Try searching his name in the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections: http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/nucmc.html Link in middle column labeled: "Searching the NUCMC RLG catalog." NUCMC shows where all kinds of archival stuff--letters, diaries, drawings, photographs, company records--are housed. On Mon, 10 Jan 2005, Jeanette Davis wrote: > Good morning everyone. > > I wrote in, last year, looking for information on a photographer named Gene > Laverne. Thought I'd 'drop another line' just in case someone ran across > something or someone new knows something. > > To recap. Gene Laverne was a very famous Glamour Photographer, who lived and > worked in Buffalo for decades. He photographed many famous and not-so-famous > entertainers. I found out, last year, that he had died in 1978. I am hoping > that someone might know what happend to his photos/negatives. I am trying to > obtain them for a lady who is collecting Burlesque memorabelia, for the > Golden Days of Burlesque Historical Society. Info on the Society is at: > http://www.burlesquehistory.com/ > She plans to turn the collection over to a university for permanent > preservation, in the future. > > I was able to get Gene's obituary and I spoke to the funeral director. So > far, I have been unable to trace any heirs. As far as I know, Gene had no > children. His sister's phone (the POC named in the funeral home bill) had > been disconnected. I was told that his mother was buried at Concordia > Cemetery, (as is some of my family) but they have no record of any burials, > under any of the family names. > > Does anyone have any suggestions? > > Thanks for your help. > > Jeanette > > > > ==== NYERIE Mailing List ==== > To contact the List Administrator: Dick Rose <dtrose@cox.net> > See the Archived Messages at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > -=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=-=+=- Webmaster: Cynthia Van Ness, MLS -- roots AT bfn DOT org Buffalo Roots: Genealogy & Family History in Buffalo, NY http://www.buffaloresearch.com/roots/