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Albert Voss collection

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Detailed Description

French Opera programs and cast lists

New Orleans Opera Association, season programs

Other New Orleans and area concert programs and cast lists

Non-New Orleans materials and other photographs, illustrations, correspondence, and personal items

Oversized documents, including photographs, programs, and playbills

Scrapbooks

Albert Voss collection, 1843-1990 | Louisiana Research Collection

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Collection Overview

Title: Albert Voss collection, 1843-1990

ID: LaRC/Manuscripts Collection 856

Primary Creator: Voss, Albert L.

Extent: 19.0 Boxes

Arrangement: The collection is arranged into six series: 1) French Opera programs and cast lists; 2) New Orleans Opera Association, season programs; 3) Other New Orleans and area concert programs and cast lists; 4) Non-New Orleans materials and other photographs, illustrations, correspondence, and personal items; 5) Oversized documents; and 6) scrapbooks. The collection consists of nineteen boxes and two oversize folders.

Date Acquired: 07/18/1990

Subjects: French Opera House (New Orleans, La.), New Orleans Opera Association., New Orleans Philharmonic-Symphony Society., Opera -- Louisiana -- New Orleans., Voss, Albert L.

Forms of Material: Clippings (information artifacts), Correspondence., Photographs., Programs (documents)., Scores., Scrapbooks., Theater programs.

Languages: French, English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The collection consists of programs, scrapbooks, clippings, cast lists, photographs, illustrations, correspondence, personal items, invitations, a manuscript score of Aida, playbills, and reviews pertaining to New Orleans musical and theatrical performances between 1843 and 1990. There are also music programs from places outside of New Orleans.

Biographical Note

Albert L. Voss (1888-1964) was a graduate of Tulane's College of Arts and Sciences (1911). He was an English instructor in Tulane's University College after World War II until 1963. He taught at Warren Easton High School for forty-two years. Voss also studied voice with Leon Ryder Maxwell, director of the Newcomb School of Music. He had two children, Hilda Mary Boudreaux and Albert L. Voss, Jr.

Subject/Index Terms

French Opera House (New Orleans, La.)
New Orleans Opera Association.
New Orleans Philharmonic-Symphony Society.
Opera -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
Voss, Albert L.

Administrative Information

Repository: Louisiana Research Collection

Access Restrictions: Collection is open to the public. No known restrictions.

Use Restrictions: Physical rights are retained by the Louisiana Research Collection. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.

Acquisition Source: Hilda Mary Voss Boudreaux and Albert L. Voss, Jr.

Acquisition Method: Gift.

Preferred Citation: Albert Voss collection, Manuscripts Collection 856, Louisiana Research Collection, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118.

Processing Information: Collection processed in 1993 and 1996 by Whitney McCray, Irwin Lachoff, and M. LeBlanc.

Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid information entered in Archon by LAC Group in 2011.

Box and Folder Listing

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[Series 1: French Opera programs and cast lists, 1843-1903],
[Series 2: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1943-1990],
[Series 3: Other New Orleans and area concert programs and cast lists, 1930-1989],
[Series 4: Non-New Orleans materials and other photographs, illustrations, correspondence, and personal items],
[Series 5: Oversized documents, including photographs, programs, and playbills],
[Series 6: Scrapbooks],
[All]

Series 2: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1943-1990

Box 5: New Orleans Opera Association season programs, 1943-1944 to 1963-1964

Folder 1: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, summer 1943, 1943-1944, 1944-1945
Folder 2: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1945-1946, 1947-1948, 1948-1949
Folder 3: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1951-1952, 1952-1953, 1953-1954
Folder 4: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1954-1955
Folder 5: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs; Experimental Opera Theatre of America, season programs, 1955-1956; 1955-1956
Folder 6: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1956-1957
Folder 7: Experimental Opera Theatre of America, season programs; New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1958; 1957-1958
Folder 8: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1958-1959
Folder 9: Experimental Opera Theatre of America, season programs; New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1959; 1959-1960
Folder 10: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs; Experimental Opera Theatre of America, season programs, 1960-1961; 1960
Folder 11: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1961-1962
Folder 12: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1962-1963
Folder 13: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1963-1964

Box 6: New Orleans Opera Association season programs, 1964-1965 to 1976-1977

Folder 1: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1964-1968
Folder 2: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1969-1970
Folder 3: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1970-1971, 1971-1972
Folder 4: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1972-1973, 1973-1974
Folder 5: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1974-1975
Folder 6: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1975-1976
Folder 7: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1976-1977

Box 7: New Orleans Opera Association season programs, 1978-1979 to 1989-1990

Folder 1: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1978-1979
Folder 2: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1979-1980, 1980-1981
Folder 3: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1981-1982, 1982-1983
Folder 4: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1983-1984, 1984-1985, 1985-1986, 1986-1987
Folder 5: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1987-1988, 1988-1989, 1989-1990

Box 8: New Orleans Opera Association season programs, 1960-1961 to 1967-1968

Folder 1: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1960-1961
Folder 2: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1961 October 17-1962 April 2
Folder 3: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1962 December 24-1963 April 9
Folder 4: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1963 October 29-1964 March 24
Folder 5: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1964-1965
Folder 6: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1965-1966
Folder 7: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1966-1967
Folder 8: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1967-1968

Box 9: New Orleans Opera Association season programs, 1967-1968 to 1971-1972

Folder 1: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1967-1968
Folder 2: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1968 September-1969 February
Folder 3: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1969 March-1969 May
Folder 4: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1969 September-1970 January
Folder 5: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1970 February-April
Folder 6: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1970-1971
Folder 7: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1971-1972

Box 10: New Orleans Opera Association season programs, 1971-1972 to 1982-1983

Folder 1: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1971-1972
Folder 2: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1972-1973
Folder 3: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1973-1974
Folder 4: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1974-1975
Folder 5: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1974-1975
Folder 6: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1975 September-November
Folder 7: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1975 December-1976 March
Folder 8: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1979 May, 1982 September-1983 January
Folder 9: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1983 February-May

Box 11: New Orleans Opera Association season programs, 1983-1984 to 1989-1990

Folder 1: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1983 September-1984 January
Folder 2: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1984 February-May
Folder 3: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1984 September-1985 January
Folder 4: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1985 January-May
Folder 5: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1985 September-1986 January
Folder 6: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1986 January-May
Folder 7: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1986-1987
Folder 8: New Orleans Opera Association, season programs, 1987-1988, 1988-1989, 1989-1990

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