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Allen C. Tanner (1898-1987) was an Illinois-born pianist. At fifteen he was awarded a scholarship to study music in Chicago. There he met Margaret Anderson, editor of the Little Review. Tanner then moved to New York City where he performed in musical salons and accompanied many musical...
Location: MC 2013.3
Subject: LGBT History, Literary Pursuits, Personal and Family Life, Travel and Tourism, Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Essays and Dissertations, Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Music, Newspapers and Magazines, Notes and Notebooks, Photographs
Time Period: 1880-1899, 1900-1919, 1920-1939, 1940-1959, 1960-1979, 1980-1999
Collection Inventory: 
mc2013.03.pdf
This Woman’s Christian Temperance Union program from Mt. Vernon, Illinois contains psalms, a schedule of meetings, and a roster of the organization's officers and members.
Location: MC 2013.3, B6, F26
Subject: Religion and Spirituality, Social Reform and Advocacy
Format: Books and Pamphlets
Time Period: 1900-1919
This is a reproduced image of opera singer Mary Garden as Salome.
Location: MC 2013.3, B6, F12
Subject: Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Newspapers and Magazines
Time Period: 1900-1919
This brochure contains the roster of participants and the order of track and field events for the seventh Southern Illinois Interscholastic athletic contest held in Carbondale, Illinois.
Location: MC 2013.3, B6, F14
Subject: Sport and Recreation
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Time Period: 1900-1919
In this newspaper clipping, Hanna Butler, prima donna of the Auditorium Hotel, offers advice for how singers can test their tone using their thumb.
Location: MC 2013.3, B5, F8
Subject: Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Newspapers and Magazines
Time Period: 1900-1919
This program is for Polish pianist Ignacy Jan Paderewski's recital at Orchestra Hall in Chicago in 1916.
Location: MC 2013.3, B5, F5
Subject: Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Time Period: 1900-1919
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
This brochure advertises Russian ballet dancer Laurent Novikoff's services as a coach for classes and private lessons in ballet training, improvisation, rhythmics, and modern dance forms.
Location: MC 2013.3, B5, F4
Subject: Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Time Period: 1920-1939
This news clipping describes a recital by Allen Tanner after his return from Europe.
Location: MC 2013.3, B5, F23
Subject: Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Newspapers and Magazines
Time Period: 1920-1939
This program is for Mrs. McAllister's First Musical Morning at the Copley Plaza in Boston, Massachusetts. Allen Tanner is listed as Marguerite d'Alvarez's accompanist. On the reverse side news clippings are attached that report on Tanner's accompaniment of baritone Howard Gartner.
Location: MC 2013.3, B4, F57
Subject: Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Time Period: 1920-1939
This brochure offers a brief biography and reviews of Allen Tanner's student Howard Gartner. Contact information for performance booking purposes is included.
Location: MC 2013.3, B5, F2
Subject: Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Time Period: 1920-1939
