Sears Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: M272
Dates
- Other: 1933-2002
Creator
- Sears, Vera E., 1912-2008 (Person)
Digital Repository
Extent
14.5 Linear Feet (4 record boxes, 4 flat boxes, 1 photograph box, 2 legal document box, 1 letter document box)
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in (4) series. The first two series contain files related to both Edwin and Vera Sears, Photographs and Correspondence. The third series related to Edwin Sears and his time in law and at the University of Denver. The fourth series contains materials related to Vera Sears and her dance career.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Materials were physically brought to Special Collections and Archives by Joan Brown, president of the Friends of Carson-Brierly Dance Library in 2010, but were a gift of Andrea Sears-Van Nest to Joan Brown, the daughter of Vera Sears, a former director of the Children's Dance Theatre at the University of Denver Lamont School of Music Dance Department. A letter received with the accession, dated 2002, indicates that Vera Sears organized the materials with the intent of donating them to the Carson-Brierly Dance Library.
Accruals
Further accruals are expected.
Creator
- Sears, Vera E., 1912-2008 (Person)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository