Correspondence, 1873-1941

File — Box: 10

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Scope and Contents

Salt Lake Theatre correspondence, 1873-1912 located in folder 1. Set of 12 letters related to the Salt Lake Theater and its manager, George Pyper. Includes: Letter of 2 April 1873 from Spencer Clawson in New York to his father, Hiram B. Clawson, about the furnishing of the new Salt Lake Theatre; letter of 25 Feb. 1886 from Charles Frohman and William W. Randall of New York about their new agency, Randall's Theatrical Bureau; letter 0f 12 June 1891 from James E. Moore of Denver to a Mr. Miller; memorandum of 5 March 1912 regarding proposed improvements to the Theatre corner; report dated 19 Dec. 1901 by a committee to consider improvements for the Salt Lake Theatre; letter of 28 Dec. 1901 from employees of the Salt Lake Dramatic Association to their manager, George D. Pyper with Christmas greetings; letter of 18 Oct. 1905 from Asenath Ann ("Annie") Adams to George Pyper, and Pyper's reply of 24 Oct. 1905; letter of 10 August 1905 from Jefferson De Briyelin (?) of Yonkers, N.Y. to George Pyper; letter of 19 June 1905 from Pyper to Hiram B. Clawson soliciting information on the history of the theater; letter of 6 July from Pyper to T. A. Clawson, son of Hiram B. Clawson; letter of 11 July 1905 from Pyper to Lincoln J. Carter of Chicago, thanking him for his sharing of experiences related to the Salt Lake Theatre.

Salt Lake Theatre correspondence, 1909-1911 located in folder 2. Set of 18 letters and telegrams to and from George D. Pyper, manager of the Salt Lake Theatre, many of which concern a legislative proposal to ban Sunday theater performances. Includes: note of 24 Feb. 1909 from Pyper to David Warfield; two telegrams of 29 Dec. 1909 between Pyper and Klaw and Erlanger (theater agents) in New York City; not of 24 Feb. 1909 from Pyper to Miss Rose Stahl; letter of 8 Feb. 1909 from Pyper to (unidentified "madam"); letter of 23 Feb. 1909 from John Cort of the Northwestern Theatrical Association to Klaw and Erlanger; letter of 16 Feb. 1909 from William Faversham of Washington, D.C., to George D. Pyper; letter of 14 Feb. 1909 from Blanche Bates of New York to Pyper and his reply of 24 Feb. 1909; note of 1 March 1909 from Klan & Erlanger of New York to Pyper concerning his publication of a letter by David Warfield in the Deseret News about the Sunday closure proposal, and his reply of 8 March 1909; letter of 14 Feb. 1909 from Ada Dwyer of New York to Pyper, and his reply of 24 Feb. 1909; letter of 13 Feb. 1909 from David Warfield to Pyper, and its reprint in the Deseret News on 20 Feb. 1909 under the headline, "what actors say regarding closing theatres on Sunday"; telegram of 24 March 1911 from Pyper to Klay and Erlanger, their reply of 25 March 1911, and Pyper's follow-up of 28 March 1911.

Salt Lake Theatre correspondence, 1917-1929 located in folder 3. Set of 26 letters, telegrams, and other documents related to the Salt Lake Theater and its manager, George Pyper. Includes: letter of 27 June 1917 from George D. Pyper to Mr. Lorenzo Sharp, secretary of the Salt Lake Federated Musicians; Letter of 18 June 1917 from Lorenzo Sharp, secretary of the Salt Lake Federated Musicians, to Mr. Coop, along with two invoices for payment sought; letter of 19 Feb. 1918 from Lorenzo Sharp, secretary of the Salt Lake Federated Musicians, to George Pyper; letter of 14 March 1918 from William H. Swanson, President of the Swanson Theatre Circuit, to George Pyper, and Pyper's reply of 11 April 1918; letter of 16 May 1918 from Dan Spencer, passenger agent at the Union Pacific Railroad, to George Pyper, forwarding a letter from Sam Meyers with an obituary for theater manager Marcus Mayer, and Pyper's reply of 18 May 1918; letter of 13 Dec. 1920 from Pyper to the Board of Directors of the Salt Lake Oratorio Society, tendering his resignation as President; letter of 9 June 1921 from Pyper to LDS President Heber J. Grant regarding financial problems at the Salt Lake Theatre; letter of 8 Dec. 1926 from Heber J. Grant to George D. Pyper; letter of 31 Jan. 1928 from S. S. Eccles, secretary of the Eccles Investment Company in Ogden, Utah, to George D. Pyper; letter of 10 March 1928 from Ollie Alger, business manager at Henry Miller's Theatre in New York City; letter of August 1928 from Pyper to Orson John Hyde, manager of Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company, resigning as manager of the Salt Lake Theatre; Letter of 9 August 1928 to Orson J. Hyde, with a memorandum of theatre expenses; letter of 20 Nov. 1928 to Orson J. Hyde, conveying a final memorandum of the Salt Lake Theatre account; letter of 12 Aug. 1928 from D. W. Haynes of New York City, sending a news article; letter of 22 Aug. 1928 from Pyper to A. L. Erlanger Exchange in New York City; letter of 31 Aug. 1928 from Steve Newman of Los Angeles to Pyper, and Pyper's reply of 9 Nov. 1928; letter of 29 Aug. 1928 from B. Roland Lewis to George Pyper; telegram of 27 Sept. 1928 from Heber M. Wells to George Pyper; letter of 6 Oct. 1928 from George Pyper to Otis Skinner of New York City; letter of 15 Feb. 1929 from Otis Skinner to George Pyper; letter of 15 Oct. 1928 from Otis Skinner to George Pyper.

