Robert Hayne Tarrant Papers, 1916-1930.

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Robert Hayne Tarrant Papers, 1916-1930.

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These papers, which date roughly from 1916 to 1930, provide information about Tarrant and about New Orleans's cultural life. They are arranged into three series: Printed Material; Photographs; Programs. Each series is then arranged chronologically. Of particular interest are the programs--a valuable record of performers and theaters in New Orleans.

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Loyola University (New Orleans, La.). Monroe Library

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Loyola University (New Orleans, La.). Monroe Library

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Stracciari, Riccardo

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Tarrant, Robert Hayne

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Robert Hayne Tarrant was an important New Orleans impresario. A native of Charleston, South Carolina, Tarrant began his career in New Orleans about 1912. He brought to the city such artists as Riccardo Stracciari, Geraldine Farrar, John McCormack, Frances Alda, Arthur Shattuck, and Anna Pavlowa and such groups as the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and the Isadora Duncan Dancers. Tarrant died on 10 March 1965 at the age of eighty-three. From the description of Robert Hayne Tarrant Pa...