Finding aid for the Stella Hadden-Alexander Papers
Title:
Stella Hadden-Alexander Papers
Repository:
Western Reserve Historical Society
Phone: 216-721-5722
http://www.wrhs.org
Creator:
Hadden-Alexander, Stella
Dates:
1898-1935
Quantity:
0.20 linear feet (1 container)
Abstract:
 Stella Hadden-Alexander was a concert pianist and student of American composer Edward MacDowell. She left her hometown of Sandusky, Ohio, to study music in Boston. After her graduation in 1883, Mrs. Hadden-Alexander toured the country until the 1930s, appearing in such places as Cleveland, Washington, and New York. In 1908 she settled in Wellesley, Massachusetts, and dedicated herself to the propagation of her teacher's music. The collection consists of concert programs (1898-1932), notes on her Cleveland, Ohio appearance at Miss Mittleburger's School for Girls (1900), correspondence concerning her own career and that of the Edward MacDowell Association (1920-1935), financial statements (1917-1924), printed material concerning fund raising and benefit concerts for the Edward MacDowell Association (1906-1935), and newspaper clippings, photoduplicated, on Mrs. Hadden-Alexander's performances, and on Mr. and Mrs. Edward MacDowell (1898-1930).
Identification:
MS 3780
Location:
closed stacks
Language:
The records are in English

Scope and Content

The Stella Hadden-Alexander Papers, 1898-1935 and undated, consist of concert programs (1898-1932), notes on her Cleveland, Ohio appearance at Miss Mittleburger's School for Girls (1900), correspondence concerning her own career and that of the Edward MacDowell Association (1920-1935), financial statements (1917-1924), printed material concerning fund raising and benefit concerts for the Edward MacDowell Association (1906-1935), and newspaper clippings, photoduplicated, on Mrs. Hadden-Alexander's performances, and on Mr. and Mrs. Edward MacDowell (1898-1930).

This collection will be useful to researchers studying musicians from Sandusky, Ohio, and women's history in the early nineteenth century. Those studying the musical careers of Stella Hadden-Alexander and Edward MacDowell will find this collection useful.

Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged by document type and then chronologically.

Restrictions on Access

None.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Hadden-Alexander, Stella.
Pianists -- United States.
Women musicians -- United States.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 3780 Stella Hadden-Alexander Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Detailed Description of The Collection



Stella Hadden-Alexander Papers, 1898-1935; undated

Box 1 / Folder 1
Correspondence, Stella Hadden-Alexander, 1920-1924




Box 1 / Folder 2
Printed programs, Stella Hadden-Alexander, 1898-1932




Box 1 / Folder 3
Financial statements and printed material, Edward MacDowell Association, 1906-1935




Box 1 / Folder 4
Newspaper clippings, 1898-1930