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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 2484 Collections and/or Records:

Box 85: Productions and Events, Teller House-Tintype Pictures, 1930-1969

 File — Box M123.0085: Series M123.03 [Barcode: U186022114883]
Identifier: M123.03.0085
Abstract

(9) file folders include: Teller House Exteriors through Tintype Pictures.

Dates: 1930-1969

Box 86: Productions and Events, Tosca-Yeoman of the Guard, 1930-1969

 File — Box M123.0086: Series M123.03 [Barcode: U186018617324]
Identifier: M123.03.0086
Abstract

This box contains (10) file folders from ''Tosca'' - ''Yeoman of the Guard''

Dates: 1930-1969

Box 87: Manuscripts, 1940-1965

 File — Box M123.0087: Series M123.05 [Barcode: U186018617332]
Identifier: M123.05.0087
Abstract

This box contains (4) scripts in clasp binders and (2) file folders: three copies of ''Central City-A Musical Fable'' (1965), one copy of ''Condemned to Innocence'', ''Deseret'' (1940s), and a copy of the script for 'The Courage that was Harriet Rudd's' (date unknown).

Dates: 1940-1965

Box 88: Manuscripts, 1930-1969

 File — Box M123.0088: Series M123.05 [Barcode: U186018617340]
Identifier: M123.05.0088
Abstract

This box contains (1) file folder of ''Julie, or, A Southern Girl Goes West''; Several notebooks of scripts- ''The Prospector'' ''The Epic of Larimer County'' ''Teeth of the Tiger'' ''There Must Be a Pony!'' and ''Yesterday to Eternity.''

Dates: 1930-1969

Box 90: Celebrity Cookbook Correspondence, 1960-1970

 File — Box M123.0090: Series M123.01 [Barcode: U186018617366]
Identifier: M123.01.0090
Abstract

This box consists of (19) file folders: correspondence from celebrities with recipies for Celebrity Cookbook in folders labeled A-Z.

Dates: 1960-1970

Box 91: Audit Reports, 1947-1959

 File — Box M123.0091: Series M123.01 [Barcode: U186018617374]
Identifier: M123.01.0091
Abstract

This box contains (23) bound reports, most yearly: copies of the reports of the audit on the Central City Operal House Assoc. and reports on examination of financial statements

Dates: 1947-1959

Box 92: Financial Statements, 1960-1969

 File — Box M123.0092: Series M123.01 [Barcode: U186018617382]
Identifier: M123.01.0092
Abstract

This box contains (16) bound reports: Financial Statements and supplementary information (yearly) 1960-1969.

Dates: 1960-1969

Box 93: Tourism Brochures and Pamphlets, 1950-1970

 File — Box M123.0093: Series M123.01 [Barcode: U186018617390]
Identifier: M123.01.0093
Abstract

Brochures and pamphlets mostly relating to tourism in Central City and Leadville.

Dates: 1950-1970

Box 94: Manuscripts, 1958

 File — Box M123.0094: Series M123.05 [Barcode: U186018617405]
Identifier: M123.05.0094
Abstract

This box contains (2) bound copies of script for: ''And Perhaps Happiness'' and ''A Salute to Central City.''

Dates: 1958

Box 95: Anne Evans Portfolio, 1930-1940

 Item — Box M123.0095: Series M123.01 [Barcode: U186023296264]
Identifier: M123.01.0095
Abstract

This box contains (1) Black cloth bound 3-ring binder of news clippings and (1) Anne Evans Folding files including correspondence and production notes. These materials are from the 1930s.

Dates: 1930-1940

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