Finding Aid for the Fannie Charles Dillon Papers LSC.0626
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Title: Fannie Charles Dillon papers
Creator:
Dillon, Fannie Charles
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0626
Physical Description:
17.5 Linear Feet
(19 boxes, 4 oversize)
Date (inclusive): 1900-1943
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.
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[Identification of item], Fannie Charles Dillon papers (Collection 626). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mrs. Aylmer H. Thompson, August 4, 1954.
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UCLA Catalog Record ID:
4232942
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.
Fannie Charles Dillon Collection of Musical Compositions and Memorabilia (Collection PASC-M 15) . Available at UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Women music teachers -- California, Southern -- Archives.
Women composers -- California, Southern -- Archives.
Dillon, Fannie Charles, 1881-1947--Archives.