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Central City Opera House (Central City, Colo.)

 Organization

Biography

__ __ __Work cat.: The glory that was gold, 1992: t.p. (Central City Opera House) p. vii (built in 1878 in Central City, Colo.)

Biography

Central City Opera House is given to the University of Denver by the McFarlane family in 1932 (Ida Kruse McFarlane, Professor of English at DU, good friends with Anne Evans). The CCOHA was administered as a non-profit corporation during this time.

Sources

Breck, From the Rockies to the World, 1997, 126.

Found in 63 Collections and/or Records:

Carmen, 1953, 1953

 File
Identifier: M123.03.0072.0002
Abstract

This file contains photographs from the Central City production of Carmen.

Dates: 1953

Cavalleria Rusticana, 1958, 1958

 File
Identifier: M123.03.0072.0003
Abstract

This file contains copy of 'Opera News' and photographs of performer Gloria Lind from the Central City production of Cavelleria Rusticana.

Dates: 1958

Central City - Buildings, 1935

 File
Identifier: M123.03.0072.0005
Abstract

This file contains photographs of buildings and architecture from Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1935

Central City - Historic Photos

 File
Identifier: M123.03.0072.0006
Abstract

This file contains historic photographs of people and places pertaining to Central City.

Dates: 1930-1959

Central City - Mines

 File
Identifier: M123.03.0072.0007
Abstract

This file contains photographs of mines located in Central City.

Dates: 1930-1959

Central City - Miscellaneous

 File
Identifier: M123.03.0072.0008
Abstract

This file contains miscellaneous photographs from Central City.

Dates: 1930-1959

Central City Nights, 1935, 1935

 File
Identifier: M123.03.0072.0004
Abstract

This file contains programs and photographs from the Central City production of Central City Nights.

Dates: 1935

Central City Opera House Association Records

 Collection
Identifier: M123
Abstract The Central City Opera House Association is a non-profit organization founded in 1931 to manage and preserve the Central City Opera House located in Central City, Colorado and to direct annual summer opera festivals. Heirs of Peter McFarlane, a Central City businessman who owned the Opera House prior to 1931, donated the building to the University of Denver in 1931. The real estate holdings of the University of Denver were transferred back to the Association in 1982. The Association held...
Dates: 1931-2015

Central City - Street Views

 File
Identifier: M123.03.0072.0009
Abstract

This file contains photographs of street views from Central City.

Dates: 1930-1959

Central City - Views

 File
Identifier: M123.03.0072.0010
Abstract

This file contains photographs of scenic views from Central City.

Dates: 1930-1959

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Type
Archival Object 62
Collection 1
 
Subject
Theater 15
Publications 6
Blank forms 4
Programs 2
Theaters 2