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Helen Traubel papers, 1910-1972

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BOX 3-4, 29, 34 Photographs, 1930-1960
This series documents Traubel's professional career as a performer. Publicity photographs include Traubel's Wagnerian roles at the Metropolitan Opera, various television and film appearances, as well as nightclub engagements and tours.
Arranged alphabetically by subject, followed by cartoons.
BOX-FOLDER 3/9 Barnum and Bailey, 1945
BOX-FOLDER 3/10 Bass, William, 1940s-1950s
BOX-FOLDER 3/11 Bell Telephone Hour, 1960 April 29
BOX-FOLDER 3/12 Conductors and composers, 1940-1952 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 3/13 Deep in My Heart, 1954
BOX-FOLDER 3/14 Durante, Jimmy, 1950s
BOX-FOLDER 3/15 Helen Traubel Rose, 1951
BOX-FOLDER 3/16 Japan trip, 1952
BOX-FOLDER 3/17 Korea trip, 1952
BOX-FOLDER 3/18 Melchior, Lauritz, 1940s-1950s
BOX-FOLDER 3/19 Nightclub engagements, 1953-1954
BOX-FOLDER 4/1 Pipe Dream, 1955
BOX-FOLDER 4/2 St. Louis trip (Missouri University honorary doctorate), 1948
BOX-FOLDER 4/3 Television production and publicity photographs, 1947-1954, undated
BOX-FOLDER 3/1 Traubel, portraits, 1930s-1950s
Traubel, opera portraits, 1940-1953
BOX-FOLDER 3/2 Die Götterdämmerung (Brünnhilde)
BOX-FOLDER 3/3 Lohengrin (Elsa)
BOX-FOLDER 3/4 Parsifal (Kundry)
BOX-FOLDER 3/5 Tannhäuser (Elsa)
BOX-FOLDER 3/6 Tristan und Isolde (Isolde)
BOX-FOLDER 3/7 Die Walküre (Brünnhilde)
BOX-FOLDER 3/8 Traubel, alone, 1940s-1950s
BOX-FOLDER 4/6, 29/1, 34/1 Traubel with others, 1944-1945 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 29/2 Truman, Harry, 1946
BOX-FOLDER 4/4 Truman, Margaret and others, 1950 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 4/5 University of Southern California, 1947
BOX-FOLDER 4/7, 34/2 Editorial cartoons, 1951-1953
BOX 5-7, 29, 32, 34-36 Biographical Materials, 1910-1972
Programs, writings, correspondence, awards, and other materials that document Traubel's life and career.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
BOX 35-36 Awards and honors, 1940-1954
Contents:
  • Decoration from the King of Denmark
  • University of the Phillipines: Visiting Musician of the Year, 1952
  • Tau Alpha of M.I.E., 1940
  • Key to the city of St. Louis, R.R. Tucker, Mayor
  • St. Louis Symphony Orchestra medallion, 1954
  • Key to the city of Philadelphia?
  • Decoration from the Emperor of Japan?
  • Federation of Jewish Philanthropies: Key Woman of the Year, 1949
  • Rock of appreciation, Mayor of Hiroshima, 1952
BOX-FOLDER 5/1 Certificates, 1949-1954
BOX-FOLDER 5/2-9, 33/11 Clippings, 1938-1965
Correspondence
BOX-FOLDER 5/10 Miscellaneous, 1924-1972
BOX-FOLDER 5/11 Truman, Harry and Bess, 1946-1950 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 5/12 Truman, Margaret, 1946-1950
BOX-FOLDER 32/12 Helen Traubel Rose catalogs, 1952
BOX-FOLDER 5/13 Itinerary, 1952-1953
Kennedy inauguration, 1961 January 20
BOX-FOLDER 5/14 Clippings
BOX-FOLDER 5/15 Correspondence: invitations and telegrams
BOX-FOLDER 6/1 Lyric books
Contents: Battle Hymn of the Republic; Ode to the Inauguration
BOX-FOLDER 6/2 Memorabilia
Badges; menu; tickets
BOX-FOLDER 29/3 "Ode to the Inauguration" by Sammy Cahn and James Van Heusen
Songbook
BOX-FOLDER 6/3 Programs
BOX-FOLDER 6/4 Script
BOX-FOLDER 29/4 Souvenir photo book
BOX-FOLDER 6/5-7 Lyric sheets, undated
BOX-FOLDER 32/13, 34/3-4 Posters, 1940, 1952
BOX-FOLDER 6/8-12 Programs, 1910-1960 and undated
BOX-FOLDER 6/13 Promotional material, 1925-1953 and undated
Fliers; pressbook
BOX 36 Shawl
BOX-FOLDER 32/14 Truman dinner seating chart, 1949 August 13
BOX-FOLDER 34/5 University of Missouri honorary degree, 1949 August 13
Writings
BOX-FOLDER 6/14 The Ptomaine Canary, 1949?
Typescript
BOX 7 The Metropolitan Opera Murders, 1951
BOX 7 Tod in der Metropolitan, 1955
BOX 7 St. Louis Woman, 1959
BOX 30 Scrapbooks, 1957
20 large, bound volumes of clippings, several of which contain programs and other materials. These items are currently undergoing digitization and only one volume, listed below, is available at this time. The other volumes will be added to the finding aid once digitization is complete.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX 30 Cafe de Paris, 1957
Note: "To Helen Traubel from Major Donald Neville-Willing, as a souvenir of her wonderful debut at the Cafe de Paris, July-August, 1957" on cover

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