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Florence Foster Jenkins ephemera
- Title
- Florence Foster Jenkins ephemera, 1909-1980.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Supervised use | JPB 01-61 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Music |
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- Description
- .62 cu. ft. (1 box).
- Summary
- Includes Florence Foster Jenkins scrapbook and Verdi Club address book. The contents of the scrapbook "are from the personal archives of the late Mr. St. Clair Bayfield of New York City and were in the possession of his widow, Mrs. St. Clair [Kathleen] Bayfield of Larchmont, New York. Under her direction, the album was compiled by Helen R. From, a close friend of both Mr. and Mrs. St. Clair Bayfield." The scrapbook contains material about Verdi Club events and some of Mr. Bayfield's performances as well as Mrs. Jenkins's solo concerts.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Address books.
- Articles.
- Clippings.
- Correspondence.
- Poems.
- Portrait photographs.
- Programs.
- Reviews.
- Scrapbooks.
- Silver gelatin prints.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Scrapbook also available on microfilm : master negative *ZZ-30756.
- Source (note)
- Bayfield, Kathleen
- Location of Other Archival Materials (note)
- The Billy Rose Theatre Collection, The New York Public Library.
- Biography (note)
- Florence Foster Jenkins, 1868-1944, was an American soprano whose concerts attracted crowds despite scathing reviews. She founded and presided over the Verdi Club and was noted for generosity to younger performers. Actor St. Clair Bayfield managed her career.
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Scrapbook includes list of contents (3 leaves, typescript, pencil and ink).
- Processing Action (note)
- Accessioned
- Cataloged
- Call Number
- JPB 01-61
- OCLC
- NYPW96-A43
- Title
- Florence Foster Jenkins ephemera, 1909-1980.
- Additional Formats
- Scrapbook also available on microfilm : master negative *ZZ-30756.
- Biography
- Florence Foster Jenkins, 1868-1944, was an American soprano whose concerts attracted crowds despite scathing reviews. She founded and presided over the Verdi Club and was noted for generosity to younger performers. Actor St. Clair Bayfield managed her career.
- Indexes
- Scrapbook includes list of contents (3 leaves, typescript, pencil and ink).
- Location of Other Archival Materials
- Bayfield, St. Clair, 1875-1967. Papers; located at: The Billy Rose Theatre Collection, The New York Public Library.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Bayfield, Kathleen.Bayfield, St. Clair, 1875-1967.From, Helen R.Jenkins, Florence Foster, 1868-1944.
- Research Call Number
- JPB 01-61