Opera News magazines, 1942-1946

File — Box: 1, Folder: 18

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Materials in the Osie Hawkins Collection are in three series containing his biographical information, correspondence while working at the Metropolitan Opera House from staff, family and friends; photos of Hawkins, relatives and colleagues; and an impressive collection of operatic sheet music and songbooks. The sound recordings are on reel to reel and contain classical and operatic works, some are of the Met.

Series I: Biographical Information, Personal Correspondence and Photos

The first series contains biographical information, correspondence from 1941-1990, photographs of Hawkins in his varying operatic roles, autographed photographs of his fellow opera stars and other personal ephemera.

Series II: Sheet Music and Song Books

This series holds sheet music and songbooks collected by Osie Hawkins throughout his life. This series contains two parts: the first part is sheet music and songbooks that have annotations by Hawkins and others. The second part consists of all other materials pertaining to the series title.

Series III: Sound Recordings

Arranged by artist, this series contains Osie Hawkins' music collection of opera, classical music and audition recordings.

Dates

Other: 1942-1946

Extent

From the Collection: 8 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

This folder contains: Opera News: December 14, 1942, Vol. VII, # 9; January 17, 1945, Vol. VII, # 13; October 15, 1945, Vol. X, # 1; December 10, 1945, Vol. X, # 6; December 17, 1945, Vol. X, # 7; December 31, 1945, Vol. X, # 9; January 7, 1946, Vol. X, # 10; January 14, 1946, Vol. X, # 11; January 21, 1946, Vol. X, # 12; January 28, 1946, Vol. X, # 13; February 4, 1946, Vol. X, # 14; February 11, 1946, Vol. X, # 15; February 18, 1946, Vol. X, # 16; February 25, 1946, Vol. X, # 17; March 11, 1946, Vol. X, # 19; November 4, 1946, Vol. XI, # 3.