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Caterina Jarboro papers

Title
Caterina Jarboro papers, 1933-1977
Author
Jarboro, Caterina.

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Folder 1TextUse in library Sc MG 208 Folder 1Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
Folder 2TextUse in library Sc MG 208 Folder 2Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives

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2 folders.
Summary
The Caterina Jarboro papers consist of letters, programs, news clippings, and other items relating to Jarboro's career.
Subjects
Note
  • Photographs transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division.
Source (note)
  • Jarboro, Caterina
Biography (note)
  • Caterina Jarboro (1898-1986) was the first Black female opera singer to perform with a major company. Jarboro was born in Wilmington, North Carolina, to a Black father and Native American mother. She made her American opera debut in Verdi's Aida in 1933 at the New York Hippodrome. After performing across Europe, she returned to the US in 1941, giving performances at Town Hall (1942) and Carnegie Hall (1944). She retired in 1955 and died in New York in 1986.
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Call Number
Sc MG 208
OCLC
NYPW89-A122
Author
Jarboro, Caterina.
Title
Caterina Jarboro papers, 1933-1977
Biography
Caterina Jarboro (1898-1986) was the first Black female opera singer to perform with a major company. Jarboro was born in Wilmington, North Carolina, to a Black father and Native American mother. She made her American opera debut in Verdi's Aida in 1933 at the New York Hippodrome. After performing across Europe, she returned to the US in 1941, giving performances at Town Hall (1942) and Carnegie Hall (1944). She retired in 1955 and died in New York in 1986.
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Occupation
Women singers.
African American singers.
Research Call Number
Sc MG 208
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