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Lillian Glaser Hopper and DeWolf Hopper papers, 1893-1969.
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Lillian Glaser Hopper and DeWolf Hopper papers, 1893-1969Creator/Contributor:
Hopper, Lillian Glaser, creator, creator.Date:
1893 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caHopper, Lillian Glaser -- Archives
Hopper, De Wolf -- 1858-1935 -- Archives
First Church of Religious science (Oakland, Calif.)
Actors -- United States
Singers -- United States
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Lillian Glaser Hopper and Dewolf Hopper papers, BANC MSS 2014/101, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English.
Lillian Glaser Hopper was born Lillian Faulkes in Oakland, Caifornia. Her first husband, Emil Glaser, died during the 1918
influenza epidemic. She was later married to actor and singer DeWolf Hopper. She performed light opera and other musical theater
in San Francisco, Chicago, and elsewhere. After DeWolf's death in 1935 Lillian returned to Oakland. She became an ordained
minister in 1954 and served at the First Church of Religious Science until her death in 1969. William DeWolf Hopper (1858-1935)
was a comedian and light opera star. He was best known for popularizing Ernest Thayer's poem, "Casey at the Bat." He married
Lillian Glaser Hopper in 1925, and they performed together until his death.
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Sheet music.Sermons.
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English
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CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.