Music Division Collection of Glass Plate Negatives

id
11185
origination
N/A
date statement
circa 1900-1930
key date
1900
identifier (local_mss)
30064
org unit
Music Division
call number
JOB 21-03
b-number
b23242298
total components
183
total series
3
max depth
3
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2020-07-10 17:36:58 UTC
updated
2026-06-26 18:13:50 UTC
status note
(missing)
Display Aeon link
true

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unitid
{"value"=>"30064", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"JOB 21-03", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b23242298", "type"=>"local_b"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"circa 1900-1930", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1900/1930", "certainty"=>"approximate"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Music Division Collection of Glass Plate Negatives"}
physdesc
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"34 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"27.93 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
repository
{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Music Division</span>"}
abstract
{"value"=>"Glass negatives of opera singers, conductors, composers, instrument makers, and musical sites created and arranged by the Music Division. Positives are available within the Music Division's iconography files."}
langmaterial
{"value"=>"English"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>The Music Division's glass negatives contain images of opera singers, conductors, composers, instrument makers, and some musical sites such as Haydn's birthplace. The bulk of the collection consists of pre-1930 Herman Mishkin studio portraits of singers in their opera roles from the Metropolitan Opera. They include Frances Alda, Lawrence Tibbet, Raymonde Delaunois, Florence Easton, Umberto Macnez, Jeanne Maubourg, Claudia Muzio, Herbert Witherspoon, and more. Opera roles found in the collection include productions of <span class=\"title\">Aida</span>, <span class=\"title\">Faust</span>, <span class=\"title\">Les contes d'Hoffmann</span>, <span class=\"title\">Carmen</span>, <span class=\"title\">Mireille</span>, <span class=\"title\">Il trovatore</span>, <span class=\"title\">Les Huguenots</span>, and more.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Music Division Collection of Glass Plate Negatives are arranged in three series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/30064#c1590356'>Opera Singers</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains pre-1930 studio portraits of opera singers in their roles. The bulk of the series contain singers from Metropolitan Opera productions. There are also several singers from the Chicago Civic Opera.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/30064#c1590518'>Composers and Conductors</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains portraits of conductors and composers.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mus/30064#c1590524'>Other Figures and Musical Sites</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains portraits of impresarios, instrument makers, images of musical sites including Haydn's birthplace, and an image of a set design for <span class=\"title\">Salome</span>.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
arrangement
{"value"=>"<p>This collection is organized into three series: Series I contains images of opera singers, series II contains images of conductors and composers, and series III contains images of other musical figures such as impresarios and instrument makers. Series III also contains some images of musical sites.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Separated from various Music Division collections between 1960-1990.</p>"}
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by <span class=\"name\">Andrea Cawelti</span>. Revised and amended by <span class=\"name\">Jessica Gavilan</span> in <span class=\"date\">2020</span>. Reprocessed and revised by <span class=\"name\">Jessica Gavilan</span> in <span class=\"date\">2024</span>.</p>"}
revisiondesc
{"value"=>"All boxes reprocessed by Jessica Gavilan", "date"=>"2024 April 18"}
date_start
1900
keydate
1900
date_end
1930
date_inclusive_start
1900
date_inclusive_end
1930
extent_statement
27.93 linear feet (34 boxes)
prefercite
{"value"=>"Music Division Collection of Glass Plate Negatives, JOB 21-03. Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}

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