Margaret Fallenius papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 6109

Staff Only

Content Description

Travel diaries, scrapbooks, programs, photographs, musical scores/sheets documenting Margaret Fallenius' (1890-1962) career in vaudeville.

Dates

Creation: 1892-1959

Creator

Fallenius, Margaret (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of the Music Library. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Music Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Conditions Governing Use

Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Biographical / Historical

Margaret Fallenius (approx. 1892-1962) was a voice, piano and violin teacher in Palo Alto, California, originally from the Portland, Oregon area. Her father, Karl, was a Swedish pianist and composer of popular Swedish music who died approximately 1898 while on a visit to relatives in Sweden. Margaret's mother, Edith, was a pianist, organist, and music teacher who supported herself and her daughter by her music after her husband's death and throughout the remainder of her life.

From approximately 1911-1924, Margaret performed classical violin on the Orpheum, Keith and Pantages vaudeville circuits. She may also have served in the USO in France in 1918.

Extent

2 Linear Feet (2 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Margaret Fallenius (approx. 1892-1962) was a voice, piano and violin teacher in Palo Alto, California, originally from the Portland, Oregon area. From approximately 1911-1924, Margaret performed classical violin on the Orpheum, Keith and Pantages vaudeville circuits. The collectioon contains travel diaries, scrapbooks, programs, photographs, musical scores/sheets documenting Fallenius' career in vaudeville.