Helena Modjeska collection, 1881-1989.

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Helena Modjeska collection, 1881-1989.

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Collection contains primary and secondary source materials documenting Helena Modjeska's successful acting career following her emigration to the United States; her long residence in Orange County, California; and continuing biographical interest in her in the years following her death.

1.7 linear feet (4 boxes and 3 oversize folders)

University of California, Irvine. Library. Department of Special Collections

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SNAC Resource ID: 7558843

University of California, Irvine. Library. Department of Special Collections

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Phillips, Ernest C. (Ernest Crozier),

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Modjeska, Helena, 1840-1909

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Polish actress. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Arthur Sullivan, 1884 June 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125606 Actress. From the description of Letter of Helena Modjeska, 1884. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454585 ...

Chłapowski, Karol

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Online Archive of California

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Lee, Ellen K.

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Ellen K. Lee, Orange County historian and Helena Modjeska authority, was born in 1918 in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Lee studied English literature at Wellesley College, graduating in 1938. Seeking a warmer climate, she moved to Los Angeles in the late 1940s with her husband. In 1956, she moved to Newport Beach where she raised four sons and pursued scholarly interests including lecturing and writing about local history. Lee first learned of Helena Modjeska while completing a writing assignment for a ...