Pons, Lily, 1898-1976

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French-American coloratura soprano and movie actress who performed at the Metropilitan Opera and toured with American forces in North Africa, Europe, and the China/Burma/India theaters in World War II. In her later years, Pons lived in Dallas, Tex.

From the description of Lily Pons collection, 1944-1976. (Texas Woman's University Library). WorldCat record id: 28185420

Epithet: singer

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001186.0x0001c5

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Miscellaneous conducting papers, [ca. 1940-1980]. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
creatorOf Greenway, Lauder. Opera and recital collection [sound recording], 1901-1972. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn E. Robert Schmitz Papers, 1909-1991 (inclusive) Irving S. Gilmore Music Library
referencedIn The Virgil Thomson Papers Yale University, Music Library
referencedIn Robert Benney research materials, 1926-1978 The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
creatorOf Cooper, Betty Miller,. Betty Miller Cooper photograph collection, [1932-1986]. Museum of Performance & Design
referencedIn Nicolas Slonimsky Collection, 1873-1997, (bulk 1920-1990) Library of Congress. Music Division
creatorOf Pons, Lily, 1898-1976. Autograph, 1932 May 3. Dartmouth College Library
creatorOf Pons, Lily, 1898-1976. Lily Pons collection, 1944-1976. Texas Woman's University Library, Mary Evelyn Blagg-Huey Library
creatorOf Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993. The Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings [sound recording], 1940-1968. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Jan Peerce collection of sound recordings, 1932-1983 The New York Public Library. Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
referencedIn The Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings [sound recording], 1940-1968 The New York Public Library. Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
referencedIn The Virgil Thomson Papers, 1804-1990 (inclusive) Irving S. Gilmore Music Library
referencedIn Papers of Robert Woods Bliss and Mildred Barnes Bliss, ca. 1860-1969 (inclusive) Harvard University Archives.
referencedIn Amphion Club collection, 1893-1963 San Diego History Center Document Collection
referencedIn Autograph collection. Texas Woman's University Library, Mary Evelyn Blagg-Huey Library
referencedIn Geraldine Farrar Collection, 1895-1943, (bulk 1898-1939) Library of Congress. Music Division
referencedIn Scrapbook on opera and theater, 1938-1940. Museum of Performance & Design
creatorOf Cary, Lowell Vernon, 1936-2006,. Bud Cary San Francisco opera collection. California state library
creatorOf Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977. Leopold Stokowski papers, 1916-1994. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Morgan, Rufus, 1918-2001. Letter, 1945 June 5 (China) to Guy Lipscomb. University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries
referencedIn The Radio Entertainers and Announcers Collection, 1937-1945 (Bulk 1942-1943) New-York Historical Society
referencedIn Holley, Lawrence, 1924-. Oral history interview with Lawrence Holley, 1999. Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center
referencedIn Ellis, Marie M. Hardee, ca. 1869-1950. Marie M. Hardee Ellis collection, 1841-1881, 1909-1941, n.d. Georgia Historical Society
referencedIn De Luca, Gaetano. Scrapbooks, 1907-1936. Tennessee State Library & Archives, TSLA
referencedIn Farrar, Geraldine, 1882-1967. Geraldine Farrar collection, 1895-1943 (bulk 1898-1939). Library of Congress
referencedIn Opera Air Check Recordings collection, 1937-1956 University of California, Santa Barbara. Davidson Library. Department of Special Collections.
creatorOf MS Mus. 1174. Eugene Goossens Collection. Vol. iv. Labunski–Procopé; 1932-1962, n.d.ff. 245. 345 x 216mm.includes:f. 1 Sir Aynsley Eugene Goossens, conductor and composer: Adele Franklin, pianist and piano teacher: Letter to Sir Aynsley Eugene G..., 1932-1962 British Library
referencedIn Koussevitzky, Serge, 1874-1951. Serge Koussevitzky Archive, 1920-1976 (bulk: 1924-1951) Library of Congress. Music Division
referencedIn Hope, Constance, 1908-1977. Constance Hope papers, 1931-1975. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Pons, Lily, 1898-1976. Correspondence with Marian Anderson, 1954. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn The Railroad hour, radio program [sound recording], 1948-1954 The New York Public Library. Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
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creatorOf Molly Saltman "Art and Artists" interviews Archives of American Art
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associatedWith Amphion Club. corporateBody
associatedWith Benney, Robert, 1904-2001 person
correspondedWith Bliss, Robert Woods, 1875-1962 person
associatedWith Cary, Lowell Vernon, 1936-2006, person
associatedWith Cooper, Betty Miller, person
associatedWith Dartmouth College Concert Series 1932 May 3) corporateBody
associatedWith De Luca, Gaetano. person
associatedWith Ellis, Marie M. Hardee, ca. 1869-1950. person
associatedWith E. Robert Schmitz person
correspondedWith Farrar, Geraldine, 1882-1967. person
associatedWith Greenway, Lauder. person
associatedWith Holley, Lawrence, 1924- person
associatedWith Hope, Constance, 1908-1977. person
associatedWith Kostelanetz, Andre, 1901-1980. person
correspondedWith Koussevitzky, Serge, 1874-1951 person
associatedWith Morgan, Rufus, 1918-2001. person
associatedWith Peerce, Jan, 1904-1984 person
associatedWith Railroad Hour Radio Program corporateBody
associatedWith Saltman, Molly, 1915- person
associatedWith Slonimsky, Nicolas, 1894-1995 person
associatedWith Thomson, Virgil, 1896- person
associatedWith Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989. person
associatedWith University of California, Santa Barbara. Archive of Recorded Vocal Music corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
Texas
Subject
Sopranos (Singers)
Women
Women in opera
Occupation
Performer
Vocalists
Activity

Person

Birth 1898-04-12

Death 1976-02-13

Active 1932

Active 1962

Americans

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