The Horne Family research collection 1777-1989.

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The Horne Family research collection 1777-1989.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122465717

Collection of photographs, original documents and correspondence related to the Horne family, assembled by Gail Lumet Buckley during the research and writing of her book "The Hornes: An American Family" (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986.)

1.5 lin. ft. (4 boxes)

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 6723989

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Horne, Lena.

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Singer, actress, performer of stage, films and television. Lena Horne was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1917 and began her professional career in 1934 as a chorus girl at the Cotton Club in Harlem, New York. In 1935 her career as a singer was launched with the Noble Sissle and later, the Charlie Barnet bands. She toured extensively in the United States and Europe. In the 1940s she appeared at New York's Cafe Society Downtown and from there went to Hollywood where she became the firs...

Buckley, Gail Lumet, 1937-....

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The Horne Family Research Collection documents the life history of the Hornes (formerly spelled Horn) and the Calhouns and their extended family from circa 1777 until the present. Born in Maryland circa 1777, the founding mother of the Calhoun family was Sinai Reynolds, who enjoyed "favored slave" status as the household cook, and was given the opportunity to learn to read and write. After she bought her freedom in 1859, Mrs. Reynolds, her husband Henry, and four of thei...

Horne family.

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Horn family.

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Horne, Frank S., 1899-1974.

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