Vanderbilt University Special Collections Library Acquires Dinah Shore Collection
From the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries / Vanderbilt University:
Vanderbilt Special Collections Library recently acquired the Dinah Shore Collection, documenting the life of Vanderbilt graduate Dinah Shore, BA’38, a prolific singer, actress, and talk show host widely popular throughout the 1940s-1980s. Noteworthy items include Dinah Shore fan club newsletters, publicity stills, photographs and scripts from Shore’s talk shows, and original music recordings that will be housed in the Wilson Music Library. This collection complements Vanderbilt’s existing collections in music and the performing arts including those of Francis Robinson, Marshall Chapman, and Louis Nicholas.
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