Scope and arrangement
The Caterina Jarboro papers consist of letters, programs, news clippings, and other items relating to Jarboro's career.
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- Creator
- Jarboro, Caterina
- Call number
- Sc MG 208
- Physical description
- 0.02 linear feet (2 folders)
- Language
- English
- Preferred Citation
- [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
- Sponsor
- Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
- Repository
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
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.
Biographical/historical information
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.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Gift, Jarboro, Caterina
Revision History
This finding aid was updated by Allison Hughes. (2022 September 21)
Separated material
Photographs transferred to the Photographs and Prints division.
Using the collection
Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY 10037-1801
Second Floor