C. Lowell Lees photograph collection, circa 1910-1973

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Lees, C. Lowell, 1904-1973
Title
C. Lowell Lees photograph collection
Dates
circa 1910-1973 (inclusive)
Quantity
9 boxes
Collection Number
P0005
Summary
The C. Lowell Lees photograph collection contains portraits of performers and scenes from plays performed by the Moroni Olsen Players in the 1920s. Lees was chairman of the Speech and Theater Department at the University of Utah from 1943 to 1964 and was responsible for much of the development in theater at the University.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Languages
English

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

C. Lowell Lees was chairman of the Speech and Theater Department at the University of Utah from 1943 to 1964 and was responsible for much of the development of theater at the University. His collection contains portraits of performers and scenes from plays performed by the Moroni Olsen Players in the 1920s. Also included are plays directed by Lees in the 40s, 50s and 60s. All photographs have been labelled on the back with names of actors/actresses, name of director, name of play, year performed, and location performed.

collections made to the finding aid in November of 2022 after Cathay Ericson scanned it and entered it into the Digtial Library

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Collection arranged alphabetically and topically.

Processing Note

Processed by Dale Larsen in 1994.

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Separated Materials

Audio-visual materials were transferred to the Lowell Lees audiovisual collection (A0413).

Manuscript materials were transferred to the Lowell Lees papers (ACCN 0538).

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Portraits and Moroni Olsen Players PhotographsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description
Box Folder
1 1
Portraits
  • 1: Frank B. Pearson as "Uncle Danny", September 9, 1922
  • 2: Dorothy Adams as "Mrs. Higgins" in "Pygmalion." Moroni Olsen Players
  • 3: Mr. Harry R. Allen of the Moroni Olsen players who played "Montague Flame" in the English comedy "The Lilies of the Field," by John Hastings Turner
  • 4: Clarence Talbot with Moroni Olsen Circuit Rep. Co. appearing in "Twelve Thousand"
  • 5: Unidentified portrait
1 2
Portraits, Bryon Foulger
  • 6: as "Tom Lane" in "Detour" by Owen Davis. The First Circuit Repertory Co.
  • 7: as "Prince of Wales" later "George III of England" in "Friend Hannah," Moroni Olsen Players
1 3
Portraits, Gean Greenwell
  • 8: "Pygmalion," Moroni Olsen Players
  • 9: "Charles, Duke of Chandos" in "Friend Hannah." Moroni Olsen Players
1 4
Portraits, Moroni Olsen
  • 10: as "Petruchi" in "Taming of the Shrew," Moroni Olsen Players
  • 11: as "John" in "The Ship" by St. John Ervine, Moroni Olsen Repertory Company
  • 12: as "Gwen Reegan" in "Autumn Fire" by T.C. Murray, Moroni Olsen Circuit Repertorty Co.
  • 13: as "Thomas Lightfoot" in "Friend Hannah," Moroni Olsen Players
  • 14: as "Thomas Lightfoot" in "Friend Hannah," Moroni Olsen Players
  • 15: as "Barnaby Hadden" in "The Lilies of the Field," Moroni Olsen Players
  • 16: as "George Marden J.P." in "Mr. Pim Passes By" Moroni Olsen Players
  • 17: as Secretary of the Princes in "Twelve Thousand" by Bruno Frank, Moroni Olsen Circuit Repertory Co.
  • 18: as "Maitland White" in "You and I"
  • 19-22: Portraits
1 5
Portraits, Janet Young
  • 23: as "Olivia Mardew" in "Mr. Pim Passes By," Moroni Olsen Players
  • 24: as "Eliza Doolittle" in "Pygmalion," Moroni Olsen Players
  • 25: as "Katherine" in "Taming of the Shrew," Moroni Olsen Players
  • 26: as "Ina Bence" in "Kempy," Moroni Olsen Players
  • 27: as "Frances Sylvester" in "Expressing Willie", American comedy, Circuit Repertory Company, Moroni Olsen Players
  • 28-29: Portraits
1 6
Moroni Olsen Players
  • 30: Byron Foulger as "Mr. Purdie" Dorothy Adams as "Joanna Trout" Donna Jones as "Mable Purdie" in "Dear Brutus."
  • 31: Byron Foulger as "Geoffrey Nichols" Moroni Olsen as "Mailland White" Janet Young as "Nancy White" in "You and I."
  • 32: Frank Rasmussen as "Hortensio" Dorothy Adams as "Bianca"
  • 33: Moroni Olsen, Robert Young, Gordon Nelson in "The Ship" by St. John Ervine
  • 34: Moroni Olsen as "Henry Higgins" Janet Young as "Eliza Doolittle" in "Pygmalion."
  • 35: Clarence Talbot and William Kilby appearing as Peasant Conscripts for America in "Twelve Thousand" by Bruno Frank
  • 36: Dorothy Adams and ? in "Autumn Fire."
  • 37: Leora Thatcher as "Kate Bence" Byron Foulger as "Kempy" in "Kempy."
  • 38: Moroni Olsen and Janet Young
  • 39-42: Unidentified
1 7
Moroni Olsen Players
  • 43: Janet Young as "Nancy White" in "You and I." Moroni Olsen as "Maitland White"
  • 44: Summer Cobb as "Roderick White" Dorothy Adams as "Veronica Duane" in "You and I." Janet Young as "Nancy White"
  • 45: Scene from "Dear Brutus."
  • 46: Characters in "Pygmalion."
  • 47: Janet Young as "Emilia Marty" Moroni Olsen as "Jaroslav Prus" in The "Macropoulos Secret."
  • 48: "The White Wings."
  • 49: Janet Young as "Katherine" Moroni Olsen as "Petrucchio" in "Taming of the Shrew."
  • 50-51: Moroni Olsen as "Petrucchio" Janet Young as "Katherine" in "Taming of the Shrew" by William Shakespeare
  • 52: Moroni Olsen, Robert Young, Gordon Nelson, in "The Ship," by St. John Ervine
  • 53: Janet Young and Moroni Olsen in "The Ship," by St. John Ervine
  • 54: Janet Young and Moroni Olsen in "The Ship," by St. John Ervine
  • 55: "Snapshot" "The way we entertain on the S.S. Pres. Monroe."

General PhotographsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
2 1
USO Show to the Orient "Damn Yankees"
  • 1-8: "Damn Yankees"
  • 9-21: Philipines
  • 22-25: Okinawa
 1960
2 2
USO Show to the Orient "Damn Yankees"
  • 1-6: Dong Kook, Korea
  • 7-12: Tokyo, Japan Cultural Center
  • 13-36: Matsumoto visit (Snapshots of trip)
  • 37: Curtain Call "Damn Yankees"
2 3a
Utah Opera Portraits
  • 1-17: Portraits of Utah Opera People
2 3b
Scenes from University Dramatics Club productions, 1902-1919
  • 1-4: Scenes from University Dramatics Club productions
  • 5: Maud May Babcock in a pose
  • 6: Maud May Babcock physical fitness class
  • 7-14: Scenes and casts from University Dramatics Club productions
2 3c
Utah Opera Posters, University Dramatic Club Posters
  • 1: Admit One "The Amazons", January 16, 1903, Salt Lake Theater
  • 2: "The Social Hall"
  • 3: Salt Lake Theater Statement, February 19, 1904
  • 4: Salt Lake Theater Statement, January 16, 1903
  • 5: "A Genuine Hoe-Down", Friday April 3, Poster "The Last Coat"
  • 6: "The Amazons" University Dramatic Club Advetisement
  • 7: Newspaper Clipping "The Amazons"
  • 8: Program "The Amazons"
  • 9: Advertisement Poster. Jewelers, Pharmacy, "The Amazons", City Drug Store
  • 10: Newspaper Clippings "The Amazons"
  • 11: The University Dramatic Club under direction of Professor M. M. Babcock "Trelawney of the Wells" Poster, May 2, 1902
  • 12: Program insert, "Trelawney of the Wells" cast listing
  • 13: Poster from the Grand Opera House, May 19, 1902, "Trelawney of the Wells"
  • 14: Cast listing in "Programme" "Trelawney of the Wells"
  • 15: Univeristy Dramatic Club Poster, "A Scrap of Paper"
  • 16: University Dramatic Club "Christopher Junior" Poster
  • 17: February 25, 1905, "Christopher Junior" Poster
  • 18: Cast of Characters, "The School Mistress"
  • 19: University Dramatic Club "Pygmalion and Galatea", "A Morning Call", "Monte Cristo", "The Dead Heart"
  • 20: Newspaper Article, Warrants for 11 University Students wanted for hazing, 1905
  • 21: Billboard University Theater Friday February 10 "All on Account of Jones"
2 3d
Casts for University Dramatics Club and Musical Society productions, 1907-1921
  • 1: Scene from "Aida"
  • 2: Cast of "The Amazons"
  • 3: Cast of "As You Like It"
  • 4-5: Cast of "A Single Man"
  • 6: Cast of "Arms and the Man"
  • 7: Cast of "Op 'O Me Thumb"
  • 8: Cast and Author of "Barred Windows"
  • 9: Complete cast "Mrs. Bumpstead Leigh" with Directors
  • 10: Cast and Author of "Ever After", a skit
  • 11: Angel Chorus from "Hansel and Gretel"
  • 12: Cast and Directors "Her Husband's Wife"
  • 13: Principles and chorus "La Traviata"
  • 14-15: Cast of "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
  • 16: Principles and Chorus "I Pagliacci"
  • 17: Cast and Directors of "Pillars of Society"
  • 18: Cast of "Quality Street"
  • 19-20: Dramatic Club group photos
  • 21: 1910 Dramatic Club group photo
  • 22: Freshman Dramatic Club
  • 23: Freshman Dramatic Club cast and directors "The Private Secretary"
  • 24-25: Freshman Dramatic Club
  • 26-31: Unidentified Casts
2 4
Performances, Kingsbury Hall
  • 1: "Shadow and Substance", 1947-1948
  • 2: "Martine", 1945
  • 3-4: "You Can't Take It With You"
  • 5: "Shadow and Substance"
