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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 30 Collections and/or Records:

Box 293: Negatives, 1950-1965

 File — Box M123.0293: Series M123.03 [Barcode: U186024331017]
Identifier: M123.03.0293
Abstract This box contains approximately 350 negatives from the Central City Opera festival taken during various social events, productions, and candid images of CCOHA affiliates from festival seasons from1950's through the mid 1960's. Negatives were found in the CCOHA offices, when rehoused any information pertaining to image was transfered onto the sleeve handwritten in pencil. Images may or may not exist in printed form elsewhere in the collection and images may or may not represent every event...
Dates: 1950-1965

Box 294: Negatives, 1944-1950

 File — Box M123.0294: Series M123.03 [Barcode: U186024330354]
Identifier: M123.03.0294
Abstract This box contains approximately 350 negatives from the Central City Opera festival taken during various social events, productions, and candid images of CCOHA affiliates from festival seasons from (est.) 1944 through the late 1950's. Negatives were found in the CCOHA offices, when rehoused any information pertaining to image was transfered onto the sleeve handwritten in pencil. Images may or may not exist in printed form elsewhere in the collection and images may or may not represent every...
Dates: 1944-1950

Box 349: Flower Girls Materials, 1932-2000

 File — Box M123.0349: Series M123.09 [Barcode: U186024716568]
Identifier: M123.09.0349
Abstract

Contains materials such as newpaper clippings, programs, invitations, photos, and other documents related to the Flower Girls of the Central City Opera in the years 1932 to 2000.

Dates: 1932-2000

Box 350: Flower Girls Materials, 1978-2004

 File — Box M123.0350: Series M123.09 [Barcode: U186024716576]
Identifier: M123.09.0350
Abstract

Contains materials such as newspaper clippings, programs, invitations, photos, and other documents to the Flower Girls of the Central City Opera in the years 1978-2004.

Dates: 1978-2004

Box 365: CCOHA Properties, 1932-1978

 File — Box M123.0365: Series M123.01 [Barcode: U186024717239]
Identifier: M123.01.0365
Abstract

This box contains photographs, reports, newspapers, and other matierials associated with the CCOHA properties and opera festivals. The photos are of Central City, Colorado and various properties there owned by CCOHA, they were taken by Bill McGlone, an affiliate of the CCOHA.

Dates: 1932-1978

Box 366: Memorabilia, 1932-2004

 File — Box M123.0366: Series M123.10 [Barcode: U186024717255]
Identifier: M123.10.0366
Abstract

These unique items are wrapped in tissue paper or stored in photo sleeves with item numbers written on objects tags or on the photo sleeves. The item numbers reflect the original box and folder the items were originally in before being removed for separate storage.

Dates: 1932-2004

Box of plastic "Historic Central City" coins, 1972

 Item
Identifier: M123.10.0366.00011
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains loose memorabilia from 1932 to 2004.

Dates: 1972

Central City Opera Festival Logo, circa 1971

 Item
Identifier: M123.10.0366.00007
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains loose memorabilia from 1932 to 2004.

Dates: circa 1971

Central City Opera Festival Logo, circa 1971

 Item
Identifier: M123.10.0366.00008
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains loose memorabilia from 1932 to 2004.

Dates: circa 1971

Memorabilia, 1932-2004

 Series
Identifier: M123.10
Scope and Contents

This series contains loose memorabilia from 1932 to 2004.

Dates: 1932-2004

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