Contents

Collection Summary

Biographical Note

Scope and Content

Organization of the Geraldine Farrar Collection

Selected Search Terms

Biographical Materials

Writings by Geraldine Farrar

Music

Correspondence

Contracts, 1908-1919

Scripts

Programs, 1895-1934, undated

Awards and Certificates

Clippings

Scrapbooks, 1898-1941

Civic Materials

Photographs and Iconography

Miscellany

Geraldine Farrar Collection

Processed by the Music Division of the Library of Congress

2007

Biographical Note

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Scope and Content

Biographical Materials series in the collection include drafts in several versions for Farrar's autobiography Such Sweet Compulsion. Additionally, the Writings series contains a lecture titled "Vocal Treatise with record illustrations" as well as the typescript for a book of vocal exercises. These vocal treatises are complemented by three books of Farrar's vocal exercises dating from 1923 to 1925. Also of note are Farrar's lectures, "The Effects of War on Music," and "Music in a War-torn World," both written during World War II. The writings also include numerous versions of a lecture on the history of music titled "Music through the ages." The majority of the lectures date from the years following Farrar's retirement from her opera career in 1922.

The Music series contains both printed and manuscript items. The compositions by Farrar are exclusively for voice with piano accompaniment; the majority date from the late 1930's. During her tenure at the Metropolitan Opera, Farrar attracted large numbers of young admirers, who were known as the "Gerryflappers." Many of the original compositions which Farrar wrote in her retirement, such as "The Little Christmas Donkey" and "The Easter Robin," were written for the children of these admirers. Music arranged or translated by Farrar, including several vocal arrangements of works by Rachmaninoff and Kreisler, is also included.

Within the Correspondence series are letters, picture postcards, telegrams, and various personal notes both to and from Geraldine Farrar. The materials reflect both her private and public life. Among the more insightful and interesting materials is Farrar's life-long correspondence with Germany's Crown Prince Wilhem (1882-1951) and Crown Princess Cecelie. At Farrar's request, these letters, dating as early as 1901, remained sealed until 1979, along with other documents sent to Farrar by the German royal family. There is also a considerable amount of correspondence from the American producer David Belasco (1853-1931), Farrar's voice coach Lilli Lehmann (1848-1929), and close friends Daisy Humphries and Ruth A. Businger (1893-1965). Among the notable correspondents are Teresa Carreño, Enrico Caruso, Gustave Charpentier, Cecil B. DeMille, Paul Dukas, Henry T. Finck, Henry Hadley, Reynaldo Hahn, Engelbert Humperdinck, Rockwell Kent, Fritz Kreisler, Jules Massenet, Lily Pons, Giacomo Puccini, Sergei Rachmaninof and Arturo Toscanini.

Farrar's contracts with the Metropolitan Opera from 1908 to 1918 comprise the bulk of the Contracts series. There are also a considerable amount of film contracts with the Goldwyn Pictures Corporation, dating from 1915 to 1919. Farrar's contract with the Berlin Royal Opera dates from 1904 while a contract dated 1940 regarding royalties from her autobiography with Greystone Press, is the most recent. Illustrative of Farrar's popularity as both a prima donna and an actress is her contract with Benjamin Claggett in 1917 regarding the production and distribution of "Geraldine Farrar Candy." Included among the contracts and business-related materials are Along with contracts are other business related materials, such as concert tour itineraries and receipts.

The Scripts series contains scripts for radio programs and pageants in both manuscript and typescript forms. These reflect Farrar's career as a musical commentator for various radio programs and as a volunteer in civic organizations after her retirement from opera singing. The majority of the scripts are from the years 1934 and 1935 including scripts from Farrar's guest appearances in the Metropolitan Opera broadcasts, the script from the General Electric Show on February 14, 1932 is the earliest.

The programs in the Programs series date from Farrar's first recitals in Melrose, Massachusetts, during her teenage years, to her final appearances as a concert singer in 1931. A large number of the programs are from the 1914-22 Metropolitan Opera seasons. Additionally, there are numerous programs from Farrar's concert recitals, dating from 1922 to 1934.

