Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Enrico Caruso, Jr., collection
- Dates:
- 1939-2016
- Creators:
- Caruso, Enrico, Jr., 1904-1987, Giachetti, Ada, 1874-1946, and Farkas, Andrew, 1936-
- Abstract:
- Personal and professional materials of Enrico Caruso, Jr., an actor, singer, and writer active throughout the 1930s and '40s.
- Extent:
- 0.5 Linear Feet (1 document box)
- Language:
- English , Italian , Spanish; Castilian .
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], Enrico Caruso, Jr. collection, PA Mss 272. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection contains audio recordings, photographs, and personal correspondence related to the life and career of Enrico Caruso, Jr.
- Biographical / historical:
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Enrico Caruso, Jr. (September 7, 1904-April 9, 1987) was born in Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy to Ada Giachetti and Enrico Caruso. Both of his parents were operatic singers themselves, Giachetti a soprano and Caruso a tenor. Several years after his father's death in 1921, Caruso, Jr. moved to Hollywood, California to pursue his own entertainment career.
Throughout the 1930s and '40, he sang and toured regularly as a tenor, bolstered briefly by his starring roles in two Spanish-language films made by Warner Bros. Studios in California, in 1934 - El Cantante de Napoles and La Buena Ventura. After World War II however, Caruso, Jr. mostly retired from performing and built a career under the name of Henry De Costa, as a department head for the import-export firm of Dunnington and Arnold until 1971.
At the time of his death, he had just completed a book of memoirs, entitled Enrico Caruso: My Father and My Family with librarian and researcher Andrew Farkas.
- Acquisition information:
- Donation of Andrew Farkas, December 2024.
- Arrangement:
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The collection is arranged by topic into two series:
- Series 1: Professional materials
- Series 2: Personal materials
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Tenors (Singers)
- Names:
- Farkas, Andrew, 1936-
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-04-17 16:38:42 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the collection and physical objects belong to the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at the UCSB Library. All applicable literary rights, including copyright to the collection and physical objects, are protected under Chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code and are retained by the creator and the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns.
All requests to reproduce, quote from, or otherwise reuse collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB at special@library.ucsb.edu. Consent is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or their assigns for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], Enrico Caruso, Jr. collection, PA Mss 272. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Location of this collection:
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UC Santa Barbara LibrarySanta Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
- Contact:
- (805) 893-3062