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Creator: | Glassbury, Betty Blanc. |
Title: | Betty Blanc Glassbury Papers |
Inclusive Dates: | 1944-1966 |
Quantity: | 0.5 linear ft. |
Abstract: | American poet. Collection includes manuscript poems and a small amount of printed material. |
Language: | English |
Repository: | Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Betty Blanc Glassbury (dates unknown) was an American poet. Her works have been published in the United States, Canada, England and Australia. She served as president of the Composers, Authors and Artists of America and the National League of Creative Artists, and was an active member of various arts-related organizations including the Chopin Society and the Ziegfeld Club.
Glassbury was also a well-known opera singer and a traveler, linguist and collector of Tibetan art. Following her operatic career she turned to art, painting and working in ceramics.
The Betty Blanc Glassbury Papers consist of correspondence, subject files, manuscripts and published material.
Correspondence contains two incoming letters. Subject files include awards and clippings. Manuscripts consists of poetry written by Glassbury. Published material includes newspaper clippings about Glassbury and several issues of Composers, Authors and Artists of America.
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Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Betty Blanc Glassbury Papers
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Created by: [Summit record]
Date: Mar 1967
Revision history: 22 Apr 2010 - converted to EAD (MRC)
Correspondence | |||||||||||
Box 1 | Incoming 1966 |
Subject files | |||||||||||
Box 1 | Certificates 1944-1945 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Clippings about 1965 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Clippings about others 1966 |
Manuscripts | |||||||||||
Box 1 | Poems |
Published material | |||||||||||
Box 1 | Magazine, Composers, Authors and Artists of America 1964-1966 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Newspaper clipping about 1965 |