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Floyd T. Morgan photograph collection, 1937-1956

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Morgan, Floyd T., 1910-2003.
Title
Floyd T. Morgan photograph collection
Dates
1937-1956 (inclusive)
Quantity
2 boxes, (.75 linear feet)
Collection Number
UUS_P0414
Summary
The Floyd T. Morgan Photo Collection consists of several hundred photo slides of the productions of the Hilltop Amateur Dramatic Society and Utah State Theatre company. Most of the [slides] were taken by H. Reuben Reynolds and either directed or designed by Floyd T. Morgan. The plays displayed in the photographs also represent productions directed by W. Vosco Call, Don Quayble, and Uras Allred. Some of the slides contain written information describing persons or scenes depicted in the photographs. Included in the collection are several slides of the constructed sets, a few slides of the USU Amphitheatre, and many slides of the actors performing in the plays themselves. One folder in the collection contains programs of the plays and a list of basic information about the plays written by W. Vosco Call.
Repository
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu
Access Restrictions

No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.

Languages
English
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Biographical Note

Floyd T. Morgan was born March 12, 1910 in Weston, ID. After graduating from Weston High School he attended Ricks College then transferred to Utah State University where he studied Speech and Drama. Upon his graduation in 1934 he attended the University of Wisconsin and the University of Iowa, receiving a Master’s Degree. He also did graduate work at Stanford University. In 1934 he was hired as an instructor at Utah State University and married Edith Welch in 1935. Morgan worked as a faculty member of USU for 47 years. During his time as a professor of Theatre he directed more than 125 plays, designed 300 sets, and performed at least 80 roles. On August 4, 2003 Morgan died at the age of 93.

Source: Obituary: Floyd T. Morgan, Deseret News, August 8, 2003.

W. Vosco Call attended Utah State University in the early 1940s and later joined the faculty at Utah State in 1956 where he worked both as professor and later Department Head for 39 years. Call is best remembered for founding and being the Artistic Director for the Old Lyric Repertory Company from 1967 until his retirement.

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Content Description

The Floyd T. Morgan Photo Collection consists of several hundred photo slides of the productions of the Hilltop Amateur Dramatic Society and Utah State Theatre company. Most of the slides were taken by H. Reuben Reynolds and either directed or designed by Floyd T. Morgan. The plays displayed in the photographs also represent productions directed by W. Vosco Call, Don Quayble, and Uras Allred. Some of the slides contain written information describing persons or scenes depicted in the photographs. Included in the collection are several slides of the constructed sets, a few slides of the USU Amphitheatre, and many slides of the actors performing in the plays themselves. The slides consist of both individual slides and double slides (two images of the same picture places on one board, possibly for a stereograph like device). One folder in the collection contains programs of the plays and a list of basic information about the plays written by W. Vosco Call.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.

Permission to publish material from the Floyd T. Morgan Photograph Collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Preferred Citation

Initial Citation: USU_P0414; Floyd T. Morgan Photograph Collection; Photograph Collections Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.

Following Citations:USU_P0414, USUSCA.

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Administrative Information

Processing Note

Processed in March of 2012

Acquisition Information

These slides were donated to Special Collections by W. Vosco Call, of Logan, Utah, in 2001.

