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A Living History Interview with Emily B. Grigsby, February 17, 2004

 File — Control: VIS 391.001, Location: AV-VIS 391.001

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This collection contains images of Emily Bourne Grigsby's career as an opera singer and model, as well as her time as president of the Atlanta Music Club. Included are production stills from The Tales of Hoffman and Rigoletto with the San Francisco Opera, and images from the Moonlight Opera Company in Atlanta, Georgia. There are also photographs of Grigsby modeling at The Cloister at Sea Island, Georgia; on top of Stone Mountain; for an automobile advertisement, and others. Of special note is an image of Grigsby on stage during a reception for the Havalanta Games, an annual athletic competition between teams from Havana, Cuba, and Atlanta, Georgia, sponsored by the Northside Atlanta Kiwanis Club. The collection also contains an oral history interview conducted through the Georgia Institute of Technology's Living History program.

Dates

  • February 17, 2004

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

2 item(s) (one VHS tape and one digital video reproduction)

Language

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center Repository

Contact:
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