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(April 28, 1916 -- August 2, 1986)
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'''[[File:Dale Tarr at Midwestcon 1966. Photo from Zingaro -8 by Mark Irwin.jpg|thumb|right|Dale Tarr at [[Midwestcon 17]], 1966'''. ''Photo by [[Mark Irwin]] from ''[[Zingaro]]'' 8 ([https://fanac.org/fanzines/Zingaro/zingaro_8_irwin_1966-08_n_apa_30.pdf August 1966])''.]]
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(April 28, 1916 – August 10, 1986)
  
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Clarence Dale Tarr discovered [[sf]] in the late 20s and was active in [[fandom]] from the early 30s (he wrote his first letter to a [[prozine]] in late 1930) and became really active in 1938. He was a member of the pre-[[War]] club [[The Hell Pavers]], was an active member of the [[Cincinnati SFL]],  and after the War was one of the founders of the [[Cincinnati Fantasy Group]].  He attended [[Chicon I]] in 1940, and was active in [[fanzines]] in the 40s, including ''[[The Science Fiction World]]''. In 1957 he wrote ''[[CFG History]]''. He was one of the co-founders of [[First Fandom]] in 1958, and was president of the [[N3F]] in 1948-1949.  He was one of the charter members of the [[N3F]] in 1941.  He died of cancer in 1986.
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'''Clarence Dale Tarr''' discovered [[sf]] in the late 1920s and was active in [[fandom]] from the early ’30s (he wrote his first letter to a [[prozine]] in late 1930) and became really active in 1938. He was a member of the pre-[[World War II]] [[Cincinnati]] [[club]] [[The Hell Pavers]], was an active member of the [[Cincinnati SFL]]. After the War, he was one of the founders of the [[Cincinnati Fantasy Group]] and a longtime active member who worked at recruiting new [[fans]] into the [[club]] by striking up conversations in the [[sf]] aisle of bookstores. In 1957, he wrote ''[[CFG History]]''.  
  
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An obituary appeared in the October, 1986, issue of the ''[[Science Fiction Chronicle]]''.
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For a few years in the mid-1940s, he lived in Anderson, [[Indiana]]. He attended [[Chicon I]] in 1940, and was active in [[fanzines]] in the ’40s, [[publishing]] ''[[The Science Fiction World]]''. He made his own [[mimeograph]] to print it.  
  
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He appears in a group photo on page 99 of [[Harry Warner]]'s [[fan history]], ''[[All Our Yesterdays]]'' ([[Advent]], 1969).
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He was one of the co-founders of the [[First Fandom club]] in 1958, and was [[president]] of the [[N3F]] in 1948-1949.  He was one of the charter members of the [[N3F]] in 1941.  He died of cancer in 1986.
  
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Tarr was the subject of a Founding Member article by Jon D. Swartz in {{TNFF|date=February, 2017 issue |volume=76|number=2}}.
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* Obituary in the October, 1986, issue of ''[[Science Fiction Chronicle]]''.
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* Photo on page 99 of [[Harry Warner]]'s [[fan history]], ''[[All Our Yesterdays]]'' ([[Advent]], 1969).
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* Founding Member article in {{TNFF|date=February 2017 |volume=76|number=2}}.
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* Early short biography in {{WhosWho1940|page=13}}.
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* [https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/islandora/object/ui%3A27238/datastream/OBJ/download/Mimeo-can__The_Tin-Can_Wonder__circa_1945.pdf “Mimeo Can! The Tin-Can Wonder”] by Dale Tarr.
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** [https://youtu.be/eo06ZRXbgao University of Iowa video about Tarr’s mimeo.]
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* [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178769173/clarence-dale-tarr. FindAGrave entry.]
  
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For an early short biography, see {{WhosWho1940|page=13}}.
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* ''[[CFG History]]'' [1957]
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* ''[[The Science Fiction World]]'' [1940s]
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* ''[[The TinCan Wonder]]'' [1945]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 23:08, 12 May 2023

Dale Tarr at Midwestcon 17, 1966. Photo by Mark Irwin from Zingaro 8 (August 1966).

(April 28, 1916 – August 10, 1986)

Clarence Dale Tarr discovered sf in the late 1920s and was active in fandom from the early ’30s (he wrote his first letter to a prozine in late 1930) and became really active in 1938. He was a member of the pre-World War II Cincinnati club The Hell Pavers, was an active member of the Cincinnati SFL. After the War, he was one of the founders of the Cincinnati Fantasy Group and a longtime active member who worked at recruiting new fans into the club by striking up conversations in the sf aisle of bookstores. In 1957, he wrote CFG History.

For a few years in the mid-1940s, he lived in Anderson, Indiana. He attended Chicon I in 1940, and was active in fanzines in the ’40s, publishing The Science Fiction World. He made his own mimeograph to print it.

He was one of the co-founders of the First Fandom club in 1958, and was president of the N3F in 1948-1949. He was one of the charter members of the N3F in 1941. He died of cancer in 1986.

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