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Utah ballet archives, 1926-2008
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Christensen, Willam F. (Willam Farr)
- Title
- Utah ballet archives
- Dates
- 1926-2008 (inclusive)19262008
- Quantity
- 89 boxes, (73 linear feet)
- Collection Number
- MS 0247
- Summary
- The Utah ballet archives (1926-2008) consist of the personal records of Willam F. Christensen, an American ballet dancer and choreographer, and the company records of Ballet West, founded by Christensen. Included are correspondence, memoranda, financial records, news clippings, programs, scrapbooks, and other materials.
- Repository
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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
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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, Russian, French
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Willam Farr Christensen was born on August 27, 1902, to Christian Bjorregard and Elizabeth Farr Christensen. In his hometown of Brigham City, Utah, he studied music with his father and dancing with his uncles Moses and L. Peter Christensen. Willam graduated from Box Elder High School and continued his ballet training with Stefano Mascagno, Luigi Albertieri, and Michel Fokine, among other teachers, in New York City and Chicago. He taught ballet in his uncle Peter's dancing schools in Brigham City and Ogden. In 1926 two of the Christensen brothers, Willam and Lew (the other brothers were Harold and Frederick) and two Utah ballet students, Mignon Lee of Ogden and Wiora Stoney of Salt Lake City, organized a ballet act and toured small theatres between the West Coast and Chicago. The act, billed as "The LeCrist Brothers," was conducted by the boys' father. A year later they broke into vaudeville by joining an act called "The Berkoffs," a singing and dancing review. By 1925 the Christensen brothers and their partners were touring the Orpheum Circuit billed as "The Mascagno Four," managed by their teacher Stefano Mascagno. Willam married Mignon Lee on December 3, 1928. "The Christensen Brothers" was the group's title from 1930 to 1932.
In 1932, due to his wife's ill health, Christensen abandoned the vaudeville stage to take over his deceased uncle Moses Christensen's ballet school in Portland, Oregon. While in Portland, 1932 to 1937, he established the Willam F. Christensen Ballet. Among his students were Janet Reed, one of America's first ballerinas, and Mattlyn Gevurtz (Gavers), who joined the Department of Ballet at the University of Utah in 1968 and later became its director.
Willam Christensen was appointed premier danseur of the San Francisco Opera Ballet in 1937 by Ballet Master, Serge Oukrainsky. Christensen moved, along with nine of his Portland students, to San Francisco and established a ballet school which later became an adjunct to the company. Succeeding Oukrainsky, Christensen became director of the San Francisco Opera Ballet in 1938 and, the following year, staged Coppelia. It was the first time a full-length production of this late nineteenth century ballet had been done by an American choreographer and company. The second such "first" was Swan Lake in 1940, and the third Nutcracker in 1944. Willam, Lew, and Harold Christensen directed the San Francisco Ballet and its school throughout the 1940s, creating the first major ballet company in the western United States.
In 1949 President A. Ray Olpin invited Willam Christensen to choreograph the University of Utah's Summer Festival productions (musicals and operas performed outdoors in the university's stadium). Two years of Summer Festival choreography were followed in 1951 with the offer of the position of professor of ballet. The new Ballet Division fell under the aegis of the Department of Theatre and Speech, then headed by Professor C. Lowell Lees.
In December of 1955, Christensen and the University Theatre Ballet presented the first production of the Nutcracker in the University of Utah's Kingsbury Hall, a production which became an annual Christmas treat for Salt Lake City audiences.
The Utah Ballet Society, a community support group for the Theatre Ballet, headed by Mrs. John M. Wallace applied for and received a Ford Foundation grant of $175,000 in 1963. This funding enabled the founding of a professional ballet company from the University Theatre Ballet. The resulting company, Utah Civic Ballet, performed in the Intermountain area from 1964 through 1968. Ballet West was created at the Utah Civic Ballet's invitation to represent the Federation of Rocky Mountain States. Its artistic director was Willam F. Christensen.
The Christensen brothers, Willam, Lew, and Harold, received the Dance Magazine Award in 1973 for their contribution to ballet in the United States. Utah State University awarded Willam Christensen an Honorary Doctorate that same year. Another Honorary Doctorate was awarded Professor Christensen by the University of Utah in 1978, the year of his retirement from Ballet West. His co-artistic director since 1976, Bruce Marks, assumed full directorship of the company.
The Willam F. Christensen Foundation was established in Salt Lake City in 1979, and the Christensen Ballet Academy the following year. A renewed relationship with the University of Utah occurred in the spring of 1981 when it was announced Professor Emeritus Willam F. Christensen would rejoin the faculty of the Ballet Department that he founded in 1951.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Utah ballet archives (1926-2008) consist of the personal records of Willam F. Christensen, an American ballet dancer and choreographer, and the company records of Ballet West, founded by Christensen. The collection reflects Christensen's professional life, his vaudeville career, and his years in Portland, San Francisco, and Salt Lake City. Included are news clippings, correspondence, programs, and other materials regarding his ballet companies in these cities. Also included is Christensen's collection of souvenir programs from various ballet productions he saw. The Ballet West materials are divided into three chronological sections and include administrative files, financial records, correspondence, tour materials, scrapbooks, and other papers. Major divisions of interest within the collection include the company's relationship with the National Endowment for the Arts, and plans and arrangements for the renovation of Salt Lake City's Capitol Theatre through the 1970s, completed in 1978. A large division in Section 2 covers Ballet West's 1971 European tour. Addenda to the collection includes general materials such as correspondence, costume designs, awards, musical scores, dance publications, artwork, and posters.
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
Acquisition Information
Addendum donated by Roxanne Lazzara in 2011.
Processing Note
Processed by Susan White in 1981.
Addendum processed by Maggie Anderson and Betsey Welland in 2011.
Separated Materials
Photographs and audio-visual materials were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P0247 and A0247).
Related Materials
See also the Ballet West records (ACCN 1129) and the Ballet West for children records (ACCN 1313) located in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
I: Willam F. Christensen papersReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Dance and Vaudeville |
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Box | Folder | ||
1 | 1 | LeCrist School of Dancing, Ogden, Utah
Newspaper review of a dance recital of pieces choreographed by Willam F. Christensen.
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1 | 2-5 | Newspaper Clippings
Newspaper reviews of the Christensens' vaudeville acts under their various billings--The Berkoffs, 1928; The Mascagno Four, 1929-1931; and The Christensen Brothers, 1932.
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1928-1932 |
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1 | 1 | Book titled "Mascagno Four, Season 1929-"
Newspaper clippings of press notices and reviews of the 1929 Orpheum Circuit tour throughout the United States. There is a list of theatres played in the book's back pages.
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1 | 2 | Book titled "Mignon Lee"
Newspaper clippings of press notices and reviews of the 1930-1931 RKO Circuit tour.
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1930-1931 |
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1 | 6 | Programs and Miscellaneous Material
Vaudeville programs, two receipts, and a note saved during touring.
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1 | 7 |
Revue Sketches: Vaudeville Comedy Acts
Book of vaudeville routines for use in military entertainment.
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1943 |
1 | 8 |
Etiquette for the Ballroom
Photocopies from a book of instruction from the Christensen Dancing Academy. Undated or otherwise identified, but assumed to have been used in Brigham City, Utah.
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circa 1910 |
1 | 9 | Christensen School of Dancing, Portland, Oregon
Flyers advertising the school in Portland taught by Willam Christensen and Richard E. Billings, and a brochure advertising the Christensen School of Dancing in Seattle run by Frederick and Harold Christensen.
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1933-1934 |
1 | 10 | Willam F. Christensen Ballet, Portland, Oregon
Willam F. Christensen Ballet, sometimes referred to as the Portland Ballet, was the first ballet company founded by Willam F. Christensen. Programs.
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1936-1938 |
San Francisco Ballet |
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Box | Folder | ||
1 | 11-19 | House Programs
House programs follow the company through its evolutionary name changes from San Francisco Opera Ballet, to San Francisco Civic Ballet, to San Francisco Ballet.
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1937-1970 |
1 | 20-21 | Souvenir Programs |
1941-1970 |
2 | 1-2 | Advertising Notices
Flyers advertising performances and ballet seasons. Many are undated.
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1938-1960 |
2 | 3 | Press Notices
Various magazine articles and duplicated composites of press reviews.
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2 | 4 | Miscellaneous Material
Various items including a manuscript piano piece titled "Kaleenka," and an undated touring contract form.
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Correspondence, and Miscellaneous Material |
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Box | Folder | ||
2 | 5 | Correspondence: Personal
Routine correspondence includes letters from Sally Bailey and Richard E. Billings.
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1950s |
2 | 6 | Correspondence: From San Francisco Ballet
Letter, with enclosures, from Lew Christensen informing his brother of recent policy changes.
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1958 |
2 | 7-9 | Correspondence: Personal
Diverse group of both personal and form letters.
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1961-1967 |
2 | 10 | Correspondence: Personal
Letter and enclosed program from Dean Fausett, noted artist.
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1967 |
2 | 11 | Correspondence: Personal
Letter from a Christensen relative, L. Olsen, with an outline of the Lars Christensen family genealogy.
