The Inventory

of the

Jennie Tourel

Collection

#1157

Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center (Arrived Jan. 16, 1992)

TOUREL, JENNIE 1910 - 1973

I. BIOGRAPHY AND PUBLICITY

II. CORRESPONDENCE

III. PRINTED MATTER

IV. MEDALS

V. COMMERCIAL SNAPSHOTS

VI. PHOTOGRAPHS

VII. PHONORECORDS TOUREL, JENNIE b.1910 - d. 1973

Bulk of the Jennie Tourel Collection consists of publicity photographs.

[Description in quotation marks by Miss Davidson [?], JT=s sister].

I. BIOGRAPHY AND PUBLICITY. 1. Typescript, photocopy. Written by Elaine Brody. New York University, 5 p. (#1)

2. JENNIE TOUREL Press Book. Prepared by Columbia Artists Management Inc. 1953. Typescript and print. (#2)

II. CORRESPONDENCE.

A. From John Whitbeck Clark to Jennie Tourel. 1. 1944-1947 10 TLS, 14 pages. 2 holograph postcards. (#3)

2. 1948-1949 11 TLS, 20 pages. (#4)

3. 1950-1953. 3 ALS, 3 holograph postcards, 9 TLS, 2 ANS. 17 leaves, 24 pages. (#5)

4. No Years. 29 TLS, 11 ALS, 2 holograph postcards, 1 greeting card, 1 TNS, 1 ANS. 62 leaves, 79 pages. (#6)

B. From Marie Whitbeck Clark [John=s mother] to Jennie Tourel. 1 TNS, no date. 1 TLS, March 23, 1947. (#7)

C. To John Whitbeck Clark from Richard Gilbert, Columbia Records, Inc. TLS, Nov. 30, 1949. (#8)

D. From Friede F. Rothe [J.T.=s agent] to Jennie Tourel. 1. February 1, 1946 - November 15, 1946. 12 TLS. 23 leaves, 34 pages. (#9)

2. January 5, 1947 - Dec. 10, 1947. 14 TLS, 1 ALS, 28 leaves, 44 pages. CTLS to AMr. Downes@ New York Times, from FFR. Jan 27, 1947. (#10)

3. January 13, 1948 - July 26, 1948. 11 TLS. Enclosed with TLS March 1st, TLS from Helman Gelhausen to Friede F. Rothe. 1 fragment of TLS: 2nd page only. 2 TLS from AEdith@ on Friede F. Roth Stationary. 23 leaves, 33 pages. (#11)

E. AMiscellaneous Papers@ 1933-1961. Including small drawings in pen by unidentified artist(s), correspondence and documents. Most of the material is in French. 32 items. (#12)

(Box 1)

III. PRINTED MATTER Publicity. 11 items. Some duplicates. (#13)

IV. MEDALS Blue box containing miniature decorations: small ribbons with pins. Recto - woman=s head. Verso - letter AA@. (#14)

V. PHOTOGRAPHS 10 Commercially sold snapshots of the city called Ramat Gan, in Israel. Black and White. (#15)

(Box 2)

VI. PHOTOGRAPHS OF JENNIE TOUREL All photos in black and white.

A. JENNIE TOUREL PERFORMING: 1. In Alphabetically by title of . a. by Giacchino Antonio Rossini Jennie Tourel as ARosina@. 8" x 10", photo by: James Abresch. (#1)

b. by Georges Bizet. Jennie Tourel as ACarmen@. Various scenes and portraits, some duplicates. 20 8" x 10" 1 4" x 6 2" (#2) Jennie Tourel in various Carmen costumes. 11 8" x 10" (few duplicates), 1 4 2" x 6 2"

Some photos have holograph and transcript explanatory notes on verso. (Some mylar folders have more than 1 photograph) (#3)

Proof, 1 3 2" x 4 2" Postcards, same pose, 4 3" x 5" Postcards, same pose, 4 3" x 5 2" (#4)

Jennie Tourel as Carmen, L=Opera Comique, , May 15, 1938. Photo album. (#5) c. MARRIAGE OF FIGARO by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. 4 4 2" x 7". Photographer DAVID. (2 photos in each mylar cover). (#6) d. by Ambroise Thomas.

