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Lester Donahue Performing Arts 011 1 Collection Lester Donahue Performing Arts Collection

Collection number: 011

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Descriptive Summary Title: Lester Donahue Performing Arts Collection Dates: 1852-1963 Collection number: 011 Creator: Donahue, Lester Collection Size: 7 archival document boxes and 14 oversize boxes 20 linear feet Repository: Loyola Marymount University. Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections. Los Angeles, California 90045-2659 Abstract: The Lester Donahue Collection consists of materials on performing artists that Donahue, himself a concert pianist, collected. The collection also contains a substantial amount of material pertaining to Madame Helena Modjeska, the nineteenth-century actress who immigrated from Poland to the Orange County area in 1876 and became a star of theater in the United States. Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English Access Collection is open to research under the terms of use of the Department of Archives and Special Collections, Loyola Marymount University. Publication Rights Materials in the Department of Archives and Special Collections may be subject to copyright. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, Loyola Marymount University does not claim ownership of the copyright of any materials in its collections. The user or publisher must secure permission to publish from the copyright owner. Loyola Marymount University does not assume any responsibility for infringement of copyright or of publication rights held by the original author or artists or his/her heirs, assigns, or executors. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Series number, Box and Folder number, Lester Donahue Performing Arts Collection, Collection 011, Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University. Acquisition Information Lester Donahue originally collected the materials in this collection. Loyola Marymount University (then Loyola University) acquired them in 1964 from Count Daniel and Countess Bernardine Donohue, who had been close friends of Donahue and who served as executors of his estate. Lester Donahue had stipulated in his will that the materials go to Loyola University (now Loyola Marymount University). Accession number 1995.18. Lester Donahue Biography Lester Donahue (1892-1964) was a Los Angeles-born concert pianist. A protégé of the actress Madame Helena Modjeska, Donahue studied piano in Los Angeles, Berlin, and Switzerland. His first concert tour was in the United States, with the coloratura soprano Ellen Beach Yaw; this was only the first of many tours throughout the United States and also Europe for Donahue in the 1910s and 1920s.

Lester Donahue Performing Arts 011 2 Collection Donahue also served as the president of the Los Angeles Municipal Arts Commission. His interest in autographs and concert and musical programs and ephemera is reflected in the content of this collection. Collection Description This collection consists of several boxes of playbills, programs, and clippings pertaining to theater and film personalities from circa 1880 to circa 1950, with an emphasis on artists of 1910-1930.. Also in the collection are journal issues pertaining to performing arts, papers of Lester Donahue (including correspondence, certificates, articles written by him, etc.), sheet music, book jackets and artifacts The collection also contains a substantial amount of material pertaining to Madame Helena Modjeska (1840-1909), the nineteenth-century actress who immigrated from Poland to the Orange County area in 1876 and became a star of theater in the United States. This fact reflects Lester Donahue's status as a protégé of Modjeska. Materials on Madame Modjeska include books, photographs, letters, playbills, scrapbooks, typescript biographies, and several artifacts belonging to the actress. See: Series One: Clippings, box 3, folder 171. Series Two: Programs, Box 5, folders 24, 42, and 43; box 6, folder 62; box 14ov, folder 8. Series Five: Portraits, Subseries B: Helena Modjeska; Series Seven: Music Box 9ov, folders 1 and 2. Series Eight: Scrapbooks Series. Nine: Artifacts, Box 12ov, folders 13-16. NOTE: These books, shelved by call number, are part of the Lester Donahue Collection. 1995.18.15 Robida, A. The City of Carcassonne. [192-?]. DC801 .C24 R6313 1920 1995.18.16 Ford. DuBarry. c. 1902. DC135 .D8 F6 1902 1995.18.17 Drew. Autobiographical Sketch of Mrs. John Drew. 1899. PN2287 .D63 A3 1899 1995.18.18 Amiens La Cathédrale. 1918. NA5551 .A45 L4 1918 1995.18.19 Lee. A Life of William Shakespeare. PR2894 .L4 1899 1995.18.20 Brown. Joint Owners in Spain. PS1127 .J6 1925 1995.18.21 Agard. The Glory that Was Greece. DF 77 .A5 1930 1995.18.22 Patterson. Maude Adams. c1907. PN2287 .A4 P38 1907 The collection is arranged in the following series and subseries based on subject and format of materials. This may be the original order that Lester Donahue conceived. Series One Clippings Subseries A: People Subseries B: Miscellaneous Series Two Programs Series Three Serials Series Four Book Jackets Series Five Portraits Subseries A: General Subseries B: Helena Modjeska Series Six Lester Donahue Papers Series Seven Music Series Eight Scrapbooks Series Nine Artifacts Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Donahue, Lester, 1892-1964 Modjeska, Helena, 1840-1909 Entertainers -- Biography Actors -- Biography Actresses -- Biography

Lester Donahue Performing Arts 011 3 Collection Series 1:Clippings. Undated Series 1, Subseries A: People undated

Series 1: Clippings. Undated Series Description This series consists of newspaper clippings arranged into two subseries. Subseries A is "People," and contains items on actors and actresses, musicians, and authors.

