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Title	Bland, Mrs. William W.
Abstract	Not a native Houstonian, Mrs. William W. Bland came to Houston when she was 20 years old. She loved music and the opera. The Houston Grand Opera and the Opera Guild was founded in 1955, and she was asked to head the Guild. Very active in fund-raising for the Guild through donations, memberships and selling tickets, she raised the Guild to great heights. She was instrumental in introducing the Opera News, and promoting educational classes for opera for adults and young children.
Title-Alternative	HMRC Oral History Collection
Date of Interview	August 25, 1975
Subjects	Bland, Mrs. William W. -- Interviews ; Houston Grand Opera ; Houston Grand Opera Association -- History ; Houston Opera Guild -- History; Opera -- Texas -- Houston -- History;
Interviewee	Mrs. William W. Bland
Interviewers	Krenek, Tom
Original Format	Audio tape
Oral History Number	OH 012_01
Language	English
Ownership Notice	The Houston Public Library retains the literary and publishing rights of its oral histories. No part of the interviews or transcripts may be published without the written permission of the Houston Oral History Project.
Coverage-Spatial	Houston (Tex.)
Coverage-Temporal	1930-1950
Length of Interview	01:10:00
Type	Sound; Text
Format-Medium	Flash Video (FLV); Text
Relation-Is Part Of	HMRC Oral History Collection
Funding provided by	TexTreasures Grant

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