Jane Froman scrapbooks
Overview
Scrapbooks containing news clippings and photographs of American singer and actress Jane Froman.
Dates
- Creation: 1927-1953
Condition Description
In good condition.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
This collection is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. Retrieval requires advance notice. Readers should check with Houghton Public Services staff to determine what material is offsite and retrieval policies and times.
Extent
.3 linear feet (1 box)Two scrapbooks containing news clippings, articles, and publicity photographs.
It is possible these scrapbooks were assembled by Froman or someone close to her, but not confirmed.
Biographical / Historical
Ellen Jane Froman (1907-1980), known professionally as Jane Froman, was an American actress and singer. She performed on the radio, stage, and television throughout her thirty-year career.
Froman performed on numerous radio and stage shows throughout the 1930s. She participated in U.S.O. tours in Europe during World War II. During one tour, she was involved in a plane crash in Portugal, resulting in chronic health problems that would follow her for the rest of her life.
Froman is credited with three movies from the 1930s, and, following World War II, went on to have a career in television.
Froman was married three times during her life and had no children. She passed away at age 72 in Columbia, Missouri.
Arrangement
Collection is arranged as received.
Arrangement
Collection minimally processed and rehoused. Katherine Gaburo, 2024.
Physical Location
Harvard Depository
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2024MT-31. Purchased from Stacy Waldman with the John M. Kasdan Fund, 2023 December 4.
Processing Information
Processed by Katherine Gaburo, 2024.
Subject
- Froman, Jane, 1907-1980 (Person)
- Title
- Froman, Jane, 1907-1980. Jane Froman scrapbooks, 1927-1953 (MS Thr 2312): Guide.
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University.
- Date
- 2024 January 11
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- hou03646
Repository Details
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