Salt Lake Theatre correspondence, 1928 located in folder 4. Set of 28 letters and telegrams related to the closing of the Salt Lake Theatre, including: letter of 18 Oct. 1928 from Mabel Young Sanborn to George Pyper; telegram of 20 Oct. 1928 from Sallie Fisher Houghton to George Pyper; telegram of 20 Oct. 1928 from Blanche Bates to George Pyper; letter of 28 Nov. 1928 from Frank K. Arnold, Salt Lake City license assessor and collector, to Charles N. Fehr, city commissioner of public affairs and finance; letter of 4 Dec. 1928 from Ethel Macdonald, Salt Lake City Recorder, to the Salt Lake Dramatic Association; letter of 22 Nov. 1928 from George D. Pyper to Aaron W. Tracy of Weber College in response to Tracy's undated letter; telegram from 1928 from George Pyper to an actor, asking him to play a role in the final performance in October of 1928; telegram of 3 Oct. 1928 from Pyper to M. Witmark and Sons of New York; note of 31 March 1928 from Pyper to Ralph Cloninger in Holywood; letter of 21 July 1928 from Pyper to Ralph Cloninger in Holywood; two telegrams of 28 July 1928 from Ralph Cloninger to George Pyper; telegram of 1 August 1928 from Ralph Cloninger to Pyper; undated letter from George Pyper to Ralph Cloninger; letter of 8 Oct. 1928 from Charles T. Husbands to Geoge Pyper; letter of 6 Sept. 1928 from John Cort of New York City to George Pyper; letter of 8 Oct. 1928 from Pyper to Ethel Barrymore of New York City; letter of 22 Aug. 1928 from Pyper to Jules Murry of New York City; telegram of 2 Aug. 1928 from Pyper to Ralph Cloninger; telegram of 2 Aug. 1928 from Pyper to Lee Shubert; telegram of 2 Aug. 1928 from Pyper to A. L. Erlanger; letter of 6 Oct. 1928 from Pyper to Maude Adams; letter of 30 Oct. 1928 from Blanche McKay of Ogden to George Pyper, including her poem about the Salt Lake Theatre, "The House of Dreams"; letter of 7 Nov. 1928 from Dan Spencer to George Pyper; letter of 28 (?) Nov. 1928 from James Neill of Glendale, Calif., to George Pyper; letter of 27 Nov. 1928 from Ada (Russell) in Brookline, Mass., to George Pyper; letter of 15 Nov. 1928 from Ada (Russell) in Brookline, Mass., to George Pyper and John Spencer; transcript of a letter of 6 Nov. 1928 from A. C. Moulton to Mrs. (Ada) Russell of Brookline, Mass.; letter of 28 Nov. 1928 from the Theatre Memorial Tablet Committee to Orson J. Hyde; letter of 24 Dec. 19028 from A. C. Badger to the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce.

Salt Lake Theatre correspondence, 1929-1932 located in folder 5. Set of 12 letters related to the Salt Lake Theatre, including: letter of 4 Jan. 1929 from George D. Pyper to Philip Rhodes Thorn of New York City in response to his letter of 19 Dec. 1928; letter of 5 Jan. 1929 from Pyper to James Neill, in response to Neill's letter from Nov. 1928; letter of 13 April 1929 from Sidney Smith in New York to George Pyper; letter dated 10 May 1929 from Laura Beebe to Georg Pyper, including a poem, "The Old Playhouse"; letter of 17 Oct. 1929 from William B. Gross of San Diego to George Pyper; letter of 19 Dec. 1929 from Cleora Thompson of Seattle, Wash., to her uncle, George Pyper; letter of 1 April 1929 from Bruce Quisenberry, manager for Will Rogers; undated and unsigned statement about the Salt Lake Theatre; letter from Orson John Hyde to George Pyper, conveying amount due to the Salt Lake Dramatic Association; letter of 5 Jan. 1930 from William B. Gross of San Diego to George Pyper; letter of 5 August 1930 from Frank Sheridan of Carmel, Calif., to George Pyper; letter of 19 Feb. 1931, from Howard Smith to George Pyper; letter of 8 Feb. 1932 from Dan Spencer to George Pyper.

Salt Lake Theatre correspondence, 1933-1941 located in folder 6. Set of 12 letters related to the Salt Lake Theatre, including: letter of 20 Dec. 1933 from Henry Clapp Smith of New York City to George D. Pyper, and Pyper's reply of 6 Feb. 1934; letter of 7 Feb. 1934 from Myrtle Henderson of Evanston, Illinois to George D. Pyper, and his reply of 19 Feb. 1934; letter of 6 Jan. 1936 from (L. T.?) Freeze; letter of 8 April 1938 from Annie Wells Cannon to George D. Pyper and his reply of 13 April 1938; a newspaper article by Walter Prichard Eaton reviewing the book, Backstage with Henry Miller, by Frank P. Morse; a 1940 announcement for KSL radio about the Mormon Tabernacle Choir; letter of 13 May 1941 from George H. Crow to George Pyper, and Pyper's reply of 24 May 1941; letter of 13 May 1940 from George D. Pyper to Thomas K. Little of Beverly Hills, California; letter of 8 Nov. 1941 from Martha Hardy McHaig of Oakland, California.

Salt Lake Theatre correspondence, undated located in folder 7. Set of letters and other documents related to the Salt Lake Theater and its manager, George Pyper. Includes: Letter (undated but from November of 1928) from Aaron W. Tracy, President of Weber College, to George Pyper; Letter from actor George Pauncefort (1869-1942) with an account of expenses and a statement about the acting profession; Note from John T. Caine to J. A. Herne; Letter from Evelyn Wight inquiring about the history of the opera house in Salt Lake; letter dated 19 Dec. [1928] from Philip Rhodes Thorn of New York City.

Dates

1873-1941

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