Related Materials

Floyd and Edith Morgan Papers, Coll Mss 222

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Description: 1:01:01-1:01:02: “The Drunkard”
    Dates: 1937 May
    Container: Box 1, Folder 1
  • Description: 1:01:03-1:01:10: “Under the Gaslight” F. T. Morgan, director
    Dates: 1939
    Container: Box 1, Folder 1
  • Description: 1:01:11-1:01:17: “The Women Have Their Way” F. T. Morgan, director and set-designer
    Dates: 1940
    Container: Box 1, Folder 1
  • Description: 1:01:18: “Ladies of the Jury”
    Dates: 1941
    Container: Box 1, Folder 1
  • Description: 1:01:19-1:01:28: “Room Service”
    Dates: 1945-1946
    Container: Box 1, Folder 1
  • Description: 1:01:29: “He Who Gets Slapped” H. I. Hanson, director
    Dates: 1949
    Container: Box 1, Folder 1
  • Description: 1:01:30-1:01:32: “The Faithful Footman” Earl Faulkner, Mowal Bigler
    Dates: 1949 May
    Container: Box 1, Folder 1
  • Description: 1:01:33-1:01:44: “Pygmalian” Dave Mecham, Ruth Wilhon, Ben Canning, Vosco Call, Jane Slate, June Firth, Jean Simpson
    Dates: 1950 January
    Container: Box 1, Folder 1
  • Description: 1:01:45-1:01:69: “The Importance of Being Ernest” Pot Hansen, Merlin Bowen, Junius Hamblin, Barbara McGregor, Don Quoyle, Josie Barns, Sergen Benson, Myrtle, Boralu (sp?), Dick Haslam, Jean Simpson
    Dates: 1950 October
    Container: Box 1, Folder 1
  • Description: 1:01:70-1:01:76: “The Playboy of the Western World” Shawna Lee Doy, Vosco Call, Philip Sorenson, L. Anderson, Dick Haslam, Allen Murdock
    Dates: 1950 December
    Container: Box 1, Folder 1
  • Description: 1:01:77-1:01:93: “Pride and Prejudice” Vosco Call, Patricia Hansen, Carl Berg, Gem McCom, Carl Berg, Ruth Burleigh Call, Pat Hansen, Frank Muffer, Leslie Wanlass, Joan Vonderholf, Van Brite
    Dates: 1951 November
    Container: Box 1, Folder 1
  • Description: 1:01:94: “Oedipus Rex” Harold L. Hansen - Director and Floyd T. Morgan - Designer
    Dates: 1952
    Container: Box 1, Folder 1
  • Description: 1:01:95-1:01:100: “Romeo and Juliet” Ellen McLatchie, Leslie Wanlass, Clair Larson, Vosco Call, Lee Cantwall
    Dates: 1952 April
    Container: Box 1, Folder 1
  • Description: 1:02:01-1:02:10: “Romeo and Juliet” Ellen McLatchie, Leslie Wanlass, Clair /larson, Vosco Call, Lee Cantwall
    Dates: 1952 April
    Container: Box 1, Folder 2
  • Description: 1:02:11-1:02:31: “The Lady’s Not for Burning” Patricia Hansen, W. Vosco Call, Philip Sorensem, Morgan White, Consuelo Young, Viola Garff, Morval Bigler, Marvin Rallison, Patricia Hansen, Al Glauser
    Dates: 1952 July
    Container: Box 1, Folder 2
  • Description: 1:02:32-1:02:37: “Mr. Angel” Carma Crowshaw, Jarvis Anderson
    Dates: 1952 May
    Container: Box 1, Folder 2
  • Description: 1:02:38-1:02:49: “The Corn is Green” Jarvis Anderson, Carma Crowshaw, Ruth Green, Sidney Reeding
    Dates: 1952 December
    Container: Box 1, Folder 2
  • Description: 1:02:50-1:02:67: “I Remember Mama” Marvin Rollison, George Tanner (director), Floyd T. Morgan (designer)
    Dates: 1953
    Container: Box 1, Folder 2
  • Description: 1:02:68-1:02:82: “Much Ado About Nothing” Carma Crowshaw, Paul Evans
    Dates: 1953 April
    Container: Box 1, Folder 2
  • Description: 1:02:83-1:02:89: “Her Husband’s Wife”
    Dates: 1953 May
    Container: Box 1, Folder 2
  • Description: 1:02:90-1:02:91: “Miss Julie” Shirley Overson, Ruth and Vosco Call
    Dates: 1953 July
    Container: Box 1, Folder 2
  • Description: 1:02:92-1:02:93: “Fumed Oak” Joyce Wadsworth, Beverly Schutz
    Dates: 1953 July
    Container: Box 1, Folder 2
  • Description: 1:02:94-1:02:100: “Jane” Inez Urie, Vosco Call, Leora thatcher
    Dates: 1953 July
    Container: Box 1, Folder 2
  • Description: 1:03:01-1:03:07: “Jane” Vosco Call, Meg Urie, Leora Thatcher, Floyd Morgan, Morgan White
    Dates: 1953 July
    Container: Box 1, Folder 3
  • Description: 1:03:08-1:03:27: “Hobson’s Choice” Larry Wright, Lyle Loosle, George Tanner, Ben Canning