  • 6: "Antony and Cleopatra"
  • 7: "MacBeth"
  • 8: "You Can't Take It With You"
  • 9: Summer Festival "The Music Man, 1962-1963
  • 10: Unidentified
  • 11: "Romeo and Juliet"
  • 12: "You Can't Take It With You"
  • 13-15: "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
2 5
Days of '47
  • 1-2: Centennial Pageant
 1947
2 6
"Promised Valley" 1947 and "Romeo and Juliet" 1943
  • 1: "Promised Valley" Musical Director Jay Blackton
  • 2: "Promised Valley" Director C. Lowell Lees
  • 3-7: "Promised Valley" Scenes
  • 8: Conductor Jay Blackton
  • 9: Crawford Gates "Promised Valley"
  • 10: Reed Smoot, David O. Mckay and Mrs. Mckay, Centennial Officers
  • 11-13: "Promised Valley"
  • 14- 22: "Romeo and Juliet"
  • 14: Partial cast of "Romeo and Juliet"
  • 15-17: Scenes from "Romeo and Juliet"
  • 18: Set of "Romeo and Juliet"
  • 19: Friar/Apothecary ,Joe Williams
  • 20: Set of "Romeo and Juliet"
  • 21-22: Scenes from "Romeo and Juliet"
 1947; 1943
2 7
"Green Pastures"
  • 1-10: Scenes
2 8
Performances at Kingsbury Hall
  • 1-3: "You Can't Take it With You"
  • 4: "Call it a Day"
  • 5: "Shadow and Substance"
  • 6: "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme"
  • 7: "Twelfth Knight" 1948
  • 8: Oliver Osterberg "King Lear"
  • 9: John Nicolayson "King Lear"
  • 10: Scene from "King Lear"
  • 11: Unidentified
  • 12: Unidentified
  • 13-14: Scenes from "King Lear"
 1943-1951
2 9
"A Merry Widow" Summer Festival
  • 1: The crew
  • 2-3: Dance Scenes from "A Merry Widow"
  • 4: June Moncur
  • 5-6: man in costume from "A Merry Widow"
  • 7: Don Soelburg
  • 8: George Gayens
  • 9: John Geyans (Musical Director and Choreographer) and Vera Bryner backstage at Rehearsal
  • 10: Janice Day
  • 11-20: Contact Sheets of Dancers' photos
  • 21-22: Contact sheets of backstage and snapshots
 1951
2 10
Summer Festival
  • 1: Program from 1947 "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
  • 2-4: Scenes from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
  • 5: "The Great Waltz", 1949
  • 6: "Naughty Marietta", 1950-52
  • 7: Building a set
  • 8-9: "Of Thee I Sing", 1947-48
  • 10-13: Cyrano de Bergerac", Moncur and David Morgan, 1950-51, 58 June
  • 14: "Carmen", 1948-49
 1947-1951
2 11
"Joan of Lorraine"
  • 1: Judith Evelyn in University Theater Production
  • 2-5: Rehearsal Scenes
  • 6-12: Scenes from "Joan of Lorraine"
  • 13-14: Portraits of Judith Evelyn
  • 15: Judith Evelyn in Scene
  • 16-18: Portraits of Judith Evelyn
 1947
2 12
Snapshots of scenes
  • 1-15: "Martine"
  • 16-17: "Papa is All"
  • 18-24: "You Can't Take It With You"
2 13
Children's Theater
  • 1-2: "Our Town, Thornton Wilder"
  • 3: "Aladdin"
  • 4-5: "The Emperor's New Clothes" or " King Arthur"
  • 6-9: "Jacob Hamblin"
  • 10: "The Emperor's New Clothes"
  • 11: "The Young Idea, Noel Coward"
  • 12: Media promotion for "Lady in the Dark"
  • 13: "The Young Idea, Noel Coward"
  • 14: "Jacob Hamblin"
  • 15: "Penrod"
  • 16: "Aladdin"
2 14
Performances
  • 1-2: "Arms and the Man", 1947
  • 3-7: "The Magnificent Yankee", 1946
  • 8-13: "All My Sons"
  • 14: "Skin of our Teeth"
2 15
"Blossom Time"
  • 1-11: Scenes
2 16
Orson Welles "MacBeth"
  • 1: Panorama
  • 2: Scene from "MacBeth"
  • 3: Jeanette Nolan, Lady MacBeth
  • 4-6: Scenes from "MacBeth"
