George Hamlin collection

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unitid

{"value"=>"JPB 87-34", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"20381", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"George Hamlin collection"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"ca. 1886-1983", "type"=>"inclusive", "certainty"=>"approximate", "normal"=>"1886/1983"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"ca. 3 cu. ft. Rose bldg. installments: 28.7 cubic ft, .47 cu. ft."}], "supress_display"=>true}

repository

{"value"=>"NN"}

date_inclusive_start

1886

date_inclusive_end

1983

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>American tenor, 1868-1923. George Hamlin was a student of George Henschel. He made a European tour 1904-5, and sang with the Chicago Opera Co., 1911-15, but achieved his principal reputation as an oratorio and lieder singer. He was known particularly for his advocacy of the songs of Richard Strauss. His daughter Anna Hamlin, a soprano, sang minor roles with the Chicago Grand Opera and later taught voice at Smith College. She subsequently established a very successful vocal studio where her students included Judith Raskin. She also wrote a book of reminiscences about her father.</p>"}

custodhist

{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Anna Hamlin, 7-10-85; 3-18-86; 4-14-88.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>First installment (location: JPB 87-34) includes diary of George Hamlin's European trip, scrapbook, 2 photograph albums, 2 autograph books, caricature, lithograph, photographs, programs, clippings, and 10 published scores with markings and signatures of composers and others; typescript of Father Was a Tenor / by Anna Hamlin; correspondence, programs, and clippings relating to Anna Hamlin's career. Later installments are not processed or described.|||Second installment (location: Rose Building, 17: 2/1) includes early family correspondence, documents and photographs from Hamlin's study at Exeter Academy, press releases, clippings, programs, and additional photographs.|||Third installment (location: Rose Building, 17: 3/1) contains diaries and programs of Anna Hamlin.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"MUS"}

{"source"=>"Hamlin, Anna", "method"=>"Gift, 7-10-85, 3-18-86", "date"=>"1986", "materials"=>"2 boxes: diary, scrapbooks, photograph albums, autograph books, and other material relating to George Hamlin", "value"=>"2 boxes: diary, scrapbooks, photograph albums, autograph books, and other material relating to George Hamlin: Gift, 7-10-85, 3-18-86, Hamlin, Anna, 1986"}

{"source"=>"Hamlin, Anna", "method"=>"Gift, 4-14-88", "date"=>"1988", "materials"=>"2 boxes: photographs, clippings, programs, correspondence, musical scores, material relating to Anna Hamlin", "value"=>"2 boxes: photographs, clippings, programs, correspondence, musical scores, material relating to Anna Hamlin: Gift, 4-14-88, Hamlin, Anna, 1988"}

{"source"=>"Hamlin, Anna", "method"=>"Gift, 1989", "materials"=>"7 boxes papers", "value"=>"7 boxes papers: Gift, 1989, Hamlin, Anna"}

abstract

{"value"=>"First installment (location: JPB 87-34) includes diary of George Hamlin's European trip, scrapbook, 2 photograph albums, 2 autograph books, caricature, lithograph, photographs, programs, clippings, and 10 published scores with markings and signatures of composers and others; typescript of Father Was a Tenor / by Anna Hamlin; correspondence, programs, and clippings relating to Anna Hamlin's career. Later installments are not processed or described."}

langmaterial_code

eng

ger

keydate

1886

prefercite

{"value"=>"George Hamlin collection, Music Division, The New York Public Library"}

extent_statement

ca. 3 cu. ft. Rose bldg. installments: 28.7 cubic ft, .47 cu. ft.

date_start

1886

date_end

1983

origination

{"type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator", "value"=>"Hamlin, George, 1869-1923."}

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