Eleanor Steber collection

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Eleanor Steber collection

1920-1990

http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL.Hough:hou02928

The 14 oversize files are organized in alphabetical order by material type. The 121 boxes sent to HD in February 2000 are sorted into the following categories, but unprocessed: Costumes, Clothing (6 boxes); Financial (11 boxes); Music (14 boxes); Books (3 boxes); Objects (5 boxes); Publicity/PR (20 boxes); Photographs (10 boxes); Manuscripts/Archival files (12 boxes); and Audio recordings (40 boxes). Sent to HD in August/September 2006: Scrapbooks (9 boxes). A brief inventory list is available in the Harvard Theatre Collection internal files for the unprocessed materials.

135.75 linear feet (142 boxes and 14 oversize folders)

eng, Latn

Houghton Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11661953

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Steber, Eleanor, 1914-1990

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65m64h7 (person)

Eleanor Steber was born in Wheeling, West Virginia on July 17, 1914. She was the daughter of William Charles Steber, Sr. (1888–1966) and Ida Amelia (née Nolte) Steber (1885–1985). She had two younger siblings – William Charles Steber, Jr. (1917–2002) and Lucile Steber Leslie (1918–1999). She made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in 1940 and was one of its leading artists through 1961. She was known for her large, flexible silvery voice, particularly in the high-lying soprano roles of Richard ...