Series 1, Subseries A: People undated

Box:Folder 1:1 Adams, Maude Box:Folder 1:2 Alda, Frances Box:Folder 1:3 Anderson, Mary Box:Folder 1:4 Anglin, Margaret Box:Folder 1:5 Antheil, George Box:Folder 1:6 Arditi, Luigi Box:Folder 1:7 Arliss, George Box:Folder 1:8 Armsby, Leonora Wood Box:Folder 1:9 Arnold, Edward Box:Folder 1:10 Arthur, Julia Box:Folder 1:11 Auer, Leopold Box:Folder 1:12 Bailey, Frankie Box:Folder 1:13 Baring, Maurice Box:Folder 1:14 Barry, Philip Box:Folder 1:15 Barrymore, Diana Box:Folder Barrymore, Ethel 1:16-17 Box:Folder 1:18 Barrymore, John Box:Folder 1:19 Barthelmess, Richard Box:Folder 1:20 Basil, Wassily de Box:Folder 1:21 Bauer, Harold Box:Folder 1:22 Beecham, Sir Thomas Box:Folder 1:23 Beerbohm, Max Box:Folder 1:24 Beethoven Box:Folder 1:25 Belasco, David Box:Folder 1:26 Berlioz, Hector Box:Folder 1:27 Bernhardt, Sarah Box:Folder 1:28 Boardman, Eleanor Box:Folder 1:29 Bond, Carrie Jacobs Box:Folder 1:30 Booth, Edwin Box:Folder 1:31 Bordoni, Irene Box:Folder 1:32 Bori, Lucrezia Box:Folder 1:33 Bos, C.V. Box:Folder 1:34 Boulanger, Nadia Box:Folder 1:35 Brady, William A. Box:Folder 1:36 Brian, Donald Box:Folder 1:37 Buhlig, Richard Box:Folder 1:38 Burke, Billie Box:Folder 1:39 Calvé, Emma Box:Folder 1:40 Campbell, Mrs. Patrick Box:Folder 1:41 Carpenter, John Box:Folder 1:42 Carreno, Teresa Box:Folder 1:43 Caruso, Enrico Box:Folder 1:44 Casals, Pablo Box:Folder 1:45 Castle, Irene Box:Folder 1:46 Cather, Willa Box:Folder 1:47 Cavallieri, Lina Box:Folder 1:48 Chaliapin, Feodor Box:Folder 1:49 Chaplin, Charlie

Lester Donahue Performing Arts 011 4 Collection Series 1:Clippings. Undated Series 1, Subseries A: People undated

Box:Folder 1:50 Chatfield, Taylor, Hobart Box:Folder 1:51 Chatterton, Ruth Box:Folder 1:52 Chenal, Marthe Box:Folder 1:53 Cochran, Charles B. Box:Folder 1:54 Cohan, George M. Box:Folder 1:55 Collier, Constance Box:Folder 1:56 Colton, John Box:Folder 1:57 Cornell, Katherine Box:Folder 1:58 Cortot, Alfred Box:Folder 1:59 Coward, Noel Box:Folder 1:60 Cowles, Eugene Box:Folder 1:61 Craig, Edward Gordon Box:Folder 1:62 Crane, William H. Box:Folder 1:63 Cuevas, Marquis de Box:Folder 2:64 Damrosch, Walter Box:Folder 2:65 Danilova, Alexander Box:Folder 2:66 Debussy, Claude Box:Folder 2:67 DeFalla, Manuel Box:Folder 2:68 DeMille, Agnes Box:Folder 2:69 Donahue, Lester Box:Folder 2:70 Draper, Muriel Box:Folder 2:71 Dressler, Marie Box:Folder 2:72 Drew, John Box:Folder 2:73 Duchin, Eddy Box:Folder 2:74 Duncan, Isadora Box:Folder 2:75 Duse, Eleonora Box:Folder 2:76 Eagles, Jeanne Box:Folder 2:77 Eames, Emma Box:Folder 2:78 Elliott, Maxine Box:Folder 2:79 Fairbanks, Douglas Box:Folder 2:80 Farrar, Geraldine Box:Folder 2:81 Fiske, Harrison Grey Box:Folder 2:82 Fiske, Minnie Maddern Box:Folder 2:83 Fitch, Clyde Box:Folder 2:84 Flagstad, Kirsten Box:Folder 2:85 Fokine, Michel Box:Folder 2:86 Forbes-Robertson, Sir Johnston Box:Folder 2:87 Forrest, Edwin Box:Folder 2:88 Forrester, Izola Box:Folder 2:89 Fowler, Gene Box:Folder 2:90 Frank, Herman W. Box:Folder 2:91 Fremstad, Olive Box:Folder 2:92 Friedman, Ignaz Box:Folder 2:93 Fry, Christopher Box:Folder 2:94 Galli-Curci, Amelita Box:Folder 2:95 Garden, Mary Box:Folder 2:96 Gentle, Alice Box:Folder 2:97 Gershwin, George Box:Folder 2:98 Godowsky, Leopold Box:Folder 2:99 Golden, John Box:Folder 2:100 Goldwyn, Samuel Box:Folder 2:101 Grainger, Percy Box:Folder 2:102 Granville-Barter, Harley Box:Folder 2:103 Greene, Patterson Box:Folder 2:104 Guilbert, Yvette Box:Folder 2:105 Guitry, Sacha Box:Folder 2:106 Hammond, John Hays, Jr. Box:Folder 2:107 Hampden, Walter

Lester Donahue Performing Arts 011 5 Collection Series 1:Clippings. Undated Series 1, Subseries A: People undated

