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File — Box: 1, Folder: 15

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

Creation: 1875 - 1970

Extent

From the Collection: 8 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

Oakland, Ben – "The Golden Wedding Waltz", 1940 Oberbrunner, Carl – "Giuseppe, do Barber", 1936 O'Hara, Geoffrey – "God Lives in my Heart", 1948 (2 copies) O'Hara, Geoffrey – "Art Thou the Christ?" 1932 O'Hara, Geoffrey – "There were Ninety and Nine", 1914 O'Kelley, Mary – "A Wreath of Holly", 1949 Oliver, Eddie – "Oh! My Darling!", 1949 Olman A. – "Oh! Johnny, Oh! Johnny, Oh!", 1917 Olman, A. – "I'm waiting for Ships that Never Come In", 1919 Olmam, A. - "O-Hi-O", 1920 Oppenhem, Dave – "Darling", 1935 Ortelli, Toni – "Song of the Mountains", 1948 Owens, Jack – "The Mistletoe Song", 1947 Owens, Jack – "The Hukilau song", 1948 Owens, Jack – "You're the Only One I Care for", 1949