte. Address: P.O. Box 233, Butte, MT 59703, (406) 782-4465 - can be ordered
12) Newspaper article on Berton Braley: Poet? No it's a versifier, turning time to rhyme by Harry Levins in St. Louis Dispatch on June 17, 1996 - can be ordered
13) Carcassonne, booklet with poems on this town, compiled by Daniel L. Cady, private publication of October 6, 1926, Burlington, VT; on page 13: poem " Carcassonne " -available for research	click to enlarge
14) Newspaper reference on Berton Braley: Post industrial Butte by William Wyckoff in Geographical review on October 1, 1995 - can be ordered
15) Colorado School of Mines Yearbook 1918 - poem " The Prospector " - not available for research
16) The Rhymester: or Rules of Rhyme - a guide to English versification by Tom Hood; published in 1896 by The Appleton Company, New York - this book was the inspiration and guide where Berton Braley earned his trade from- available for research	click to enlarge
17) Various posters produced by The Values Group - not available for research
18) Ink blotter card calendar month July 1958, published by G. Webster Stationery Supplies Woodstock Ontario LE 7-2389, quote: "Snobbery is the pride of those who are not sure of their position." - not available for research
19) Boy Scouts Year Book published in 1927 by D. Appleton Company, edited by Frank K. Mathiews`; poem " Give The Boy Scout Credit " - not available for research
20) Boy Scouts Year Book of Stories About Dogs published in 1935 by D. Appleton-Century Company, edited by Frank K. Mathiews`; poem " Father Was Right " - not available for research
21) Ideals: Scrap Book, published in 1961 by Ideals Publishing Co., Milwaukee WI, poem " A Dog And A Kid " (previously published in Family Circle Magazine) -available for research
22) Four framed color lithographs of poems " The Prayer Of The Sportsman " , " Nuthin' " , " Gifts " and " Business Is Business " (2); produced by Buckbee-Brehm Co. - Creative Art Publishers, Minneapolis, MN (approximately in 1940's) - available for research	click to enlarge click to enlarge click to enlarge
23) Progressive Typography - by David M. Norton; published by Spare Moments Press in Syracuse, NY; 1961; 9 pages; poem " Type was made to be read " - not available for research
24) Bennett Cerf's Out On A Limerick: A Collection Of Over 300 Of The World's Best Printable Limericks - by Bennett Cerf; contains the limericks by Braley "According To Experts" , "The Oyster" and " Said A Fellow From North Philadelphia" - not available for research.
25) Montana Margins: A State Anthology, edited by Joseph Kinsey Howard, published in 1946 - not available for research
26) Trails; published by American Book Company; 1941, contains poem " The Thinker " - available for research
27) Navy poster with short poem without title: There's a roll and a pitch and a heave and a hitch, to the nautical gait they take, for they're used to the cant of the decks aslant, as the white-toothed combers break. It was published in 1931, drawn by Burbank, size 41" x 28" - not available for research
28) Euell Gibbons field guide book - Stalking the Blue-eyed Scallop, limerick " The Oyster " - not available for research
29) Days and Deeds - A Fith Reader; by John W. Withers, Charles E. Skinner and Mathilde C. Gecks, published by Johnson Publishing Company, 1928; page 24, poem " The Scout Trail " - available for research
30) DUTCH TREAT CLUB PARTY ANNUAL 1933; New York: Privately Printed, 1933 - Limited Edition of 1000; page 79, poem " L'Envoi " - copy available for research
31) The Verse By The Side Of the Road: The Story Of he Burma-Shave Signs And Jingles (containing all 600 of the roadside rhymes); edited by Frank Rowsome, Jr. , 1965, published by Stephen Greene Press, Brattleboro VT, ; this book should contain the Burma-Shave rhymes that Berton Braley wrote for them (the only problem is that this book does not mention author names) - copy available for research
32) Print on cotton paper of poem "No Worries" , drawing by J. Knowles Hare. Reprinted from "Better Homes and Gardens". It was given out by Fraser's City Cleaners and Dyers - not available for research
33) The Care of the Collie, by F.W. Avery; Wauseon, Ohio; 1926; includes poem " Cheap " - not available for research
34) Wings Over America; by Harry Bruno, published by Robert McBride & Company in New York, 1942; The author Bruno mentions in a separate 'Thanks' page: "The author wishes to express his thanks and gratitude to ..... Lowell Thomas, Berton Braley, B.P. Adams, andthe others who have helped in the preparation of material." - available for research
35) Program Brochure for the musical Toot-Toot of George M. Cohan Theatre on Broadway and 43rd Street in New York; music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Berton Braley; 27 pages - copy available for research