Box:Folder 2:108 Hart, William S. Box:Folder 2:109 Hayes, Helen Box:Folder 2:110 Henschel, George Box:Folder 2:111 Herbert, Victor Box:Folder 2:112 Herne, Chrystal Box:Folder 2:113 Heyman, K. H. Box:Folder 2:114 Hofmann, Josef Box:Folder 2:115 Honegger, Arthur Box:Folder Hopper, Edna Wallace 2:115.1 Box:Folder 2:116 Hopper, Hedda Box:Folder 2:117 Howard, Kathleen Box:Folder 2:118 Howard, Leslie Box:Folder 2:119 Huberman, Bronislaw Box:Folder 2:120 Huneker, James Gibbons Box:Folder 2:121 Hurok, S. Box:Folder 2:122 Hutcheson, Ernest Box:Folder 2:123 Irving, Henry Box:Folder 2:124 Janis, Elsie Box:Folder 2:125 Jefferson, Joseph Box:Folder 2:126 Jeritza, Maria Box:Folder 2:127 Jones, Isabel Box:Folder 2:128 Joseffy, Rafael Box:Folder 2:129 Joyce, Peggy Hopkins Box:Folder 2:130 Kaufman, George Box:Folder 2:131 Kendal Box:Folder 2:132 Korngold, Erich Box:Folder 2:133 Kreisler, Fritz Box:Folder 2:134 Kubelik, Jan Box:Folder 3:135 Lamond, Frederic Box:Folder 3:136 Landowska, Wanda Box:Folder 3:137 Langtry, Lillie Box:Folder 3:138 Lasky, Jesse Box:Folder 3:139 Lauder, Harry Box:Folder 3:140 Lawrence, Gertrude Box:Folder 3:141 LeGallienne, Eva Box:Folder 3:142 Lehar, Franz Box:Folder 3:143 Lehmann, Lilli Box:Folder 3:144 Leichtentritt, Hugo Box:Folder 3:145 Levant, Oscar Box:Folder 3:146 Lhevinne, Josef Box:Folder 3:147 Lind, Jenny Box:Folder 3:148 Lindgren, Lydia Box:Folder 3:149 Lunt, Alfred Box:Folder 3:150 McArthur, Charles Box:Folder 3:151 McCarthy, Lillah Box:Folder 3:152 McCormack, John Box:Folder 3:153 MacDowell, Marian Box:Folder 3:154 Maeterlinck, Maurice Box:Folder 3:155 Mansfield, Richard Box:Folder 3:156 Mantle, Burns Box:Folder 3:157 Marbury, Elisabeth Box:Folder 3:158 Marlowe, Julia Box:Folder 3:159 Martin-Harvey, John Box:Folder 3:160 Martinelli, Giovanni Box:Folder 3:161 Matthay, Tobias Box:Folder 3:162 Maude, Cryil Box:Folder 3:163 Maugham, W. Somerset

Lester Donahue Performing Arts 011 6 Collection Series 1:Clippings. Undated Series 1, Subseries A: People undated

Box:Folder 3:164 Maxwell, Elsa Box:Folder 3:165 May, Edna Box:Folder 3:166 Melba, Nellie Box:Folder 3:167 Mendl, Elsie de Wolfe Box:Folder 3:168 Mengelberg, Willem Box:Folder 3:169 Mistinguett Box:Folder 3:170 Miura, Tamaki Box:Folder 3:171 Modjeska, Helena Box:Folder 3:172 Moiseiwitsche, Benno Box:Folder 3:173 Molnar, Ferenc Box:Folder 3:174 Montez, Lola Box:Folder 3:175 Moore, Grace Box:Folder 3:176 Mordkin, Mikail Box:Folder 3:177 Moussorgsky Box:Folder 3:178 Mowett, Anna Cora Box:Folder 3:179 Mozart Box:Folder 3:180 Nathan, George Jean Box:Folder 3:181 Nazimonva, Alla Box:Folder 3:182 Nielson, Alice Box:Folder 3:183 Nijinsky, Vaclav Box:Folder 3:184 Nordica, Lillian Box:Folder 3:185 Novello, Ivor Box:Folder 3:186 Odets, Clifford Box:Folder 3:187 O'Neill, Eugene Box:Folder 3:188 Ortero, La Belle Box:Folder 3:189 Pachmann, Vladimir de Box:Folder 3:190 Paderewski, Ignace Jan Box:Folder 3:191 Painter, Eleanor Box:Folder 3:192 Parker, Louise N. Box:Folder 3:193 Patti, Adelina Box:Folder 3:194 Payne, Theodore Box:Folder 3:195 Pemberton, Brock Box:Folder 3:196 Pickford, Mary Box:Folder 3:197 Pierrot Box:Folder 3:198 Pinza, Ezio Box:Folder 3:199 Power, Tyrone Box:Folder 3:200 Prokofieff, Sergei Box:Folder 4:201 Rachmaninoff, Sergei Box:Folder 4:202 Raisa, Rosa Box:Folder 4:203 Rambova, Natacha Box:Folder 4:204 Reinhardt, Max Box:Folder 4:205 Renard, Rosita Box:Folder 4:206 Reszke, Jean de Box:Folder 4:207 Richardson, Henry Handel Box:Folder 4:208 Ristori, Adelaide Box:Folder 4:209 Robertson, W. Graham Box:Folder 4:210 Robeson, Paul Box:Folder 4:211 Rogers, Will Box:Folder 4:212 Romberg, Sigmund Box:Folder 4:213 Rosenthal, Moriz Box:Folder 4:214 Russell, Lillian Box:Folder 4:215 Scheff, Fritzi Box:Folder 4:216 Schmitz, E. Robert Box:Folder 4:217 Schnabel Artur Box:Folder 4:218 Schoenberg, Arnold Box:Folder 4:219 Schumann-Heink, Ernestine Box:Folder 4:220 Shattuck, Arthur Box:Folder 4:221 Sheldon, Edward

Lester Donahue Performing Arts 011 7 Collection Series 1:Clippings. Undated Series 1, Subseries A: People undated

Box:Folder 4:222 Sherwood, Robert Box:Folder 4:223 Skinner, Cornelia Otis Box:Folder 4:224 Skinner, Otis Box:Folder 4:225 Sothern, E. H. Box:Folder 4:226 Sousa, John Philip Box:Folder 4:227 Spalding, Albert Box:Folder 4:228 St. Denis, Ruth Box:Folder 4:229 Stanislavsky, Kinstantin Box:Folder 4:230 Stevens, Ashton Box:Folder 4:231 Stock, F. A. Box:Folder 4:232 Stojowski, Sigismond Box:Folder 4:233 Stokowski, Leopold Box:Folder 4:234 Stokowski, Olga S. Box:Folder 4:235 Strange, Michael Box:Folder 4:236 Strauss, Richard Box:Folder 4;237 Stravinsky, Igor Box:Folder 4:238 Sullivan, Arthur Box:Folder 4:239 Sylva, Marguerita Box:Folder 4:240 Talmadge, Norma Box:Folder 4:241 Taylor, Deems Box:Folder 4:242 Taylor, Laurette Box:Folder 4:243 Terry, Ellen Box:Folder 4:244 Tetrazzini, Luisa Box:Folder 4:245 Teyte, Maggie Box:Folder 4:246 Thibaud, Jacques Box:Folder 4:247 Tibbet, Lawrence Box:Folder 4:248 Tree, Iris Box:Folder 4:249 Toscanini, Arturo Box:Folder 4:250 Tyler, George C. Box:Folder 4:251 Ulanova, Galina Box:Folder 4:252 Van Druten, John Box:Folder 4:253 Vanbrugh, Irene Box:Folder 4:254 Veiller, Bayard Box:Folder 4:255 Verne, Adela Box:Folder 4:256 Victoria, Vesta Box:Folder 4:257 Wadsworth, Mary Mannering Box:Folder 4:258 Wagner, Charles Box:Folder 4:259 Wagner, Friedelind Box:Folder 4:260 Warde, Frederick Box:Folder 4:261 Warren, Leonard Box:Folder 4:262 Watters, Gordon W. Box:Folder 4:263 Whitty, Dame May Box:Folder 4:264 Wood, Peggy Box:Folder 4:265 Woods, A. H. Box:Folder 4:266 Woollcott, Alexander Box:Folder 4:267 Wright, Cobina Box:Folder 4:268 Yurka, Blanche

Series 1, Subseries B: Miscellaneous. 1926-1963

Box:Folder 5:269 Mass, Color, Life: The Russians Make Brilliant Beginning, [re: Russian Ballet], Boston Transcript January 18, 1926 Box:Folder 5:270 Testing Memories of Music Lovers, [re: music memory contests sponsored by women's clubs], Chicago Sunday Tribune February 21, 1926 Box:Folder 5:271 Ancient Town to Celebrate:Carcassonne, in France, Now 2000 Years of Age..., ; Carcassone to Celebrate 2000th Birthday, Los Angeles Times; Los Angeles School Journal [1928?] Box:Folder 5:272 The Theatre, New Yorker January 19, 1929

Lester Donahue Performing Arts 011 8 Collection Series 1:Clippings. Undated Series 1, Subseries B: Miscellaneous. 1926-1963

Box:Folder 5:273 Ballet Theater Includes this City in Tour by Isabel Morse Jones, Los Angeles Times September 6, 1942 Box:Folder 5:274 [Newspaper picture of La Scala Theatre in Milan after allied attack], New York Times Sept. 11, 1943 Box:Folder 5:275 Britten's New Opera Potent, by Patterson Greene [ re: the Metropolitan Opera Production of Peter Grimes], Los Angeles Examiner April 16, 1948 Box:Folder 5:276 Di Stefano Artistry Hailed, by Patterson Greene [re: Manon at the Shrine Auditorium], Los Angeles Examiner April 21, 1948 Box:Folder 5:277 The Book Report, by Robert Kirsch [re: All the King's Ladies by John Harold Wilson], September 18, 1958 Box:Folder 5:278 Historic Chords Cover Keyboard, by Albert Goldberg. (Book review: The Great Pianists: From Mozart to the Present) Los Angeles Times December 22, 1963 Series 2: Programs. 1895-1963 Series Description This series consists of programs for plays, movies, symphonies.

