This series includes correspondence, publicity material, clippings, and photographs related to Davis's 1997 monograph The American Opera Singer: The Lives and Adventures of America's Great Singers in Opera and Concert from 1825 to the Present (New York: Doubleday, 1997). Also included are clippings and printouts of reviews of his book, and printouts of online message boards about the publication. This series comprises floppy disks containing various drafts of the monograph.
Box 10 Folder 6-7
Material relating to The American Opera Singer, circa 1997-1999, 2 folders
The two folders reflect two different groupings of similar material found in seperate boxes.
Box 10 Folder 8
Photographs collected for The American Opera Singer, circa 1997
Box 21 Item 43
Wordstar file of chapter 18 from The American Opera Singer, circa 1997, 1 items
Box 21 Item 44
Wordstar files of chapters 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17, interludes 2 and 3, from The American Opera Singer, circa 1997, 1 items
Box 21 Item 77
Files relating to The American Opera Singer: chapters 14, 19-24, 25, interlude 5, circa 1997, 1 items
Box 21 Item 78
Files relating to The American Opera Singer: chapters 1-17, interludes 1-4, introduction, prelude, circa 1997, 1 items
Box 21 Item 78
Files relating to The American Opera Singer: chapters 1-17, interludes 1-4, introduction, prelude, circa 1997, 1 items
Box 21 Item 79
Files relating to The American Opera Singer: copy edits of chapters 12-20, interludes 3-4, circa 1997, 1 items
Box 21 Item 80
Files relating to The American Opera Singer: copy edits of the title page, contents, intro, prelude, chapters 1-11, interludes 1-2, circa 1997, 1 items
Box 21 Item 81
Files relating to The American Opera Singer: copy edits of chapters 21-25, interlude 5, postlude, coda, notes, circa 1997, 1 items
Box 21 Item 82
Files relating to The American Opera Singer: unedited versions of chapters 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, interludes 4-5, postlude, circa 1997, 1 items
Box 21 Item 83
Files relating to The American Opera Singer: unedited versions of chapters 10-18, interlude 3, circa 1997, 1 items
Box 21 Item 84
Files relating to The American Opera Singer: unedited versions of title page, contents, intro, prelude, chapters 1-9, interludes 1-2, circa 1997, 1 items
Box 21 Item 85
Files relating to The American Opera Singer: edited versions of interludes 4-5, chapters 15-23, circa 1997, 1 items
Box 21 Item 86
Files relating to The American Opera Singer: edited versions of prelude, interludes 2-3, chapters 1-14, circa 1997, 1 items
Box 21 Item 87
Davis's music column [likely for New York magazine]; files relating to The American Opera Singer: edited versions of introduction, chapters 4, 25, postlude, bibliographies, footnotes, circa 1997, 1 items