Scope and Contents Consists primarily of letters, concert programs, music scores, and other items pertaining to the performing career of Emma Lucy Gates Bowen. Includes correspondence of Emma Lucy Gates Bowen when she was in Germany as a vocalist and opera singer and later when she was a voice and music teacher in Salt Lake City, Utah. Correspondents include family members such as her mother, Susa Young Gates and her brother, B. Cecil Gates, Bowen's talent agent, Catherine A. Bowman, and other fan mail. Six...

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Handwritten letters addressed to and written by Emma Lucy Gates Bowen during her time performing nationally and globally. Correspondents include her mother, Susa Young Gates, her father, Jacob F. Gates, her husband, Albert E. Bowen, her brother, B. Cecil Gates, and other siblings. Materials dated 1869-1951.

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Personal papers of Emma Lucy Gates Bowen which includes childhood picture books, concert programs she collected, librettos, sheet music, transcripts of blessings, biographical sketches and notebooks used during her studies in Europe. Materials are dated 1814-1950.

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Handwritten letters written by and addressed to the Young and Gates families including, B. Cecil Gates, Harvey H. Gates, Lucy B. Young, and Albert E. Bowen. Topics inlcude life udpates, travel notes, and general welfare. Materials dated from 1899 to 1950.

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Handwritten letters written by Jacob F. Gates and Susa Young Gates to each other and to family members while they were raising their children and separated by work or church travel. Materials dated from 1879 to 1920.

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Handwritten letters written by Emma Lucy Gates Bowen while she was studying in Europe and performing as a vocalist and opera singer. Includes six bound volumes of letters covering her education and early career. Unbound letters covering her later years, courtship, and career are addressed to the Gates family, her husband, Albert E. Bowen, and her agent, Catherine A. Bowman. Materials dated 1896-1948.

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Handwritten letters addressed to Emma Lucy Gates Bowen. The letters are basic updates about current events in the lives of the correspondents while Emma Lucy Gates Bowen was traveling and performing as a vocalist and opera singer. Materials dated 1869-1951.