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1969 |
2 | 12 | Correspondence: Professional
Duplicated material informing Christensen of Ballet West activities.
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1970s |
2 | 13 | Correspondence: Utah State Institute of Fine Arts
Notices, reports, and memoranda.
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1966-1968 |
2 | 14 | Association of American Dance Companies
List of participants.
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1971 |
2 | 15 | American Dance Companies and Schools
Circulars--includes a Jacob's Pillow circular as well as ones from Serge Oukrainsky, Kurt Joos, and Olga Preobrajenska's Dance and Travel in Europe and Ballet Caravan.
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1963 |
2 | 16 | American Dance Symposium, Kansas
Flyer--undated, lists Christensen as instructor.
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2 | 17 | Notes
Personal and miscellaneous--reminders, addresses, accountings.
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2 | 18 | Poem
About W. F. Christensen, by Clara H. Baldwin--an introduction of Christensen at a meeting of the University of Utah Mothers Club, 6 September 1967.
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1967 |
2 | 19 | Tribute
To Uda Waldrop, composer, from Bohemian Club, San Francisco.
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1951 |
2 | 20 | Richard Billings School of Dancing, Portland
Program and clippings sent following Billings's student recital.
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1952 |
2 | 21 | Manuscript
"The Battle of the Yellow Tavern," libretto of a Civil War-based ballet written by Ron Daum and Tom Carlin. It was never produced in Salt Lake City.
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2 | 22 | Publication
Julia Marlowe, book of photographs published by R. H. Russell, New York.
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1901 |
2 | 23 | Publication
Letters on the Theatre and the Dance, by Lasar Calpern. An essay on the role of dance in theatrical movement.
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1942 |
2 | 24 | Publication
Pegasus: Olympus High School's annual literary publication containing a story about Christensen's ballet classes by Anne Michaelson.
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1963 |
2 | 25 | Manuscript
"The Wedding at the Eiffel Tower," ballet libretto by Jean Cocteau. This version was translated from the French by Marian Robertson in 1960.
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1921 |
Souvenir Programs |
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Box | Folder | ||
3 | 1 | Ballet Folklorico de Mexico |
1965 |
3 | 2 | Ballet Russe
Two programs--Colonel W. deBasil's Original Ballet Russe; and Sergei Denham's Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. A program from Serge Diaghilev's Ballet Russe 1916-1917 American tour is in the Special Collections safe.
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1940-1956 |
3 | 3 | Ballet Theatre
Three programs.
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1947-1960s |
3 | 4 | Ballet Theatre Annual
Portfolio of photographs by George Platt Lynes for Ballet Theatre's 1951-1952 season.
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1951-1952 |
3 | 5 | Berliner Ballet |
circa 1965 |
3 | 6 | Graff Ballet |
circa 1930 |
3 | 7 | Harkness Ballet
Three programs--two undated, presumably 1964 and 1968. The third program is from Jerome Robbins's Ballets U. S. A., presented by the Rebekah Harkness Foundation, Inc.
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1960s |
3 | 8 | International Ballet
London-based company directed by Mona Inglesby.
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circa 1945 |
3 | 9 | Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival |
1958 |
3 | 10 | Littlefield Ballet |
circa 1940 |
3 | 11 | National Ballet
Two programs.
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1964; 1967 |
3 | 12 | National Ballet of Canada
Also a house program and clipped reviews.
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1971 |
3 | 13 | New York City Ballet
Three programs.
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1964-1970 |
3 | 14 | Royal Ballet
Four programs.
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1957-1969 |
3 | 15 | Ruth Page
Two programs of Ruth Page's Chicago Opera Ballet and two programs of Ruth Page's International Ballet.
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1960-1969 |
3 | 16 | Stuttgart Ballet
Two souvenir and house programs.
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1969; 1971 |
3 | 17 | Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers
Undated, but probably 1936 program of Shawn's modern dance company of men.
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4 | 1 | American Regional Ballet Companies
Four programs--Royal Winnipeg Ballet, 1957; Kansas City Civic Ballet, 1960; Birmingham Civic Ballet, 1965-1966; and Texas Western Civic Ballet, 1965-1966.
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1957-1966 |
4 | 2 | American Regional Ballet Companies
Three programs--Ballet of Los Angeles, 1965; and Atlanta Ballet, 1963-1964 and 1965-1966.
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1963-1966 |
4 | 3 | Modern Dance Companies
Five programs--Veloz and Yolanda, 1946; Martha Graham, 1946; Trudi Schoop, 1947; American Dance Theater, 1965; and San Francisco Contemporary Dancers Company, 1960s.
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1946-1960s |
4 | 4 | Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
Various branches of the Ballet Russe.
