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Conductors (Music) -- Portraits

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

May Valentine Opera Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Valentine
Abstract

Photographs of opera singers and conductors, collected by May Valentine, chorus director and music librarian for the Chicago Lyric Opera for 44 years. Mostly undated professional stills of individuals, plus a few stage scenes and miscellaneous group shots.

Dates: approximately 1910-1972

Milward Adams photograph collection [OFFSITE]

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Adams
Abstract

STORED OFFSITE – Contact reference@newberry.org for access. Collection of portraits of statesmen, orators, lecturers, musicians, singers, composers, and conductors collected by and autographed to Milward Adams, manager of Chicago's Auditorium Theater from 1889 to 1910.

Dates: approximately 1890-1910