Laura Lee Bird collection, 1932-1953.

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Laura Lee Bird collection, 1932-1953.

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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 newsclippings from the 1930's containing her verse. Two Japanese prints marked Hiroshige and Shoson complete the collection.

2.25 linear ft.

Texas Woman's University Library, Mary Evelyn Blagg-Huey Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7000188

Texas Woman's University Library, Mary Evelyn Blagg-Huey Library

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College of Industrial Arts (Denton, Tex.)

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Texas Woman's University

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Reception area and dining room for small groups on second level of Hubbard Hall, the main banquet and dining facility on the campus at Texas Woman's University, Denton, Texas. From the description of Redbud room guestbook, 1976-1981. (Texas Woman's University Library). WorldCat record id: 80751590 Academic department at Texas Woman's University, Denton, offering undergraduate and graduate degrees. From the description of Department of Sociology and Social Work pa...

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...