Guide to the Hattie Hecht Sloss music collection M0126
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
1999 ; revised 2017, 2022
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford 94305-6064
specialcollections@stanford.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Hattie Hecht Sloss music collection
Identifier/Call Number: M0126
Physical Description:
1 Linear Feet
(2 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1811-1947
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Hattie Hecht Sloss with other materials donated by Siemon William Muller, Professor Alma Lowrey Williams, Watson Nicholson,
Mary Hopkins and others.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item] Sloss music collection, M0126, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letters and cards from musicians, singers, composers and conductors. Also postcards, autographs, and a few photographs,
in English and German, and songbooks from Greenland.
Conditions Governing Use
These materials are believed to be in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use of public domain materials.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Music
Songbooks.
Sloss, Hattie Hecht
to Mr. Sears,
undated
Container Summary: A.L.S.
box 1, folder 3
BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG V. 1770-1827
to Mrs. Sloss, with covers.
6 April 1933 and 20 March 1934
Container Summary: 2 T.L.S.
to Mrs. Sloss, in German and English with concert program and cover.
5 Jan. [1931]
Container Summary: A.L.S.
box 1, folder 6
DAMROSCH, FRANK HEINO 1859-1937
to Mrs. Sloss,
16 May 1917.
Container Summary: T.L.S.
box 1, folder 7
DAMROSCH, WALTER JOHANNES 1862-
to Mrs. Sloss,
28 Nov. 1901.
Container Summary: A.L.S.
to R.L. Wilbur,
12 Nov. 1934.
Container Summary: T.L.S.
to Mrs. Sloss, in English with cover.
3 Jan. 1931
Container Summary: A.N.S.
A.P.C.S. to Mrs. Sloss, in German.
9 July 1931
to Mrs. Sloss, in German with cover.
3 Nov. [1931]
Container Summary: A.N.S.
box 1, folder 9
DOBROWEN, M. (see also: Issay A.P.C.S.)
to Mrs. Sloss, in German with cover.
28 Jan. 1931
Container Summary: A.L.S.
to Mrs. Sloss, in German, with line and signature of Issay.
24 March 1931
Container Summary: T.L.S.
to Mrs. Sloss, in German with cover.
4 Oct. 1931
Container Summary: A.L.S.
Autograph to Margaret Sloss,
4 March 1914.
Autographed photo to Mrs. Sloss,
15 Feb. 1913.
to Mrs. Sloss,
5 May 1914.
Container Summary: A.L.S.
to Mrs. Sloss,
16 May 1943.
Container Summary: A.L.S.
box 1, folder 12
FLOOD, WILLIAM HENRY GRATTON 1859 - 1928
to Watson Nicholson,
28 June and 10 Aug. 1922.
Container Summary: 2 A.L.S.
to Mrs. Sloss,
23 Dec.?
Container Summary: A.L.S.
box 1, folder 14
GERMAN, SIR EDWARD 1862-1936
unsigned letter quoting newspapers' praise of The Seasons.
undated
box 1, folder 15
HARTY, SIR HAMILTON 1880-1941
to Mrs. Sloss, with cover.
15 Aug. 1931
Container Summary: A.L.S.
to unknown,
date?
Container Summary: 1 A.N.S. and 1 A.L.S.
to Mrs. Sloss, with cover. to unknown,
23 Oct. 1923 n.d.
Container Summary: A.N.S.
to Mr. Hecht,
1 June 1896.
Container Summary: A.L.S.
to Miss Hecht, with note signed [G.H.] with cover.
n.d.,
Container Summary: A.L.S.
to Hattie [Hecht],
undated
Container Summary: A.L.S.
to Prof. A.L. Williams
1933
Container Summary: A.L.S.
Scope and Contents note
Content: genealogy, esp. relationship between Prof. Williams and Ives (Source: Prof. Alma Lowry Williams)
box 1, folder 21
[LIEDERSAMMLUNG; 20 musik gesetzt.]
M0126_b01_f21
songbook, in German, various composers, hand-copied
undated
to Mrs. Sloss, with cover.
10 Sept. 1930
Container Summary: A.L.S.
to Mrs. Sloss, with cover.
4 Feb. 1916
Container Summary: A.L.S.
to Mrs. Sloss, with cover.
n.d.,
Container Summary: A.L.S.
box 1, folder 25
MEYERBEER, GIACOMO 1791 - 1864
M0126_b01_f25
to unknown, with autograph of Alexander H. Rice attached to verso.
9 Aug. [1861]
Container Summary: A.L.S.
to Mrs. Sloss, with cover.
21 April 1947
Container Summary: A.L.S.
box 1, folder 27
MOZART facsimiles
Container Summary: two items.
box 1, folder 28
MOZART, CONSTANZE [transferred]
Separated Materials
This item transferred to Memorial Library of Music MLM 765, 2017.
to J. Spontini,
Mar. 19, 1838.
Container Summary: A.L.S.
To Mons. Golterman, in French.
27 Sept. 1871
Container Summary: A.L.S.
facsimile signature and handwritten line from menuet in A major. ( L.A.)
Mar. 1900,
to unknown,
23 Dec. 1878.
Container Summary: A.L.S.
box 1, folder 32
RETHBERG, ELIZABETH 1894 -
to Mrs. Sloss, with cover.
5 March 1929
Container Summary: T.L.S.
to Mrs. Sloss, with cover.
29 Aug. 1929
Container Summary: T.L.S.
A.P.C.S. to Mrs. Sloss, with cover in German.
