Special Collections Research Center
Frances Breeze Music Collection
Breeze, Frances, 1919-2002
Chapman, Harold
Halstead, Roland
Stanton, Josephine Carey
Webb, Dianne
Mss. Acc. 2014.003
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1.25 Linear Feet
1890-1980
English
General
Other Information:
There is a Frances Breeze Endowment Fund at the College of William and Mary where she was a voice coach.
Biographical Information:
Frances was a soprano who performed with many of the world's leading musical companies and on the Broadway stage. She attended Julliard School of Music in NYC. She was a faculty member at William and Mary from 1973 to 1983.
Acquisition Information:
Gift.
Processing Information:
Processing and finding aid completed by Anne Johnson, Special Collections Assistant, in January 2014.
Separated Materials:
The following items were removed from this collection and were added to the Manuscripts Audiovisual Collection under Mss. Acc. 2014.003 on 6/16/2009:
Recording tape: Track 1 and 3, "Fairy Stones" and Track 2 and 4, blank.
Scotch 3m Music Mastering tape: "Chapman Tape I"
3M Music Mastering Tape: "Chapman II"
Conditions Governing Use:
Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.
Conditions Governing Access:
Collection is open to all researchers.
Preferred Citation:
Frances Breeze Music Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Related Materials:
The following items were removed from this collection and were added to the University Archives Audiovisual Collection (UA 58) on 6/16/2009:
Recording tape: Track 1 and 3, "Fairy Stones" and Track 2 and 4, blank.
Scotch 3m Music Mastering tape: "Chapman Tape I"
3M Music Mastering Tape: "Chapman II"
Arrangement of Materials:
Arranged in series by name of creator and subseries by type of material. Series 4 contains list of items removed from collection and filed elsewhere.
Scope and Contents
Book and individual sheet music of musical scores, probably collected by Frances Breeze. Scrapbooks created by Josephone Carey Stanton and possibly others. Roland Halstead's collection of ephemera from trips abroad and musical production programs and guides. Undetermined parts of the collection were given by Dianne Webb (via Frances Breeze) in memory of Manny and Harold Chapman. Includes a handwritten score by Harold Chapman.
Music - Manuscripts
Musical recordings
Pamphlets
Printed ephemera
Programs
Scrapbooks
Sheet music
College of William and Mary--Faculty and Staff
Music
Music--19th century.
Music--Performance--United States
Opera
College of William and Mary. Dept. of Music
Series 1: Frances Breeze Musical Scores and Theatre Programsid227498/repositories/2/archival_objects/311902Musical Scoresid227508/repositories/2/archival_objects/311906Amahl and the Night Visitors (Menotti)id227661/repositories/2/archival_objects/311925195211Crosses of Tears, Miracles of the Fairy Stones (Brown and Chapman)id227662/repositories/2/archival_objects/311926197112I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes Unto the Lord (music by Chapman)id227663/repositories/2/archival_objects/311927undated13I Wonder What's Become of Sally (Yellen and Ager)id227664/repositories/2/archival_objects/311928192414I'll Always Be in Love With You (Ruby, Green and Stept)id227665/repositories/2/archival_objects/311929192915I'm a Dreamer Aren't We All (DeSylva, Brown, and Henderson)id227666/repositories/2/archival_objects/311930192916Ill Wind (Koeler and Arlen)id227667/repositories/2/archival_objects/311931193417In a Little Spanish Town (Lewis and Young; Wayne)id227668/repositories/2/archival_objects/311932192618Me Too (Woods, Tobias, and Sherman)id227669/repositories/2/archival_objects/311933192619Margie (Davis; Conrad and Robinson)id227670/repositories/2/archival_objects/3119341920110Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (Stokes and Vernor)id227671/repositories/2/archival_objects/3119351912111This is Thee (Chapman)id227672/repositories/2/archival_objects/311936undated112Wedding of the Painted Doll (Freed and Brown)id227673/repositories/2/archival_objects/3119371929113Theatre Programsid227509/repositories/2/archival_objects/311907Coconut Grove Playhouseid227675/repositories/2/archival_objects/3119381970s and 1980s114Europeid227676/repositories/2/archival_objects/3119391945, 1963, and undated115Scope and ContentsCollected by Harold Halstead.
Ft. Eustis Special Services Entertainment Divisionid227677/repositories/2/archival_objects/3119401960s116Lost Colonyid227678/repositories/2/archival_objects/3119411970s and 1980s117Peninsula Community Theatreid227680/repositories/2/archival_objects/3119421965-197721Programs from theatres in the United Statesid227681/repositories/2/archival_objects/3119431960s-1980s22Virginiaid227683/repositories/2/archival_objects/3119441970s; most undated31Scope and ContentsIncludes programs from Chrysler Hall, Smithfield, Hampton Roads Coliseum, York High School, Kecoughtan High School, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, James Blair Elementary School, William and Mary Concert Series, Virginia Museum Theatre, Bruton Parish Church, Virginia Opera Association and others. Some newspaper reviews included.
Series 2: Josephine Carey Stanton Scrapbooksid227585/repositories/2/archival_objects/311903Souvenir: Olga Nethersole, "A Souvenir of Some of the Plays From her Repertoire"id227685/repositories/2/archival_objects/311916189932Scope and ContentsDrawings by C. Allan Gilbert. Published by arrangement with Mr. Marcus R. Mayer. R.H. Russell, New York, Publisher.
Scrapbookid227686/repositories/2/archival_objects/3119171890s-191233Scope and ContentsTheatre programs, newspaper articles, and photographs of actors and actresses.
Scrapbook of theater programsid227687/repositories/2/archival_objects/3119181986-190434Scrapbook of clippings of photographs of actresses and actorsid227689/repositories/2/archival_objects/311919undated41Series 3: Roland Halstead Ephemeraid227499/repositories/2/archival_objects/311904Tourist brochures, catalogues and ticket stubsid227510/repositories/2/archival_objects/311910Cataloguesid227693/repositories/2/archival_objects/3119451960s42Scope and ContentsThree catalogues for cooking items.
Ticket stubsid227694/repositories/2/archival_objects/3119461962 and 196643Scope and Contents1966 ticket stub from the Silver City Ferry and a 1962 ticket stub for the Pan American, from Munich to Berlin.
Tourist brochures from Europeid227695/repositories/2/archival_objects/31194744Tourist brochures from Europeid227696/repositories/2/archival_objects/31194845Tourist brochure for Koreaid227697/repositories/2/archival_objects/311949196046Tourist brochure for Mexicoid227698/repositories/2/archival_objects/311950undated (possibly 1960s)47Tourist brochures for the United Statesid227699/repositories/2/archival_objects/3119511960s and undated48Series 4: Books and Scoresid234694/repositories/2/archival_objects/311905Contral to Albumid234696/repositories/2/archival_objects/31192118995Scope and ContentsThe Royal Edition of the Contral to Album with Italian and English Words, edited by J. Pittman, Boosey & Co., London and New York. Edition is prior to 1899.
Victor Book of the Operaid234697/repositories/2/archival_objects/31192219125Scope and ContentsThe Victor Book of the Opera, Victor Talking Machine Co., Campden, New Jersey, 1912, owned by Harold Chapman.
Operatic Anthology and Celebrated Ariasid234698/repositories/2/archival_objects/31192319045Scope and ContentsOperatic Anthology and Celebrated Arias..., edited by Max Specker, G. Schirmer, 1904. Frances Breeze performed some of this music.
Sound of Musicid234699/repositories/2/archival_objects/31192419605Scope and ContentsThe Sound of Music, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, II, Libretto, Williamson Music, Inc., New York, 1960.