Utah Symphony Orchestra
Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:
Maurice Abravanel papers
Maurice Abravanel photograph collection
Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women's Legacy Archive oral history project [transcripts]
Ruth Draper Crockatt papers
The Ruth Draper Crockatt papers (1899-2004) consists of biographical materials, correspondence, news clippings, employment records, congressional funding requests and appropriations, reports, and projects she produced for the Utah Arts Council (UAC) and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).
Frances Johnson Darger photograph collection
Frances Johnson Darger (1924-) played the violin for the Utah Symphony for 69 years during its transformation from a community orchestra to a world-renouned symphony. This collection contains portraits of Darger and photographs of Darger with others at events dating from 1967 to 2002.
Frances Darger papers
The Frances Darger papers (1941-2016) contain programs, publicity materials, and articles about the concerts Darger played with the Utah Symphony Orchestra and other Utah musical ensembles.
Conrad B. Harrison papers
The Conrad B. Harrison papers (1913-1980s) consist of materials realting to the Salt Lake International Airport Expansion Project, the Utah State Symphony Orchestra, Salt Lake City Government, and community programs.
Sheldon F. Hyde papers
The Sheldon F. Hyde papers (1880s-2004) is a collection of scrapbook materials and sheet music collected and/or created by Sheldon F. Hyde (1915-1986), a musician and composer. Also included are some family materials, news clippings, programs, announcements, and other materials.
Sheldon F. Hyde photograph collection
The Sheldon F. Hyde photograph collection consists of images of the Utah Symphony's concert tour in Europe, 1966. The collection also constains three historical family photograph of the Hydes.
Jeanne Tellier Leeson essay
The Jeanne Tellier Leeson essay extolls the Utah Youth Sympohony Concert experience. The essay was written during the tenure of conductor Maurice Abravanel, and so includes a short biography of him, and his involvement in the youth concert program.
Jeanne Tellier Leeson photograph collection
The Jeanne Tellier Leeson photograph collection consists of photos of the Utah Symphony and Maurice Abravanel.
This collection is entirely digitalized and available online in our Digital Library.
Gail Plummer papers
The Gail Plummer papers (circa 1960-1980) consist mainly of scrapbooks detailing productions at Kingsbury Hall, the University of Utah's summer festivals, and Babcock Theater. Other scrapbooks, theater programs, and family and personal materials are also included. These materials were collected by Gail Plummer, a speech and theater instructor at the University of Utah, and his wife, Elva Plummer.
George Dollinger Pyper papers
Joseph and Evelyn Rosenblatt photograph collection
Joseph Rosenblatt (1903-1999) was a Jewish American businessman who, with his wife Evelyn Rosenblatt (1910-2004), contributed philanthropically to the University of Utah and to Utah's arts organizations. This collection contains photographs depicting the Rosenblatt family, properties, travel, and philanthropic events and images documenting EIMCO, Joseph Rosenblatt's mining equipment company.
Utah Symphony Guild records
The Utah Symphony Guild records (1941-2006) consist of scrapbooks that contain news clippings, programs, announcements, rosters, photographs, statements, correspondence, pen and ink drawings, and other items. Broadsides are also included in the collection. The Utah Symphony Guild was organized in 1947 as a support group for the Utah Symphony Orchestra.
Utah Symphony photograph collection
The Utah Symphony photograph collection contains portraits of Maurice Abravanel and the Utah Symphony Orchestra as well as, photographs of Maurice Abravanel conducting the orchestra.
Susan Wintrobe Walker papers
The Susan Wintrobe Walker papers (1948-1988) consist of a scrapbook titled "Utah Symphony Orchestra and Its Guest Artists" that contains short biographies of guest artists along with programs. Some of the programs have been autographed. Also included in the collection is yearbook and a school reunion book of the William M. Stewart Junior High School.
Glenn Walker Wallace papers
The Glenn Walker Wallace papers (1860s-1991) consist of personal, financial, and business materials relating to the lives of Glenn Walker Wallace (1898-1988) and her family. Wallace was a Utah musician and dancer who was co-founder of the Utah Symphony and Ballet West. She was the daughter of Matthew H. Walker, co-founder and president of the Walker Bank and Trust Company and the wife of John McChrystal Wallace, president of the bank from 1944 to 1957
Homer Richards and Katherine Romney Warner papers
The Homer Richards and Katherine Romney Warner papers (1939-1996) contains yearbooks and professional publications. Homer Warner established the Department of Biophysics and Bioengineering (later renamed Medical Informatics) at the University of Utah and the journal Computers and Biomedical Research. Katherine Romney Warner was a musician and active member of the LDS Church.
Ardean Watts papers
The Ardean Watts papers (1928-2015) contain his professional, personal, and general material. Watts was a prominent figure in the Utah arts community.