1 5 2" x 3 2" 4 7" x 5" Photo by Alan Fisher. Holo. note on verso of one photo. 1 6" x 9" 1 7 3/4" x 10" Photo by James Abresch 5 8" x 10" 2 poses, by James Abresch. (#7) e. NORMA by Vincenzo Bellini. Jennie Tourel in the role of Adalgisa 2 8" x 10" (#8) f. LES NUITS ENCHANTEES Paris, 1933. 6" x 9". Photo by dipnitzki. (#9) g. PIQUE DAME by Piotr Olyich Tchaikovsky. Jennie Tourel as Lisa. 4 5" x 7" (#10)

Jennie Tourel in Pique Dame c. 1970. c. 14" x 18" matted c. 11" x 13" photograph itself (Package #1)

h. THE RAKE=S PROGRESS by . In da Scala, Milan. Jennie Tourel as Baba The Turk. 8 8" x 10" and 1 rehearsing, 1 in dressing room. Photographer: Erio Piccagliani (#11)

i. RAPE OF LUCRETIA. By Benjamin Britter. July 7, 1956. 5 8" x 10" Photographer Herb Nott, Ltd. Toronto, Canada. (#12)

j. Unidentified. 4 5" x 7" 3 poses. 1 8" x 10" 1 8" x 10" Photographer: Roman Vishniac. (#13)

k. Unidentified. 7 8" x 10", same pose. Photocopies. (#14)

(Box 3)

2. JENNIE TOUREL PERFORMING IN CONCERTS, RECITALS, AND REHEARSING.

a. Jennie Tourel with .:

Jennie Tourel and Leonard Bernstein giving a concert Afor an audience of four thousand that gathered to hear them at Kibbutz Ein Harod in Israel.@ Aug. 7, 1950. 3 9 2" x 7 2" 1 5 2" x 4" smaller version of one of the photos above. Photographed by Israel=s Government Information Services. (#1) AJennie Tourel mezzo soprano and Leonard Bernstein rehearsing for their all Mozart concert with the symphony of the air. Jan. 6/56 at Carnegie Hall.@ 8" x 10" Photo by Sedge de Blanq (#2)

1 10" x 6 3/4" Jennie Tourel rehearsing with Leonard Bernstein. 3 8" x 10": ALeonard Bernstein, assistant conductor of the N.Y. Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, who makes his Stadium Concerts debut Thursday, July 13, and Jennie Tourel, soprano, who will sing the last movement of Bernstein=s symphony, >Jeremiah=, on Saturday evening, July 15, with the composer conducting.@ Photographer A.F. Sozio, N.Y. [1950-ies?] Jennie Tourel and L. Bernstein at the piano. 1 10" x 8" Jennie Tourel and Leonard Bernstein and unidentified people listening to recording. 1 10" x 8" (#3)

Jennie Tourel and Leonard Bernstein at cocktails after concert. 8" x 10" JT and LB at dinner after same concert. 8" x 10" Photo by Will Weissberg. JT and LB before or after concert. 8" x 10" Photo by Alexander Archer.

Jennie Tourel and L. Bernstein (after or before concert). Town Hall, N.Y. Nov. [?] 1954. 3 7" x 8 2" (2 photos of the same pose). Photos by Bakalar - Cosmo, N.Y.

Jennie Tourel and L. Bernstein looking together at the scores of Symphony #1 [?] by Leonard Bernstein. 8" x 10" Photo by William Kahn. (#4)

Jennie Tourel and Leonard Bernstein. 4 2" x 6 2". Photo by Clemens Kalisher, Stockbridge, Mass.

JT and LB. 4 2" x 6 3/4" 2 newspaper clippings of J. Tourel and L. Bernstein, with captions, n.d. (#5)

Jennie Tourel and Leonard Bernstein in Japan, April, May 1961: 1 10" x 7 2" 1 7" x 4 2" 1 7" x 5" Holograph notes on verso. (#6)

Portrait of Leonard Bernstein, 8" x 10" (slightly ripped and bent). Torn from a program. Jennie Tourel=s name on verso listed as member of Honorary Committee.

Leonard Bernstein at the microphone. 3 2" x 5" (#7)