The overwhelming majority of materials in the collection is found in 43 scrapbooks that cover Farrar's entire life and career. A large number of the scrapbooks, particularly the oversize scrapbooks (boxes 28, 44, 45, and 46), are in poor condition, with many loose and brittle pages. Several scrapbooks (those dating from before 1898-1898, 1914-1919, and 1919-1921) contain numerous photographs. The scrapbook from 1914-19 contains several pages of photos of Farrar taken during World War I to publicize the War Bonds Drive and the Victrola Records Campaign. All of the scrapbooks in the collection should be handled with extreme care.

The Civic Materials series contains an assortment of governmental papers, forms, and notes, such as an auto log-book and lists of telephone numbers. These materials represent Farrar's participation in the Red Cross and various governmental organizations during World War II. One of the more interesting items is Farrar's sketchbook containing pencil drawings of airplanes, done while she was a ground observer in the American Women's Voluntary Service of the Army Air Force in 1943.

The Photographs and Iconography series documents Farrar's entire life and career. In addition to the many individual photographs, there are also two boxes of photographs (box 49, folders 5-8 and box 50) that were originally bound in two scrapbooks containing only photographs. Three books of film stills from Farrar's films Maria Rosa, Carmen, and The Temptation are also in the collection. A large painting of Farrar by Friedrich August von Kaulbach is part of the collection and is currently located in the administrative offices of the Music Division.

The items in the Awards and Certificates series date from the last forty years of Farrar's life and relate to her many civic and artistic activities. They include her ASCAP and Society of American Arts and Letters membership certificates. Items in the Miscellany series include several fans used by Farrar in Madama Butterfly, a framed portion of the curtain from the old Metropolitan Opera house given to her in 1940, as well as several medals and awards for her public service activities.

Antonio de Guzman, Junior Fellow 1995Peter Schmerz, Junior Fellow 1995Robert Saladini, Music Specialist

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Selected Search Terms

People

• Belasco, David, 1853-1931--Correspondence.
• Businger, Ruth A., 1893-1965--Correspondence.
• Carreño, Teresa, 1853-1917--Correspondence.
• Caruso, Enrico, 1873-1921--Correspondence.
• Cecilie, Crown Princess of the German Empire and of Prussia, 1886-1954--Correspondence.
• Charpentier, Gustave, 1860-1956--Correspondence.
• DeMille, Cecil B. (Cecil Blount), 1881-1959--Correspondence.
• Dukas, Paul, 1865-1935--Correspondence.
• Farrar, Geraldine, 1882-1967--Archives.
• Farrar, Geraldine, 1882-1967--Correspondence.
• Farrar, Geraldine, 1882-1967--Manuscripts.
• Farrar, Geraldine, 1882-1967--Photographs.
• Farrar, Geraldine, 1882-1967.
• Farrar, Geraldine, 1882-1967.
• Farrar, Geraldine, 1882-1967. Such sweet compulsion.
• Finck, Henry Theophilus, 1854-1926--Correspondence.
• Hadley, Henry Kimball, 1871-1937--Correspondence.
• Hahn, Reynaldo, 1875-1947--Correspondence.
• Humperdinck, Engelbert, 1854-1921--Correspondence.
• Humphries, Daisy--Correspondence.
• Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971--Correspondence.
• Kreisler, Fritz, 1875-1962--Correspondence.
• Lehmann, Lilli, 1848-1929--Correspondence.
• Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912--Correspondence.
• Pons, Lily, 1898-1976--Correspondence.
• Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924--Correspondence.
• Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943--Correspondence.
• Toscanini, Arturo, 1867-1957--Correspondence.
• William, Crown Prince of Germany, 1882-1951--Correspondence.

Organizations

• Goldwyn Pictures Corporation.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Subjects

• Motion picture actors and actresses--United States.
• Music--Manuscripts.
• Opera.
• Sopranos (Singers)--United States.
• Women singers--United States.

Form/Genre

• Artifacts (Object genre)
• Clippings (Information artifacts)
• Contracts.
• Correspondence.
• Photographic prints.
• Programs (Documents)
• Scrapbooks.
• Scripts (Documents).