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1941-1961 |
4 | 5 | Ballet Theatre
Programs.
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1942-1954 |
4 | 6 | Foreign Dance Companies
Royal Danish Ballet, the Jooss Ballet, the Berlin Dance Theater, the Bolshoi Ballet, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, and the Theatre National de L'Opera Comique.
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4 | 7 | Miscellaneous American Dance Companies
Programs from Ballet Caravan, 1938; Agnes deMille Dance Theatre, 1954; Harkness Ballet, 1967; Sacramento Civic Ballet, 1970; Merce Cunningham, 1971; Memphis Civic Ballet, 1966; and Rosario and Antonio, undated.
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1938-1971 |
4 | 8 | New York City Ballet
Programs.
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1963-1971 |
4 | 9 | Touring Dance Companies in Salt Lake City
Programs. Notable are deBasil's Ballet Russe at Kingsbury Hall, 1937; Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman at South High School, 1938; Ballet Theatre, 1948; Slavenska's Ballet Variante, 1951; Sadlers Wells Theatre Ballet, 1951; Ruth Page's International Ballet, 1968; and Denham's Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, circa 1964.
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1930s-1968 |
4 | 10 | First International Ballet Competition, Moscow, U. S. S. R.
Program and instructions.
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1969 |
4 | 11 | Designs of Eugene Berman
Program of an exhibition of the ballet and theatre designs of Eugene Berman at New York City's Forum Gallery.
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1966 |
4 | 12-13 | Miscellaneous Theatre Programs
Primarily from San Francisco and New York City.
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Utah Ballet Companies |
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Box | Folder | ||
5 | 1 | University Theatre Ballet
Financial records (salaries and production expenses).
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1960 |
5 | 2 | University Theatre Ballet
Essays written by Christensen's ballet students.
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1962 |
5 | 3 | University Theatre Ballet
Arrangements and publicity regarding the American Ballet Theatre's appearance in Salt Lake City.
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1962 |
5 | 4 | Ballet West
Brochure publicizing the University of Utah Department of Ballet program with the addition of Christensen on the faculty.
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5 | 5 | Ballet West
Annual reports.
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1967-1970 |
5 | 6 | Ballet West
Aspen Summer Program brochure and information sheet on first season.
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1970 |
5 | 7 | Ballet West
"Critics Comments on Ballet West," undated comment for publicity use.
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5 | 8 | Ballet West
Company history included in press kit.
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1978 |
5 | 9 | Ballet West
Miscellaneous papers (programming and box office information) from Ogden office.
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5 | 10 | Ballet West
Notes on programming.
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1972 |
5 | 11 | Ballet West
Report on Audit (1971), and accounting records, 1971-1972.
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1971-1972 |
5 | 12 | Ballet West
Tour schedule.
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1975 |
5 | 13 | Christensen Ballet Academy
Brochures and stationery from the opening of the academy.
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1980 |
5 | 14 | Willam F. Christensen Foundation and Academy
Christensen Quarterly newsletter.
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1981 |
5 | 15 | Christensen Ballet Academy
Gala program, 20 September 1979, and recital program, 25 June 1981.
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1979; 1981 |
Productions |
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Box | Folder | ||
5 | 16 |
Coppelia
Notes from San Francisco Ballet production.
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1939 |
5 | 17 |
Coppelia
Undated handwritten outline of stage movement.
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5 | 18 |
Coppelia
University Theatre Ballet cast lists.
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1958; 1961 |
5 | 19 |
Coppelia
Press releases from the University Theatre Ballet 1958 and 1961 productions, and a synopsis of the ballet.
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1958; 1961 |
5 | 20 |
Crown of Joy
Partial manuscript article submitted to Dance Magazine publicizing 1957 production.
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1957 |
5 | 21 |
La Fille Mal Gardee
Synopsis and program notes presumably copied from the Royal Ballet's production of Dauberval's eighteenth century ballet in preparation of Ballet West's 1973 production.
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5 | 22 |
Firebird
Copied program notes from the 1910 production of Fokine's ballet for Diaghilev's Ballet Russe.
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5 | 23 |
Nutcracker
Cast lists and budget for Utah Civic Ballet 1964 production.
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1964 |
5 | 24 |
Toxcatl
Handwritten notes in preparation of the 1963 University Theatre Ballet production.
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1963 |
Miscellaneous Material and Newspaper Clippings
Box 5, folders 29-45 through box 6, folders 12 are newspaper clippings kept chronologically by Christensen.
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Box | Folder | ||
5 | 25-27 | Costume Designs
Hand-drawn designs, all unidentified.
