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Caterina Jarboro papers
- Title
- Caterina Jarboro papers, 1933-1977
- Author
- Jarboro, Caterina.
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Folder 2 | Moving image | Use in library | Sc MG 208 Folder 2 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Folder 1 | Moving image | Use in library | Sc MG 208 Folder 1 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
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- Description
- 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.
- Processing Action (note)
- Surveyed
- Accessioned
- Cataloging updated
- 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