  • 7-8: Keene Curtis, "MacBeth"
  • 9-28: Scenes from "MacBeth"
 1947
2 17
"Hamlet"
  • 1-16: Scenes from "Hamlet" The first production in Pioneer Memorial Theater
 1962
2 18
Performances
  • 1-3: "Annie Get Your Gun"
  • 4: Program for "The Unsinkable Molly Brown"
  • 5-27: Scenes from "The Unsinkable Molly Brown"
2 19
Unidentified
  • 1-9 Unidentified Scenes
2 20
Photographs
  • 1: "The Nutcracker"
  • 2: "All the Kings Men"
  • 3: "Arsenic and Old Lace"
  • 4: Unidentified
  • 5: "Dirty Hands"
  • 6-7: "The Male Animal"
  • 8: Stanley Hamilton
  • 9: Children's Theater
  • 10: "Penrod"
  • 11: Unidentified
  • 12: Children's Play
  • 13: "Jacobowsky and the Colonel"
  • 14: "King Arthur's Sword"
  • 15: "Family Portrait"
  • 16: "Jacobowsky and the Colonel"
  • 17: "Family Portrait"
 1952
2 21
Sets by Vern Adix
  • 1: Unidentified
  • 2: "Anne of Green Gables"
  • 3: "Life with Mother"
  • 4-5: "Knickerbocker Holiday"
  • 6: Main Lighting Switchboard in Kingsbury Hall
2 22
"History of Theatre" lecture slides – 19th and early 20th century actors, actresses, playwrights, and theatres
  • 1-41: actors and actresses presentation for "History of Theater"
3 1
Beehive Salt Lake
3 2
Aida, 1954
3 3
Arthur and the Magic Sword, 1950
3 4
University Theatre Ballet, 1953-1954
  • 1-2: Chopin's Les Sylphides, May 1954
  • 3-6: Old Vienna, May 1954
  • 7-9: Pas de Deux, 1955 or 1956
  • 10-12: Unidentified, May 1953
  • 13-16: Romeo and Juliet, May 1954
  • 17-22: Swan Lake, May 1953
3 5
The Band Bird, 1957
3 6
Calliope, 1953
3 7
Circus Day, 1950
3 8
The Cocktail Party, 1952
3 9
The Corn is Green, 1951
3 10
The Crucible, 1955
3 11
Dirty Hands, 1952
3 12
The Wizard of Oz, 1956
3 13
Unidentified performance (folder labeled Duplicate)
3 14
Flibbertygibbett, 1958
3 15
He Who Gets Slapped, 1950
3 16
A Bell For Adano, 1952
3 17
January Thaw, 1949
3 18
Janus, 1957
3 19
Joan of Lorraine/Saint Joan
  • 1-15: Joan of Lorraine, 1947
  • 16-41: Saint Joan, 1953
3 20
Julis Caesar, 1953
3 21
A Kiss for Cinderella, 1952
3 22
La Traviata, 1953
3 23
Chamber operas at Playbox Theatre-in-the-Round (Little Theatre), Jan. 1953
  • 1-9: La Serva Padrona (The Maid as Mistress)
  • 10-18: Master Peter's Puppet Show
3 24
The Marriage of Figaro theatrical set, 1956
3 25
The Merry Widow (operetta), 1951
3 26
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker, 1961
3 27
My Three Angels, 1954
3 28
Naughty Marietta (operetta), 1953
3 29
No Strings on Me, 1954
3 30
The Old Maid and the Thief (operetta), 1954
3 31
Onagain-Offagain, 1957
3 32
Flibbertygibbett, 1951
3 33
Pelleas et Melisande, 1954
3 34
Penrod, 1950
3 35
The Petrified Forest, 1949
3 36
Ring Around the Moon, 1953
3 37
The Potting Shed, 1957
3 38
The Prince and the Pauper, 1949
3 39
The Princess and the Swineherd, 1955 (no photos)
3 40
The Rivals, 1960
3 41
The Magic Rose and the Ring, 1954
3 42
William Shakespeare
  • 1-17: As You Like It, 1952
  • 18-19: Wanda Clayton Thomas as Lady Macbeth, 1946
  • 20-27: Hamlet, 1954
3 43
The Snow Queen, 1952
3 44
Tales of Hoffmann (opéra fantastique), 1951
3 45
The Teahouse of the August Moon, 1957
3 46
Tiger at the Gates (La guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu), 1957
3 47
Titian, 1954
3 48
Under Milkwood, 1955
3 49
Witness for the Prosecution, 1957
3 50
Unidentified Productions

Plays A-YReturn to Top

Container(s) Description
Box Folder
4A 1
Plays, A
  • 1-6: Affairs of State, 1953
  • 7-15: Aladdin, 1950
  • 16-24: Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, 1949
  • 25-31: Alice In Wonderland, 1946
  • 32-44: All My Sons, 1948
  • 45-60: All the King's Men, 1949
  • 61-74: Anastasia, 1958
  • 75-82: Angel Street, 1958
  • 83: Anne of Green Gables, 1944
  • 84-86: Another Part of the Forest, 1956
  • 87-104: Antony and Cleopatra, 1951
  • 105-126: Arms and the Man, 1948
  • 127-134: Arsenic and Old Lace, 1947
  • 135-139: Arthur and the Magic Sword, 1950
4A 2
Plays A-C
  •   1-5: Le Bal des Voleurs (Thieves' Carnival, a French language play), 1955
  •     6-14: The Barber of Seville (comic opera), 1958
  •          15-35: Black Chiffon, 1952
  •     36-51: Blithe Spirit, 1946
  •         52-60: Blood Wedding, 1952
  •        61-68: The Bluebird (ballet), 1955
  •     69-86: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (comedie-ballet), 1952
  •       87-93: The Boy David, 1951
  •       94-97: But Not Goodbye, 1947
  •     98-109: Caine Mutiny Court Martial, 1955
  •       110-111: Call It A Day, 1944
  •       112-128: Carousel, 1958
4A 3
Plays C-D
  • 1-28: Cavalcade, 1951
  • 29-34: The Chalk Garden, 1957
  •          35-44: The Christmas Carol, 1956
  •          45-52: The Circle, 1950
  •        53-55: Claudia, 1946
  •          56-67: The Constant Wife, 1958
  •          68-70: Così Fan Tutte (opera) theatrical set, 1957
  •          71-78: The Country Girl, 1954
  •          79-97: Cyrano de Bergerac, 1950
  •          98-107: The Damask Cheek, 1950
  •          108-143: Damn Yankees, 1958
  •          144-151: Dark of the Moon, 1948
4A 4
Plays D-F
  •          1-17: The Day It Was Night (ballet), 1958
  •          18-23: Dear Ruth, 1947
  •          24-33: Deseret, 1948
  •          34-38: Electra, 1956
  •          39-54: The Emperor's New Clothes, 1945
  •          55-69: Fashion or Life in New York (The Roaring Forties With Many Musical Divertissements), 1943
  •          70-86: The Fatal Weakness, 1951
  •          87-101: Faust (opera), 1950
  •          102-114: The First Firecracker, 1958
  •          115-117: Flibbertygibbet, 1951
  •          118-126: The Fourposter, 1955
4A 5
Plays F-G
  •          1-7: The Ghost of Mr. Penny, 1954
  •          8-14: The Grass Harp, 1955
  •          15-22: The Great Aunt Sits on the Floor, 1948
  •          23-45: The Green Pastures, 1946
4B 1
Plays, H-I
  •          1-5: Hans Clodhopper, 1949
  •          6-23: The Happiest Millionaire, 1958
  •          24-37: The Happy Time, 1952
  •          38-42: The Hasty Heart, 1946
  •          43-46: Heidi, 1948
  •          47-54: Hilda Crane, 1951
  •          55-73: Hold That Line, 1951
  •          74-76: Huckleberry Finn, 1946
4B 2
Plays I-K
  •          1-12: I Remember Mama, 1953
  •          13-14: In The Zone, 1951
  •          15-31: Inherit the Wind, 1958
  •          32-38: Jacob Hamblin, 1948
  •          39-47: Jacobowsky and the Colonel, 1945
  •          48-52: The King and I, 1956
  •          53-70: King Lear, 1948
  •          71-92: King Richard III, 1955
  •          93-102: Kiss Me Kate, 1952
  •          103-111: Knickerbocker Holiday, 1945
4B 3
Plays L-M
  •          1-10: Lady in the Dark, 1948
  •          11-17: The Late George Apley, 1946
  •          18-26: Life with Mother, 1951
  •          27-35: Light Up the Sky, 1950