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5 | 28 | Lecture Notes on Ballet
Unidentified typewritten notes and a speech introduction.
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5 | 29 | Newspaper Clippings Concerning Willam F. Christensen Ballet |
1936-1938 |
5 | 30-35 | Newspaper Clippings Concerning San Francisco Ballet |
1939-1962 |
5 | 36-39 | Newspaper Clippings Concerning University Theatre Ballet |
1949-1963 |
5 | 40-42 | Newspaper Clippings Concerning Utah Civic Ballet |
1964-1968 |
5 | 43-45 | Newspaper Clippings Concerning Ballet West |
1969-1970 |
6 | 1-12 | Newspaper Clippings Concerning Ballet West |
1971-1981 |
Newspaper Clippings and Publications |
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Box | Folder | ||
6 | 13 | Miscellaneous
Four articles--KUER Program Guide, 1971; California Pacific Utilities Company Annual Report, 1967; Utah Power and Light Company Annual Report, 1968; Mountain West, 1979.
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1967-1979 |
6 | 14 | University of Utah
Brochures mentioning ballet instruction at the university.
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6 | 15 |
Newsweek
Articles mentioning Ballet West.
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6 | 16 |
Ballet News
"An American Novelist Looks at Ballet."
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1939-1940 |
6 | 17 |
Utah Educational Review
"Ballet Brings Joy to Students."
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May-June 1968 |
6 | 18 |
Dance in the Spotlight
"Bravo Ford."
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February 1964 |
6 | 19 |
Dance Magazine
"The Christensen Brothers."
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June 1973 |
6 | 20 |
Utah Holiday, volume 3
"Deep in Dance Country."
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4 March 1974 |
6 | 21 |
Dance Magazine
"A New American Tradition."
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December 1966 |
Scrapbooks |
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Box | Volume | ||
7 | 1 | Willam F. Christensen Ballet and School of Dancing, Portland, Oregon
Clippings and programs.
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1934-1936 |
7 | 2 | Willam F. Christensen Ballet and School of Dancing, Portland, Oregon
Clippings and programs continuing from Scrapbook 1. These clippings outline the early career of Janet Reed, one of America's first ballerinas.
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1935-1937 |
7 | 3 | Willam F. Christensen Ballet and School of Dancing, Portland, Oregon, and San Francisco Opera Ballet
Clippings recording Christensen's move from Portland to San Francisco when engaged as soloist and choreographer of the San Francisco Opera Ballet in 1937. The 1936-1937 clippings are all from Oregon newspapers since he divided his work between the two cities that season.
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1936-1937 |
7 | 4 | San Francisco Opera Ballet
Clippings covering performances in San Francisco as well as a tour of western cities, including Salt Lake City.
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1939 |
8 | 1 | San Francisco Opera Ballet
Unidentified and undated photograph album of lecture demonstrations on stage and of the ballets Now the Brides, Coppelia, Swan Lake, Romeo and Juliet, and Chopinade.
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8 | 2 | San Francisco Ballet
Clippings.
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1943-1945 |
8 | 3 | University of Utah
Christensen's first years at the University of Utah. Clippings and programs of the University Summer Festivals and ballet productions. Significant are clippings reporting the founding of the Utah Ballet Society, the first evidence of local public support of ballet in Salt Lake City.
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1949-1953 |
9 | 1 | Miscellaneous
Godey's Fashion Book clippings presumably used as examples for period costumes. Several have been hand-colored. On page 23 is an untitled typewritten ballet libretto set in 1863. The scrapbook was probably assembled in the 1930s.
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1930s |
9 | 2 | Miscellaneous
Magazine clippings of airplanes and automobiles.
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1940s |
item | |||
9 | 1 | Willam F. Christensen
Charcoal sketch signed by E. Belle Clogston.
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1934 |
Folder | |||
9 | 1 | Poster
University Theatre Ballet production of Coppelia. Pictured are Shirley White and Gordon Paxman.
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1961 |
9 | 2 | Poster
Photographic print. Unidentified backstage shot of Ballet West. Signed by photographer Robert F. Clayton.
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9 | 3 | Poster
Youth Benefit Concert. Program included the Willam F. Christensen Ballet Foundation.
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1980 |
9 | 4 | Poster
Giselle, Ballet West, mid-1970s. Pictured is Suzanne Erlon.
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1970s |
9 | 5 | Poster
"Celebration of the American Experience," Ballet West.
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1976 |
II: Ballet WestReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Utah Civic Ballet--Subjects |
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Box | Folder | ||
10 | 1 | Advertising
Order for local billboard advertising.