    Dates: 1953 October
    Container: Box 1, Folder 3
  • Description: 1:03:28-1:03:53: “Peer Gynt” Vosco Call, Carolyn Barker, Mary Hobbs, Paul Evans, George Tanner, Vern Coleman, Gerald Speth, Wenden Mye, Floyd T. Morgan (director, designer), Jerry Glover, Ben Canning, Lyle Loosle, Nancy Hobbs, Lauren Johnson, Morgan White
    Dates: 1954 January
    Container: Box 1, Folder 3
  • Description: 1:03:54-1:03:55: “The Bishop’s Candlesticks” Lyle Loosle
    Dates: 1954
    Container: Box 1, Folder 3
  • Description: 1:03:56-1:03:61: "The Curious Savage" Lamar Anderson, George Tanner (director), Floyd T. Morgan (set designer)
    Dates: 1954
    Container: Box 1, Folder 3
  • Description: 1:03:62-1:03:75: “Macbeth”Morgan White, Robert Allred, Ronald Hanson, Gloria Hanson, Weldon Hyer, Clayton Cheney
    Dates: 1954 May
    Container: Box 1, Folder 3
  • Description: 1:03:76-1:03:98: “Trewlany of the Wells” Lyle LaPray, Larna Swainston, Morgan White, Roolena Robinson, Ruth Glen, Doris Hawthorn, Neil Christensen, Larry Wright, Lyle Loosle
    Dates: 1955 January
    Container: Box 1, Folder 3
  • Description: 1:04:01-1:04:04: “Guest in the House” Lynne Pooletti, Flarin Nielson, Lyle Loosle
    Dates: 1955
    Container: Box 1, Folder 4
  • Description: 1:04:05-1:04:16: “Hamlet” Neil Christansen, Dan Spoinhower, Don Quayle, Norman McPhee, Jarvis Anderson, Dorthy Holmes, Vosco Call, Paula Deline
    Dates: 1955 April
    Container: Box 1, Folder 4
  • Description: 1:04:17-1:04:25: “My Three Angels” Jarvis Anderson, Don Quoyle, Lyle Laproy
    Dates: 1955-1956
    Container: Box 1, Folder 4
  • Description: 1:04:26-1:04:32: “Ladies of the Jury” L. Edwin Olsen
    Dates: 1956 February
    Container: Box 1, Folder 4
  • Description: 1:04:33-1:04:47: “The Boyfriend”
    Dates: 1964 July
    Container: Box 1, Folder 4
  • Description: 1:04:48-1:04:49: “What Every Woman Knows"
    Dates: 1921-1922
    Container: Box 1, Folder 4
  • Description: 1:04:50-1:04:52: A.C.U.
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 1, Folder 4
  • Description: 1:04:53: “She Stoops to Conquer”
    Dates: 1920-1925
    Container: Box 1, Folder 4
  • Description: 1:04:54-1:04:63: “Guest in the House” D. Hawthron, Florin Nielsen, Lynn Paoletti, L. Loosle, Loreen Johnson, Joyce Waosworth, Doris Hawthron, Sidney Reading, L. Johnson, Geneen Call, Allison Publicover
    Dates: 1953 March
    Container: Box 1, Folder 4
  • Description: 1:04:64-1:04:65: “Hamlet”
    Dates: 1955 April
    Container: Box 1, Folder 4
  • Description: 1:05:01-1:05:22: “Hamlet” F. T. Morgan, D. Quayle, J. Anderson, V. Call, P. Deline, J. Culbertson, H. Rice, N. McPhee, Neil Christiansen, L. Wright, D. Holmes, M. Waite
    Dates: 1955 April
    Container: Box 1, Folder 5
  • Description: 1:05:23-1:05:34: 1:05:23-1:05:34 “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” A. Yoriu (director)
    Dates: 1955 July
    Container: Box 1, Folder 5
  • Description: 1:05:35-1:05:48: “My Three Angels” Floyd T. Morgan (designer), W. Vosco Call (director), Don Quayle, Darvis Anderson
    Dates: 1955 October
    Container: Box 1, Folder 5
  • Description: 1:06:01-1:06:09: “Greensleeves Magic” Claude Darren (director), Floyd Morgan (set design), Edith Morgan (costume design)
    Dates: 1955 November
    Container: Box 1, Folder 6
  • Description: 1:06:10-1:06:23: “Ladies of the Jury” Edith Morgan, Floyd T. Morgan (director and designer), Eldon Mecham, Paul Burt
    Dates: 1956 February
    Container: Box 1, Folder 6
  • Description: 1:06:24-1:06:34: “Still the Mountain Wind” Vosco Call (director), Jay Dee Hendricks, Ruth Call, Norman McPhee, Lois Garren, Mary Martin, Connie Platis
    Dates: 1956 February
    Container: Box 1, Folder 6
  • Description: 1:06:35-1:06:51: “Love’s Labour Lost” W. Vosco Call (director), Sid Jensen (light), Floyd T. Morgan (set design), Kay Hodase, Neil Christiansen, Sybil Coll, Lynne Pooletti, Phil Sorensen, Richard Thurston, Merlin Waite, Noman McPhee, Colleen Miller, Ronald Jenkins, Kermit Herd, Kay Hodell
