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Floyd and Edith Morgan papers, 1935-1979
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Floyd and Edith Morgan papers
- Dates
- 1935-1979 (inclusive)19351979
- Quantity
- 16 boxes, (2.5 linear feet)
- Collection Number
- UUS_COLL MSS 222
- Summary
- This collection consists of the prompt books for plays produced at the Old Main Auditorium, Lyric Theatre, Chase Fine Arts Center, Morgan Theatre, and U.S.U. Amphitheater in Logan, Utah.
- Repository
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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
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No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Floyd Morgan was born in 1910 and earned an MA in theater from the University of Iowa in the 1930s. For over 40 years, Morgan was a professor and at one time department head of the Theater Arts Department at Utah State University. His wife, Edith, was employed as a journalist at Logan's Herald Journal, and she was also an active supporter of the theater.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection consists of the prompt books for plays produced at the Old Main Auditorium, Lyric Theatre, Chase Fine Arts Center, Morgan Theatre and USU amphitheater in Logan, Utah. The collection is arranged chronologically and consists of plays produced between 1935 and 1979.
Box 11 holds some realia and box 12 carries a letter to Edith Morgan from Daryl Chase, president of USU. It also holds a news clipping and materials for the play Look on the Land produced for Cache Valley's Centennial. These materials include programs, posters, scripts, and the prompt book for the production.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Floyd and Edith Morgan papers must be obtained from the Special Collections and Archives manuscript curator and/or the Special Collections and Archives department head.
Preferred Citation
Initial Citation: Floyd and Edith Morgan papers USU_COLL MSS 222, Box [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.
Following Citations: USU_COLL MSS 222, USUSCA.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Prompt book - LE BOURGEOIS GENTILHOMME (The Nobody who Apes Nobility) by Moliere
Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley (Old Main Auditorium).
|
1935 December 12-14 |
| 1 | 2 | Prompt Book - DISTANT DRUMS
by Dan Totheroh (Old Main Auditorium)
|
1937 February 15-17 |
| 1 | 3 | Prompt Book - CALL IT A DAY
by Dodie Smith
|
undated |
| 1 | 4 | Prompt Book - FIRST LADY
by Datharine Dayton and George S. Kauffman
|
undated |
| 1 | 5 | Prompt Book - MAYR OF SCOTLAND
by Maxwell Anderson (Old Main Auditorium)
|
1940 May 1-4 |
| 2 | 1 | Prompt Book - CLAUDIA
by Rose Franken (Old Main Building-west wing, little theater, second floor)
|
1946 February 14-20 |
| 2 | 2 | Prompt Book - THE HASTY HEART
by John Patrick (Old Main Auditorium)
|
1947 January 6-8 |
| 2 | 3 | Prompt Book - THE MALE ANIMAL
by James Thurber Elliott Nugent (Old Main Auditorium)
|
1948 October 27-30 |
| 2 | 4 | Prompt Book - THE WINSLOW BOY
by Terence Rattlgan (Old Main Auditorium)
|
1949 November 2-5 |
| 2 | 5 | Prompt Book - DEAR BRUTUS | 1949 March 1-5 |
| 3 | 1 | Prompt Book - PYGMALION
by Bernard Shaw (Old Main Auditorium)
|
1950 January 25-28 |
| 3 | 2 | Prompt Book - THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST | 1950 July 10-13 |
