Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
John Wesley Dobbs Family papers
Collection
Identifier: 122
Scope and Contents
The papers document the personal and professional lives of the John Wesley Dobbs family of Atlanta, Georgia. The key topics are civil rights, education, integration, race relations, and African American suffrage. The main strengths are the civil rights activities of the family as well as J.W. Dobb's tenure as Grand Master of Prince Hall Masonic Grand Lodge of Georgia. The collection encompasses 5.8 linear feet of correspondence, photographs, programs, sound recordings, speeches, and news...
Dates:
Created: 1873-2001; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1974
Larney Goodkind papers
Collection
Identifier: 726
Content Description
The papers primarily document Larney Goodkind’s client, William Warfield, and highlight Goodkind’s efforts to promote Warfield’s career as an international classical operatic performer. Some materials pertain to other clients as well, including African American soprano Leontyne Price. Formats in the collection include correspondence, concert programs and stage bills, concert reviews, photographs, contracts, biographical sketches, scrapbooks, certificates and awards, press releases, and sound...
Dates:
1948-1997, undated
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Larney Goodkind papers
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