Quantity: 9.8 linear feet
Description: Scrapbooks containing an exhaustive collection of newspaper and magazine clippings in several languages (mainly English and Italian) covering the life and career of prima donna Maria Callas (1923-1977), compiled by Robert Ewen. Also includes books, 33 1/3 r.p.m. recordings, audio-taped interview, and opera video tapes.
Quantity: 6 linear feet
Description: Biographical information, chronologies, clippings, photographs, programs, writings by and about the American pioneer of modern dance Isadora Duncan (1877-1927), covering her life and career with particular emphasis on her early years in the Bay Area. Also includes miscellany such as a copy of her baptismal certificate and information on various members of the Duncan family, and material on the Temple of the Wings.
Finding aid available
Quantity: 11.1 linear feet
Inclusive dates: 1895-1981
Description: This collection, on permanent loan from the California Historical Society, is considered the largest assemblage of materials in the United States on the great Norwegian Wagnerian soprano Kirsten Flagstad (1895-1962). Includes press clippings, autographed and miscellaneous correspondence, photocopies of her diaries, discography, hundreds of photographs, programs, scores, and artifacts
Quantity: 1 foot
Description: Contains iconography, articles, artifacts, clippings on the flamboyent 19th century performer Lola Montez (1818-1861).
Quantity: 3.1 linear feet
Inclusive dates: 1909- present
Description: Programs, press clippings, photographs, two self portraits, and artifacts documenting the career of Russian-born prima ballerina Anna Pavlova (1881-1931).
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