Box:Folder 14ov:1 Abbey's Theatre. The Chieftain; MacBeth beginning October 21, 1895; beginning Oct. 29, 1895 Box:Folder 5:1 Aida. Opera in four acts by Giusepe Verde. 2 copies October 26, 1955 Box:Folder 5:2 Anderson, Dame Judith, in the Major Scenes from MacBeth, Tower Beyond Tragedy, Medea. Huntington Hartford Theatre, opening Nov. 13, 1961. Box:Folder 5:3 Ariadne auf Naxos. Opera in one act with prologue by Richard Strauss. 3 copies. Nov. 1 1957 Box:Folder 5:4 Auditorium [Los Angeles theater]. Program for La Tosca, Otello, Rigoletto, and Barber of Seville. Undated Box:Folder 5:5 Auntie Mame. A new comedy by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. Biltmore Theatre 1958 Box:Folder 5:6 Ben-Hur. By General Lew Wallace. Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1926 Box:Folder 5:7 Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward. Biltmore Theatre. Undated Box:Folder 5:8 Bolshoi Ballet. Shrine Auditorium May 19 through 30, 1959 and October 5 through October 16, 1962 Box:Folder 5:9 Boris Godounoff. Music drama in four acts...by Modeste Moussorgsky. n.y. Monday, Nov. 5 Box:Folder 5:10 British American War Relief Fund. Century Theatre. February 1st, 1916 Box:Folder 5:11 Callas, Maria Meneghini with symphony orchestra, Nicola Rescigno conductor. Shrine Auditorium. November 29, 1958 Box:Folder 5:12 The Carmelites. Opera in three acts...by Francis Foulenc. 3 copies. Oct. 29 1957 Box:Folder 5:13 Community Civic Music Association of Los Angeles. February 1961 Box:Folder 5:14 The Corn is Green by Emlyn Williams. National Theatre, New York; Biltmore Theatre. May 4, 1941; Undated Box:Folder 5:15 Cosi' Fan Tutte. Opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. 3 copies Wed. Nov. 6, 1957 Box:Folder 5:16 La Danse. Adeline Genee World-Famed Danseuse Assisted by M. Volinin and Corps de Ballet. (Souvenir program) Undated Box:Folder 5:17 Dear Liar. A comedy of letters by Mrs. Patrick Campbell and Bernard Shaw. Huntington Hartford Theatre. (2 copies) Opening Nov. 16, 1959. Box:Folder 5:18 Die Frau ohne Schatten. Opera in three acts by Richard Strauss. November 16 , 1960 Box:Folder 5:19 Die Walkure. Opera in three acts. Music and text by Richard Wagner. November 2, 1949 Box:Folder 14ov:2 Don Giovanni. Opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Metropolitan Opera House. Jan. 13, 1899 Box:Folder 5:20 Don Giovanni. Opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. 2 copies. November 5, 1955 and October 28, 1962 Box:Folder 14ov:3 Donna Diana. A Spanish comedy of Moreto, adapted by Westland Marston. Globe Theatre Boston. Featuring Modjeska. March 1st to 6th, 1886 Box:Folder 5:21 Elektra. Opera in one act by Richard Strauss. 1958 1958 Box:Folder 5:22 Faust by Goethe. Pilgrimage Outdoor Theatre, Los Angeles. Also clippings from the Los Angles Times and Los Angeles Examiner. 1938

Lester Donahue Performing Arts 011 9 Collection Series 2:Programs. 1895-1963

Box:Folder 5:23 Garden District. [By] Tennessee Williams. Nov. 1958 Box:Folder 5:24 Hamlet. Chicago Opera House. Edwin Booth as Hamlet and [Helena] Modjeska as Ophelia March 17, 1890 March 17, 1890 Box:Folder 5:25 Hamlet. 1958 Box:Folder 5:26 Heifetz-Piatigorsky Concerts with Leonard Pennario and guests. Scottish Rite-Masonic Temple September 14, 22, 29, No Year Box:Folder 14ov:4 Henschel, Mr. and Mrs. Georg vocal recital January 10. 1901 Box:Folder 5:27 Henry V by William Shakespeare Oct. 1958 Box:Folder 5:28 I Know My Love. A new play by S. N. Behrman...Biltmore Theatre beginning March 28, No Year Box:Folder 5:29 Junior Patriots of America. Hippodrome 8 April 1917 Box:Folder 5:30 Leningrad Kirov Ballet. Shrine Auditorium. November 21 through December 3, 1961. Box:Folder 5:31 Long Day's Journey into Night. [By] Eugene O'Neill. Biltmore Theatre April 28, 1958 Box:Folder 5:32 Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. Symphonies Under the Stars. July 30, 1958 Box:Folder 5:33 MacBeth. Opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. [By] William Shakespeare, February 24; Wednesday Oct. 30 1957; Tuesday Nov. 1 Box:Folder 5:34 A Man for All Seasons by Robert Bolt. Greek Theatre Association, July 22 through August 3, 1963 Box:Folder 5:35 The Man Who Came to Dinner. A new comedy by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman. Biltmore Theatre Feb. 12, 1940 Box:Folder 5:36 Manon. Opera in five acts. Book by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille. Music by Jules Massenet. April 20, 1948 Box:Folder 5:37 Mary Stuart [by] Friedrich Schiller. Biltmore Theatre, beginning Oct. 19, 1959 Box:Folder 5:38 Measure for Measure. Hollis St. Theatre. Modjeska accompanied by Mr. Eben Plympton and Her Own Company. March 26th to March 31st, 1888 Box:Folder 5:39 Medea. Opera in three acts by Luigi Chrubini. Freely adapted from "Medea" of Euripides by Robinson Jeffers Nov. 7 1958 Box:Folder 5:40 The Miracle. Book by Karl Vollmoeller, score by Engelbert Humperdinck, The Theatre International Seasons 1926-1927 Box:Folder 5:41 Das Mirakel von Carl Vollmoeller, mufic von Engelbert Humperdinck. Undated Box:Folder 5:43 Modjeska, Helena. Performances at the Garrick Theater, two weeks beginning. Camille and Measure for Measure. October 7, 1895 Box:Folder 5:44 Moiseyev Dance Company. Shrine Auditorium. May 24-29 1958 Box:Folder 5:45 Moscow State Symphony. Shrine Auditorium. February 17 and 18, 1960 Box:Folder 14ov:5 Music Hall, Founded by William Carnegie. Sixteenth Season. 1893-1894 Box:Folder 5:46 My Fair Lady. Adapted from Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion. Books and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. Music by Frederick Loewe. Los Angeles Civic Light Opera Association. Philharmonic Auditorium. Box:Folder 5:47 Il Nerone de Arrigo Boito. 1924. Box:Folder 5:48 Nude with Violin by Noel Coward. Belasco Theatre, premiere performance; Huntington Hartford Theatre. (2 copies); Also a menu from the Hotel Algonquin: "The Algonquin warmly welcomes Noel Coward[,] the Company and Friends on the opening of `Nude with Violin'" Nov. 14, 1957; two 1957 newspaper clippings; letter from Peggy Wood to Lester [Donahue] Nov. 14, 1957; March 11, 1958; Npv.14, 1957; 1957; Undated Box:Folder 6:49 The Old Vic Company in a repertory of plays by William Shakespeare and George Bernard Shaw. Orpheum Theatre. April 17 through May 5, 1962. Box:Folder 6:50 Paderewski. Twentieth American tour. Souvenir Program. Shrine Auditorium, April 2, 1939 and April 9, 1939. April 2, 1939 and April 9, 1939 Box:Folder 6:51 Paris '90. Music and lyrics by Kay Swift. (Cornelia Otis Skinner in Her New Solo Production) Undated Box:Folder 6:52 Peter Grimes. Opera in three acts and prologue. From the poem of George Crabbe. Words by Montagu Slater. Music by Benjamin Britten. 2 copies. April 15, 1948 Box:Folder 6:53 The Pleasure of His Company. A comedy by Samuel Taylor with Cornelia Otis Skinner with John Napier, Carolyn Groves. Biltmore Theatre Feb. 29, 1960 Box:Folder 6:54 Reinhardt, Max. Gilbert Miller presents Max Reinhardt New York Repertory Season, Signed by Reinhardt. 1927-1928 Box:Folder 14ov:6 Der Ring des Nibelungen by Richard Wagner. Jan. 12th - Feb. 16th, No Year

