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Title: Fannie Charles Dillon Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1900-1943
Collection number: 626
Creator:
Dillon, Fannie Charles, 1881-1947
Extent: 19 boxes (9.5 linear ft.)
4 oversize boxes
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Fannie Charles Dillon (1881-1947) was a teacher, pianist and composer of piano, vocal, orchestral and chamber music. She taught
at Pomona College (1910-13), and in Los Angeles high schools (1918-41). In 1924, she founded the Woodland Theater at Fawnskin,
Big Bear Lake, California and served as the general manager (1926-29). The collection consists of manuscripts, ephemera, photographs,
and correspondence.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including
copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
PARTIALLY PROCESSED COLLECTION UNAVAILABLE FOR USE: Inquiries regarding these materials should be directed, in writing, to
the Manuscripts Librarian, UCLA Department of Special Collections.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mrs. Aylmer H. Thompson, August 4, 1954.
[Identification of item], Fannie Charles Dillon Papers (Collection 626). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Dillon was born on March 16, 1881 in Denver, Colorado; moved with family to Long Beach, California in 1890; studied composition
with Heinrich Urban, Hugo Kaun and Rubin Goldmark, and piano with Leopold Godovsky, Berlin, Germany, 1900-06; teacher, pianist
and composer, Los Angeles, 1906-10; taught at Pomona College, 1910-13, and in Los Angeles high schools, 1918-41; composer
of piano, vocal, orchestral and chamber music, as well as for the outdoor dramas
Nevertheless--Old Glory,
The desert calls, and
Tahquitz; founded Woodland Theater at Fawnskin, Big Bear Lake, California, 1924, serving as general manager, 1926-29; died on February
21, 1947.
Collection consists of manuscripts, ephemera, photographs, and correspondence.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Dillon, Fannie Charles, 1881-1947--Archives.
Women composers--California, Southern--Archival resources.
Women music teachers--California, Southern--Archival resources.
Fannie Charles Dillon Collection of Musical Compositions and Memorabilia (Collection 15)
. Available at Music Library Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles.