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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 2416 Collections and/or Records:

Box 166: Assorted Files

 File — Box M123.0166: Series M123.01 [Barcode: U186019154379]
Identifier: M123.01.0166
Abstract

Newspaper clippings in manila envelopes; bank statements, receipts, checks, papers, and forms, some bundled, some in labelled folders, some in a little box; about 14 bound reports

Dates: 1887-2010

Box 167: Clippings, Music, Brochures, and Photos, 1970-1979

 File — Box M123.0167: Series M123.04 [Barcode: U186020761040]
Identifier: M123.04.0167
Abstract

(18) file folders include: Newspaper clippings primarily from 1970-1972, brochures, one file of history of CC, one file of music, one file of photos

Dates: 1970-1979

Box 168: Face on the Barroom Floor Poster, 1932-1978

 File — Box M123.0168: Series M123.04 [Barcode: U186020761066]
Identifier: M123.04.0168
Abstract

This box contains copies of newspaper pages from early Central City history - 1932, poster from world premiere of The Face on the Ballroom Floor - 1978.

Dates: 1932-1978

Box 169: Norman Lockwood Sheet Music and Ledger, 1850-1957

 File — Box M123.0169: Series M123.01; Series M123.05 [Barcode: U186018626404]
Identifier: M123.01.0169
Abstract

(13) folios of sheet music, 1850s, may be associated with Norman Lockwood, some have the name Sarah Firth written on them; (1) bound ledger, Central City Opera House Association, Inc., General Records Oct. 1, 1956 - Sept. 30, 1957.

Dates: 1850-1957

Box 169: Sheet Music, 1850-1957

 File — Box M123.0169: Series M123.01; Series M123.05 [Barcode: U186018626404]
Identifier: M123.05.0169
Abstract

This box contains (13) folios of sheet music, 1850s, may be associated with Norman Lockwood, some have the name Sarah Firth written on them; (1) bound ledger, Central City Opera House Association, Inc., General Recods Oct. 1, 1956 - Sept. 30, 1957.

Dates: 1850-1957

Box 171: Playbills, 1938-1972

 File — Box M123.0171: Series M123.02 [Barcode: U186022650198]
Identifier: M123.02.0171
Abstract

This box contains Playbills from 1938-1972.

Dates: 1938-1972

Box 172: Production Posters, 1949-1968

 File — Box M123.0172: Series M123.04 [Barcode: U186022650295]
Identifier: M123.04.0172
Abstract This box contains posters for Central City productions. Each production has 2 copies of each poster. Productions include "The Critique," "Cactus Flower," "The Miracle Worker," "The Odd Couple," "La Boheme" and "Of Mice and Men," "Gilbert and Sullivan," "Central City Art Fair," "The Merry Widow," "Don Pasquale," "A Masked Ball," "Carmen," "The Italian Girl in Algiers," "The Ballad of Baby Doe," "Manon," "Barber of Seville," "Madama Butterfly," "The Lady from Colorado," "Mary, Mary," "La...
Dates: 1949-1968

Box 173: Financial Files, 1933

 File — Box M123.0173: Series M123.01 [Barcode: U186022650261]
Identifier: M123.01.0173

Box 174: Publicity Committee Scrapbook, 1963-1965

 File — Box M123.0174: Series M123.04 [Barcode: U186023271078]
Identifier: M123.04.0174
Abstract

This box contains (1) scrapbook from the Central City Publicity Committee from 1963-1965.

Dates: 1963-1965

Box 175: Costume Designs

 File — Box M123.0175: Series M123.05 [Barcode: U186022650279]
Identifier: M123.05.0175
Abstract

This box contains costume designs by Edward M. Stevenson and Charles Le Maire.

Dates: 1850-2008

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Opera 2415
Photographs 2231
Singers 1065
Actors 873
Theater 748