S 1

File — Box: 2, Folder: 3

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

Sacco, John – "Brother Will, Brother John", 1947 (2 copies) Sacco, John – "Jabberwocky", 1951 Sacco, John – "Mexican Serenade", 1942 Sacco, John – "Hight Flight", 1943 Sacco, John – "The Rag picker", 1941 Sacco, John – "Methuselah", 1944 Sachs, henry – "Grandma", 1923 Saint-Saens C. – "Danse Macabre", 1938 Saltus, Francis – "Semper Parotus", 1938 Samuels, Walter G. – "Tears in my Heart", 1937 Sanderson, Wilfrid – "Friend O' Mine", 1913 Sanderson, Wilfrid – "Captain Mac", 1915 Sandoval, Miguel – "Serenata Gitana", 1940 Schlemil – "Scena" Schnecker, P.A. – "One Sweetly Solemn Thought", 1895 Schramm, Rudolf – "Fantasy", 1949 Schubert – "Dying Strains", 1906 Shubert, Franz – "The Omnipotence", 1887 Schubert, Franz – "Vocal Scores of Standard Operas"