Marie M. Hardee Ellis collection, 1841-1881, 1909-1941, n.d.

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Marie M. Hardee Ellis collection, 1841-1881, 1909-1941, n.d.

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The Marie M. Hardee Ellis collection consists of one autograph book with the date April 5, 1880 written in the front endpaper and one folder containing loose papers that were found between the autograph book's pages. Entries are in English, French, and German and include both signatures cut from documents and pasted onto the pages as well as entries inscribed directly into the book. Noteworthy signatures in the autograph book include those of Helen Keller (undated), Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1877), and President John Tyler (1841). Loose papers include autographed Savannah concert programs for sopranos, Grace Moore (1938) and Lily Pons (1941).

1 autograph book.1 folder.

Georgia Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7571857

Georgia Historical Society

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Pons, Lily, 1898-1976

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Alice Joséphine Pons (April 12, 1898–February 13, 1976), known professionally as Lily Pons, was a French-American operatic soprano and actress who had an active career from the late 1920s through the early 1970s. As an opera singer, she specialized in the coloratura soprano repertoire and was particularly associated with the title roles in Lakmé and Lucia di Lammermoor. In addition to appearing as a guest artist with many opera houses internationally, Pons enjoyed a long association with the Met...

Moore, Grace, 898-1947

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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882

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Poet, from Cambridge (Middlesex Co.), Mass. From the description of Papers, 1859-1874. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19903002 American author and poet. From the description of A psalm of life, fourth verse, 1850. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 274069802 American teacher, translator, and poet. From the description of Letter, Nahant, Mass., to Mrs. T.B. Lawrence, Newport, 1872 July 20. (Boston Athenaeum...

Keller, Helen, 1880-1968

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Helen Adams Keller (1880-1968) devoted her life to bettering the education and treatment of the blind, the deaf, and the nonverbal, and was a pioneer in educating the public in the prevention of blindness in newborns. Keller was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama on June 27, 1880. When Helen Keller was 19 months old she became ill with Scarlet Fever, which resulted in her becoming blind and deaf. In her autobiography The Story of My Life, a book she first wrote in 1903 at the age of 23, she desc...

Ellis, Marie M. Hardee, ca. 1869-1950.

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Marie M. Hardee Ellis (ca. 1869-1950) was the daughter of John Lewis Hardee (1837-1891) and the grandaughter of Noble Andrew Hardee (1805-1867). She was also the sister of Noble Andrew Hardee (ca. 1865-1928), a Savannah musician who studied both locally and in Germany. Marie Hardee married Charles Ellis and had four children. She died in Savannah, Georgia on October 28, 1950. From the description of Marie M. Hardee Ellis collection, 1841-1881, 1909-1941, n.d. (Georgia Historical Soci...

Tyler, John, 1790-1862

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John Tyler (b. March 29, 1790, Charles City County, Virginia–d. January 18, 1862, Richmond, Virginia), was the tenth President of the United States (1841–1845) and the first to succeed to the office following the death of President William Henry Harrison....