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 2629 Collections and/or Records:
Box 162: Financial Files
Papers, receipts, check carbons, bank statements, and other financial records in labelled folders, most marked as 'Miscellaneous' with a letter designation
Box 163: Financial Files
Bank statements, checks, receipts, invoices, and other financial papers, some in bundles
Box 164: Insurance Papers
Folder with insurance papers inside; papers, receipts, and copies of checks in poorly labelled folders
Box 165: Financial Files
Papers, receipts, bank statements, checks, invoices, and balance sheets in somewhat poorly labelled folders, many with the topic 'Miscellaneous' and a letter designation
Box 166: Assorted Files
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
Box 167: Clippings, Music, Brochures, and Photos, 1970-1979
(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
Box 168: Face on the Barroom Floor Poster, 1932-1978
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.
Box 169: Norman Lockwood Sheet Music and Ledger, 1850-1957
(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.
Box 169: Sheet Music, 1850-1957
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.
Box 171: Playbills, 1938-1972
This box contains Playbills from 1938-1972.
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