Moroni Olsen Players
Organization
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Sumner Chase Cobb papers
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2434
Abstract
The Sumner Chase Cobb papers (1917-1930) contain playbills, touring schedules, a scrapbook, news clippings and other materials relating to The Moroni Olsen Players, Colonial Theatre, and Salt Lake Theatre.
Dates:
1917-1930
Sumner Chase Cobb photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P1551
Abstract
Sumner Chase Cobb was an actor who worked in Utah during the 1920s and was affiliated with the Moroni Olsen Players, a group formed in 1923 and based out of Ogden, Utah. This collection contains photographs, picture postcards, and digital only scans of images depicting Cobb's acting career.
Dates:
1915-1930
C. Lowell Lees photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P0005
Abstract
The C. Lowell Lees photograph collection contains portraits of performers and scenes from plays performed by the Moroni Olsen Players in the 1920s. Lees was chairman of the Speech and Theater Department at the University of Utah from 1943 to 1964 and was responsible for much of the development in theater at the University.
Dates:
circa 1910-1973
Theater collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 0147
Abstract
The theater collection (1882-1991) consists of the papers of several men and women who were prominent in Utah theater during the twentieth century. Nearly all were peers; many working together periodically, either under the direction of Maud May Babcock or as members of the Moroni Olson Players during the 1920s. Each collection of papers has been treated as a separate collection. These collections contain thesis, biographies, programs, news clippings, correspondence, and other related materials.
Dates:
1882-1991
Theater photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P0147
Abstract
The theater photograph collection contains portraits and publicity stills of various prominent theatrical performers in Salt Lake City, particularly those connected with the Moroni Olsen Players.
Dates:
1920-1978