Central City Opera House (Central City, Colo.)
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 2416 Collections and/or Records:
Box 116: Address Lists, 1931-1952
Papers, reports, correspondence, cloth swatches, photos, and folders in labeled folders - main topics are 'Forms' and 'Mailing List' and also include 'Maps' and 'Musicians' - folders are of address lists
Box 117: Production Files, 1934-1953
Papers, playbills, publications, telegrams and other correspondence in labeled folders - most marked as 'Productions'
Box 118: Property Files, 1938-1966
Papers, reports, correspondence, publications, and catalogs in labeled folders - majority marked as 'Properties', with 'Teller House' and 'Museum' the most popular sub-topics
Box 119: Clippings, Publications, and Telegrams, 1936-1949
Papers, telegrams, publications, and newspaper clippings in labeled folders covering a variety of topics; examples include 'Publicity', 'Telegrams', and 'Special Events'
Box 120: Files, A-B, 1937-1949
Papers, legal and document size, reports, one address book, and telegrams in labeled folders - topics include 'Annual Meetings', 'Applications', and people whose last names begin in 'A' or 'B'
Box 121: Financial Files, 1933-1941
Financial papers, mostly receipts and vouchers related to the University of Denver
Box 122: Correspondence and Vouchers, 1945-1947
Correspondence, vouchers, a bundle of note cards, and tax documents in a folder
Box 123: Financial Files, 1946
Bundles of financial papers, vouchers, and a journal
Box 124: Financial Files, 1935-1947
Papers, mostly financial, including receipts and vouchers, mostly in labeled folders marked as 'Financial'; three ledger-style journals
Box 125: Applications, Box Office, Committees, 1950
Papers, telegrams, bank statements, a photo, and reports in labeled folders - topics are varied but include 'Applications', 'Box Office', and 'Committees' of different types
Additional filters:
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- Archival Object 2415
- Collection 1
- Subject
- Opera 2415
- Photographs 2231
- Singers 1065
- Actors 873
- Theater 748
- Performing arts 92
- Music 85
- Theatrical producers and directors 56
- Musical theater producers and directors 42
- Promotional materials 36
- Publicity photographs 36
- Publications 29
- Photographic prints 26
- Opera festivals 23
- Reports 22
- Snapshots 22
- Programs 20
- Theaters 18
- Blank forms 17
- Musicians 17
- Photographic postcards 13
- Ballet dancers 11
- Ballet 10
- Composers 10
- Dramatists 7
- Dancers 5
- Dance teachers 4
- Notes (Documents) 4
- Authors 3
- Manuals series 3
- Politicians 3
- Sculpture, American 3
- Theater critics 3
- Choreographers 2
- Costume 2
- Drawings 2
- Lawyers 2
- Librettists 2
- Notebooks 2
- Periodicals 2
- Scores 2
- Square dancing 2
- Stage managers 2
- Artists 1
- Boards of directors 1
- Dance 1
- Evergreen (Colo.) 1
- Fencers 1
- Fencing 1
- Gambling 1
- Hotel and Restaurant Management 1
- Operas 1
- Posters 1
- Public relations 1
- Registers (Lists) 1
- Scenography 1
- Slides (Photography) 1 + ∧ less