Guide to the Constance Hope Collection on Lotte Lehmann
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Guide to the Constance Hope Collection on Lotte Lehmann
Collection number: PA Mss 84
Department of Special Collections
Davidson Library
University of California, Santa Barbara
- Processed by:
- Zachary Liebhaber
- Date Completed:
- 4/20/2011
- Encoded by:
- Zachary Liebhaber
© 2011 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Constance Hope collection on Lotte Lehmann
Dates: 1936-2009
Dates: (bulk 1936-1953)
Collection number: PA Mss 84
Collector:
Hope, Constance
Collection Size:
2 linear feet
(1 document box, 1 flat box).
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library.
Dept. of Special Collections
Abstract: Material related to Lotte Lehmann from the collection of Constance Hope (1908-1977) public relations specialist and artists'
agent.
Physical location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Access
Use of the collection is unrestricted.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Preferred Citation
Constance Hope collection on Lotte Lehmann. PA Mss 84, Department of Special Collections, University Libraries, University
of California, Santa Barbara.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Eric Hvolboll, 2009.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection comprises programs, correspondence, clippings and financial records related to German soprano Lotte Lehmann
(1888-1976). Also included is a type-written manuscript of a translation into English by Frances Holden of Lehmann's autobiography
My Many Lives. In addition, the collection includes a run of Lotte Lehmann transcriptions for the Columbia Records Masterworks of Music
radio series, mostly for the year 1941.
Arrangement
The collection is divided into the following series: I. Programs, II. Radio transcriptions, III. Correspondence, IV. Miscellaneous.
Radio transcriptions have been organized alphabetically by subject.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Lehmann, Lotte
Programs
Press clippings
Collection Contents
Box 1: 9
Book and album inserts, n.d.
Series II.
Radio transcriptions
Box 1: 10
L.L., Barlow Orchestra, 2/22/1943
Box 1: 14
L.L., Mendelssohn, 3/31/1941
Box 1: 16
L.L., Schubert, 3/31/1941, 4/7/1941
Box 1: 17
L.L., Schumann, 3/31/1941
Box 1: 18
L.L., Strauss, 10/20/1941
Series III.
Correspondence
Box 1: 24
American Guild of Musical Artists, card, 1943
Box 1: 25
Guest Column by L.L., 6/15/193
Box 1: 26
Contracts, Nat. Concert and Artists Corp., 1947
Box 1: 27
List of checks drawn by L.L., 1943
Flat Box 2: 1
My Many Lives, bound manuscript, n.d.
