Carpenter, John Alden, 1876-1951
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1876-1951
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Chicago Allied Arts, Inc. records
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Chicago-Allied Arts
Abstract
Records kept by Thomas Hart Fisher, secretary for the Chicago Allied Arts, Inc., a short-lived organization which produced a series of programs of new music and dance in Chicago from 1924-1927. Includes business correspondence and financial information, with some program planning information.
Dates:
1924-1928
Felix Borowski Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Borowski
Abstract
Correspondence, writings, photographs, sound recordings, clippings scrapbooks, and some biographical material documenting the life of Felix Borowski, Chicago composer, musicologist, critic for the Chicago Evening Post and Herald, and music bibliographer for the Newberry Library. The papers include letters from prominent American and European composers such as Mili Balakirev, Edvard Grieg, Paul Hindemith, John Alden Carpenter, and...
Dates:
1841-1995; Majority of material found within 1896 - 1956
Henry Kitchell Webster papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Webster
Abstract
Correspondence and drafts and typescripts of works of Illinois novelist and short story writer, Henry Kitchell Webster, an Evanston native who had a highly successful literary career in the early decades of the twentieth century. Includes examples of the range of Webster’s published writings as well as extensive correspondence with literary agents and publishers, family, friends, fans, businesses and organizations. Also, miscellaneous documents and memorabilia, and one box of genealogical...
Dates:
1880-1932; Majority of material found within 1900-1932
John Alden Carpenter Letters to Remsen Bird
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-164
Abstract
Six letters to friend Remsen Bird and his wife mostly regarding Carpenter’s “Carmel Concerto”. Also, a review of the concerto from the Monterey Peninsula Herald, Nov. 21, 1949.
Dates:
1947-1950
John Alden Carpenter papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Carpenter
Abstract
Correspondence, mostly incoming, to American composer John Alden Carpenter, wife Rue W. Carpenter and daughter Genevieve; also material relating to Carpenter’s works; a miscellany of personal records; and a collection of photographs, many of them of well-known musicians.
Dates:
1890-1964; Majority of material found within 1900 - 1950
John T. McCutcheon papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-McCutcheon
Abstract
Collection of correspondence, works, drafts of works, subject files, and personal information by and about John T. McCutcheon, editorial cartoonist and newspaper correspondent for the Chicago Record and the Chicago Tribune.
Dates:
1834-1996; Majority of material found within 1889-1950
Mina Hager Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Hager
Abstract
Material relating to the career of mezzo-soprano Mina Hager (Mrs. Fred Heidenson), including incoming correspondence from John Alden Carpenter and others, programs, clippings and other memorabilia. Also, practice and demo tapes, sound recordings (78 rpm and 45 rpm, LP) and a collection of manuscript and published sheet music, mostly by John Alden Carpenter.
Dates:
1892-1977; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1970
Stone & Kimball records
Collection
Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-Stn
Abstract
Papers of late 19th-early 20th century Chicago book publisher Stone & Kimball, consisting of original manuscripts and correspondence (primarily that of Herbert S. Stone) and authors George Ade, Arthur Conan Doyle, Henry James, and Eugene Field, among others. Correspondence is supplanted with photographs, original manuscripts, plays, writings, art posters, drawings, prints, newspaper clippings, contracts, agreements, receipts, and artifacts. The bulk of the collection includes material...
Dates:
1883-1971
Theodore Thomas Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Thomas
Abstract
Correspondence, mainly incoming, of Theodore Thomas, the first conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and his wife Rose Fay Thomas; photographs of musicians; and a small collection of miscellaneous material relating to the Thomases.
Dates:
1852-1926
Thomas C. Pierson - John Alden Carpenter research papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Pierson
Abstract
Papers relating to Professor Thomas C. Pierson's lifelong research on John Alden Carpenter, including his doctoral dissertation, unpublished monograph, articles and lecture notes, and research files. Research materials include chronological files, Carpenter's musical works and information about them; correspondence and other materials of family and friends; subject files regarding musical styles and other topics; reel to reel tapes and cassettes containing oral interviews with Carpenter's...
Dates:
approximately 1910-2008