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10 | 2 | Annual Report |
1967-1968 |
10 | 3 | Arts Supporting Organizations
Minutes of the Utah Concerts Council and Arts Institute Board, 1966-1967, and a policy statement from the Utah Travel Council, 1967.
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1966-1967 |
10 | 4-6 | Ballet Guild
Membership records of the Salt Lake Ballet Children's Guild; Articles of Incorporation, membership records, and correspondence from the Ogden Guild; membership records, correspondence, minutes, and newsletters from the Salt Lake Guild.
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10 | 7 | Bank Account Records
Passbooks and notices.
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1966-1967 |
10 | 8 | Bank Deposits |
July 1966-January 1967 |
10 | 9 | Board of Directors
Form letters, notices, minutes, and agendas sent to board members; profiles of prospective members.
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10 | 10 | By-Laws |
1967 |
10 | 11 | Company Histories
Drafts of short histories of the ballet company to be used for promotion; "History of Ballet in Utah," by Gordon Paxman and R. Alan Behunin, prepared for the Utah State Fine Arts Council.
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1967 |
10 | 12-18 | Contracts
Season contracts of Utah Civic Ballet's artistic personnel; contracts of guest artists; miscellaneous business contracts.
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1964-1967 |
10 | 19-29 | Correspondence
To and from Clytie Adams, Bene Arnold, Clarence Bamberger, Clive Barnes, Les Baxter, Willam F. Christensen, Mrs. Walter E. Cosgriff, Jacques D'Amboise, Dance Magazine, Don Galvin, and Melissa Hayden.
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11 | 1-6 | Correspondence
To and from P. W. Manchester, Danny Newman, D. Gordon Paxman, Edward Villella, Mrs. John M. Wallace, and Barbara Weisberger.
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11 | 7-12 | Correspondence
Subjects covered are Commendations, Contributions, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival (includes a letter to Willam F. Christensen from Ted Shawn), Requests for Information, Requests Regarding Tickets and Scheduling, and Miscellaneous.
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11 | 13 | Costumes and Sets
Routine arrangements made by the company's costume shop.
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11 | 14-21 | Financial Records
Balance Sheets, 1966-1968; "Choreographer's Showcase," 1966 Budget; Production Expenses, 1964-1968; Statements; and Miscellaneous, undated.
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1964-1968 |
11 | 22-23 | Fund Raising
Information on two fund-raising campaigns--the 1965-1966 fund drive and a proposed project in 1967.
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1965-1967 |
11 | 24 | Industrial Commission
Claims and reports filed by Utah Civic Ballet regarding injuries incurred by personnel. Includes correspondence with insurance companies.
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11 | 25 | Inter-American Dance Center
Correspondence and proposal about cooperation among the Utah Civic Ballet, the University of Utah, and the Alliance for Progress to establish a scholarship program for South American ballet students at the University of Utah.
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12 | 1 | Insurance
Statements and letters from insurers of the company's property and personnel.
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12 | 2-3 | Kingsbury Hall
Memoranda, applications, and correspondence regarding Utah Civic Ballet's use of the University's Kingsbury Hall.
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12 | 4 | Mailing Lists
Business names and addresses assembled for fund drives and lists of season ticket subscribers.
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12 | 5 | Memoranda
Series of memoranda between R. Alan Behunin, general manager, and Steven H. Horton, company manager, dealing with a variety of business and production details.
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1966-1967 |
12 | 6 | Minutes
Minutes of the company's management meetings.
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1966-1967 |
12 | 7 | Music
Primarily correspondence to and from music publishers and dealers regarding the use of musical scores; arrangements made with the Utah Symphony; and dealings with the local Federation of Musicians.
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12 | 8 | National Endowment for the Arts
Correspondence and reports about that organization's dance projects.
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12 | 9 | Payroll
"Dancers Payroll Request Sheets."
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1967 |
12 | 10-11 | Personnel Biographies
Biographical data sheets filled out by dancers for use in souvenir programs.
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12 | 12 | Postal Receipts
Miscellaneous.
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12 | 13 | Press Coverage
Duplicated copies of Harold Lundstrom's Deseret News columns about Utah Civic Ballet.
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12 | 14 | Proclamations
By Governor Calvin L. Rampton and Mayor J. Bracken Lee designating Utah Civic Ballet Month and Week in October 1967.
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1967 |
12 | 15-18 | Productions
Files kept on individual productions, primarily advertising and program layouts.
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1967-1968 |
12 | 19-22 | Programs
Various arrangements made in assembling programs, including advertiser billing, 1964-1967; some program proofs; and typescript copies.
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1960s |
12 | 23-27 | Publicity
Publicity arranged by Utah Civic Ballet. Contracts and arrangements with the printed media, radio, and television; miscellaneous Nutcracker publicity; and printed announcements from the company's office.
