Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1899 June 20 | Born Helen Francesca Traubel in St. Louis, Missouri |
| 1912 | Began vocal studies at age thirteen with Vetta Karst, her only teacher |
| 1923 | Married Louis Franklin Carpenter |
| 1925 | Concert debut in St. Louis |
| 1926 | Debut performance in New York at Lewisohn Stadium Offered contract with Metropolitan Opera; Traubel felt she was too young and needed further training, so she returned to St. Louis to study and perform |
| 1937 May 12 | Debut performance at Metropolitan Opera in The Man Without a Country |
| 1938 | Divorced Carpenter and married William Bass |
| 1939 December 28 | Performed as Sieglinde in Die Walküre, her first performance as a regular member of the Metropolitan Opera |
| 1941 | Kirsten Flagstad left the Metropolitan Opera and Traubel became her successor in the Wagnerian roles of Brünhilde, Elisabeth, Elsa, Kundry, and Isolde |
| 1947 | Received honorary doctorate from the University of Southern California |
| 1948 | Received honorary doctorate from the University of Missouri Became vocal teacher to Margaret Truman, daughter of President Harry Truman and First Lady Bess Truman |
| 1950 | First contract dispute with new Metropolitan Opera manager, Rudolph Bing Stopped teaching Margaret Truman Purchased stock in the St. Louis Browns baseball team |
| 1951 | Appeared on the 4-Star Revue television show with Jimmy Durante Appeared at the Grand Ole Opry Published the mystery novels The Metropolitan Opera Murders and The Ptomaine Canary |
| 1953 | Concert tours of the Philippines, Southeast Asia, and London Resigned from the Metropolitan Opera because of dispute over her nightclub appearances |
| 1954 April | Appeared in the film Deep in My Heart |
| 1955 December | Debut performance on Broadway in Pipe Dream |
| 1959 | Published autobiography St. Louis Woman |
| 1972 July 28 | Died of a heart attack in Santa Monica, California |