IOWA WOMEN’S ARCHIVES
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA LIBRARIES
IOWA CITY, IOWA
ROSE ETTINGER (1877-1909)
PAPERS, 1880-1929
1 linear foot
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ACQUISITION: |
The papers
(donor no. 116) were donated by Mark
B. Smith in 1992. |
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ACCESS: |
The papers are open for research. |
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PHOTOGRAPHS: |
In box 2. |
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PROCESSED BY: |
Natalie S. Brody, 1992. |
Biography
Rose Ettinger was born Alice
Ida Ettinger on February 10, 1877, in Oregon, Illinois to E. Blanche Ettinger
and Alonzo L. Ettinger. She moved to
the state of Iowa at the age of four and in 1887 moved to Waterloo, where her
father was a businessman.
At the age of fourteen she went to Chicago to study
voice with Hans Balatka for two terms and then continued her studies with Sarah
Hershey Eddy (1837-?) for periods of seven to ten weeks at a time between 1893
and 1895. At the suggestion of Mrs. Eddy,
she changed her name from Alice to Rose.
Mrs. Eddy was the founder of the Hershey School of Musical Art and was
married to Clarence Eddy (1851-1937), a noted organist and composer. She was the daughter of Benjamin Hershey, a
prominent Muscatine, Iowa lumber merchant.
In the summer of 1895 Ettinger travelled to Europe
with Mrs. Eddy to begin her concert career.
From the fall of 1895 until late 1897 she studied in Paris with Mathilde
Marchesi (1821-1913), a renowned German mezzo-soprano and pedagogue. On May 12, 1896, she appeared at the Trocadero
in Paris with Clarence Eddy before a crowd of 4000.
Ettinger visited Waterloo in the summer of 1897 and
that fall returned to Europe to perform extensively on the continent, including
a concert to honor Massenet and one in Potsdam for the German empress.
On December 7, 1899, Ettinger married baritone
Francis Braun of Liverpool, England, son of Marie Brema (1856-1925), the noted
English contralto. In 1905 Ettinger won
the medal of science and art in Dessan, Germany, presented by the Duke of
Anhalt. She continued her career in
Europe but stopped performing in 1907 because of poor health.
Ettinger died of a cerebral hemorrhage on May 13,
1909 at the age of thirty two and was buried in Brompton Cemetery, Kensington,
London.
Scope and Content Note
The Rose Ettinger papers measure 1 linear
foot and date from 1880 to 1929. The
collection consists almost exclusively of letters written by Ettinger to her
family in Waterloo, Iowa from Chicago, where she studied, and from Europe,
where she performed in recital from 1895 until 1907. In these letters she tells of her personal and professional life,
including details of her training, concert activities, and extensive travel experiences.
Correspondents include Sarah Hershey
Eddy, Clarence Eddy, Ettinger's husband, Francis Braun; her parents, E. Blanche
and Alonzo L. Ettinger; her sister, Mabel; and her brother, Victor.
The biographical folder includes, in addition to information about Rose
Ettinger, sketches of Sarah Hershey Eddy, Clarence Eddy, Marie Brema, and
Mathilde Marchesi.
The photographs consist primarily of portraits of Rose Ettinger taken
during her training and professional career, along with a portrait of Rose and
her husband Francis Braun and Rose with Sarah Hershey Eddy. Also included are childhood portraits of
Alice (Rose), a photograph of Rose's mother Blanche, her sister Mabel, and her
brother Victor in front of the family home in Waterloo, Iowa, and one of her
husband Francis.
Box no. Description
Box 1
Biographical information
Correspondence
1880, 1886-1888, 1891
1893
1894
1895
January-July
August-December
1896
January-February
March-April
May-August
September-November
1897
Box 2
1898
January-July
August-October
November-December
1899
January-June
July-December
1900
1901
1903
1904
1907
1908
1909
1929
Photographs
Childhood and Family
Portraits
Partial index to
correspondents
Braun,
Arthur
1899: January 24
Braun,
Francis
1899: November 19
1900-1901
1903-1904
1908-1909
Eddy,
Clarence
1894: January 23, September
9
1895: May 13, May 20, July
23
1896: January-April
1897: February 6
Eddy,
Sarah Hershey
1893: April 10, April 12,
April 19
1895: January 29, April 30,
May 3, July 23
1896: January-April
Ettinger,
Alonzo L.
1899: September 17
Ettinger,
Blanche
1898: August-December
1899: January 6
Marchesi,
Mathilde
1896: September 11