  •          36-41: The Little Foxes, 1956
  •          42-51: The Love of Four Colonels, 1954
  •          52-68: Lute Song, 1949
  •          69-78: Macbeth, 1946
  •          79-96: Macbeth, 1947 (Orson Wells)
  •          97-114: Macbeth, 1958
4B 4
Plays M
  •          1-6: Madame Butterfly (opera), 1956
  •          7-20: Madwoman of Chaillot, 1950
  •          21-28: The Magnificent Yankee, 1948
  •          29-30: The Marriage of Figaro (comic opera), 1956
  •          31-33: Mary Poppins, 1945
  •          34-41: Meet Mr. Wolf, 1944
  •          42-66: A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1947
4B 5
Plays M-O
  •          1-14: Mister Roberts, 1953
  •          15-22: The Moon is Blue, 1958
  •          23-25: Mr. Dooley Jr., 1946
  •          26-36: Mr. Popper's Penguins, 1951
  •          37-41: My Sister Eileen, 1948
  •          42-47: My Three Angels, 1954
  •          48-64: Of Thee I Sing, 1947
  •          65-75: The Old Maid and the Thief (operetta), 1954
  •          76-77: Old Vienna (ballet), 1954
  •          78-99: Ondine, 1960
4B 6
Plays O-P
  •          1-14: Othello, 1949
  •          15-22: Papa is All, 1944
  •          23-32: The Patchwork Girl of Oz, 1954
  •          33-44: The Patriots, 1947
  •          45-56: Peer Gynt, 1948
  •          57-60: Peter Pan, 1943
  •          61-62: A Phoenix Too Frequent, 1951
  •          63-82: Pippa Passes, 1955
4C 1
Plays, P-R
  •          1-10: The Prince and The Knight, 1956
  •          11-17: The Princess and the Swineherd, 1955
  •          18-39: Private Lives, 1954
  •          40-69: Promised Valley, 1950
  •          70-78: Pygmalion and Galatea, 1953
  •          79-89: Rip Van Winkle, 1951
  •          90-107: Romeo and Juliet, 1956
  •          108-153: Romeo and Juliet, 1944
4C 2
Plays R-S
  •          1-18: The Royal Family, 1949
  •          19-27: Sabrina Fair, 1956
  •          28-39: Samson and Delilah (opera), 1952
  •          40-45: The Searching Wind, 1945
  •          46-51: Second Threshold, 1957
  •          52-57: The Secret of Pat Pending: A Modern Whimsical Comedy in Three Acts, 1953
  •          58-66: Seven Little Rebels, 1953
  •          67-74: Shadow and Substance, 1950
  •          75-82: The Shop at Sly Corner, 1950
  •          83: The Damask Cheek, 1950
4C 3
Plays S
  •          1-29: Show Boat, 1948
  •          30-41: The Silver Whistle, 1951
  •          42-52: Sing Out Sweet Land, 1955
  •          53-56: The Skin of Our Teeth, 1944
  •          57: Snow Treasure, 1952
  •          58-64: Soldier's Wife, 1946
  •          65-123: Song of Norway (operetta), 1957
4C 4
Plays S-U
  •          1-13: State of the Union, 1946
  •          14-29: The Tempest, 1954
  •          30-31: Time Limit!, 1956
  •          32-44: Toad of Toad Hall, 1952
  •          45-46: Tom Sawyer, 1944
  •          47-56: Tom Sawyer, 1953
  •          57-67: Treasure Island, 1947
  •          68-77: The Trial, 1951
  •          78-87: Twelfth Night, 1945
  •          88-94: Uncle Harry, 1947
4C 5
Plays W-Y
  •          1-7: Waiting for Godot, 1956
  •         8-11: What Every Woman Knows, 1946
  •          12-21: The White Sheep of the Family, 1956
  •          22-40: The Wizard of Oz, 1948
  •          41-46: Woman Is My Idea, 1954
  •          47-53: Young Hickory, 1955
  •          54-60: The Young Idea, 1948
  •          61-65: Young Lincoln, 1948
  •          66-75: Young Man With A Halo, 1948

General PhotographsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description
Box Folder
5 1
San Francisco and Chicago, 1962
5 2
Jamaica, 1962
5 3
Ibague, Colombia, 1962
5 4
Bahia Blanca and Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina, 1962
5 5
Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1962
5 6
Mendoza, Argentina, 1962
5 7
Cordoba, Argentina, 1962
5 8
Guayaquil, Ecuador, 1962
5 9
Santiago, Chile, 1962
5 10
La Paz, Bolivia and Lima, Peru, 1962
5 11
Cali, Colombia, 1962
5 12
Tucuman Province, Argentina, 1962
5 13
San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador, 1962
5 14
Rosario and Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina, 1962
5 15
Bogota, Colombia, 1962
5 16
University of Utah Theatre USO tour of East Asia and Hawaii, 1960
5 17
Nara tourist slides
5 18
History of Theater-Greek Statues and Vases
5 19
History of Theater-Actors A-D
5 20
History of Theater-Actors E-H
5 21
History of Theater-Actors I-R
5 22
History of Theater-Actors S-W
5 23
History of Theater-Actors unlabeled
5 24
History of Theater-Globe Playhouse
5 25
History of Theater-Playbills and tickets
5 26
History of Theater-interiors and seats
5 27
History of Theater-Outdoor theaters
5 28
History of Theater-theater exteriors
5 29
History of Theater-theater plans
5 30
History of Theater-Terracotta statues
5 31
History of Theater-Kabuki drama
5 32
History of Theater-Scenes
6 1
Peacocks, wedding gown portrait, and friends
6 2
Kabuki Theater, 1960
6 3
C. Lowell Lees and family
6 4
Fantasy costumes
6 5
Northwestern University graduation, Chicago campus, 1931
6 6
Theater and production photos
6 7
Portrait of Maud May Babcock, December 1939
6 8
"The House of Atreus" performed at Guthrie Theater, Minnesota, 1967
6 9
University of Utah Theatre USO tour, Matsumoto, Japan, 1960
6 10
Publicity photograph for "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
6 11
Actor and Production photos
6 12
Nauvoo postcards
6 13
Demolition of a building
6 14
Pioneer Memorial Theater. Deseret News, October 1962
6 15
Party photos (stereo transparencies), Oct. 1957
6 16
John Druary (inscribed photograph)
6 17
Group photos
6 18
Scrapbook for "Fashion or Life in New York" presented now as "The Roaring Forties With Many Musical Divertissements" (musical) performed at Kingsbury Hall, University of Utah, October 1943
6 19
Pioneer Memorial Theater building construction, 1960-1961
6 20
Cast photos
6 21
Elderly women dressed in suits on the sidewalk
6 22
Univesity of Minnesota productions
6 23
Utah productions
6 24
Portraits of C. Lowell Lees
6 25
Lees Family
6 26
Promised Valley, 1947
6 27
Production photos
6 28
Portrait of C. Lowell Lees
6 29
Battalion of Cadets of Salt Lake High

