Theater programs
Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:
Ballet West records
The Ballet West records (1942-2007) contain correspondence, pamphlets and brochures, playbills, items for display, business materials, financial records, set designs, and scrapbooks. The majority of the collection concentrates on Glenn Walker Wallace (1898-1988), a prominent musician and dancer who co-founded Ballet West with Willem Christensen in 1962. Ballet West was founded in 1962 by Glenn Walker Wallace and Willem Christensen.
Josephine Bowman theater programs and clippings collection
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.
Hiram B. Clawson papers
The Hiram B. Clawson papers consists of family correspondence from the Clawsons and Spencers, including letters from Hiram Clawson to his wife, Ellen Spencer Clawson, and letters from Orson Spencer to his children. Included are party invitations to Hiram Clawson and a few playbills from the Salt Lake Theatre. Some materials have been digitized and are available online.
Sumner Chase Cobb papers
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.
Keene Curtis papers
Margaret R. Draper papers
Eight O'Clock Club program
The Eight O'Clock Club program (1878) lists an acting performance entitled "Trouble in a Mormon Family." The event was held January 18, 1878 at the residence of J.V. DeFoe. The program provides a representation of public perceptions of territorial polygamy.
Beverly Holley theater program collection
The Beverly Holley theater program collection (1949-1954) contain programs for stage productions of the University Theatre of the University of Utah, the University of Utah Summer Festival, and the University of Utah Young People's Theatre. Beverly Holley, who donated this collection in February 1996, collected these programs as a patron of the arts.
Virgil Pershing Howe papers
The Virgil Pershing Howe papers (1930-1960s) are comprised of theater materials concerning Howe (1918-1961), an amateur actor, and theatrical activities around Salt Lake City. Virgil Pershing Howe was raised in Heber, Utah, and spent most of his life doing theater work at the Salt Lake Theater and the University of Utah. He also served with the U.S. Marines during World War II.
Julie Jensen papers
The Julie Jensen papers (1963-2013) consist of teaching and professional materials along with play scripts, production materials, and other play writing publications. Jensen has a Ph.D. in Theatre, is a playwright and became the resident playwright for the Salt Lake Acting Company towards the end of her career.
Byron McGrath papers
The Byron McGrath papers (1926-1993) consist of materials regarding the personal and professional lives of both Byron McGrath and Grace Coppin McGrath as actors, teachers, and philanthropists.
David McKenzie papers
The David McKenzie papers (1860-1962) include early programs, playbills, tickets, scripts, librettos, and other materials related to the Salt Lake Theater, as well as some personal papers of David McKenzie (1833-1912), manager of the theater.
Nancy Melich papers
The Nancy Melich papers (1920-2009) consist of correspondence, theatre reviews, interviews, article drafts, playbills, and theatre perephernalia from her career as a theatre critic for the Salt Lake Tribune. Melich's career spanned nearly 30 years, and she was influential in Utah's local theatre scene.
Harry Nelson papers
The Harry Nelson papers (1886-2015) are mainly a collection of materials documenting the life of Maud May Babcock (1867-1954), a theater teacher and director at the University of Utah from 1892 to 1938. Journals, travelogs, daily planners, teaching materials, manuscripts, programs, announcements, letters, and news clippings are included. Harry Nelson (1901-1988) was a theater student and friend of Maud May Babcock.
Pioneer Memorial Theater collection
The Pioneer Memorial Theater collection (1935-2011) consists mainly of theater programs and announcements for productions performed at the theater. Pioneer Memorial Theater, originally a replica of the old Salt Lake Theater, was completed in 1962 on the University of Utah campus. In addition to the programs, the collection also contains certificates, news clippings, posters, and unidentified set designs.
George Dollinger Pyper papers
Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company records
The Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company records (1950s-2010) consist of various materials reflecting the conception, business, and artistic aspects of this company, founded in 1964 by Shirley Ririe and Joan Woodbury in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Linda Sarver papers
The Linda Sarver papers (1972-2012) consist of her costume designs and renderings, along with production materials for several theatrical plays she was involved with throughout her professional career. Sarver was a costume designer, educator, dramaturg, author, and scenographer.
Hyrum Jenkins Smith papers
The Hyrum Jenkins Smith papers (1833-1996) consist of biographical materials, correspondence, nineteenth century articles on LDS history, nineteenth century maps of Utah, Salt Lake City. and Mexico, family histories, publications of B. H. Roberts, Salt Lake City play programs, and missionary photos.
Florence Ellen Ware papers
The Florence Ellen Ware papers (1895-1967) consist of a variety of materials relating to this Utah artist. Included are catalogs, news articles, writings, programs, diaries, correspondence, drawings, and various ephemera. Ware was a painter, illustrator, costume designer, interior designer, and muralist. She is probably best remembered for her murals at Kingsbury Hall at the University of Utah.