Crooks, Richard, 1900-1972

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Alexander Richard Crooks, tenor, was born in Trenton, N.J. on June 26, 1900. He toured widely, and sang with the Metropolitan Opera Company from 1933 to 1942. Crooks recorded extensively for the Victor record company, and was featured on several radio series from 1929 to 1945. He married his childhood friend Mildred Pine in 1921 and they had two children, Patricia and Richard, Jr. In retirement, the couple settled in Portola Valley. Richard Crooks died on September 30, 1972.

From the description of Richard and Mildred Crooks Collection. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 463520617
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referencedIn ARS Audiotape Collection, 1900-1991 Archive of Recorded Sound
referencedIn Rosa Ponselle collection of performances, recorded interviews, and films, 1926-1987 The New York Public Library. Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
referencedIn Schauwecker, Frederick. Papers, bulk 1913-1957. Coe College, Stewart Memorial Library
creatorOf Cary, Lowell Vernon, 1936-2006,. Bud Cary San Francisco opera collection. California state library
creatorOf Crooks, Richard, 1900-1972. Richard and Mildred Crooks Collection. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Richard Crooks collection, [19--?-ongoing]. Museum of Performance & Design
creatorOf Cooper, Betty Miller,. Betty Miller Cooper photograph collection, [1932-1986]. Museum of Performance & Design
referencedIn Automobile Club of Southern California,. Automobile Club of Southern California Collection of Photographs and Negatives, 1898-1982 (bulk 1920s-1930s) Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
referencedIn Regina Hay papers, 1930-1966 Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Richard and Mildred Crooks Collection, 1913-1984 Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound
referencedIn Automobile Club of Southern California Collection of Photographs and Negatives, 1898-1982, bulk 1920s-1930s The Huntington Library
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associatedWith Hay, Regina, 1896- person
associatedWith Ponselle, Rosa, 1897-1981 person
associatedWith Richard and Mildred Crooks person
associatedWith Schauwecker, Frederick. person
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Birth 1900-06-26

Death 1972-09-30

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