This collection consists of manuscripts, manuscript transparencies, ozalid reproductions, and publications

Dillon was born on March 16, 1881 in Denver, CO; moved with family to Long Beach, CA 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 LA 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, CA, 1924, serving as general manager, 1926-29; died on Feb. 21, 1947.

22 boxes (11 linear ft.)

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