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| Creator: | Lansing, Charlotte. |
| Title: | Charlotte Lansing Papers |
| Dates: | 1924-1984 |
| Size: | 3.5 linear feet |
| Abstract: | Materials documenting Lansing’s personal and professional life |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
University Archives, Special Collections Research Center Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Ave., Suite 600 Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center/university-archives |
Biography
Charlotte Lansing Snyder (1899-1983) was born in Brainard, New York, and spent her childhood and adolescence in Central New York. She attended Syracuse University, graduating in 1920 with her bachelor’s degree in music from the College of Fine Arts. While a student at Syracuse, she was a member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority, the Glee Club, the Consumer’s League, and the Class Executive Committee for two years. Ten years after her graduation, in 1930, she married Edward Hillyer Mackenzie.
Under the stage name of Charlotte Lansing she had a successful career in theater, performing in musical comedies and light operas. She traveled across the country and sang for the St. Louis Municipal Opera Company, the Chicago Civic Opera, and the Los Angeles Opera. Her performances in productions such as Blossom Time and My Maryland in 1938 and 1939 were well received by critics and audiences alike. She also performed on Broadway multiple times, in productions of Desert Song, New Moon, Showboat, and East Wind. Along with her stage performances, Lansing also sang on a weekly NBC radio program every Sunday afternoon in the 1930s.
After her acting career, Lansing worked as a cotton broker. She was the first woman to register with the New York Cotton Exchange, and she worked for Hirsch & Co., and then later for Carl M. Moeb, Rhoades & Co.
Scope and Content Note
The Charlotte Lansing Papers document aspects of Lansing’s personal and professional life. Highlights of the collection include correspondence, mainly consisting of letters written to her from her husband; a large number of newspaper clippings that report on theatrical productions in which Lansing performed; photographs, playbills and programs from her performances; and three scrapbooks full of newspaper clippings, photographs, and programs. The collection also includes several audio recordings, though only two appear to contain recordings of performances by Lansing.
Restrictions
Access Restrictions
Please note that the collection is housed off-site, and advance notice is required to allow time to have the materials brought to the Reading Room on campus.
Access to audiovisual material requires advance notice to produce a use copy.
Use Restrictions
Written permission must be obtained from the Syracuse University Archives and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
Related Material
In addition to these papers, the Syracuse University Archives holds a clippings file and a portrait file on Charlotte Lansing.
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Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Charlotte Lansing Papers,
University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Transferred from the Syracuse University Special Collections Research Center in 2005.
Processing Information
The materials have been placed in acid-free folders and boxes.
Finding Aid Information
Created by: Steffi Chappell and Meg Mason
Date: 2014
Revision history: September 2024 - Media processed, inventory updated (VSOM)