Indiana University Finding Aids

Golden Family Collection

 
Series: Grace Golden (? - Aug 14, 1903)  

Box 8  
Subseries: Correspondence, 1882-1992,  undated   15 items; 1 folder
 
Scope Note: Girlhood letters; 4 Feb 1885 letter to Aunt Fannie about her determination to be a singer; letters from fans
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Subseries: Personal Papers  

Box 8  
Biographical material  30 items; 1 folder
 
Scope Note: Biographical material, handwriting analysis, school items, religious cards - Grace's engagement broken late 1900.
 
Miscellaneous  1 folder
Scope Note: Watercolor, gift, 1891; Library of Congress Guide, gift, 1897.
 
Subseries: Performances, 1885-1990 , undated  

 
Scope Note: Opera and theatre programs, playbills of theatre companies with which she performed
Box 8  
1897  4 items; 1 folder
 
Scope Note: Grace's peformance (earliest in opera) as "Mlle. Goldini" and "Mlle. Goldeni."
 
Programs and Play Bills, 1885-1896  28 items; 1 folder
 
Playbill, "Lichtenberger!", 1887   

 
Programs and Play Bills, Apr-Dec, 1899  14 items; 1 folder
 
American Theatre program, December 11, 1899  

 
Programs and Play Bills, Dec 1899-Apr 23  24 items; 1 folder
 
Castle Square Opera Company, December 25, 1899  

 
The Stvdebaker Theater, April 23, 1900   

 
Programs and Play Bills, May 1900-undated  8 items; 1 folder
 
Playbill, "Esmeralda"  

 
Metropolitan English Grand Opera Company program, "Esmeralda"  

 
Metropolitan English Grand Opera Company listing  

 
Career and Performances, 1894-1901  7 items; 1 folder
 
The Marie Burroughs Art Portfolio of Stage Celebrities  

 
Metropolitan English Grand opera Company season 1900-1901  

 
Grace Golden, concerts, festivals, 1900-1901  

 
Subseries: Bound Manuscripts, 1882-1890  

Box 8  
Diary, 1882 .  11 p. utilized 9 x 15 cm.
 
Scope Note: School girl accounts; used only the month of January; inscribed by donor, but no signature.
 
Autograph Album, 1884, 1890  16 x 10 cm. In English, French and German.
Scope Note: New York, Philadelphia; some autographs; Marcella Sembrich, Reginald de Koven, Campanini.
Box 9  
Script Books, 1897  2 items; 20 x 26 cm. 1 folder
 
Scope Note: Scripts for roles: Yum Yum ( The Mikado ); Marie ( Daughter of the Regiment ); Galatea ( Galatea); Gianetta ( The Gondoliers ); Arline ( The Bohemian Girl ); Phyllis ( Iolanthe ); title roles in Olivette, Patience , and Maritana.
Box 9  
Subseries: New Testament, 1887
 
Scope Note: Autograph
Box 9  
Subseries: Biography   1 folder
 
Scope Note: Louis Snyder, "Golden Discovery: the saga of a forgotten American singer." Opera News, Dec 7, 1985. 11-15.
 
Subseries: Scrapbooks  

Box 9  
1889-1892    21 p. used; 17.5 x 21 cm.
 
Scope Note: Probably collected and labeled by W.E. Golden.
 
1891-1894    77 p. used; 19 x 24 cm.
Scope Note: Loose clippings laid in with later dates; probably collected and labeled by W.E. Golden.
 
1894-1903    250 p. 24 x 38 cm.
Scope Note: Loose clippings laid in, some labels by W.E. Golden; other unidentified writing.
 
Subseries: Clippings  

 
Scope Note: Personal information and theatrical reviews.
Box 9  
1868-1893-    30 items; 1 folder
 
1894-1899    15 items; 1 folder
 
1901-1903    56 items; 1 folder
 
1890's-1900's    12 items; 1 folder