Abbott, Emma, 1850-1891
Biographical notes:
Emma Abbott (born December 9, 1850, Chicago, Illinois – died January 5, 1891, Salt Lake City, Utah) was an American operatic soprano and impresario known for her pure, clear voice of great flexibility and volume.
Links to collections
Emma Abbott poem, 1883
New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
Abbott, Emma, 1850-1891. Emma Abbott miscellany, 1881-1891.
Cornell University Library
Abbott, Emma, 1850-1891. Letter, portrait, and biography, 1876.
Harold B. Lee Library
Abbott, Emma, 1850-1891. Women authors collection, A-Al, 1944-1965.
Pennsylvania State University Libraries
Abbott, Emma, 1850-1891. Emma Abbott letter : Kansas City, Mo. : ALS, 1885 Dec. 13.
UC Berkeley Libraries
Sullivan, Arthur, Sir, 1842-1900. Letterpress transfer : to Emma Abbott, 1884 July 11.
Pierpont Morgan Library.
[Scrapbook of clippings on various women singers, especially Jenny Lind, Adelina Patti, and Emma Abbott, and on miscellaneous persons].
Chicago History Museum
Emma Abbott collection, [ca. 1884-ongoing].
Museum of Performance & Design
Photographs of theatrical performers, 1862-1982.
Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
Photographs of theatrical performers, 1862-1982.
Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
Nicolas Slonimsky Collection, 1873-1997, (bulk 1920-1990)
Library of Congress. Music Division
Candler, Warren A. (Warren Akin), 1857-1941. Warren A. Candler papers, 1846-1977.
Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
Fred A. Rosenstock autograph collection
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Actress and Singer Photograph Collection, ca. 1850 - 1930, 1850-1930
The Society of California Pioneers.
Photographs of theatrical performers, 1862-1982.
Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
Related names in SNAC
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Arbuckle, Maclyn, 1866-1931.
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Aylesworth, Barton O. (Barton Orville), 1860-1933
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Candler, Warren A. (Warren Akin), 1857-1941.
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Norris, Thomas W. (Thomas Wayne).
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Rosenstock, Fred A., b. 1895
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Slonimsky, Nicolas, 1894-1995
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Sullivan, Arthur, Sir, 1842-1900.
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Society of California Pioneers
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Subjects:
- Theater
- Actresses
- Employment references
- Opera
- Women
- Women singers
- Women singers
- Women singers
- Women singers
- Women singers
- Women singers
- Women singers
Occupations:
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Places:
- Missouri (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
Variant Names
Abbott, Emma, 1850-1891
Abbott, Emma
Abbott, Emma, 1849-1891.