Lester Donahue Performing Arts 011 10 Collection Series 2:Programs. 1895-1963

Box:Folder 14ov:7 Romeo et Juliette. Metropolitan Opera House. Supplementary season of Grand Opera. April 1, No Year Box:Folder 6:55 Friday Oct. 28 [1955?] 2 copies Sunday Oct. 27 [1957?] 3 copies Box:Folder 6:56 Rubinstein, Artur. Undated Box:Folder 6:57 Russian Ballet, Royal Opera Covent Garden. July 2-10, 1920. Box:Folder 6:58 San Francisco Opera. Shrine Auditorium. Southern California Symphony presents the San Francisco Opera; Shrine Auditorium. Southern California Symphony Association presents the San Francisco Opera. October 23 through November 10, 1959.; October 27 through November 19, 1961. Box:Folder 6:59 San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteus, conductor. War Memorial Opera House. Tenth Program. February 20-22, 1947 Box:Folder 6:60 Scherzo. By Henry Cruse. Burbank Stage. Undated Box:Folder 6:61 Sonfín und der Haupttreffer. Theater in der Josefstadt. 1924 Box:Folder 6:62 Testimonial Tendered by Her Friends to Madame Modjeska. Metropolitan Opera House. May 2, 1905 Box:Folder 6:63 Tosca. Opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini. November 18, 1962 Box:Folder 6:64 Tphigenie. Theater in der Josefstadt . 1928 Box:Folder 6:65 Tristan und Isolde. Opera in three acts. Music and text by Richard Wagner. October 18, 1949 Box:Folder 6:66 Trouilus and Cressida. Opera in three acts by William Walton. Nov. 4, 1955 Box:Folder 6:67 Turandot. Opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini. Nov. 5, 1957 Box:Folder 14ov:8 Twelfth Night. Globe Theatre (Boston), Featuring Modjeska. March 1-6, 1886 Box:Folder 6:68 Under Two Flags by Paul M. Potter. [A collections of photographic scenes from the play] Cover signed by Blanch Bates. Clippings about Bates are glued to inside front and back covers. 1901 Box:Folder 6:69 The Visit. A play by Friedrich Duerrenmatt. Adapted by Maurice Valency. Biltmore Theatre, beginning (2 copies); Also three newspaper clippings about the performance. Nov. 17, 1959; Nov. 18-19, 1959 Box:Folder 6:70 Wozzeck. Opera in three acts by Alban Berg. Undated Series 3: Serials. 1894-1934 Series Description This series consists of journals and magazines concerning the arts that Lester Donahue collected. The titles are arranged alphabetically.

