Laura Lee Bird Collection 1932-1953

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Laura Lee Bird Collection 1932-1953

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Native Texas poet and costume designer for the New York stage, and graduate of College of Industrial Arts in 1929 and 1931 (later Texas Woman's University) Collection contains around 750 original drawings, illustrations and costume designs. Most of the designs are signed Lauralee, and many have inscribed verse and/or notations naming characters or scenes from plays or musical works. Included are designs for And for "Yale, Night : Being a Ballet-Masque", "Rip Van Winkle", "The Crock of Gold", "The Hour Glass", "Prometheus Unbound", "Salome", "The Tempest", and "The Mikado". Also included are Bird's original poetry, and news clippings from the 1930's containing her verse. Two Japanese prints marked Hiroshige and Shoson complete the collection.

Texas Woman's University, the Woman's Collection

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Bird, Laura Lee

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Native Texas poet and costume designer for the New York stage, and graduate of College of Industrial Arts in 1929 and 1931 (later Texas Woman's University) From the description of Laura Lee Bird collection, 1932-1953. (Texas Woman's University Library). WorldCat record id: 20707481 Laura Lee Bird, a native Texan poet and costume designer for the New York stage, received her B.S. (1929) and M.A. (1931) from the College of Industrial Arts. While attending CIA, she was active i...