Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can further explore the topic of "Ragtime" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
ragtime music, ragged-time music, piano, vaudeville, two-step, cake walk march, syncopation, Maple-Leaf Rag, Charleston Rag, Treemonisha, Shuffle Along, James Reese Europe, James Herbert “Eubie” Blake, Ben Harvey, S. Brunson Campbell, Charles Hunter, Sissieretta Jones (“Black Patti”), Louis Chauvin, Scott Joplin, James Scott, Joseph Lamb
It is important to use a specific date range if looking for articles for a particular event in order to narrow your results. To narrow your results for this topic, search between 1893 and 1921.

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"Classic Music Rendered into Rag Time"
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA), September 12, 1897, Page 19, Image 19, col. 4-7.
"Ragtime and Comedy Sketch Orpheum Hits"
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA), April 18, 1899, Page 12, Image 12, col. 5-6.
"Black Patti Troubadours: This week's attraction at the Grand Opera House"
The Saint Paul Globe (St. Paul, MN), October 29, 1899, Page 26, Image 26, col. 2.
""Rag-Time Comedy at the Grand the Coming Week"
The Saint Paul Globe (St. Paul, MN), April 8, 1900, Page 28, Image 30, col. 2.
"Rag-Time Music"
The Times (Richmond, VA), April 28, 1900, Page 4, Image 4, col. 1-2.
"Paris Has Gone Rag Time Wild"
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA), June 10, 1900, Page 8, Image 8, col. 2-6.
"Ban on Rag-Time Music"
The Saint Paul Globe (St. Paul, MN), October 7,1900, Page 28, Image 28, col. 6.
"Vaudeville at the Orpheum"
Honolulu Republican (Honolulu, HI), November 4, 1900, Image 1, col. 3.
"Ragtime as Old as Man"
The Suburban Citizen (Washington, DC), April 12, 1902, Image 7, col. 3-4.
"Musical Matters"
The Colored American (Washington, DC), May 3, 1902, Page 3, Image 3, col. 3.
"Negro's Part in Music"
The Colored American (Washington, DC), September 3, 1904, Page 2, Image 2, col. 1-4.
"The Passing of Rag Time"
The Washington Herald (Washington, DC), May 5, 1907, Third Part, Page 5, Image 25, col. 1-3.
"Molly M'Donald to Act as Host at Big Show"
Los Angeles Herald (Los Angeles, CA), July 3, 1907, Page 8, Image 8, col. 3.
"Say Goodbye to "Ragtime""
Los Angeles Herald (Los Angeles, CA), July 29, 1907, Page 3, Image 3, col. 4.
"Objects to Rag Time Music"
The Breckenridge News (Cloverport, KY), February 23, 1910, Image 1, col. 5.
"Paragraphic News"
The Washington Bee (Washington, DC), June 10, 1911, Image 1, col. 5.
"As We Were Saying"
New-York Tribune (New York, NY), July 3, 1921, Image 39, col. 1.

Ragtime: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America