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Additional authors

1. Farrar, Geraldine, 1882-1967.
2. Gabrilowitsch, Ossip, 1878-1936.
3. Heifetz, Jascha, 1901-1987.
4. Hofmann, Josef, 1876-1957.
5. Lambert, Alexander, 1862-1929.
6. Mahler, Alma, 1879-1964.
7. Masaryk, Jan, 1886-1948.
8. Sembrich, Marcella, 1858-1935.
9. Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977.

Description

1. 3 cubic ft.

Summary

1. The correspondence, photographs, clippings, music, and various papers gathered here represent the activities of Hulda Lashanska from 1908 to 1971. The bulk of the collection falls between 1920 and 1930, and as a whole the collection primarily covers Lashanka's middle career years. Correspondence consists almost entirely of letters to Hulda Lashanska from a variety of musical figures such as Geraldine Farrar, Josef Hofmann, Jascha Heifetz, and Ossip Gabrilowitsch. Most photographs and musical scores are inscribed by the subject or composer.

Subject

1. Silver gelatin photographic prints
2. Clippings
3. Correspondence
4. Gabrilowitsch, Ossip, 1878-1936
5. Sopranos (Singers)
6. Hofmann, Josef, 1876-1957
7. Photographic prints
8. Masaryk, Jan, 1886-1948
9. Songs
10. Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977
11. Heifetz, Jascha, 1901-1987
12. Lashanska, Hulda, 1893-1974
13. Scrapbooks
14. Sembrich, Marcella, 1858-1935
15. Singers
16. Mahler, Alma, 1879-1964
17. Lambert, Alexander, 1862-1929
18. Farrar, Geraldine, 1882-1967
19. Serkin, Rudolf, 1903-1991
20. Programs
21. Scores
22. Portraits

Genre/Form

1. Clippings.
2. Correspondence.
3. Programs.
4. Scores.
5. Scrapbooks.
6. Portraits.
7. Photographic prints.
8. Silver gelatin photographic prints.

Call number

1. JPB 93-2

Source (note)

1. Sarah Lawrence College
2. Horn, Peggy Lehman

Biography (note)

1. Hulda Lashanska was an American soprano on the concert stage chiefly in New York City. In her early days she was a student of Marcella Sembrich.

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. Finding aid available.

Provenance (note)

1. The collection was donated by the late Mrs. James H. Elkus and Mrs. Richard Kaye Korn, Hulda Lashanska's daughters, to Sarah Lawrence College, and transferred to The New York Library for the Performing Arts in 1993.

Processing action (note)

1. Processed
2. Accessioned

Author

1. Lashanska, Hulda, 1893-1974.

Title

1. Hulda Lashanska papers, 1908-1971 (bulk 1920-1930).

Biography

1. Hulda Lashanska was an American soprano on the concert stage chiefly in New York City. In her early days she was a student of Marcella Sembrich.

Indexes

1. Finding aid available.

Provenance

1. The collection was donated by the late Mrs. James H. Elkus and Mrs. Richard Kaye Korn, Hulda Lashanska's daughters, to Sarah Lawrence College, and transferred to The New York Library for the Performing Arts in 1993.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Music & Recorded Sound Division Special Collections material
2. Finding Aid

Occupation

1. Singers.
2. Sopranos (Singers)

Added author

1. Farrar, Geraldine, 1882-1967.
2. Gabrilowitsch, Ossip, 1878-1936.
3. Heifetz, Jascha, 1901-1987.
4. Hofmann, Josef, 1876-1957.
5. Lambert, Alexander, 1862-1929.
6. Mahler, Alma, 1879-1964.
7. Masaryk, Jan, 1886-1948.
8. Sembrich, Marcella, 1858-1935.
9. Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977.

Research call number

1. JPB 93-2