Of course, concrete citation/documentation would need to be included
with any submission...

This could be an unrealistic expectation for anything to be done on
Ollie because there may be information that cannot be properly
documented or what can be documented is not necessarily accurate.

One of the best places for raw information on Ollie is the New York
Public Library for the Performing Arts. They have scrapbooks on
various performers and files of loose clippings. The loose clippings
are exactly that... loose clippings from various newspapers that
cannot be documented because the paper is not listed and the date may
not be given. A good example is the uncited clipping whose text
suggests it was from her Follies days ended with the statement that
Ollie was educated in Glassport and Pittsburgh. Glassport is another
small town surrounding the larger Pittsburgh but I have never found
else to suggest that Ollie was in Glassport...ever but it is the
kind of obscure reference that very seductive to a researcher looking
to fill in missing information.

On the opposite extreme is Bruce Long's Taylorology #33. Bruce Long
is probably the most diligent researcher I have had the opportunity
to read. His work, for academic purposes, is very easy to follow.
Unfortunately, we know now that Ollie and Jack were married months
after the publication date of the article Mr Long cited and more than
a year after the time Ollie suggested they eloped near her birthday
in 1916. Bruce Long had a very interesting story... made even more
interesting because Ollie knew it was wrong. Makes me wonder why
Ollie kept telling it.

There is a lot of myths and misinformation out there and
unfortunately, not all the people will believe it even if you do
present documentation. Even today, people will argue about her
birthdate even if you present her birth certificate.

Still, it is an intriguing idea.

Your partner in limburger.