Tom and Ruth Blanchard Chautauqua collection, 1907-1982 1920-1940.

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Tom and Ruth Blanchard Chautauqua collection, 1907-1982 1920-1940.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/230741167

This collection contains material related to Tom and Ruth Blanchard's appearances in Chautauqua and radio, including correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and ephemera such as Chautauqua programs from Blair, Nebraska. Also present are items related to their later years together spent in Blair.

.5 linear ft. (1 box)

University of Iowa Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7092431

University of Iowa Libraries

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Blanchard, Ruth

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Blanchard, Thomas 1980-....

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Tom Blanchard was born in Gardiner, Maine, attended Bates College, and the Boston Lyceum School. Following the death of his first wife, he met Ruth Moore in 1921 in Blair, Nebraska, where he appeared on the Chautauqua circuit as a member of the New England Male Quartet. Ruth, born in Omaha, Nebraska, attended Dana College, Trinity Seminary, and Nebraska Wesleyan, followed by Boston Lyceum School where she studied music. They were married in 1923. In 1925, Tom and Ruth formed a duo and appeared w...