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Josephine Bowman theater programs and clippings collection

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1051

Scope and Contents

The Josephine Bowman theater programs and clippings collection consists of two boxes.

The first box contains theater programs, as well as materials dealing with the U of U summer festivals. These programs begin in 1948 and end in 1961. There are, however, several older programs which were apparently kept as collector's items. Among these is a program dating from 1899, featuring Maude Adams in The Little Minister. Also in this box are examples of summer festival tickets, mailers, and stationary.

Box 2 consists of newsclippings. Most are mounted on cardboard mattes, since they came out of scrapbooks which were deteriorating. Clippings describe and review shows from Showboat (1948) to Carmen (1961). The bulk of the clippings deals with Song of Norway and Salome" of the 1957 summer festival. There also some miscellaneous clippings of other University of Utah theater and ballet performances during the same time period.

Dates

  • 1899
  • 1934-1961

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Conditions Governing Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Biographical / Historical

Josephine "Jo" Bowman was born July 13, 1925, in Milford, Utah, to Henry Eyring, Jr. and Eva Sarah Done Bowman. She married Edwin Creighton (Ted) Peay on December 23, 1959. After attending the University of Utah, she worked in New York City and Cincinnati in advertising. When she returned to Utah, she began her work with Pioneer Theatre Company in marketing until her retirement in 1992.

Bowman died on November 9, 1998.

Extent

1 Linear Feet (2 Boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The Josephine Bowman theater programs and clippings collection consists of programs from the University of Utah Summer Festival productions and for various productions in New York City. Also included are news clippings related to theater productions in Utah, tickets, mailers, and stationery primarily from Summer Festival productions.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Josephine Bowman in 1988.

Processing Information

Processed by Manuscripts Division staff in 1988.
Title
Inventory of the Josephine Bowman theater programs and clippings collection
Author
Finding aid created by Betsey Welland.
Date
2014 (last modified: 2019)
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository

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