Research Catalog
Mina Curtiss collection
- Title
- Mina Curtiss collection, [ca. 1950-ca. 1958].
- Author
- Curtiss, Mina Kirstein, 1896-1985.
- Supplementary Content
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 1 | Mixed material | Supervised use | JPB 93-5 Box 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Music |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 2 | Mixed material | Supervised use | JPB 93-5 Box 2 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Music |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 3 | Mixed material | Supervised use | JPB 93-5 Box 3 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Music |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 4 | Mixed material | Supervised use | JPB 93-5 Box 4 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Music |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 5 | Mixed material | Supervised use | JPB 93-5 Box 5 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Music |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 6 | Mixed material | Supervised use | JPB 93-5 Box 6 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Music |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 7 | Mixed material | Supervised use | JPB 93-5 Box 7 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Music |
Details
- Description
- 2.5 linear ft.
- Summary
- Contains materials used in writing her book Bizet and His World. Contents consist mostly of typed copies of original documents.
- This collection contains working papers for the book Bizet and His World by Mina Curtiss. It does not contain any draft material for this book or virtually any other documents that reveal Curtiss's writing. Though Curtiss visited France to interview various people relating to the life of her subject, most of the archival research in French libraries appears to have been carried out by research assistants.
- Subjects
- Additional Formats (note)
- are also available on microfilm;
- Source (note)
- Curtiss, Mina
- Biography (note)
- Mina Curtiss was an author and teacher. She was a professor of English at Smith College, 1920-1934, 1940-1941, 1977; research assistant for Mercury Theatre and Mercury Theatre on the Air, 1935-1938; worked for Office of Information during World War II; author and editor; received Legion of Honor from French government for her books on Marcel Proust (1949) and Georges Bizet (1958); she died in 1985.
- Language (note)
- In French and English.
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Finding aid available online.
- Provenance (note)
- Gift of Mina Curtiss.
- Processing Action (note)
- Processed
- Call Number
- JPB 93-5
- OCLC
- NYPW93-A310
- Author
- Curtiss, Mina Kirstein, 1896-1985.
- Title
- Mina Curtiss collection, [ca. 1950-ca. 1958].
- Additional Formats
- Box I, f. 27-28, 47; and Box II, f. 72, are also available on microfilm; service copy number: *ZB-4320.
- Biography
- Mina Curtiss was an author and teacher. She was a professor of English at Smith College, 1920-1934, 1940-1941, 1977; research assistant for Mercury Theatre and Mercury Theatre on the Air, 1935-1938; worked for Office of Information during World War II; author and editor; received Legion of Honor from French government for her books on Marcel Proust (1949) and Georges Bizet (1958); she died in 1985.
- Language
- In French and English.
- Indexes
- Finding aid available online.
- Provenance
- Gift of Mina Curtiss.
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- Research Call Number
- JPB 93-5