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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 85 Collections and/or Records:

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 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

Central City Opera's Ballad of Baby Doe Wedding Celebration Scene, 1956-1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00002
Abstract

Walter Cassel and Dolores Wilson portray Horace and Baby Doe Tabor in the wedding celebration scene of a production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe'' at the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1956-1959

Central City Opera's the Ballad of Baby Doe, between 1956-1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00027
Abstract

Clifford Harvuot (front and left of center with mustache) appears as Horace Tabor, with Mary McMurray (Augusta Tabor) and Osie Hawkins (footman), in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe" at the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: between 1956-1959

Chester Ludgin as Horace Tabor in Central City Opera's Ballad of Baby Doe, between 1956-1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00016
Abstract

Chester Ludgin poses for a publicity photograph. Ludgin appeared as Horace Tabor in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe," performed in the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: between 1956-1959

Choral Adaptation of Words to Schubert's Unfinished Symphony No. 8 (Unfinished), 1944

 Item
Identifier: M123.05.0020.0004.00001
Abstract Bound score (68 pages) for the choral adaptation of words to Schubert's Unfinished Symphony No. 8 (Unfinished) with music composed by Frank Tapp and word written by Major Edward L. Bloom. Typed and attached to inside front cover: 'An Agreement made this 5th. day of April, 1944, between L. Wane Daley, who is empowered to act for Frank Tapp, and Major Edward L. Bloom. In consideration of a fee of fifty - seven pounds tan shillings, it is agreed that the said Frank Tapp will undertake the...
Dates: 1944

Dolores Wilson as Baby Doe in Central City Opera's Ballad of Baby Doe, 1956

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00013
Abstract

Dolores Wilson poses for a publicity portrait. Wilson appeared as 'Baby Doe' in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe," performed at the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1956

Dolores Wilson as Baby Doe in Central City Opera's Ballad of Baby Doe, between 1956-1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00017
Abstract

Dolores Wilson performs in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''

Dates: between 1956-1959

Edwina Eustis and John Brownlee in the ''Barber of Seville'', between 1941-1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0002.00005
Abstract

Portrait of Edwina Eustis as Bertha and John Brownlee as Figaro in costume for the Central City Opera production of ''The Barber of Seville.''

Dates: between 1941-1965

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