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12 | 28 | Salt Lake County Civic Auditorium
A plea from Utah Civic Ballet for community support of the projected auditorium (never built) in the Salt Palace Complex.
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13 | 1 | Schedules
Performance schedule.
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1965-1966 |
13 | 2 | Scholarships
Correspondence to and about ballet scholarship recipients; a 1966 request for scholarship funds from Union Pacific Railroad.
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13 | 3 | Sun Valley Music Camp
Correspondence and brochures regarding the possibility of the Idaho resort becoming Utah Civic Ballet's summer residence. The company's assistant director, D. Gordon Paxman, was on the camp's summer faculty.
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13 | 4-8 | Taxes, Federal
Employer's Quarterly Returns, Exemption Returns, and legal correspondence concerning federal taxes.
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13 | 9-10 | Taxes, State
W-2 and TC-93 forms and withholding returns.
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1966 |
13 | 11 | Teachers of Dance
List of dance teachers in the Intermountain area.
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1960s |
13 | 12-19 | Tickets
Ticket price lists and sales reports, coupon orders, season ticket sales promotional material, Kingsbury Hall seating charges, and miscellaneous sales records.
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13 | 29-28 | Tours
Correspondence exchanged in arranging Utah Civic Ballet's tours. Arranged alphabetically by state, A-N. Continued in Box 14, Fds 1-16.
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14 | 1-16 | Tours
Correspondence exchanged in arranging Utah Civic Ballet's tours. Arranged alphabetically by state, S-W. Continued from Box 13, Fds 20-28.
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14 | 17-19 | Tours
Miscellaneous booking correspondence and tour schedule.
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1967-1968 |
14 | 20 | University of Utah
Correspondence and memoranda concerning the relationship of Utah Civic Ballet to the University of Utah. Included is the transfer of the Nutcracker production ownership to the Utah Ballet Society in 1964.
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14 | 21-23 | Utah Ballet Society
Records of Utah Civic Ballet's sponsoring organization, including the Society's Articles of Association and By-Laws, 1952; Articles of Incorporation, 1963; financial records, correspondence, and an Agreement between the Utah Ballet Society and the University of Utah, 1964.
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1952-1964 |
14 | 24 | Utah State Institute of Fine Arts
Minutes, reports, and correspondence.
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1967-1968 |
14 | 25 | Wallace, Mrs. John M.
Program, ceremony transcription, and letter from the 1967 conferral of the Knightly Order of St. Brigitte on Mrs. Wallace in Beverly Hills, California. The Order was in recognition of her extraordinary community service in her role in Utah Civic Ballet's founding.
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14 | 26 | Zion Ballet Festival
Correspondence and a report concerning Utah Civic Ballet's summer seasons, 1967 and 1968, performed in the Zion Park Bowl, Springdale, Utah.
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Ballet West--Subjects
Box 15, folders 5-21 through box 16, folders 1-4 are Ballet West's records of the time they spent in Aspen/Snowmass, Colorado. Beginning in 1970 Ballet West spent their summer season in Aspen where they performed in the evenings and during the day taught young students in their summer ballet "camp." The following folders contain arrangements, year by year, for the summer sessions.
Box 19, folders 21-25 through boxes 20 and 21, folders 1-6 are the records of Ballet West's European Tour. Ballet West performed in Europe in the summer of 1971. Beginning in Greece at the Athens Festival, July 10, they then toured Yugoslavia, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and France, returning to Salt Lake City on September 6. The following records are concerned with the managerial, artistic, and commercial aspects of the tour's arrangement and execution. (A thesis has been written about this tour. Michael J. Rozow, "The General Formulation and Summarization of Ballet West U.S.A.'s 1971 European Tour," [master's thesis, University of Utah, 1972].) Box 21, folders 4-6 deal with the European tour in 1974.
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1969-1976 | ||
Box | Folder | ||
15 | 1 | Annual Report |
1968-1969 |
15 | 2-4 | Appointment Calendars
Monthly calendars of Ballet West's commitments, performances, and rehearsals kept by company manager Steven H. Horton.
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1971-1976 |
15 | 5-8 | Aspen
Applications, correspondence, and miscellaneous.
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1970 |
15 | 9 | Aspen
Correspondence from and to Patricia Dasko, Ballet West's public relations representative in Aspen.
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1971 |
15 | 10-12 | Aspen
Correspondence, receipts, and miscellaneous.
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1971 |
15 | 13-17 | Aspen
Applications, brochures, business records, correspondence, and housing arrangements.
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1972 |
15 | 18-19 | Aspen
Correspondence and miscellaneous.
