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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Biography/Administrative History
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  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Gladys Stening Papers
    Dates: 1847-1948
    Collection Number: GC 1033
    Creator/Collector:
    Extent: (Boxes: 3 legal; ½ legal; ½ letter; 1 ov folder)
    Repository: Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
    Abstract: Primarily manuscripts and typescripts of a musician who delivered lectures.
    Language of Material: English

    Access

    Research is by appointment only

    Publication Rights

    Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder

    Preferred Citation

    Gladys Stening Papers. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

    Biography/Administrative History

    Stening, a native of Australia, was a musician who delivered lectures about rare stringed instruments, as well as other topics including ancient history, Australian cultural and natural history, and music. She lived in New York prior to Redondo Beach (Calif.).

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Primarily manuscripts and typescripts of a musician who delivered lectures. Box 1 contains manuscripts and typescripts (of speeches?)(undated.) There are also brochures advertising her lectures and several photographs (1943, undated.) Box 2 contains printed sheet music. Box 3 is filled with 35 rpm recordings of Stening playing musical instruments. Box 4 contains books (1847-1948.)