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  • Biographical / Historical
  • Scope and Contents
  • Conditions Governing Access
  • Rights Statement for Archival Description
  • Conditions Governing Use
  • Immediate Source of Acquisition
  • Preferred Citation
  • Processing Information

  • Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Music Library
    Title: Maralin Niska papers
    Creator: Niska, Maralin
    Identifier/Call Number: 1014
    Identifier/Call Number: /repositories/8/resources/3363
    Physical Description: 22.25 Linear Feet 19 boxes
    Date (inclusive): 1915-2014
    Abstract: Collection consists of various vocal scores, press clippings, photographs, programs, awards, correspondence, scrapbooks, and recordings belonging to American soprano Maralin Niska (1926-2016).
    Language of Material: English, French, German, Italian, Lithuanian.
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    Biographical / Historical

    Maralin Niska (1926-2016) earned a Bachelor of English Literature from UCLA and went on to study voice at the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California and at UCLA. Her vocal career began in California in the 1950s, she debuted with the New York City Opera in 1967 and the Metropolitan Opera in 1970.

    Scope and Contents

    Collection consists of various annotated classical and contemporary vocal scores for opera and stage, press clippings, photographs, programs, awards, correspondence, scrapbooks, and audio and video recordings belonging to American soprano Maralin Niska (1926-2016).

    Conditions Governing Access

    Advance notice required for access.

    Rights Statement for Archival Description

    Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

    Conditions Governing Use

    All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Music Library at music@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Music Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Collection donated by William Mullen, Niska's husband, in 2018.

    Preferred Citation

    [Box/folder no. or item name], Maralin Niska papers, Collection no. 1014, Music Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

    Processing Information

    This collection is unprocessed.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Audiotapes
    Clippings
    Magnetic tapes
    Opera -- 20th century -- Archival resources
    Programs (documents)
    Scrapbooks
    VHS
    Vocal scores
    Niska, Maralin -- Archives