Box:Folder 7:1 Comoedia, anno 6, no. 9 . May 10, 1924 Box:Folder 14ov:9 Eikones. Undated Box:Folder 7:2-4 The Marie Burroughs Art Portfolio of Stage Celebrities, parts 1-14. 1894 Box:Folder 7:5 Paris Comet, vol. 2, no. 4 . [There is a picture of Lester Donahue on p. 47] September 1928 Box:Folder 7:6 The Philharmonic Review, vol. 9, no. 2 . November 1911 Box:Folder 7:7 Social Service Review. 1937-1939 vol. 1, no. 1 (October 1937). See p. 12: "Stokowski" by Lester Donahue vol. 1, no. 4 (May 1938). See p. 10: "Artur Rubinstein" by Lester Donahue vol. 2, no. 1 (October 1938). See p. 11: "Little Old Los Angeles" by Lester Donahue vol. 2, no. 2 (December 1938). See p. 7: "Little Old Los Angeles" by Lester Donahue (continued from October issue) vol. 2, no. 3 (March 1939). See p. 7: "Little Old Los Angeles" by Lester Donahue (continued from December issue). vol. 2, no. 4 (May 1939). See p. 9: "Little Old Los Angeles" by Lester Donahue (the fourth and concluding article by Mr. Donahue on the theater in early days of Los Angeles) Box:Folder Le Theatré et Comoedia Illustré, 27 anneé, no. 33 . May 1, 1924 14ov:10

Lester Donahue Performing Arts 011 11 Collection Series 4:Book Jackets. Undated

Series 4: Book Jackets. Undated Series Description This series consists of book jackets that Lester Donahue collected. The titles are arranged alphabetically.

Box:Folder 7:1 Costain, Thomas B. The Silver Chalice. Undated Box:Folder 7:2 Falk, Bernard. Rachel The Immortal. Undated Box:Folder 7:3 Fisher, Anne B. Cathedral in the Sun. Undated Box:Folder 7:4 Nijinsky, Romola. The Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky. Undated Box:Folder 7:5 Sheean, Vincent. Oscar Hammerstein 1: The Life an Exploits of an Impresario. Undated Box:Folder 7:6 Sichel, Pierre. The Jersey Lily: The Story of the Fabulous Mrs. Langtry. Undated Box:Folder 7:7 Thomas, Augustus. The Print of My Remembrance. Undated Box:Folder 7:8 Woon, Basil. The Real Sarah Bernhardt Whom Her Audiences Never Knew. Undated Series 5: Portraits. 1894-1934 Series Description This series consists of portraits concerning the arts that Lester Donahue collected. The titles are arranged alphabetically.

Series 5, Subseries A: General 1841-1948

Box:Folder 1ov:1 Alvares, Margarite d' [?], photograph, 21 x 15 cm. Inscribed "To Lester...." Undated Box:Folder 1ov:2 Bernhardt, Sarah, (printed picture), framed 17 x 11 cm. "Sarah Bernhardt 1891" written under picture. 1891 Box:Folder 1ov:3 Campbell, Mrs. Patrick, photograph, framed 22 x 15 cm. "When I was young!" above picture. "Ophelia" and an inscription to Donahue written below picture. On back of frame: "Mrs. Patrick Campbell. Her Christmas card." 1932 Box:Folder 1ov:4 Duse, Eleanora (printed picture), framed 37 x 17 cm. On verso: "Eleanora Duse looks out over the dead city, in the play La Citta Morta." Undated Box:Folder 1ov:5 Duse, Eleanora, photograph, framed 16 x 11 cm. Undated Box:Folder 1ov:6 Hammond, John Hays, photograph, framed 23 x 15 cm. Undated Box:Folder 1ov:7 Hofmann [?], Josef, printed photograph?, 16 x 11 cm. Written on image: "To Lester Donahue with best greetings and wishes. Josef Hofmann [?]. Los Angeles 1948." 1948 Box:Folder 2ov:8 Mossell, Herndon, 18 x 26 cm. Inscription under photograph: "Madame Helena Modjeska as a small token of respect and friendship for her ardent admirer Herdon Mossell. On Verso: "To my dear and kind friend. Helena Modjeska from hers my truly Herndon Mossell. London, Eng. July 20th 1880." Undated Box:Folder 2ov:9 Paderewski, I. J., print of sketch?, framed 34 x 29 cm. Written under picture: "To Lester Donahue with every good wish from I. J. Paderewski...1939. 1939

Series 5, Subseries B: Helena Modjeska 1883-1901

Box:Folder 4ov:19 Print of sketch, 26 x 20 cm. “Helena Modjeska” printed under image. Mounting board Undated Box:Folder 4ov:20 Photograph, framed 23 x 12 cm. “Helena Modjeska” written under photograph. Undated Box:Folder 4ov:21 Printed picture, framed 23 x 17 cm. On verso: “Madame Modjeska as `Mary Stuart’ Undated Box:Folder 4ov:22 Printed picture, framed 20 x 15 cm. On verso: “Madame Modjeska as `Ophelia’ Undated Box:Folder 4ov:23 Printed picture (lithograph?) Undated Box:Folder 4ov:24 Photograph, mounted 31 x 26 cm. “Home of Madame Modjeska, Bay Island” Undated

Lester Donahue Performing Arts 011 12 Collection Series 5:Portraits. 1894-1934 Series 5, Subseries B: Helena Modjeska 1883-1901

Box:Folder 5ov:25 Photograph [?] of sketch, in oval frame, 35 x 30 cm. Written on verso: “Modjeska in private life--artist Wyatt Eaton, 1883 Century Mag.” 1883 Box:Folder 6ov:26 Photograph, framed, 49 x 43 cm. Written on verso: Mme. Helena Modjeska…as Constance in Shakespeare’s “King John” produced in 1901.” 1901 Box:Folder 7ov:27 Photograph, framed, 48 x 43 cm. Undated Series 6: Lester Donahue Papers. 1894-1934 Series Description This series consists of papers and letters concerning Lester Donahue's life.

Box:Folder 8ov:1 Lester Donahue’s First Holy Communion certificate. St Vincent’s Church 7 June 1903. Box:Folder 8ov:2 Certificate appointing Lester Donahue as a member of the Los Angeles Board of Municipal Arts Commissioners. 24 July 1945. Box:Folder 8ov:3 Certificate appointing Lester Donahue as a member of the Los Angeles Board of Municipal Arts Commissioners. 24 July 1950. Box:Folder 7:1 Letter, George Arliss to Donahue. April 17, 1933. Box:Folder 7:2 Letter, Charles L. Wagner to Donahue. February 11, 1939 Box:Folder 7:3 Letter, Elsie Mendl to Donahue. Undated Box:Folder 7:4 “Letters to my grandmother from her parents in Ireland”: Oct. 1, 1883; Sept. 29, 1852; March 12, 1854; Oct. 25, 1909. Box:Folder 7:5 “Modjeska Memoir” by Lester Donahue (4 copies) Box:Folder 7:6 “Poland’s Noblest Daughter” by Lester Donahue Series 7: Music Undated Series Description This series consists of sheet music that belonged to Lester Donahue

Box:Folder 9ov:1 Sheet music in leather folder. Most of the pieces have Helena Modjeska’s name written and/or stamped on the cover. Includes works by John Alden Carpenter, Chopin, Dvorak, and Schubert. Undated. Box:Folder 9ov:2 Sheet music: Slavische Danze von Anton Dvorak, 1887. “Helena Modjeska” written on cover. Undated Box:Folder 9ov:3 George Migot, Suite Pour Piano et Orchestre. Handwritten and bound in leather cover. “Lester Donahue” embossed on lower right of cover. Undated. Box:Folder 9ov:4 Songs. Tom Dobson. Original Mss. [Bound] Undated. Series 8: Scrapbooks 1907-1940 Series Description This series consists of two scrapbooks. The first scrapbook highlights Helene Modjeska and the second highlights Lester Donahue's trip to Europe in 1928

Box:Folder 10ov:1 Modjeska Scrapbook. Contains articles and photographs pertaining to the unveiling of the Modjeska statue in Anaheim Park (1935); many printed portraits of Modjeska and her home; various postcards addressed to Lester Donahue; a letter from Helena Modjeska to Mrs. Donahue (Lester Donahue’s mother); two letters from Modjeska to Anna Feld Heinrich (1907); one letter from Charles Modjeska (grandson of Helena Modjeska) to Lester Donahue (1940); articles about Helena Modjeska’s funeral (April 12, 1909). 1907-1940 Box:Folder 15ov:1 Scrapbook of Lester Donahue’s 1928 European concert tour. The scrapbook contains snapshots and postcards of Paris and cities in Italy that Donahue visited on this tour. Purchased in 2001. Accession # 2002.50. 1928 Series 9: Artifacts 1893-1937 Series Description This series consists of artifacts that belonged to Donahue, many once belonged to Helena Modjeska.

Box:Folder 11ov:1 Ribbon: Remembrance of First Holy Communion, St. Vincent’s Church Undated Box:Folder 11ov:2 Ribbon: Boys Sodality of the Blessed Virgin, St. Vincent’s Church, Los Angeles, Undated

Lester Donahue Performing Arts 011 13 Collection Series 9:Artifacts 1893-1937

Box:Folder 11ov:3 Medal: Municipal Art Commission, City of Los Angeles (in small hinged case) Undated Box:Folder 11ov:4 Small metal curved container with loose metal sculpture in the shape of a flower inside. Undated Box:Folder 11ov:5 Round photograph of an unidentified man made into a pin. Undated Box:Folder 11ov:6 Small metal figure of an angel slaying a dragon. Undated Box:Folder 11ov:7 Small wooden carved crucifixes Undated Box:Folder 11ov:8 Small gold pin with moon (“L.A.H.S.”) and star (“10”) Undated Box:Folder 11ov:9 Straight gold pin with three small round metals attached Undated Box:Folder 8 glass table place holders (?) Undated 11ov:10 Box:Folder Two bronze Lincoln bookends. “Lincoln, 1809-1865.” Undated 11ov:11 Box:Folder Pin cushion decorated with beads “From Niagara Falls 1893” 1893 12ov:12 Box:Folder Helena Modjeska’s carved wooden music box. “Mont Pelerin” carved on cover. Note 12ov:13 in box says “Music box (Helena’s) from Father and Virge in 1938. (Mount Pellerin) [sic] engraved on box front--not sure where box was purchased--in Poland or Amerika. Anelka [?]” Note also refers to the handkerchief (see next item): “Madame Helena Modjeska. Helena’s Handkerchief--I carried it when I was married. (From Poland.) Ralph and I married 1938--Witnesses[:] Virginia G. Modjeska[,] Lorena Weis. 1938 Box:Folder Helena Modjeska’s handkerchief. (See note above, following music box.) Undated 12ov:14 Box:Folder Helena Modjeska’s palette Undated 12ov:15 Box:Folder Helena Modjeska’s candle holder. Note taped to bottom: “Candle holder belonged to 13ov:16 Madame Helena Modjeska--Polish Shakespearean actress. Mother of Ralph Modjeska, Engineer on San Francisco Bridge, 1936-1937. 1936-1937 Box:Folder This box contains oversized materials from Series Two (Programs) and Series Three 14ov:1-10 (Serials). The materials are itemized above, under the lists for the two series. Undated Box:Folder 15ov:1 This box contains a scrapbook of Donahue’s 1928 European tour from Series Eight. 1928

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