| 3 | 3 | Prompt Book - THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD
by John M. Synge (Old Main Auditorium)
|
1950 |
| 3 | 4 | Prompt Book - PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
by Jane Austin ply by Helen Jerome (Old Main Auditorium)
|
1951 November 28 - December 1 |
| 3 | 5 | Prompt Book - THE LADY'S NOT FOR BURNING
by Christopher Fry (Old Main Auditorium)
|
1952 July 8-11 |
| 3 | 6 | Prompt Book - THE CORN IS GREEN
by Emlyn Williams (Old Main Auditorium)
|
1953 July 13-16 |
| 3 | 7 | Prompt Book - JANE
by S.N. Berhman (Old Main Auditorium)
|
1953 July 13-16 |
| 4 | 1 | Prompt Book - PEER GYNT
by Henrik Ibsen (Old Main Auditorium)
|
1954 January 20-23 |
| 4 | 2 | Prompt Book - TRELAWNEY OF THE WELLS
by Sir Arthor Wing Pinero (Old Main Auditorium)
|
1955 January 26-29 |
| 4 | 3 | Prompt Book - LE BOURGEOIS GENTILHOMME
by Moliere, Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley (Old Main Auditorium)
|
1956 December 5-8 |
| 4 | 4 | Prompt Book - AH WILDERNESS
by Eugene O'Neill (Old Main Building-west wing, little theater)
|
1957 January 30 - February 16 |
| 4 | 5 | Prompt Book - PEER GYNT
by Henrik Ibsen (USU Amphitheater)
|
1958 August 11 - 15 |
| 5 | 1 | Prompt Book - JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK
by Sean O'Casey (Old Main Auditorium)
|
1959 December 4-12 |
| 5 | 2 | Prompt Book - MARY STUART
by Schiller translation by Sophie Wilkins (Lyric Theater)
|
1961 July 19-26 |
| 5 | 3 | Prompt Book - THE PERIODICAL
by Jack Richardson (Lyric Theater)
|
1962 January 16-20 |
| 5 | 4 | Prompt Book - MAJOR BARBARA
by G.B. Shaw (Lyric Theater)
|
1963 February 5-9 |
| 5 | 5 | Prompt Book - GEORGE WASHINGTON SLEPT HERE
by Kaufman and Hart (Lyric Theater)
|
1963 November 11-16 |
| 6 | 1 | Prompt Book - THE IMAGINARY INVALID | undated |
| 6 | 2 | Prompt Book - THE CEREMONY | undated |
| 6 | 3 | Prompt Book - BLITHE SPIRET
by Noel Coward (Lyric Theater)
|
1965 April 15-24 |
| 6 | 4 | Prompt Book - THE THREE SISTERS
by Anton Chekhov (Lyric Theater)
|
1966 February 3-12 |
| 6 | 5 | Prompt Book - THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
by Oscar Wilde (Lyric Theater)
|
1966 July 14-23 |
| 6 | 6 | Prompt Book - A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS
by Robert Bolt (Lyric Theater)
|
1966 July 28 - August 6 |
| 6 | 7 | Prompt Book - THE BARRETS OF WIMPOLE STREET
by Rudolf Besier (Lyric Theater)
|
1967 January 26 - February 4 |
| 7 | 1 | Prompt Book - CYRANO de BERGERAC
by Edmond Rostand
|
undated |
| 7 | 2 | Prompt Book - CYRANO de BERGERAC (continued)
by Edmond Rostand
|
undated |
| 7 | 3 | Prompt Book - ANTIGONE
by Jean Anouilh (Chase Fine Art Center, Morgan Theater)
|
1968 May 8-11 |
| 7 | 4 | Prompt Book - CHARLEY'S AUNT | 1968 July-October |
| 7 | 5 | Prompt Book - THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD
by John Synge
|
undated |
| 7 | 6 | Prompt Book - THE CHERRY ORCHARDS
by Anton Chekhov (Chase Fine Art Center Theater)
|
1969 November 17-21 |
| 8 | 1 | Prompt Book - ROOM SERVICE
by John Murray (Lyric Theater)
|
1970 July-August |
| 8 | 2 | Prompt Book - HAY FEVER
by Noel Coward (Lyric Theater)
|
1971 July-October |
| 8 | 3 | Prompt Book - TANGO
by Slawamir Mrozek (Chase Fine Art Center, Morgan Theater)
|
1971 November 17-22 |
| 8 | 4 | Prompt Book - LE MALADE IMAGINAIRE by Moliere (Lyric Theater) | undated |
| 8 | 5 | Prompt Book - BROWN PELICAN | undated |
| 8 | 6 | Script-? | undated |
