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Carpenter, John Alden, 1876-1951

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1876 - 1951

Found in 6 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

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

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  • Subject: Correspondence X

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Subject
Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 4
Correspondence -- 1901-1950 3
Composers -- Correspondence 2
Correspondence 2
Musicians -- Correspondence 2
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Photographs -- 1901-1950 2
Actors -- Correspondence 1
Actors -- Portraits 1
American literature -- Illinois -- Evanston 1
Artists -- Correspondence 1
Artists -- Portraits 1
Authors, American -- Illinois -- Correspondence 1
Bahamas -- Description and travel 1
Caricatures and cartoons -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Cartoonists -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Cartoons (humorous images) -- 1901-1950 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century 1
Clippings (information artifacts) 1
Composers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Correspondence 1
Conductors (Music) -- Correspondence 1
Costume design drawings 1
Editorial cartoons 1
Genealogical correspondence -- United States 1
Glass negatives 1
Hack writers 1
International relations -- Caricatures and cartoons 1
Lake Forest (Ill.) -- History 1
Literary agents -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Magnetic tapes 1
Manuscripts, American 1
Manuscripts, American -- Illinois 1
Mezzo-sopranos -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Musicians -- Portraits 1
Novelists, American -- Illinois -- Correspondence 1
Opera singers -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Performing arts sponsorship -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Philippines -- History -- Philippine American War, 1899-1902 -- Personal narratives 1
Philippines -- History -- Philippine American War, 1899-1902 -- Pictorial works 1
Photographs 1
Photographs -- 1851-1900 1
Photographs -- 1951-2000 1
Political cartoons 1
Postcards 1
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- Caricatures and cartoons 1
Publishers and publishing -- Correspondence 1
Scrapbooks 1
Screenwriters -- United States 1
Serialized fiction -- United States 1
Set design drawings 1
Sheet music -- 1851-1900 1
Sheet music -- 1901-1950 1
Sheet music -- 1951-2000 1
Singers -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Sketches 1
Sound recordings 1
South African War, 1899-1902 1
Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Campaigns -- Philippines -- Personal narratives 1
Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Campaigns -- Philippines -- Pictorial works 1
Stereographs 1
Travel 1
United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century -- Caricatures and cartoons 1
Women in the book industries and trade 1
Women singers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Women singers -- Portraits 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives 1
World politics -- Caricatures and cartoons 1
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