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| | Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Carmela Cafarelli Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Cafarelli, Carmela | | | | Dates: | 1870-1979 | | | | Abstract: | Carmela Cafarelli (ca. 1880-1979) was an Italian-American opera star, founder of an opera company, and accomplished harpist from Cleveland, Ohio. Her father, Rocco Cafarelli, was a renowned Italian harpist who had immigrated to Cleveland in the 1880s, and was his daughter's earliest teacher. At the age of eight, she began study with master harpist Henry B. Fabiani in Cleveland. As a harpist, she toured the United States and abroad. She also became a solo harpist for the Cleveland Orchestra. Cafarelli studied voice with William Saal in Cleveland, and later attended the Conservatorie Santa Lucia and the Reale Accademia Filarmonica Romana in Italy, earning diplomas in both voice and harp. After her return to the United States in 1924, she undertook additional musical studies with Benjamino Gigli and Pietro Audisio of the New York Metropolitan Opera. In 1929, she returned to Cleveland, and in 1934, founded the Cafarelli Opera Company. This group toured throughout the United States and put on many charitable performances in Northeast Ohio. Cafarelli stopped performing in 1945, but continued to head her opera company and became a leading philanthropist and promoter of the arts in Cleveland. The collection consists of individual portraits of Carmela Cafarelli, including publicity and performance photographs, family photographs including portraits of her father, Rocco Cafarelli, and portraits of Cafarelli family friends and associates. | | | | Call #: | PG 469 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Cafarelli, Carmela -- Photograph collections. | Cafarelli, Rocco -- Photograph collections. | Cafarelli Opera Company -- Photograph collections. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Women musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Opera companies -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Opera -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Harpists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Singers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Italian American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Adella Prentiss Hughes Autographed Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Hughes, Adella Prentiss Family | | | | Dates: | 1904-1941 | | | | Abstract: | Adella Prentiss Hughes (1869-1950) was a musical impresario and founder and manager of the Cleveland Orchestra. Her grandparents were leaders in various charitable and religious institutions in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of autographed photographs of Artur Rodzinski, B. Castaque, Samuel Barber, Joseph Zipeti, Harold Zanes, and other unidentified individuals. | | | | Call #: | PG 180 | | | | Extent: | 0.30 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Hughes, Adella Prentiss, 1869-1950 -- Photograph collections. | Musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | Edwin Arthur Kraft Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Kraft, Edwin Arthur | | | | Dates: | 1910-1960 | | | | Abstract: | Edwing Arthur Kraft (1883-1962) was the organist of Trinity Cathedral in Cleveland, Ohio (1907-1959) and Director of Music at Lake Erie College (1933-1951). His second wife, Marie Simmelink, was a vocal soloist at the First Baptist Church in Cleveland (1920-1934) and at The Temple (1934-), and head of the Vocal Department of the Cleveland Institute of Music (1949-1963). The collection consists of photographs relating to the family, life, and career of Edwin Kraft, musician and organist of Cleveland, Ohio. Photographs include portraits of Kraft, his wife, Marie Simmelink Kraft, his parents, the interior and choir of Trinity Cathedral, the Kraft home, and group portraits of the Trinity Cathedral Choir. | | | | Call #: | PG 121 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Kraft, Edwin Arthur, 1883-1962 -- Photograph collections. | Kraft, Marie Simmelink, d. 1967 -- Photograph collections. | Kraft family -- Photograph collections. | Trinity Cathedral (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Organists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Singers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Women singers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Music teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Cabinet photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 4 | Title: | Cleveland Federation of Musicians Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Federation of Musicians | | | | Dates: | 1901-1940 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Federation of Musicians was established in 1877 as the Musicians Mutual Protective Association in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1895 the Association joined the American Federation of Musicians and became A.F.M. Local 4. Black members left to form their own local, No. 550, in 1910, but reunited with Local 4, also known as the Cleveland Federation of Musicians, in 1962. Establishment of minimum wages and protection of its members were the union's main goals. Women musicians were given equal protection after being admitted to the union in 1901. Other union activities included support of other unions, publication of the Cleveland Musician, and sponsorship of the Druid Club. The collection consists of photographs and drawings depicting individual members, conventions, and bands of the American Federation of Musicians, Local 4, Cleveland, Ohio. | | | | Call #: | PG 184 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Federation of Musicians -- Photograph collections. | Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Musicians -- Labor unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Bands (Music) -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Orchestra -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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