Jane Snow Collection
Collection
Identifier: UNMA-024
Scope and Contents
The Jane Snow Collection offers a glimpse into the career of Jane Snow, University of New Mexico Opera director, during her tenure in the 1950s and 1960s. This collection boasts an extensive array of historical artifacts, including newspaper clippings and press releases chronicling the opera and musical productions curated by Jane Snow. It also features a selection of musical scores authored by J.D. Robb, as well as numerous photographs and negatives documenting the opera productions. The collection is grouped into two distinct categories: manuscripts and photographs, each arranged in chronological order. There is also an oversized folder of posters of UNM operas.
Dates
- 1948 - 1970
- Majority of material found within 1952 - 1962
Creator
- Snow, Jane, 1914- (Musical director, Person)
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
Jane Snow was born May 29, 1914 and died July 1, 2013 at the age of 99. Jane Snow was a voice and opera teacher at the University of New Mexico.
Extent
2 Cubic Feet ((1 Box), 1 Oversized Box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Jane Snow taught voice and opera at the University of New Mexico. The collection is centered on opera productions during her years at the university during the 1950s and 1960s. The collection includes newspaper clippings and numerous photographs of operas.
Separated Materials
Placeholder
- Black-and-white negatives
- Black-and-white photographs
- Color Negatives
- Negatives (Photographs)
- Opera
- Opera -- New Mexico -- Albuquerque
- Opera -- Production and direction
- Opera Posters
- Photography--Negatives
- Posters
- Posters -- New Mexico
- Posters -- New Mexico -- 20th century
- Theatrical Posters
- University Professors
Creator
- Snow, Jane, 1914- (Musical director, Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid of the Jane Snow Collection
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Amber Lane
- Date
- September 2023
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu