Tibbett, Lawrence. (1896–1960). Important Archive of Photographs, Letters, Diaries, Artwork from the Collection of Lawrence Tibbett. A fascinating and important collection of items from the personal collection of operatic baritone and entertainer Lawrence Tibbett. In three parts, as follows:
A. Personal collection of photos & printed ephemera including approx. 175 vintage doubleweight gelatin-silver prints, the majority being 8” x 10”, documenting the entire range of Lawrence Tibbett’s Opera and musical performance career plus benefit appearances, separated generally by individual roles and including dozens of original Mishkin photographs; (2) scrapbooks of news and magazine clippings concerning Tibbett; a file of Tibbett’s performance programs and pressbooks; Tibbett’s hand-typed and hand-annotated journal of all appearances and performances from 1938 thru 1944 detailing locations, songs, accompanists, even encores; plus flyers, broadsides, etc. for his many and varied appearances, all from his own archive.
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B. Personal collection of music and film celebrity autographs. Collection in 3-ring binder of approx. 30 celebrity signed vintage photographs, ALS, telegrams, contracts, etc., plus in separate envelope another 16 custom designed and printed Christmas cards from a variety of celebrity friends, most inscribed to Lawrence Tibbett with a few to his wife and sons; signatures and cards include such diverse personages as boxer Gene Tunney, Mary Pickford(1930, signed photo), author Rupert Hughes(Howard Hughes uncle), Opera divas Geraldine Farrar and Gladys Swarthout, composer and Fantasia narrator Deems Taylor, bandleaders Kay Kyser and Andre Kostelanetz, John “Jack” Huston(on his father’s stationery), and President Herbert Hoover’s wife Lou Henry(on White House stationery, dated 1929), in addition to several telegrams and autograph letter drafts with Tibbett’s signature. Condition varies, though generally fine.
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C. Original art portraits and caricatures from his personal collection, covering approx. 20 years of his career. Ranging in size from 5” x 8” to 11” x 15”, all executed on paper or board in a variety of media, and including famous Opera roles as well as personality caricatures.
A. Personal collection of photos & printed ephemera including approx. 175 vintage doubleweight gelatin-silver prints, the majority being 8” x 10”, documenting the entire range of Lawrence Tibbett’s Opera and musical performance career plus benefit appearances, separated generally by individual roles and including dozens of original Mishkin photographs; (2) scrapbooks of news and magazine clippings concerning Tibbett; a file of Tibbett’s performance programs and pressbooks; Tibbett’s hand-typed and hand-annotated journal of all appearances and performances from 1938 thru 1944 detailing locations, songs, accompanists, even encores; plus flyers, broadsides, etc. for his many and varied appearances, all from his own archive.
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B. Personal collection of music and film celebrity autographs. Collection in 3-ring binder of approx. 30 celebrity signed vintage photographs, ALS, telegrams, contracts, etc., plus in separate envelope another 16 custom designed and printed Christmas cards from a variety of celebrity friends, most inscribed to Lawrence Tibbett with a few to his wife and sons; signatures and cards include such diverse personages as boxer Gene Tunney, Mary Pickford(1930, signed photo), author Rupert Hughes(Howard Hughes uncle), Opera divas Geraldine Farrar and Gladys Swarthout, composer and Fantasia narrator Deems Taylor, bandleaders Kay Kyser and Andre Kostelanetz, John “Jack” Huston(on his father’s stationery), and President Herbert Hoover’s wife Lou Henry(on White House stationery, dated 1929), in addition to several telegrams and autograph letter drafts with Tibbett’s signature. Condition varies, though generally fine.
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C. Original art portraits and caricatures from his personal collection, covering approx. 20 years of his career. Ranging in size from 5” x 8” to 11” x 15”, all executed on paper or board in a variety of media, and including famous Opera roles as well as personality caricatures.
Tibbett, Lawrence. (1896–1960). Important Archive of Photographs, Letters, Diaries, Artwork from the Collection of Lawrence Tibbett. A fascinating and important collection of items from the personal collection of operatic baritone and entertainer Lawrence Tibbett. In three parts, as follows:
A. Personal collection of photos & printed ephemera including approx. 175 vintage doubleweight gelatin-silver prints, the majority being 8” x 10”, documenting the entire range of Lawrence Tibbett’s Opera and musical performance career plus benefit appearances, separated generally by individual roles and including dozens of original Mishkin photographs; (2) scrapbooks of news and magazine clippings concerning Tibbett; a file of Tibbett’s performance programs and pressbooks; Tibbett’s hand-typed and hand-annotated journal of all appearances and performances from 1938 thru 1944 detailing locations, songs, accompanists, even encores; plus flyers, broadsides, etc. for his many and varied appearances, all from his own archive.
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B. Personal collection of music and film celebrity autographs. Collection in 3-ring binder of approx. 30 celebrity signed vintage photographs, ALS, telegrams, contracts, etc., plus in separate envelope another 16 custom designed and printed Christmas cards from a variety of celebrity friends, most inscribed to Lawrence Tibbett with a few to his wife and sons; signatures and cards include such diverse personages as boxer Gene Tunney, Mary Pickford(1930, signed photo), author Rupert Hughes(Howard Hughes uncle), Opera divas Geraldine Farrar and Gladys Swarthout, composer and Fantasia narrator Deems Taylor, bandleaders Kay Kyser and Andre Kostelanetz, John “Jack” Huston(on his father’s stationery), and President Herbert Hoover’s wife Lou Henry(on White House stationery, dated 1929), in addition to several telegrams and autograph letter drafts with Tibbett’s signature. Condition varies, though generally fine.
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C. Original art portraits and caricatures from his personal collection, covering approx. 20 years of his career. Ranging in size from 5” x 8” to 11” x 15”, all executed on paper or board in a variety of media, and including famous Opera roles as well as personality caricatures.
A. Personal collection of photos & printed ephemera including approx. 175 vintage doubleweight gelatin-silver prints, the majority being 8” x 10”, documenting the entire range of Lawrence Tibbett’s Opera and musical performance career plus benefit appearances, separated generally by individual roles and including dozens of original Mishkin photographs; (2) scrapbooks of news and magazine clippings concerning Tibbett; a file of Tibbett’s performance programs and pressbooks; Tibbett’s hand-typed and hand-annotated journal of all appearances and performances from 1938 thru 1944 detailing locations, songs, accompanists, even encores; plus flyers, broadsides, etc. for his many and varied appearances, all from his own archive.
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B. Personal collection of music and film celebrity autographs. Collection in 3-ring binder of approx. 30 celebrity signed vintage photographs, ALS, telegrams, contracts, etc., plus in separate envelope another 16 custom designed and printed Christmas cards from a variety of celebrity friends, most inscribed to Lawrence Tibbett with a few to his wife and sons; signatures and cards include such diverse personages as boxer Gene Tunney, Mary Pickford(1930, signed photo), author Rupert Hughes(Howard Hughes uncle), Opera divas Geraldine Farrar and Gladys Swarthout, composer and Fantasia narrator Deems Taylor, bandleaders Kay Kyser and Andre Kostelanetz, John “Jack” Huston(on his father’s stationery), and President Herbert Hoover’s wife Lou Henry(on White House stationery, dated 1929), in addition to several telegrams and autograph letter drafts with Tibbett’s signature. Condition varies, though generally fine.
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C. Original art portraits and caricatures from his personal collection, covering approx. 20 years of his career. Ranging in size from 5” x 8” to 11” x 15”, all executed on paper or board in a variety of media, and including famous Opera roles as well as personality caricatures.