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Organization of the Geraldine Farrar Collection

The Geraldine Farrar Collection is organized in thirteen series:

• Biographical Materials
• Writings by Geraldine Farrar
• Music
• Correspondence
• Contracts, 1908-1919
• Scripts
• Programs, 1895-1934
• Awards and Certificates
• Clippings
• Scrapbooks, 1898-1941
• Civic Materials
• Photographs and Iconography
• Miscellany

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Container List

Biographical Materials

Biographical materials in the collection include drafts in several versions for Farrar's autobiography Such Sweet Compulsion.

Arrangement is by subseries and then by format.

Autobiographical

Such Sweet Compulsion, drafts

Such Sweet Compulsion, working copy (one of three)

Such Sweet Compulsion, working copy (two of three)

Such Sweet Compulsion, working copy (three of three)

Such Sweet Compulsion, uncorrected copy (one of three)

Such Sweet Compulsion, uncorrected copy (two of three)

Such Sweet Compulsion, uncorrected copy (three of three)

Such Sweet Compulsion, final manuscript (one of three)

Such Sweet Compulsion, final manuscript (two of three)

Such Sweet Compulsion, final manuscript (three of three)

Such Sweet Compulsion, plates

Farrar exhibit, drafts

Prima Donna Holiday, typescript

Biographical

Articles and interviews (alphabetical by title)

Wagenknecht, Edward. Geraldine Farrar: An Authorized Record of Her Career. Seattle: University Book Store, 1929.

Unknown author. Geraldine Farrar. Bound typescript in German.

Farrar family genealogy

Writings by Geraldine Farrar

Writings by Farrar including vocal treatises, lectures and speeches and general writings.

Arrangement is by subseries, then alphabetical by title.

Vocal Treatises

Vocal treatise, drafts

Vocal treatise (one of two)

Vocal treatise (two of two)

Lectures and Speeches

Lectures (one of two)

Lectures (two of two)

"Effects of War on Music"

"A Survey of Music History with records," several versions (one of four)

"A Survey of Music History with records" (two of four)

"A Survey of Music History with records" (three of four)

"A Survey of Music History with records" (four of four)

Political speeches

General Writings

Articles, drafts (alphabetical by title)

Miscellaneous writings (unpublished articles and other writings)

Translations

Translations (song lyrics and articles about Farrar)

Music

The music in the collection is in both printed and manuscript form. The compositions by Farrar are exclusively for voice with piano accompaniment; the majority date from the late 1930's.

Arrangement is by subseries, then alphabetical by composer and title.

Music composed by Geraldine Farrar

Chil Chil Blue and Co Che Bang. Lyric sheets and sketches

Child's Christmas Carol. Sketches

Concert Aria (Liebesfreud). Sketches

The Easter Robin. Sketches

The Easter Robin.New York: Carl Fischer, Inc., . 1938

The Fan. Lyric sheet and sketches

The Four Winds--For Children's Pageant. Holograph piano-vocal score

Frülingsglaube. Sketches

Hymn. Sketches

Hymn for Maccabuc Memorial Church. Sketches

Invitation (Souvenir For Lily). Sketches, holograph piano-vocal score

The Infant Jesus Lullaby. Lyrics and sketches

The Legend of the Dogwood Tree. Lyric sheets and sketches

The Little Christmas Donkey. Lyric sheets and holograph piano-vocal score

The Little Christmas Donkey.New York: Carl Fischer, Inc., . 1938

Little Valse For Nancy. Sketches

Little Waltz For Nancy.New York: Carl Fischer, Inc., . 1938

Message. Sketch

The Miniature. Sketches and holograph piano-vocal score

The Miniature.New York: Carl Fischer, Inc., . 1938

Minnelied (Hölty) [May Carol]. Holograph piano-vocal score

Morning. Holograph piano-vocal score

My Heart Sings. Holograph piano-vocal score

My Neighbor's Curtain. Sketches

Nostalgia. Sketches

Oiseaux. Sketches

Spring Wooing. Sketches

Spring Wooing.New York: Carl Fischer, Inc., . 1938

Slumber Song. Sketches and holograph piano-vocal score

Slumber Song.New York: Charles Foley, . 1939

The Song of The Quail. Holograph piano-vocal score

Spring Song. Lyric sheets

The Swallows. Lyric sheet and sketches

Valse Caressante. Sketches and holograph piano-vocal score

Whisper You Care. Holograph piano-vocal score

Whisper You Care.New York: Carl Fischer, Inc., . 1938

Xmas Greeting. Sketches and printed Christmas card version

Catalog--Compositions and Arrangements by Geraldine Ferrar

Miscellaneous sketches, title unknown

Vocal Exercises

Music edited and/or arranged by Geraldine Farrar

Bach, J.S.