    Dates: 1956 April
    Container: Box 1, Folder 6
  • Description: 1:06:52: “Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme”Musicians: Deane Gardner, Lee Flinders and Carl Ashby
    Dates: 1956 December
    Container: Box 1, Folder 6
  • Description: 1:07:01-1:07:20: “Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme”Musicians: Deane Gardner, Lee Flinders and Carl Ashby. M. Jourdain, Paul Burt, Coleen Miller, Roger Jordon, Norman McPhee, Georgia Larsen, Carol Leishman, Kay Geodes, Leslie Horspool, Barbara Whitney, Margene Steed, Rob T. Leatham, Dale Beecher, Rosaline Robinson, Carolyn Church, Nicole Dorante,Darell Allred, J. D. Hendricks, Don Goble, Dale Lofthouse, Eldon Mecham,
    Dates: 1956 December
    Container: Box 1, Folder 7
  • Description: 1:07:21-1:07:37: “Light up the Sky” Eldon Mecham, Annette Knudsen, Norman McPhee, Marion Rossi, Carol Black, Kathryn Smith, Don Dente, Marion Rossi, Allan Granstrom, Delman Drricott
    Dates: 1958 November
    Container: Box 1, Folder 7
  • Description: 1:07:38-1:07:52: “Othello” Floyd T. Morgan (director/designer), Jack Byars (costumes), Al Granstram, Ruth Call, Vosco Call, Nancy Dixon Grant, Norman McPhee, Al Kowalewaski, Carol Chistensen, Allen Granstrom
    Dates: 1958 April
    Container: Box 1, Folder 7
  • Description: 1:08:01-1:08:03: “Othello” Julie West, Ellen Wassermann, Kathryn Smith
    Dates: 1958 April
    Container: Box 1, Folder 8
  • Description: 1:08:04-1:08:15: “The Innocents” Julie West, Ellen Wassermann, Kathryn Smith, Jack Byers (director), Floyd Morgan (designer), Sandy Sheffield (costumes)
    Dates: 1959 February
    Container: Box 1, Folder 8
  • Description: 1:08:16-1:08:37: “Twelfth Night” Floyd T. Morgan (director and designer), Jack Byers (costumes), Allen Granstorm, Sandy Sheffield, Jo Mebeber, Marion Rossi, Paul Burt, Nancy Greanlo, Kathryn Smith, Jon Perry, Eldon Mecham
    Dates: 1959 April
    Container: Box 1, Folder 8
  • Description: 1:08:38-1:08:42: “Anatol” Merlin Wait,
    Dates: 1956
    Container: Box 1, Folder 8
  • Description: 1:08:43-1:08:45: “USU Amphitheatre Slides”
    Dates: 1955-1956
    Container: Box 1, Folder 8
  • Description: 2:01:01-2:01:02: “Abraham Lincoln”
    Dates: 1938
    Container: Box 2, Folder 1
  • Description: 2:01:03-2:01:09: “Twelfth Night”
    Dates: 1939-1940
    Container: Box 2, Folder 1
  • Description: 2:01:10-2:01:16: “Mary of Scotland”
    Dates: 1940
    Container: Box 2, Folder 1
  • Description: 2:02:01-2:02:04: “Mary of Scotland”
    Dates: 1940
    Container: Box 2, Folder 2
  • Description: 2:02:05-2:02:06: “The Streets of New York”
    Dates: 1941 May
    Container: Box 2, Folder 2
  • Description: 2:02:07: “After Dark”
    Dates: 1942
    Container: Box 2, Folder 2
  • Description: 2:03: “Play Programs, list of items in collection by Vosco Call, Herald Journal Article on Floyd T. Morgan”
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box 2, Folder 3

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Corporate Names

  • Hilltop Amateur Dramatic Society (Logan, Utah) -- Slides
  • Utah State Theatre Company (Logan, Utah) -- Slides

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Corporate Names

  • Utah State University. Theatre Arts Dept. -- Slides
  • Utah State University. Amphitheatre -- Slides

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Subject Terms

  • Costume -- Slides
  • Performing arts -- Utah -- Logan -- Slides
  • Theater -- Utah -- Logan -- Slides
  • College theater -- Utah -- Logan -- Slides
  • Stage photography -- Utah -- Logan -- Slides
  • Theaters -- Stage-setting and scenery -- Utah -- Logan -- Slides

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Form or Genre Terms

  • Stereo slides
  • Slides (photographs)
  • Theater programs

Finding aid/Register created by Jason Neil, December 2012
2012

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