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    Musician publicity photographs

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    Includes photographs of: Marian Anderson, Eleanor Steber, Amelita Galli-Curci, Jussi Bjoerling, Helen Jepson, Blanche Thebom, and other musicians.

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    Chicago Civic Opera Company

    Manuscripts

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    George H. Allen - Chicago Civic Opera Company

    Manuscripts

    Includes two photographs of Lynden Behymer and several performers with the Chicago Civic Opera Company.

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    Los Angeles Times Libel Suit - Galli-Curci, Amelita

    Manuscripts

    Correspondence regarding the lawsuit brought against Hedda Hopper and the Los Angeles Times by Amelita Galli-Curci, claiming libel. Photocopies of correspondence from Amelita Galli-Curci. Original Galli-Curci letters dated October 15 and 21, 1955 removed from Autograph File and returned to Hotchkiss files. File of L. D. Hotchkiss.

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    Performances and photocollages

    Manuscripts

    Mostly images of performers on stage before audiences or photocollages made for promotional purposes. Includes Nino Martini; Lawrence Tibbett; Amelita Galli-Curci; Yehudi Menuhin; Junior Orchestra of Los Angeles (1936); National Baptist Convention Chorus, Los Angeles (1937); Los Angeles Theater Season managers and treasurers photocollage featuring L. E. Behymer (1903-1904); photocollages for Behymer's Philharmonic courses featuring various performers (1900s).

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    Oversize photographs, various

    Visual Materials

    Residences: Warren B. Duff, King Gillette, Amelita Galli-Curci (Rancho Santa Fe and Westwood). Other: Doheny Library, House of Studies (Washington D.C.), and a signed portrait of Galli-Curci in opera costume by Samuel Lumiere.

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