Typewritten notes from an interview with Shirley Verrett: Museum Object and Cultural History
Typewritten notes from an interview with Shirley Verrett: Date: 1968. Written by: Lisa Hoffman, American. Subject of: Shirley Verrett, American, 1931 - 2010.
The object in the museum catalogue
A 13-page document consisting of notes from an interview with opera singer Shirley Verrett, written by Lisa Hoffman. This manuscript features black typewritten text throughout and is a first-person narration of the interview of Shirley Verrett and her husband Louis Lo Monaco, at their home on Riverside Drive, New York City. On pages 1 through 4 (a-d) recount Shirley Verrett’s upbringing, with a small beginning commentary by Verrett about her and her husband’s weight. On pages 5 through 13 (e-m), Verrett discusses her journey to New York, attending Julliard, meeting her husband Louis Lo Monaco, meeting her extended family, and life at home with her husband. There are self-editing marks by Lisa Hoffman throughout. This manuscript is the complementary pared bundle, part of a larger set of pages written by Hoffman in her Shirley Verrett interview collection.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1968
- Written by: Lisa Hoffman, American
- Subject of: Shirley Verrett, American, 1931 - 2010
- Type: manuscripts
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W (a-m): 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
- Place made: New York, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Families
- Topic: Journalism
- Topic: Mass media
- Topic: Music
- Topic: Musicians
- Topic: Opera (Music)
- Topic: Race relations
- Object number: 2024.35.2.2a-m
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © Lisa Hoffman Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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