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Eusebia Hunkins Collection [collection]
- Title
- Eusebia Hunkins Collection [collection]
- Dates Created
- Span: 1935-1980
- Bulk: 1950s-1970s
- Language
- English, Russian
- Form
- collection
- Physical Description
- 8 ft.
- 10 boxes
- Abstract
- Born in Troy, Ohio, Eusebia Simpson Hunkins studied piano and theory in Dayton until granted a fellowship from the Juilliard Foundation to do graduate work in New York. Her instructors at Juilliard were James Friskin in piano, Rubin Goldmark in theory and composition, and Albert Stoessel in conducting. Mrs. Hunkins is known widely as a composer of American folk opera.
- Contents Note
- Music manuscripts and printed music; research materials.
- Note
- No known transfers, although the University of Ohio Music Library in Athens, Ohio expressed interest in acquiring any Hunkins materials the Library of Congress does not retain for its collections.
- Preferred Citation
- Eusebia Hunkins Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress
- Access Permissions
- Researchers wishing to work with special collections are advised to inquire in advance about availability of material since many special collections are stored off-site.
- Subjects
- Choral Music
- Composers
- Folk Music
- Native American Music and Dance
- Opera
- Orchestral Music
- Women Composers
- Women in the Performing Arts
- Hunkins, Eusebia
- Repository
- Music Division, Library of Congress
Last Updated: 02-01-2011