William Rose Benét writes two letters to Lawton Mackall: the first promises poems and includes a drawing; the second explains Benét's plans to travel for ten days.
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August 15, 1917
Location: I-Friends-1982-3
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Personal and Family Life
Format: Engravings and Illustrations, Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1900-1919
December 1918
This bulletin for the Mt. Vernon First Methodist Episcopal Church advertises prayer meetings and worship services at the church, including the congregation's Christmas Sunday service on December 22, 1918.
Location: MC 2013.3, B6, F13
Subject: Religion and Spirituality
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Time Period: 1900-1919
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Mt. Vernon, Illinois First Methodist Episcopal Church bulletin
1919
A description of this document is not currently available.
Location: DC 1870 B584m
Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Events, Dickinson College History, Education
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1900-1919
View Item: "Moncure D. Conway and Conway Hall," by Edward W. Biddle
March 23, 1919
This is a concert program for a performance Marguerite Namara and Allen Tanner gave to raise money for the Permanent Blind Relief War Fund for the Soldiers and Sailors of the Allies.
Location: MC 2013.3, B5, F22
Subject: Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Time Period: 1900-1919
View Item: Concert for the benefit of the Permanent Blind Relief War Fund program
March 23, 1919
This is the cover of a program for a concert to support the Permanent Blind Relief War Fund for the Soldiers and Sailors of the Allies.
Location: MC 2013.3, B4, F50
Subject: Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Time Period: 1900-1919
View Item: Permanent Blind Relief War Fund program
March 29, 1919
Esther H. King writes to Whitelaw Saunders regarding her late husband, Horatio Collins King.
Location: I-SpahrB-1958-36
Subject: Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1900-1919
View Item: Letter from Esther King to Whitelaw Saunders
1920
Publisher: Carlisle: Hamilton Library Association
Edward W. Biddle, President of the Board of Trustees of Dickinson College and a graduate of the class of 1870, delivers a talk on the first grammar school and college...
Location: DC 1870 B584o
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College History, Education
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1920-1939
View Item: "The Old College Lot," by Edward W. Biddle
February 1920
The Dickinson College catalog for the 1919-1920 academic year. Through the years, the annual catalog was variously titled "The Bulletin," "Catalogue and Register," "Course Catalog," and similar variants. The catalog typically includes the list of...
Location: Dickinsoniana Periodicals
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Education
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1900-1919
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Location: Dickinsoniana Periodicals
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Education
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1920-1939
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February 2 [c.1920]
This program is for Allen Tanner and Harold Barton's joint recital at the Provincetown Players' Theatre-Club on February 2nd. The year is unknown, but approximated.
Location: MC 2013.3, B4, F58
Subject: Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Time Period: 1920-1939
View Item: Provincetown Players’ Theatre-Club program
March 18 [c.1920]
This program is for the Grand Ballet on March 18th. The year is unknown, but approximated. Pavel Tchelitchew is listed as the decor and costume designer.
Location: MC 2013.3, B4, F60
Subject: Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Time Period: 1920-1939
View Item: Grand Ballet program
March 28 [c.1920]
This program is for a song recital by Marguerite d'Alvarez, accompanied by Allen Tanner, at the Provincetown Theatre on March 28th. The year is unknown, but approximated.
Location: MC 2013.3, B4, F59
Subject: Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Time Period: 1920-1939
View Item: Provincetown Theatre recital program
June 20, 1920
This program is for a concert in which Allen Tanner, Marguerite Namara, and others performed at the Globe Music Club in New York City.
Location: MC 2013.3, B4, F51
Subject: Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Time Period: 1920-1939
View Item: Globe Music Club concert program
1922
This partial newspaper clipping offers a brief biography of singer Alice Miriam.
Location: MC 2013.3, B5, F15
Subject: Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Newspapers and Magazines
Time Period: 1920-1939
View Item: "whole story, either, although…" clipping from unknown newspaper
March 23, 1922
This is an obituary for Alice Miriam of the Metropolitan Opera.
Location: MC 2013.3, B5, F22
Subject: Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Newspapers and Magazines
Time Period: 1920-1939
View Item: "Miss Alice Miriam, Opera Singer, Dies" clipping from unknown newspaper
July 1922
This is an obituary for Alice Miriam, Metropolitan Opera soprano.
Location: MC 2013.3, B5, F15
Subject: Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Newspapers and Magazines
Time Period: 1920-1939
View Item: "Opera Singer Dies After Operations" clipping from unknown newspaper
July 13, 1922
Edwin Elliot Willoughby (Class of 1922) writes to Mrs. Spears, his former instructor, in which he discusses his time at Dickinson, his career at the Newberry Library afterwards, and his future goals of continuing his education at the University...
Location: I-DawsonG-1981-1
Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College Organizations, Dickinson College Student Life, Education, Military Affairs and Conflict
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1920-1939
View Item: Letter from Edwin Willoughby to Mrs. Spears
July 24, 1922
This is a brief obituary, with photo, of soprano Alice Miriam.
Location: MC 2013.3, B5, F15
Subject: Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Newspapers and Magazines
Time Period: 1920-1939
View Item: Alice Miriam obituary clipping from unknown newspaper
December 2, 1922
This item is pianist Allen Tanner's passport.
Location: MC 2013.3, B5, F55
Subject: Travel and Tourism
Format: Legal and Government Documents
Time Period: 1920-1939
View Item: Allen Tanner passport
1923
Publisher: Salem, MA: Newcomb & Gauss
Charles W. Super, a graduate of the class of 1866, authors a somewhat wandering history of Dickinson College while making comparisons to The Ohio University, a history of which he...
Location: DC 378.748 DES
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Dickinson College History, Education
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1920-1939
View Item: "A Pioneer College and its Background (Dickinson)," by Charles W. Super
February 1923
The Dickinson College catalog for the 1922-1923 academic year. Through the years, the annual catalog was variously titled "The Bulletin," "Catalogue and Register," "Course Catalog," and similar variants. The catalog typically includes the list of...
Location: Dickinsoniana Periodicals
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Education
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1920-1939
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circa 1925
This brochure offers a brief biography of pianist Allen Tanner, and advertises his services as a piano teacher and singing coach.
Location: MC 2013.3, B4, F52
Subject: Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Time Period: 1920-1939
View Item: Allen Tanner Pianiste brochure
circa 1925
This advertisement is for Allen Tanner's piano lessons.
Location: MC 2013.3, B4, F52
Subject: Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Time Period: 1920-1939
View Item: Cours de Piano advertisement
May 1925
The Dickinson College catalog for the 1924-1925 academic year. Through the years, the annual catalog was variously titled "The Bulletin," "Catalogue and Register," "Course Catalog," and similar variants. The catalog typically includes the list of...
Location: Dickinsoniana Periodicals
Subject: Dickinson College Academic Affairs, Dickinson College Administration, Education
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1920-1939
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April 26, 1929
This program is for one of Allen Tanner's piano concert performances.
Location: MC 2013.3, B4, F53
Subject: Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Time Period: 1920-1939
View Item: "Allen Tanner Pianiste"
May 7, 1929
Painter Horace Thompson Carpenter writes to Dickinson College trustee Edward W. Biddle, announcing the completion of a portrait of Charles Nisbet commissioned by the College.
Location: I-Original-1929-1
Subject: Dickinson College Administration, Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1920-1939