Supplication (Air on the G String). Sketches

Supplication (Air on the G String).New York: Carl Fischer, Inc., . 1937

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Evening. Sketches

Gilmour, Howard

Mandarin Princess. Sketches

Mandarin Princess.New York: Carl Fischer, Inc., . 1938

Kreisler, Fritz

Liebesfreud (Love's Delight). Farrar's sketches and printed

Song of May: A Viennese Love Song.New York: Carl Fischer, Inc., . 1935

Love Comes and Goes: A Viennese Love Song.New York: Carl Fischer, Inc., . 1934

The Old Refrain (Viennese Popular Song). Farrar's lyric sheets and printed copy of Kreisler original

Dear Homeland: Viennese Popular Song.New York: Carl Fischer, Inc., . 1915

Schön Rosmarin (Fair Rosmarin). Farrar's lyric sheets, sketches, and printed copy of Kreisler original

Fair Rosmarin: A Viennese Love Song.New York: Carl Fischer, Inc., . 1935

Shepherd's Madrigal. Farrar's sketches and printed copy of Kreisler original

Shepherd's Madrigal: Old German.New York: Carl Fischer, Inc., . 1937

The Whole World Knows: A Viennese Love Song .New York: Carl Fischer, Inc., . 1934

Moussorgsky, Modest

Tears: Song for Voice and Piano.New York: Carl Fischer, Inc., . 1935

Rachmaninoff, Sergei

Mélodie, Op. 3, no. 3. Printed version of Rachmaninoff original and sketches for Farrar's version, titled "Reverie"

Schumann, Robert

Slumber Song. Sketches

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich

Challenge.New York: Charles Foley, . 1940

Dialogue. Sketches

Romeo and Juliet. Sketches

Juliet's Farewell.New York: Charles Foley, . 1940

Vocal works translated by Geraldine Farrar

Grechaninov, Alexandr Tikhonovich

The Wounded Birch, Op. 1, No.2. Printed edition with pencil translation.

Kreisler, Fritz

Liebeslied: Duett aus dem Singspiel "Sissy". Printed edition with pencil translation

Lehar, Franz

Oh Wie Schön. Music and lyric sheets in Farrar's hand

Loewe, Carl

Die Oasis. Der "Bilder des Orients", Op. 10, No. 4 . Printed edition with pencil translation.

Rachmaninoff, Sergei

The Alder Tree (Before my window).New York: Carl Fischer, Inc., . 1922

The Fountain, Op. 26, No. 11.New York: Carl Fischer, Inc., . 1922

Here Beauty Dwells.New York: Carl Fischer, Inc., . 1922

The Mirage.New York: Carl Fischer, Inc., . 1922

Schumann, Robert

Sängerstrost (Singer's Consolation), Op. 127, no. 1. Manuscript, music and translation in Farrar's hand.

Unknown

Betracht dies Herz. Sketches

Kommet her ihr armen Sünder. Sketches

Music By Other Composers

Chamade

The Silver Ring.

Farrar, Geraldine , arranger

My Favorite Songs, (Favorite Songs of Famous Singers Series).Boston: Oliver Ditson Company, . 1916

Grétry, M.

Arie der Lucette aus "Silvain". Score and Orchestra Parts, two sets, one handwritten in ink and one mimeographed.

Wagner, Richard

Der Fünf Gedichte für eine Frauenstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung.Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, n.d.

Correspondence

The correspondence in the collection consist of letters, picture postcards, telegrams, and various personal notes both to and from Geraldine Farrar. The materials reflect both her private and public life.

Arrangement is alphabetical by correspondent.

