Constance Hope papers, 1931-1975

Summary Information

Abstract

The Constance Hope papers cover over 40 years of Hope's associations with hundreds of performers and chronicles her career in the field of artists' and commercial publicity.

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

Legacy finding aid

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.

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

Legacy finding aid

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.

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Genre/Form
Autographs (manuscripts) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Name
Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Hurst, Fannie, 1889-1968 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Lehmann, Lotte CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Leinsdorf, Erich, 1912-1993 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Moore, Grace, 1898-1947 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Pons, Lily, 1898-1976 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Walter, Bruno, 1876-1962 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Concert agents CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Conductors (Music) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Musicians CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Performing arts CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Public relations consultants CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Singers CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Women singers CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID