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| | Penn Special Collections - Music/Art Alliance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) |
 | | The Philadelphia Art Alliance was founded in 1915 by Christine Wetherill Stevenson (1878-1922), an actress and playwright, as a center for drama, music, crafts, painting, sculpture, architecture, and literary arts. |
 | | The records, which were donated to Penn in 1992, include exhibition and events files, minutes, membership records, and administrative files dating from 1915 through 1990, as well as architectural records for the Art Alliance building dating from 1906. |
 | | He explains his need for two pianos--so they can be prepared in advance of the performance--as well as his request for a specific Steinway model, necessary because of its specific construction. |
| www.library.upenn.edu /exhibits/rbm/music/artall.html (123 words) |
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