OversizeReturn to Top

Container(s) Description
Box Folder
7 1
Scenes
  •          1: Lady in the Dark, Kingsbury Hall, 1948
  •          2: The Masque of Kings, The Playbox Theatre-in-the-Round, 1949
  •          3-4: Lady in the Dark, Kingsbury Hall, 1948
  •          5: Hans Clodhopper, Kingsbury Hall, 1949
7 2
Scenes
  •          6: Dark of The Moon, Kingsbury Hall, 1948
  •          7: Macbeth, Kingsbury Hall, 1946
  •          8: The Petrified Forest, Kingsbury Hall, 1949
  •          9-10: Lute Song, Kingsbury Hall, 1949
7 3
Scenes
  •          11: Lute Song, Kingsbury Hall, 1949
  •          12: Arms and the Man, Kingsbury Hall, 1948
  •          13: The Merry Widow, University of Utah Summer Festival, Ute Stadium, 1951
  •          14: Publicity photograph for University of Utah Summer Festival, Ute Stadium, 1953
  •          15: Playbill for Lady in the Dark, Kingsbury Hall, 1948
7 4
Babcock Hall
  • 16: Greek drama (possibly "Eleusthenia"), Babcock Hall, 1895 (?)
7 5
Plays
  •          17: Cyrano de Bergerac, Kingsbury Hall, 1950
  •          18: Promised Valley, University of Utah Summer Festival, Ute Stadium, 1947
  •          19: Arms and the Man, Kingsbury Hall, 1948
  •          20: Shadow and Substance, Kingsbury Hall, 1950
7 6
Plays
  • 21: Hold That Line, Kingsbury Hall, 1951 (photograph mirrored)
  • 22: Madwoman of Chaillot, Kingsbury Hall, 1950
7 7
Plays
  • 23: Otis Skinner in costume as Mister Antonio (hand-tinted photograph), 1916

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Actors--Utah--Salt Lake City--Photographs
  • Theater--Utah--Salt Lake City--History--Photographs

Corporate Names

  • Moroni Olsen Players--Photographs

Form or Genre Terms

  • Photographic prints--1920-1929
  • Portrait photographs

Finding aid prepared by Dale Larsen and Ashley Arave.
1994 (last modified: 2018)

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