Amato, Pasquale [See: scrapbook: Box 33]

America First

American Red Cross

American Society for Visual Education [See: scrapbook: Box 33]

American Women's Voluntary Services

"A" - miscellaneous

Belasco, David

Belew, Kyrle

Bell, Walter [See: scrapbook: Box 33]

Bemberg, Herman

Berlin, Königlichen Schauspiele

Bernhardt, Sarah

Bigelow, Poultney

Bleech, Leo

Bodanecky, Artur

Borchers, Dr. H. [See: scrapbook: Box 34]

Bori, Lucrezia [See also: scrapbook: Box 33]

Brainard, Bertha

Brandt, Marianne

Businger, Ruth (1927-65)

Businger, Ruth (re: biography)

Businger, Ruth (misc. business)

"B" - miscellaneous

Calvé, Emma

Carré, Albert

Carreño, Teresa

Caruso American Memorial Foundation

Caruso, Enrico

Cecilie, Crown Princess [See also: scrapbook: Box 33]

Charpentier, Gustave

Clement, Edmond

Consulate General of Germany [See also: scrapbook: Box 34]

Cobb, Irvin S.

Coward Poem Reactions (1943)

Curtis, Arthur M. [See: scrapbook: Box 33]

Cushing, Marc [See: scrapbook: Box 33]

"C" - miscellaneous

Damrosch, Walter Johannes [See: scrapbook: Box 33]

Davis, Robert H.

De Luca, Giuseppe

DeMille, Cecil B.

Droescher, Georg (1909-41)

Downes, Olin

Dukas, Paul

"D" - miscellaneous

Eames, Emma

Elliot, E.M. [See: scrapbook: Box 33]

Ellis, Charles A.

Emery, Ernest W.

Finck, Henry T.

Fiske, Minnie Maddern

Fitch, Clyde

Flagstad, Kirsten

Freeman, Mrs. [See: scrapbook: Box 33]

Fremstad, Olive

Frohman, Daniel [See also: scrapbook: Box 33]

Fuller, A. T.

"E-F" - miscellaneous

Galli-Curci, Amelita

Garden, Mary

Gay, Marcia

Gatti-Casazza, Giullio and Rosina [See also: scrapbook: Box 33]

General-Kommando III. Armee-korps (Germany)

Gertz, Elmer

Getzoff, Benjamin [See: scrapbook: Box 33]

Greystone Press

Goldwyn, Samuel

Gounod, Charles

Guilbert, Yvette

Gunsbourg, Raoul

"G" - miscellaneous

Hadley, Henry

Hahn, Reynaldo

Hesse, Almor Vangel [See: scrapbook: Box 39]

Holmes, E, Burton

Houghton Mifflin

Hughes, Rupert

Humperdinck, Engelbert

Humphries, Daisy ("Dadums")

Hurst, Ernie

"H" - miscellaneous

Internationale Stiftung, Salzburg [See: Mozarteum]

Irwin, Mary [See: scrapbook: Box 33]

Japanese student (anonymous)

Jerome, William Travers

Johnson, Edward [See: scrapbook: Box 33]

Kaulback, Friedrich August von

Kent, Rockwell

Key, Pierce V.R.

Klan, Marc

Krause, Otto [See: scrapbook: Box 33]

"I-K" - miscellaneous

La Grant, Earle W. [See: scrapbook: Box 33]

Lambert Company

Lara, Isidora de

Le Gallienne, Eva

Lehmann, Lilli (1904-15)

Lehmann, Lilli (1919-29)

Lehmann, Lotte [See also: scrapbook: Box 33]

Leoncavallo, Berthe

Long, John Luther

Mack, Willard

Marlowe, Julia

Martens, Frederick Hermann

Martinelli, Giovanni

Massenet, Jules

Maulsby, Ann

McBride, Mary Margaret

McCormack, John

McCormack, Mrs. John

Melba, Nellie

Melchior, Lauritz [See: scrapbook: Box 33, Box 42]

Metropolitan Opera Company, New York

Miller, Mrs. Bernard [See: scrapbook: Box 34]

Miscellaneous

Moscher, Florence

Mozarteum

Murat, Princess

Musical Courier

Muzio, Claudia

"M" - miscellaneous

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Nast, Condé

National Broadcasting Company

Neuer, Berthold [See: scrapbook: Box 33]

New England Conservarory of Music

New York Tribune

Nordica, Lillian

Novotna, Jarmila

"N" - miscellaneous

Oppenheimer, Mildred R.

