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Bessie Hand Browning musical Louisville performance programs and reviews collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 1998_073-UA
This miscellaneous group of programs from, and reviews of, musical performances dating from 1920 through 1934, belonged to Bessie Hand Browning. The collection contains programs from the Brown Theatre, the Louisville Municipal Auditorium, and other theaters, schools, and churches in Louisville, representing mainly events sponsored by the Community Concert Association, the Civic Arts Association, and the Wednesday Morning Club. Included in a few of the programs are sketches portraying the performing artists. It is arranged in chronological order.

Dates

  • 1920-1934

Creator

Conditions Governing Use

The copyright interests in the Bessie Hand Browning Musical Louisville Performance Programs and Reviews Collection have not been transferred to the University of Louisville.

Extent

.25 linear feet (1 half-manuscript box)

Additional Description

Biographical / Historical

Browning taught music and worked in administration in the Louisville Public Schools (later the Jefferson County Public Schools) for over forty years. She also taught part-time at the University of Louisville.

Classifications

Related Name

Creator

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Bessie Hand Browning Musical Louisville Performance Programs and Reviews Collection
Status
Completed
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid is in English.

Physical Storage Information

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the University of Louisville Archives and Special Collections Repository

https://library.louisville.edu/archives
Contact:
Ekstrom Library, Lower Level Room 17
Louisville KY 40292
502 852-6752
502 852-6673 (Fax)

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