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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 66 Collections and/or Records:

Central City Opera House, 1964

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0035.0001.00031

Central City Opera House, 1964

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0035.0001.00032

Central City Opera House, 1964

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Identifier: U201.01.0035.0001.00034
Abstract

A man playing a clarinet in the middle of a room surrounded by people can be seen in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1964

Charlie H. Johnson for Colorado Reflections

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Identifier: couda-johnson
Abstract

Charlie H. Johnson, historian and author, describes the history of the Central City Opera House. Built in 1878, the Central City Opera House was funded by the community and provided a place for entertainment for miners, pioneers, homesteading families, businessmen, and citizens of Central City. Johnson relays the history of the building and the key people involved with the origination, restoration, and preservation of the opera house.

Dates: Date Not Yet Determined

Eleanore Weckbaugh Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M376
Abstract

Collection contains papers, framed and loose photographs, clippings, publications, scrapbooks, correspondence, mementos, and other papers and materials related and/or belonging to Eleanor Weckbaugh (1905-1977), and/or the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1905-1977

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