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Margaret Blake Alverson Collection, 1880-1920.
02/28/91 T02/21/91 T
Collection Overview

Title:

Margaret Blake Alverson Collection, 1880-1920

Creator/Contributor:

Blake Alverson, Margaret, creator

Abstract:

Account book, correspondence, diaries, files, notes and drafts, photographs.

Date:

1880 (issued)

Subject:

Singing -- Instruction and study -- California
Blake Alverson, Margaret -- 1836-1923

Note:

Not restricted. Please credit California State Library.
Margaret Blake Alverson was born in Illinois, June 12, 1836 and came to Stockton in November 1851. She began her career singing in churches, then sang in operas, and finally gave voice lessons for some 40 years to over 1,000 pupils. She published a book describing her career. Called SIXTY YEARS OF CALIFORNIA SONG (San Francisco: Sunset Publishing House, 1913). She died January 17, 1923 in Oakland.
CSL Manuscript Summary Sheets

Physical Description:

print
43

Language:

English

Identifier:

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

Not restricted. Please credit California State Library.