Entries drawn from collection & document descriptions
In this letter to Liz Hamill Howard, Allen Tanner describes where he purchased an Alexander Scriabin album, and offers advice to Hamilll Howard on her piano playing technique.
Location: MC 2013.3, B1, F47
Subject: Personal and Family Life, Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1960-1979
Chemist and 1979 Priestley Award recipient Melvin Calvin responds to an inquiry from Barry Fortson, explaining that the "most exciting moment in my life in chemistry" was "clos[ing] the carbon cycle one day in my head."
Location: I-Friends-1983-3
Subject: Science and Technology
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1980-1999
Judith B. Jones writes to Allen Tanner regarding a biography of Edith Sitwell written by Victoria Glendinning.
Location: MC 2013.3, B1, F43
Subject: Literary Pursuits
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1980-1999
Allen Tanner writes to Victoria Glendinning regarding her biography on Edith Sitwell, and expresses his disappointment that Glendinning did not contact him for information on Sitwell.
Location: MC 2013.3, B1, F43
Subject: Literary Pursuits
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1980-1999
In this letter to author Victoria Glendinning, Allen Tanner writes about his and Pavel Tchelitchew's friendship with English poet Edith Sitwell, as well as the end of their friendship with Gertrude Stein.
Location: MC 2013.3, B1, F44
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1980-1999
In this letter, Allen Tanner writes that he is displeased with how author Victoria Glendinning has characterized him in her biography of English poet Edith Sitwell.
Location: MC 2013.3, B1, F44
Subject: Literary Pursuits, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1980-1999
In this letter to his Uncle Allen Tanner, Robert Tanner describes his genealogical research and reconnection with distant family members. Transcript included.
Location: MC 2013.3, B1, F82
Subject: Genealogy and Family History, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1980-1999
In this letter to R. Kirk Askew, owner of the Durlacher Bros. art gallery, Allen Tanner discusses the sale of several Pavel Tchelitchew paintings in Askew's gallery. He also mentions his health and the death of one of Tchelitchew's sisters. Transcript included.
Location: MC 2013.3, B1, F8
Subject: Personal and Family Life, Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period:
In this letter to R. Kirk Askew, owner of the Durlacher Bros. art gallery, Allen Tanner tells Askew that he wants Askew's wife Constance to have one of Pavel Tchelitchew's drawings--the "Ode" sketch. The last page appears to be part of a different letter, or essay, and focuses on Russian music....
Location: MC 2013.3, B1, F8
Subject: Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period:
In this draft letter, Allen Tanner writes to Margaret Anderson about their first meeting in Chicago. He also discusses her past relationships with fellow editor of the Little Review Jane Heap, and opera singer Georgette LeBlanc.
Location: MC 2013.3, B1, F5
Subject: LGBT History, Literary Pursuits, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period:
In this draft letter, Allen Tanner writes to author Parker Tyler to assist Tyler in writing his book The Divine Comedy of Pavel Tchelitchew. Tanner discusses the dissolution of his and...
Location: MC 2013.3, B2, F6
Subject: LGBT History, Literary Pursuits, Personal and Family Life
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period:
With this letter to his mother, Robert Tanner includes a photocopy of a newspaper article about his Uncle Allen Tanner's musical accomplishments. Transcript included.
Location: MC 2013.3, B1, F82
Subject: Personal and Family Life, Visual and Performing Arts
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period:
