Caterina Jarboro papers

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unitid

{"value"=>"20709", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"Sc MG 208", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"b11848355", "type"=>"local_b"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1933-1977", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1933/1977"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Caterina Jarboro papers"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2 folders", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"0.02 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}

repository

{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division</span>"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Caterina Jarboro (1898-1986) was the first Black female opera singer to perform with a major company. The Caterina Jarboro papers consist of letters, programs, news clippings, and other items relating to Jarboro's career."}

langmaterial

{"value"=>"English"}

origination

{"value"=>"Jarboro, Caterina", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>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 <span class=\"title\">Aida</span> 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.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>The Caterina Jarboro papers consist of letters, programs, news clippings, and other items relating to Jarboro's career.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Gift, Jarboro, Caterina</p>"}

separatedmaterial

{"value"=>"<p>Photographs transferred to the Photographs and Prints division.</p>"}

sponsor

{"value"=>"Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation"}

revisiondesc

{"value"=>"This finding aid was updated by Allison Hughes.", "date"=>"2022 September 21"}

date_start

1933

keydate

1933

date_end

1977

date_inclusive_start

1933

date_inclusive_end

1977

extent_statement

0.02 linear feet (2 folders)

prefercite

{"value"=>"[Item], Caterina Jarboro papers, Sc MG 208, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}

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