Grace Moore Scrapbook
This collection consists of a scrapbook containing photographs, newspaper and magazine clippings, playbills, and more pertaining to Grace Moore's career and personal life between 1930 and 1949.
The scrapbook was put together by Marjorie Goldman during her youth.
Dates
- 1930-1949
Language
The material in this collection is in English.
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
0.5 Linear Feet (1 half box)
Abstract
This collection consists of a scrapbook containing photographs, newspaper and magazine clippings, playbills, and more pertaining to Grace Moore's career and personal life between 1930 and 1949.
Biographical/Historical Note
Nicknamed the "Tennessee Nightingale," opera singer Grace Moore was born December 5, 1898 or 1901, in Slabtown, Tennessee, and raised in Jellico, Tennessee. She studied singing and music theory at Ward-Belmont College in Nashville and later in Washington, D.C. Around 1920, Moore moved to New York and debuted in 1928 at the Metropolitan Opera in La Boheme. She later starred in a number of musical motion pictures, including New Moon (1930), Jenny Lind (1931), One Night of Love (1934), Love Me Forever (1935), and I'll Take Romance (1937). She was nominated for an Academy Award after her performance in One Night of Love. She toured Europe and sang at the Met several times.
In 1931, Moore married Spanish actor Valentin Parera in Cannes, France. On January 26, 1947, the plane Moore was riding crashed and exploded during takeoff in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her body was flown to Chattanooga, Tennessee, and buried.
Arrangement
This collection consists of five folders. The first four contain the pages of the scrapbook in their original order and the fifth folder contains the scrapbook cover.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository