Finding Aid for the Grace Moore Papers, 1930-1981
MS-1111 University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, October 10, 2006.
Summary Information
Grace Moore Papers
Date/Date Range : 1930-1981
3.0 linear feet
Abstract: The acquisition of this Grace Moore material significantly complements the existing Grace Moore collection (MS-1025). The addition contains correspondence, fan mail, sheet music, scrapbooks, and scripts of several Hollywood productions in which she participated.
MS-1111
University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Access and Use
This collection is property of the University of Tennessee Special Collections Library.
Collection is open for research.
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
[Identification of Item], Grace Moore Papers, MS-1111. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.
Arrangement
Collection consists of two boxes.
Biography / History
Nicknamed the "Tennessee Nightingale," opera singer Grace Moore was born December 5, 1898 or 1901, in Slabtown, TN, and raised in Jellico, TN. She studied singing and music theory at Ward-Belmont College in Nashville, TN, and then studied in Washington, D.C. Around 1920, Moore moved to New York and debuted in 1928 at the Metropolitan Opera in La Boheme. Between 1930 and 1938 she starred in several movies, one of which garnered her an Academy Award nomination. She toured Europe and sang at the Met several times throughout her life, and in 1931 Moore married Spanish actor Valentin Parera in Cannes, France. On January 26, 1947, the plane Moore was riding crashed and exploded during takeoff in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her body was flown to Chattanooga, TN, and buried.
Collection Scope and Content Note
The acquisition of this Grace Moore material significantly complements the existing Grace Moore collection (MS-1025). The addition contains correspondence, fan mail, sheet music, scrapbooks, and scripts of several Hollywood productions in which she participated.
Subject Terms
- Moore, Grace, 1898-1947.
- Singers -- Tennessee.
- Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States.
Contents List
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1
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Folder
1
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Correspondence - Business
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1
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Folder
2
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Correspondence - General
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1
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Folder
3
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Correspondence - Metropolitan Music Bureau, Inc.
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1
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Folder
4
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Correspondence - Schangoni
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1
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Folder
5
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Correspondence - Townsend
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1
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Folder
6
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Fan Club Publications
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1
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Folder
7
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Fan Mail - Held for Personal Response
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1
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Folder
8
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Fan Mail - Noteworthy
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1
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Folder
9
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Fan Mail - Photograph Requests, Etc.
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1
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Folder
10
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Fan Mail - Responses
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1
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Folder
11
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Photographs - "One Night of Love"
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1
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Folder
12
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Score - "Didon" by Gustave Charpentier
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1
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Folder
13
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Scrapbooks - Magazine/Newspaper Excerpts
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1
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Folder
14
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Scripts - "Columbia No. 18"
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1
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Folder
15
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Scripts - "Goodbye to Love" B
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| Box
2
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Folder
1
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Scripts - "I'll Take Romance"
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2
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Folder
2
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Scripts - "The King Steps Out"
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| Box
2
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Folder
3
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Scripts - "Louise"
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| Box
2
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Folder
4
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Scripts - "Marseillaise"
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| Box
2
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Folder
5
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Scripts - "Table Des Morceaux"
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| Box
2
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Folder
6
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Scripts - "To-day We Live"
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| Box
2
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Folder
7
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Scripts - "When You're ln Love"
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| Box
2
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Folder
8
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Scripts - "Wings of Song"
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2
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Folder
9
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Scripts - Misc. - Gulf Oil Radio Show
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| Box
2
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Folder
10
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Sheet Music - "Cherie, I Love You" , "Beautiful Valley of Tennessee" , and "Oh Those Bells"
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| Box
2
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Folder
11
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Undated and Miscellaneous Material
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