Autographed invitation to Buffalo Celebrity Home-Coming Night, 1955 Jan. 27.

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Autographed invitation to Buffalo Celebrity Home-Coming Night, 1955 Jan. 27.

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Event held at the Hotel Statler ballroom on 27 Jan. 1955, sponsored by the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. Invitation autographed by Buffalo "celebrities", including William "Wild Bill" Donovan, Joseph Kripps, Jack Yellen, Rose Bampton, and others. Include is a typed list of the celebrities.

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Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7754311

Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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Donovan, William Joseph, 1883-1959

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William Joseph "Wild Bill" Donovan (January 1, 1883 – February 8, 1959) was an American soldier, lawyer, intelligence officer and diplomat, best known for serving as the head of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency, during World War II. He is regarded as the founding father of the CIA, and a statue of him stands in the lobby of the CIA headquarters building in Langley, Virginia. A decorated veteran of World War I, Donovan is the only person ...

Hunt, Gertrude, 1890 or 1-1968.

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Public relations director at Buffalo General Hospital for 14 years. From the description of Autographed invitation to Buffalo Celebrity Home-Coming Night, 1955 Jan. 27. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 56506203 ...

Yellen, Jack, 1892-1991

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American composer and lyricist. From the description of Title page of sheet music for "The songwriter and the red head," signed by Jack Yellen (words and music) and Marion Healy, [1970]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270924826 Songwriter. From the description of Reminiscences of Jack Yellen : oral history, 1958. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122376617 ...

Buffalo Philhamonic Orchestra.

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Krips, Josef

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Bampton, Rose

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Rose Bampton, an American operatic soprano born 1908, was married to Canadian conductor Wilfrid Pelletier; both had professional connections with conductor Arturo Toscanini. From the guide to the Collection of items associated with Arturo Toscanini, ca. 1882-1967, (The New York Public Library. Music Division.) American mezzo-soprano, later soprano. From the description of Autograph letter signed Rose B. Pelletier, dated : [New York], to Francis Mason, 1975 Nov. 1...