| 9 | 1 | Prompt Book - A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS
by Robert Bolt (Morgan Theater)
|
1973 April 21-28 |
| 9 | 2 | Prompt Book - STRAW HAT | undated |
| 9 | 3 | Prompt Book - THE RIVALS
by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (Lyric Theater)
|
undated |
| 9 | 4 | Prompt Book - DEAR BRUTUS
J.M. Barrie (Lyric Theater)
|
undated |
| 9 | 5 | Prompt Book - AH WILDERNESS | 1976 March 4-13 |
| 10 | 1 | Prompt Book - THE PRODIGAL
by Jack Richardson
|
1979 April |
| 10 | 2 | Prompt Book - THE TORCH-BEARERS
by George Kelly (Lyric Theater)
|
1979 July-August |
| 10 | 3 | Prompt Book - OUR TOWN
by Thornton Wilder (Amphitheater)
|
undated |
| 11 | 1 | Prompt Book - OUR TOWN
by Thornton Wilder
|
undated |
| 11 | 2 | Realia | undated |
| 12 | 1 | Letters to Mrs. Edith Morgan from Daryl Chase, President of USU | 1955 October 17 |
| 12 | 2 | News clippings | 1956 July 17 |
| 12 | 3 | Program for LOOK ON THE LAND
(for Cache Valley's Centennial)
|
undated |
| 12 | 4 | Posters for LOOK ON THE LAND | undated |
| 12 | 5 | Script for LOOK ON THE LAND | undated |
| 12 | 6 | Script for LOOK ON THE LAND | undated |
| 12 | 7 | Script for LOOK ON THE LAND | undated |
| 12 | 8 | Script for LOOK ON THE LAND | undated |
| 12 | 9 | Side for role of ? LOOK ON THE LAND | undated |
| 12 | 10 | Prompt Book - LOOK ON THE LAND
by Edith Morgan, Moyle Q. Rice, Veneta Nielsen Music by John Philip Dalby (USU Amphitheater)
|
1956 July 2-14 |
| 12 | 11 | Script - LOOK ON THE LAND | undated |
| 13 | 1 | Prompt Book - THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
by Shakespeare (Old Main Auditorium)
|
1949 April 28-30 |
| 13 | 2 | Prompt Book - ROMEO AND JULIET
by Shakespeare (Old Main Auditorium)
|
1952 April 23-26 |
| 13 | 3 | Prompt Book - MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
by Shakespeare
|
undated |
| 13 | 4 | Prompt Book - OTHELLO
by Shakespeare
|
undated |
| 13 | 5 | Prompt Book - TWELFTH NIGHT
by Shakespeare (Old Main Auditorium)
|
1959 April 22-25 |
| 14 | 1 | Prompt Book - RICHARD III
by Shakespeare (Old Main Auditorium)
|
1960 April 27-30 |
| 14 | 2 | Prompt Book - AS YOU LIKE IT
by Shakespeare (Lyric Theater)
|
1963 April 23-27 |
| 14 | 3 | Prompt Book - THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
by Shakespeare (Lyric Theater)
|
1966 April 21-30 |
| 14 | 4 | Prompt Book - TWELFTH NIGHT
by Shakespeare
|
undated |
| 15 | 1 | Prompt Book - A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
by Shakespeare
|
undated |
| 15 | 2 | Prompt Book - TWELFTH NIGHT
by Shakespeare
|
undated |
| 15 | 3 | Prompt Book - TWELFTH NIGHT(continued) | undated |
| 15 | 4 | Prompt Book - AS YOU LIKE IT
by Shakespeare (Morgan Theater)
|
undated |
| 16 | 1 | Prompt Book - HAMLET
by Shakespeare (Old Auditorium)
|
1955 April 20-23 |
| 16 | 2 | Prompt Book - OTHELLO
by Shakespeare (Old Main Auditorium)
|
1958 April 23-26 |
| 16 | 3 | Prompt Book - THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
by Shakespeare (Lyric Theater)
|
1964 April 16-25 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Theater--Utah--Logan.
Corporate Names
- Lyric Theatre (Logan, Utah)
Form or Genre Terms
- Promptbooks.
- Theater programs.
Titles within the Collection
- Look on the land.
Finding aid/Register created by Julia Kenyon and Cynthia Lleyson
2011
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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