Constance Hope papers, 1931-1975
Summary Information
Abstract
At a Glance
- Call No.:
- MS#0611
- Bib ID:
- 4078909 View CLIO record
- Creator(s):
- Hope, Constance, 1908-1977
- Repository:
- Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Physical Description:
- 7.09 linear feet (17 document boxes)
- Language(s):
- English .
- Other Finding Aids
- Access:
- You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
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The following boxes are located offsite: Boxes 6-17. You will need to request this material from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at least three business in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
This collection has no restrictions.
Description
Summary
Correspondence, contracts, photographs, and printed material of Constance Hope. The materials relate to her associations with the artists for whom she acted as an agent. Correspondents include Fannie Hurst, Lotte Lehmann, Erich Leinsdorf, Lily Pons, Bruno Walter, Grace Moore, Leopold Stokowski, and Leonard Bernstein.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in two series: Series I: Correspondence; Series II: Manuscripts.
Using the Collection
Other Finding Aids
Restrictions on Access
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
The following boxes are located offsite: Boxes 6-17. You will need to request this material from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at least three business in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
This collection has no restrictions.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Constance Hope papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Libraries.
Related Materials
Constance Hope is the author of Publicity is Broccoli, also available on microfilm. See also Mary B. Bowling's "Such Interesting People: Singers, Musicians and Constance Hope," Columbia Library Columns, Vol. 26, No.1 (November 1976), 3-15.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--Berliner, Constance Hope. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1975. Accession number--M-75.
About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Processing Information
Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 07/--/89.
Separated Materials
Constance Hope's autobiography "Publicity is Broccoli" was removed from Box 17 and cataloged. Copy, with dust jacket, inscribed by Hope: "To Columbia University of the story of my life with thanks Constance Hope Berliner Dec 18th 1975."
Revision Description
2020-06-29 PDF replaced with full finding aid (JR)
Biographical / Historical
Public relations specialist, artists' representative.
Constance Hope was a graduate of Barnard College. She served as the New York representative for foreign publication of Fairchild Publications and advertising representative for Women's Wear magazine. Later, a public relations counsel for many opera stars, she established Constance Hope Associates, whose clients included Grace Moore, Lily Pons, Jeanette MacDonald, Lauritz Melchior, Bruno Walter, Rose Bampton and Elisabeth Rethberg. She also served as the publicity director for the Metropolitan Opera and the Director of Artist Relations in the Red Seal Records division of RCA. She was married to Milton Lionel Berliner.
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