24 Sept. 1929
Container Summary: (signed photo)
to Mrs. Sloss, with cover.
17 March 1931
Container Summary: A.N.S.
A.P.C.S. to Mrs. Sloss,
17 Feb.
Container Summary: (photo)
to Mrs. Sloss, with cover.
10 [Aug.] 1935
Container Summary: A.L.S.
to Mrs. Sloss, with cover in German.
undated
Container Summary: A.N.S.
box 1, folder 33
SEMBRICH, MARCELLA STENGEL 1858 - 1935
to Mrs. Sloss, in German.
23 March 1901
Container Summary: A.L.S.
to Mrs. Sloss, with cover, in German.
11 Nov. 1901
Container Summary: A.L.S.
Autograph calling card,
Nov. 1901.
to Mrs. Sloss, with cover, in German.
3 Dec. 1901
Container Summary: A.L.S.
to Mrs. Sloss, with cover, in German.
11 May 1904
Container Summary: A.L.S.
to Mrs. Sloss, with cover.
11 May 1933
Container Summary: T.L.S.
T.N.S. to Mrs. Sloss, with cover.
30 March 1933
to Mrs. Sloss, with cover, in German.
undated
Container Summary: A.L.S.
to Mrs. Sloss, with cover.
undated
Container Summary: A.N.S.
box 1, folder 34
SMITH, S.F.
M0126_b01_f34
Autographed hymn of America
1894.
box 1, folder 35
SPONTINI, GASPARE 1774-1851
M0126_b01_f35
to [?]
April 8, 1811.
Container Summary: A.L.S.
to Mrs. Sloss,
undated
Container Summary: A.L.S.
box 1, folder 37
STRAUSS, MME. JOHANN
Container Summary: calling card with note in [German?]
box 1, folder 38
TETRAZZINI, LUISA 1874-1940
to Mrs. Sloss, in French.
20 Jan. 1911
Container Summary: A.L.S.
box 1, folder 39
TIBBETT, LAWRENCE M. 1896 -
T.L. (carbon) to L.T. from Mrs. Sloss,
31 Aug. 1933.
to Mrs. Sloss,
9 Sept. 1933.
Container Summary: T.L.S.
T.L. (carbon) from Mrs. Sloss,
22 Nov. 1933.
to Mrs. Sloss,
18 Dec. 1933.
Container Summary: T.L.S.
box 1, folder 40
TOVEY, DONALD FRANCIS 1875 - 1940 [transferred]
Separated Materials
Transferred to Memorial Library of Music, MLM 24.
to James Speyer,
July 31, 1901.
Container Summary: A.L.S.
to Mrs. Sloss, with cover.
4 Sept. 1946
Container Summary: A.L.S.
to Mrs. Sloss, with cover.
21 April 1947
Container Summary: A.L.S.
box 1, folder 42
Unidentified Charlotte Fairchild photograph signed "To Mrs. Sloss with Fondest Love, Ruth"
Scope and Contents note
(See Memorial Lib of Music #24)
box 2, folder 1
Greenland Inuit missionary texts
M0126_b02_f01
Scope and Contents
Two items, both probably in Greenlandic Inuit (i.e. kalaallisut or grønlandsk).
One bound, mostly holograph. Name Tobias Fisker[?] appears several times. Inserted is loose color plate with caption "Tegning
af Gronlaenderinden Dalarak fra Umanark," from Erichsen & Moltke's
Grønland's llustreret Skildring Af Den Danske Literære Grønlandsekspeditions Rejser I Melvillebugten: Og Opold Blandt Jordens
Nordligst Boende Mennesker-Polareskimoerne, 1903-1904
(København: Gyldendal, 1906).
Accompanied by smaller printed songbook (partial) with annotations, pages 25-48 of Mathias Storch's
NãmagsivoK: ánáussissivta Jîsusip Kristusip ániarneranik toKuneranigdlo oKalugtuaK (Nûk: Ilíniarfigssûp naK, 1940).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Kalâtdlisut dialect
box 2, folder 2
Greenland Inuit [?] hymn books
Container Summary: 2 ms. songbooks with hand drawn and painted covers, both titled
Sange.
box 2, folder 3
Gesange fur Clavier Oder Pianoforte Gesamelt von Concordia Rohler
M0126_b02_f03
Scope and Contents note
Ms. musical scores and lyrics in German, bound.
box 2, folder 4
Songbook in English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Dr. Siemon William Muller.
Ms., bound, owner and possible copyist: Mr. Hamilton
box 2, folder 5
John Law Sunday School songbook
1821
M0126_b02_f05
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Siemon William Muller.
Bound ms., signed "M. Law, Whittingham Sunday School"
1821.
box 2, folder 6
A. Haswell songbook
1826
M0126_b02_f06
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Siemon William Muller.
Bound ms., signed "A. Haswell, April 2, 1826"
box 2, folder 7
John Law songbook
1842
M0126_b02_f07
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Siemon William Muller.
Bound ms., signed "John Law, Kingmoor House 1842"
Ms., bound, hymns and psalms
box 2, folder 9
Nancy Kellogg songbook
1825
M0126_b02_f09
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mrs. Timothy Hopkins [Mary Hopkins].
Scope and Contents
Pencil note next to poems in back: "The following poems copied by William C. Bryant the poet for Nancy Kellogg in 1820." Kellogg
was probably the Nancy Kellogg of Great Barrington, Massachusetts who was involved in raising Timothy Hopkins and with her
two sisters ran the Rose Cottage Seminary (whose schoolhouse had once been Bryant's law office).