Hote Casella Collection (Ms. Hote Casella)

Hote’ Casella, Cherokee, was born Gladys Bland Mathonican in San Angelo, Texas but moved to Los Angeles, California with her family as an infant and was raised there. A classically trained mezzo-soprano singer, who briefly studied at UCLA and Julliard, Hote’ Casella performed Native American songs and stories for school groups and audiences throughout the United States and Europe from the 1940s until the early 1980s. This collection is an overview of her career including sheet music, a notebook, promotional items, press releases, newspaper articles, programs, correspondence, photographs, and lacquer disc recordings. In addition, there are promotional photographs and miscellaneous material from another Native performer named Anita de Frey, a Modoc from California that were found with the Hote’ Casella material.