Emily Gresser Papers, 1880s-2004, bulk 1910-1919

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Series I: Manuscript Material, 1890s-1960s



Box 1 Folder 1 David Liebowitz, 1921 - 1960

Correspondence with and letters of recommendation for David Liebowitz, 2 posters announcing "the Canvas Sky" by David Liebowitz, four photos from 1960.


Box 1 Folder 2 Emily Gresser, 1918

Article on Liebowitz Publix Shirt Co., 2 Schirmer bills, thank you note.


Box 1 Folder 3 Performance Programs, 1916-1919

Arion Erstes Konzert; Friday Musicales - Hotel Statler, Cleveland: Brooklyn Academy of Music; Mme. Guilbert, Massey Hall; Stadium Symphony Orchestra CUNY; Philadelphia Philharmonic Review; University of Southern California; Carnegie Hall; Mendelssohn Hall; Steinway Hall.


Box 1 Folder 4 Photographs, 1890s-1960s

Photographs of Emily Gresser and David Liebowitz. B/W negative of stage production (Freud in Guilbert's act).



Box 4 Folder 1 Photographs, circa 1900-1910

Photographs inscribed to Emily Gresser from M. Schiller and R. W. Daly



Box 1 Folder 5 Creole Violin 1

Hand notated sheet music


Box 1 Folder 6 Emily Gresser "Young Years" (scrapbook), 1910-1915

Blue (international press clippings, mostly in German from 1910s)



Box 4 Folder 2 Emily Gresser: The American Violinist (scrapbook), 1915


Box 4 Folder 3 Touring USA with Yvette Guilbert and Gustav Ferrari (scrapbook), 1916


Box 4 Folder 4 Touring America with Yvette and on her own (scrapbook), 1917


Box 4 Folder 5 Carrying On (scrapbook), 1918-1919


Box 4 Folder 6 Songs (scrapbook), 1922

Miscellaneous and final performance prorgram



Box 1 Folder 7 Guilbert, Yvette, "Quitor", 1912

Manuscript of play