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Betty Blanc Glassbury Papers

An inventory of her papers at Syracuse University


Finding aid created by: [Summit record]
Date: Mar 1967

Biographical History

Betty Blanc Glassbury (d. 1979) was an American poet. Her works have been published in the United States, Canada, England and Australia. She served as president of 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 an opera singer, traveler, linguist and collector of Asian art. Following her operatic career she turned to art, painting and working in ceramics. She and her husband John had one daughter, Eunice.

[Portions of this biographical sketch adapted from Glassbury's obituary in the New York Times, 4 May 1979.]

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Betty Blanc Glassbury Papers consist of biographical material, correspondence, and writings.

Biographical material include awards and certificates, and a few clippings about her.

Correspondence contains items sent in Glassbury's capacity as president of Composers, Authors and Artists of America and some miscellaneous items.

Writings contains poetry, all of which is typescript, and several issues of Composers, Authors and Artists of America which contain Glassbury's poetry as well as the regular "President's Remarks" column written during her term as president of the organization.

Arrangement of the Collection

Alphabetical.

Restrictions

Access Restrictions:

The majority of our archival and manuscript collections are housed offsite and require advanced notice for retrieval. Researchers are encouraged to contact us in advance concerning the collection material they wish to access for their research.

Use Restrictions:

Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

Subject Headings

Persons

Glassbury, Betty Blanc.

Subjects

Poetry -- Societies, etc.
Poets, American.
Women poets, American.

Genres and Forms

Awards.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Drafts (document genre)
Manuscripts for publication.
Periodicals.
Poems.

Occupations

Poets.

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Betty Blanc Glassbury Papers,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries

Table of Contents

Biographical material

Correspondence

Writings

Inventory