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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 2694 Collections and/or Records:

Box 259: Production and Event Files, 2004-2007

 File — Box M123.0259: Series M123.06 [Barcode: U186024330231]
Identifier: M123.06.0259
Abstract

This box contains programs, print material, and other documents pertaining to productions and events from 2004-2007. Productions include: Mirror Visions Ensemble (2004), Antique Show (2004-2005), Opera Pops (2005), . All materials are not available for every performance.

Dates: 2004-2007

Box 260: Production and Event Files, 2008-2023

 File — Box M123.0260: Series M123.06 [Barcode: U186024330215]
Identifier: M123.06.0260
Abstract

This box contains programs, print material, and other documents pertaining to productions and events from 2008-2023; Productions and events include: season programs, brochures, educational materials, Guild L'Esprit, Yellow Rose Ball, and Antique show. All materials are not available for every performance.

Dates: 2008-2023

Box 273: Negatives, 1940-1947

 File — Box M123.0273: Series M123.03 [Barcode: U186024329230]
Identifier: M123.03.0273
Abstract

This bx contains approximately 350 negatives from the Central City Opera festival taken during various social events, productions, and candid images of CCOHA affiliates from the 1940-1947 festival seasons. 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 from ecah season.

Dates: 1940-1947

Box 274: Negatives, 1947-1949

 File — Box M123.0274: Series M123.03 [Barcode: U186024329248]
Identifier: M123.03.0274
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 the 1947-1949 festival seasons. 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 all events from each season.

Dates: 1947-1949

Box 275: Negatives, 1949-1951

 File — Box M123.0275: Series M123.03 [Barcode: U186024329214]
Identifier: M123.03.0275
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 the 1949-1951 festival seasons. 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 from ecah season.

Dates: 1949-1951

Box 276: Negatives, 1952-1953

 File — Box M123.0276: Series M123.03 [Barcode: U186024329222]
Identifier: M123.03.0276
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 the 1952-1953 festival seasons. 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 from ecah season.

Dates: 1952-1953

Box 277: Negatives, 1953

 File — Box M123.0277: Series M123.03 [Barcode: U186024329191]
Identifier: M123.03.0277
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 the 1953 festival season. 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 from the season.

Dates: 1953

Box 278: Negatives, 1954

 File — Box M123.0278: Series M123.03 [Barcode: U186024329206]
Identifier: M123.03.0278
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 the 1954 festival season. 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 from the season.

Dates: 1954

Box 279: Negatives, 1955

 File — Box M123.0279: Series M123.03 [Barcode: U186024330401]
Identifier: M123.03.0279
Abstract

This box contains approximately 150 negatives from the Central City Opera festival taken during various social events, productions, and candid images of CCOHA affiliates from the 1955 festival season. 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 from the season.

Dates: 1955

Box 280: Negatives, 1955

 File — Box M123.0280: Series M123.03 [Barcode: U186024330396]
Identifier: M123.03.0280
Abstract

This ox contains approximately 150 negatives from the Central City Opera festival taken during various social events, productions, and candid images of CCOHA affiliates from the 1955 festival season. 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 from the season.

Dates: 1955

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Radio programs 7
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Corporate minutes 4
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Administrative reports 3
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Special events 3
Theater critics 3
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Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 2
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