Paris Opéra

Peroni, Carlo

Peterson, Dr. and Mrs. F. [See: scrapbook: Box 34]

Pickford, Mary

Plançon, Pol

Poet (anonymous)

Political Correspondence [See also: scrapbook: Box 33]

Pons, Lily [See also: scrapbook: Box 33]

Ponselle, Rosa Melba [See also: scrapbook: Box 33]

Prisoner (anonymous)

Puccini, Giacomo

Rachmaninoff, Sergei and Natalie [See also: scrapbook: Box 33]

Raisa, Rosa

Republican National Committee [See: scrapbook: Box 33]

Rogers, James H.

Rostand, Edmond

"O-R" - miscellaneous

Scharf, Bernard W. [See: scrapbook: Box 33]

Schirmer, Rudolph E.

Schumann-Heink, Ernestine

Sembrich, Marcela [See also: scrapbook: Box 33]

Sheldon, Edward

Slezak, Leo

Smith, Delos Jr. [See: scrapbook: Box 33]

Spanuth, August

Stockholm Opera

Stokowski, Olga Samaroff

Strauss, Richard

Sturgis, David [See: scrapbook: Box 33]

"S" - miscellaneous

Takaoki, Sumiko

Taylor, Deems

Tempest, Marie

Thompson, Samuel S.

Thorburg, Kerstin

Thursby, Emma Cecelia

Torrey, George Burroughs

Toscanini, Arturo [See: scrapbook: Box 33, Box 42]

Universal Pictures Corporation

U. S. Army, Women's Army Corps

U. S. Government, Office of Civil Defense

U. S. Government, Office of Price Administration

Huelsen, Von [See: Berlin, Königlichen Schauspiele]

"T-V" - miscellaneous

Waller, Frank Laird

Webb, Annie B.

Whitcomb, Lois Elisabeth [See: scrapbook: Box 42]

Wiggin, Kate Douglass ("Katydid")

Wilhelm, Crown Prince (1929-41) [See also: scrapbook: Box 33]

Wilhelm, Crown Prince (1945-51)

Wilhelm II, Kaiser

Wilkie, Mrs. Wendell

Wright, Mrs. Earl D. [See: scrapbook: Box 39]

Wolff, Albert

"W-Z" - miscellaneous

Zenatello,Giovanni [See: Gay, Marcia]

Miscellaneous

Unidentified [See also: scrapbook: Box 33, Box 39]

Contracts, 1908-1919

Farrar's contracts with the Metropolitan Opera from 1908 to 1918 comprise the bulk of the Contracts series. There are also a considerable amount of film contracts with the Goldwyn Pictures Corporation, dating from 1915 to 1919.

Arrangement is alphabetical by corporate body.

American Piano Company

American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers

Anderson, E.H.

Associated Exhibitors, Inc.

Claggett, Benjamin F.

Comité de l'Assocìation de Secour Mutuels entre les Artistes Dramatiques

Ellis, C.A.

Foley, Charles J.

German Government

Goldfish, Samuel

Goldwyn Pictures Corporation

Greystone Press, Inc.

Houghton Mifflin Company

Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company

Metropolitan Opera Company, New York

Peat, Harold R.

New England Concert Company

Victor Talking Machine Company

Contract-related materials

Scripts

Scripts of radio programs and pageants appear in both manuscript and typescript forms and reflect Farrar's career as a musical commentator for various radio programs and as a volunteer in civic organizations after her retirement from opera singing. The majority of the scripts are from the years 1934 and 1935.

Arrangement is alphabetical by title.

Aïda

American Radiator Company - "Sunday Evenings"

Damrosch Concert (20 January 1935)

Caruso Memorial (25 February 1935)

Die Walküre

Don Giovanni

Don Pasquale

La Forza del Destino - Ponselle

General Electric Show

Handel and Bach (1938 Metropolitan Christmas Broadcast)

Hänsel und Gretel

Lily Pons

Lucia di Lammermoor

Palmolive - "Stars of the Future" Audition

Pre-Season (Metropolitan Opera 1934-35)

Red Cross (1 of 2)

Red Cross (2 of 2)

Romeo et Juliette

La Serva Padrona

Simone Boccanegra

La Sonnambula - Bori

Tannhäuser

Tibbet, Laurence - Interview

La Traviata

Tristan et Isolde - Martinelli

Unidentified

WEAF Radio Station

WOR Radio Station

WQXR Radio Station

WTIC Radio Station

Programs, 1895-1934, undated

The programs in the collection date from Farrar's first recitals in Melrose, Massachusetts, during her teenage years to her final appearances as a concert singer in 1931.

