Ferrill, Thomas Hornsby, 1896-1988

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Script for the public service television program concerning the production '...And Perhaps Happiness,' written by Thomas Hornsby Ferrill in 'A Salute to Central City' which aired from 9:30-10:00 pm on August 11, 1958 on station KLZ-TV, channel 7, in Denver, Colorado. Show produced by Richard E. Cook of the California Academy of Sciences, Staged by James Edvon of KLZ-TV, and directed by Jack Carver, KLZ-TV.

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Bound book with red cover (11 x 8 x 2) containing all drafts, revisions, and coorespondence concerning the 1958 Central City Opera House production of '...And Perhaps Happiness.' between Thomas Hornsby Ferrill and Reginald Lawrence.

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Black and white photograph of (from l to r) author Caroline Bancroft, writer Thomas Hornsby Ferrill and photographer Louise Pote all holding certificates from the 'Wheel of the West' from an unknown event in Central City, Colorado.

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Original form of '...And perhaps Happiness' by Thomas Hornsby Ferrill the winner of the Denver Post $10,000 Prize Play. Handwritten in pencil on first page of manuscript 'This is the play in its original form, (illegible) and won the content. B Draper's copy, (illegible), DO NOT REMOVE.'

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Score ( one original, one carbon copy, and 15 copies) for the theme song for 'And Perhaps Happiness' composed by Daniel Moe and lyrics by Thomas Ferrill for the 1958 festival production of the same name. Instrumentation for the piece includes voice, violin I & II, viola, cello, bass and english horn (written as oboe part).

Abstract Program for the University of Denver undergraduate and graduate commencement ceremony, August Twenty-Second, 1947. Honorary degree recipient: Mary Chase, Doctor of Letters; Franklin D. Cogswell, Doctor of Letters; Thomas Hornsby Ferrill, Doctor of Literature; Hayes M. Fuhr, Doctor of Music. Conferring the Degrees in Course: Chancellor Caleb F. Gates. The commencement address was given by Dr. Franklin D. Cogswell the General Secretary of the Missionary Education Movement of the United States...