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 2694 Collections and/or Records:
Box 112: Scrapbooks, 1932-1967
Two large, very full green scrapbooks with clippings, photos, playbills, and the like pasted on sheets of paper
Box 113: Administrative Files, 1934-1950
Papers and publications in labeled folders - topics include 'Box Office', 'Colorado Committee', and 'Minutes - Executive Committee'
Box 114: Contract and General Letters, 1937-1942
Papers and correspondence in well-labeled folders - most marked as 'Contracts' or 'General Letters'
Box 115: Financial Documents, 1935-1949
Papers and reports in well-labeled folders - most marked as 'Financial' or as financially related topics
Box 116: Address Lists, 1931-1952
Papers, reports, correspondence, cloth swatches, photos, and folders in labeled folders - main topics are 'Forms' and 'Mailing List' and also include 'Maps' and 'Musicians' - folders are of address lists
Box 117: Production Files, 1934-1953
Papers, playbills, publications, telegrams and other correspondence in labeled folders - most marked as 'Productions'
Box 118: Property Files, 1938-1966
Papers, reports, correspondence, publications, and catalogs in labeled folders - majority marked as 'Properties', with 'Teller House' and 'Museum' the most popular sub-topics
Box 119: Clippings, Publications, and Telegrams, 1936-1949
Papers, telegrams, publications, and newspaper clippings in labeled folders covering a variety of topics; examples include 'Publicity', 'Telegrams', and 'Special Events'
Box 120: Files, A-B, 1937-1949
Papers, legal and document size, reports, one address book, and telegrams in labeled folders - topics include 'Annual Meetings', 'Applications', and people whose last names begin in 'A' or 'B'
Box 121: Financial Files, 1933-1941
Financial papers, mostly receipts and vouchers related to the University of Denver
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- Photographs 2400
- Singers 1068
- Actors 881
- Theater 760
- Performing arts 92
- Music 85
- Denver (Colo.) 65
- Built environment 64
- College buildings 64
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- Musical theater producers and directors 42
- Publicity photographs 39
- Promotional materials 36
- Opera festivals 30
- Publications 29
- Photographic prints 28
- Fashion 26
- Snapshots 24
- Reports 22
- Programs 21
- Theaters 19
- Blank forms 17
- Musicians 17
- Photographic postcards 13
- Ballet 12
- Ballet dancers 12
- Clothing and dress 10
- Composers 10
- Art 7
- Dramatists 7
- Painting 7
- Radio programs 7
- Fund raising 6
- Dancers 5
- Flower Girls 5
- Corporate minutes 4
- Dance teachers 4
- Notes (Documents) 4
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- Manuals series 3
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- Theater critics 3
- Choreographers 2
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- Costume 2
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- Film reels 2
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- Periodicals 2
- Scores 2
- Square dancing 2
- Stage managers 2
- Annual reports 1
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- Boards of directors 1
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- Compilation films 1
- Cooking 1
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