Arrangement is chronological by date.

1895-1908

1910-1918

1918-1921

1921

1922-1927

1928-1930

1931-1934

Undated Programs

Awards and Certificates

The awards and certificates date from the last forty years of Farrar's life and contain those related to her many civic and artistic activities, including her ASCAP and Society of American Arts and Letters membership certificates.

Arrangement is by format.

Awards and Certificates (Alphabetical by Organization)

Clippings

The Clippings series consists of cut sections from various periodicals and newspapers.

Arrangement is chronological by date.

Miscellaneous Clippings

Scrapbooks, 1898-1941

The overwhelming majority of materials in the collection is found in 43 scrapbooks that cover Farrar's entire life and career.

Arrangement is chronological by date.

1898 and before

1901-1910

1903-1904

1905-1908

1905-1934

1906-1908

1907-1908

1908-1909

1908-1910 (one of two)

1908-1910 (two of two)

1909-1910 (one of two)

1909-1910 (two of two)

1909-1910

1910

1910-1911

1910-1912 (one of three)

1910-1912 (one of three)

1910-1912 (one of three)

1910-1930

1911-1915

1912-1914 (one of two)

1912-1914 (two of two)

1914-1919

1915

1916

1917-1918

1917-1935

1919 (one of two)

1919 (two of two)

1919-1920

1919-1921

1919-1921 (unboxed scrapbook)

1920-1925 (unboxed scrapbook)

1922-1923 (unboxed scrapbook)

1931-1932

1932

1933-1935

1934-1935 (unboxed scrapbook)

1935-1936

1937

1938-1939

1938-1941 (one of two)

1938-1941 (two of two)

1938-1939

Civic Materials

The civic materials in the collection contain an assortment of governmental papers, forms, and notes, such as an auto log-book and lists of telephone numbers. These materials represent Farrar's participation in the Red Cross and various governmental organizations during World War II.

Arrangement is alphabetical by organization.

American Red Cross (one of two)

American Red Cross (two of two)

Aircraft Notes

American Women's Voluntary Service, Inc.

B. and P.W. President's Special Fund

Blood Bank

Girl Scouts

Ground Observer Corps

Motor Corps Auto Log Book (one of two)

Motor Corps Auto Log Book (one of two)

Motor Corps Emergency List

Office of Price Administration

War Price and Rationing Boards

Miscellaneous

Photographs and Iconography

The photographs in the collection document Farrar's entire life and career. In addition to the many individual photographs, there are also two boxes of photographs (box 49, folders 5-8 and box 50) that were originally bound in two scrapbooks containing only photographs.

Arrangement is by format.

Farrar alone (in approximate chronological order) (one of three)

Farrar alone (two of three)

Farrar alone (three of three)

Farrar in various opera roles

Farrar with others (Red Cross Photographs)

Farrar with others

Photos without Farrar, includes signed photos of Massenet, Lilli Lehman, Wolf-Ferrari, and Saint-Saëns. Also includes miscellaneous Red Cross Photographs and photographs of the Kaiser's family that were in the box sealed until 1979.

Photographs of various musicians

Miscellaneous Photographs

Drawings of Farrar (magazine covers)

Miscellaneous Iconography

Farrar in Opera roles, originally in scrapbook (original order preserved)

Two bound volumes of photographs

Six folders of photos removed from scrapbook, in original order (also 3 books of stills from Farrar's silent films)

Miscellaneous iconography (oversize)

Miscellany

Miscellaneous items relating to Farrar's life and career. These include several fans used by Farrar in Madama Butterfly, a framed portion of the curtain from the old Metropolitan Opera house given to her in 1940, copies of the New Testament, as well as several medals and awards for her public service activities.