Restrictions on Access
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Preferred Citation
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography/History
Scope and Content
Organization and Arrangement
Title: Bessie Zuckerman papers
Collection number: 2274
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
3.8 linear ft.
(2 document boxes, 5 flat boxes, and 1 oversize flat box)
Date (bulk): Bulk, 1917-1934
Date (inclusive): 1870-1964
Physical Location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Creator:
Zuckerman, Bessie
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Bessie Zuckerman Papers (Collection 2274). Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography/History
Bessie (Besse) Zuckerman (circa 1886-1968) was a prominent member of the community of music associations in Los Angeles between
1920 and 1940. She founded the Santa Monica Bay Music Association and served as its president. She also served as president
of the Bay Cities Music Association, where among other accomplishments she worked to make concerts accessible to school children.
In addition, Zuckerman was chairman of the Venice Community Sing and of the Local Convention Board for the California Federation
of Music Clubs. In 1926, she accepted an invitation to serve on the Hollywood Bowl Association’s Music Committee, and in 1927
the Hollywood Bowl Audition Board extended an invitation to her. Zuckerman was also a member of the Opera Reading Club of
Hollywood and the Santa Monica Bay Woman’s Club, and she organized musical events for the Union League Club of Los Angeles.
Scope and Content
This collection consists of material relating to Bessie Zuckerman, a prominent member of the community of music associations
in Los Angeles between 1920 and 1940. Items include music scores, sheet music, performance programs, correspondence, photographs,
ephemera, and publications. The collection also contains a small amount of material concerning the composer and performer
Mana-Zucca, and California music and entertainment figure L. E. Behymer.
Organization and Arrangement
This collection is organized into the following series:
- Series 1. Subject files
- Series 2. Correspondence
- Series 3. Photographs
- Series 4. Music
- Series 5. Ephemera
- Series 6. Publications.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Behymer, Lynden Ellsworth
Hollywood Bowl (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Mana-Zucca
Zuckerman, Bessie--Archives