Reminiscences of Mary Ellis Peltz : oral history, 1977.

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Reminiscences of Mary Ellis Peltz : oral history, 1977.

Family background, childhood in New York City; music critic for EVENING SUN, 1920-24; lecturing for Metropolitan Opera Guild speakers' bureau; establishment of Metropolitan Opera archives; editing OPERA NEWS, 1936-57; opera translations; impressions of Metropolitan management.

Transcript: 82 leaves.Tape: 3 cassettes.

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