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1973 |
15 | 20-21 | Aspen
Correspondence and miscellaneous.
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1974 |
16 | 1 | Aspen
Tuition records.
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1974 |
16 | 2-3 | Aspen
Correspondence and miscellaneous.
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1975 |
16 | 4 | Aspen
Correspondence.
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1976 |
16 | 5-11 | Auditions
Correspondence from and to dancers wishing to audition for Ballet West, 1971-1976. Some resumes are attached to the accompanying letters. Photographs were removed and are in the Photograph Collection, Marriott Library.
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1971-1976 |
16 | 12 | "Ballet for Children"
Correspondence concerning the University of Utah ballet students who perform in the area's elementary schools, an adjunct program of Ballet West, directed by Karen C. Shores.
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16 | 13-14 | Ballet Guild
Arrangements for establishing guilds in other western cities and arrangements for the Salt Lake Guild's 1969 Membership Tea.
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16 | 15-16 | Bicentennial Dance Festival
Correspondence concerning plans for Utah's Bicentennial Dance Festival held in Kingsbury Hall, University of Utah, October 1975.
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1972-1975 |
16 | 17 | By-Laws |
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16 | 18-20 | Capitol Theatre Renovation
Correspondence and reports concerning the planned renovation of Salt Lake City's Capitol Theatre, eventual home for Ballet West.
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1968-1976 |
17 | 1 | Capitol Theatre Renovation
Newspaper clippings.
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1973-1976 |
17 | 2 | Company Histories
Short histories of Ballet West written for promotional purposes. Included is the 1973 Dance Magazine article, "The Christensen Brothers," by Olga Maynard.
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17 | 3-8 | Contracts: Dancers
Contracts signed by Ballet West dancers.
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1969-1974 |
17 | 9 | Contracts: Miscellaneous
Contract between Ballet West and the Utah Symphony, 1972; contract engaging guest artist Eleanor d'Antuono, 1971; Ballet West touring contract form; and a memorandum comparing Ballet West contracts to American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA) contracts, 1975.
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1971-1975 |
17 | 10 | Correspondence: Ballet West Board Members
Written by board members Warde M. Cameron and Franklin D. Johnson.
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1971-1973 |
17 | 11 | Correspondence: Behunin, R. Alan
Three letters. Behunin, the company's general manager.
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1966-1971 |
17 | 12-18 | Correspondence: Brickell, Robert V.
Brickell was Ballet West's general manager from 1971-1976. This correspondence concerns all aspects of the company's functions. Continued in Box 18 Fds 1-9.
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18 | 1-9 | Correspondence: Brickell, Robert V.
Brickell was Ballet West's general manager from 1971-1976. This correspondence concerns all aspects of the company's functions. Continued from Box 17 Fds 12-18.
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18 | 10-15 | Correspondence: C-D
To and from Harry Callahan, Lew Christensen, Willam F. Christensen, Richard W. Cooper, Ron Daum, and Thierry Dorado.
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18 | 16-18 | Correspondence: Galvin, Don W.
Correspondence and reports from and to Galvin, arts program chairman for the Federation of Rocky Mountain States.
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1968-1975 |
19 | 1-9 | Correspondence: Horton, Ronald Mead
Letters from Ballet West's musical director.
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1975-1976 |
19 | 10-19 | Correspondence: M-W
From and to Olga Maynard, New York City Ballet, Danny Newman, D. Gordon Paxman, Dimitri Romanoff, Sabine Salle, Michael Smith, Mrs. John M. Wallace, Ardean Watts, and Leverett Wright.
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19 | 20 | Costuming
Correspondence from Ballet West's Wardrobe Department concerning materials, orders, and costume rental.
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19 | 21 | European Tour
Bills and receipts.
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19 | 22 | European Tour
Biographies of company members.
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19 | 23 | European Tour
Claim file dealing with freight of company properties.
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19 | 24 | European Tour
Contracts.
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19 | 25 | European Tour
Correspondence: General.
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1968-1971 |
20 | 1 | European Tour
Correspondence: General.
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1971 |
20 | 2-3 | European Tour
Correspondence: Paul Szilard, Ballet West's impresario for the tour.
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20 | 4 | European Tour
Financial material.
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20 | 5 | European Tour
Freight arrangements.
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20 | 6 | European Tour
Guest artists--arrangements made with Linda Meyer, Karel Shimoff, and Jacques D'Amboise.
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20 | 7 | European Tour
Medical releases for minors.
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20 | 8 | European Tour
Memoranda.
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20 | 9-16 | European Tour
Miscellaneous--arranged alphabetically by city, these folders contain miscellaneous notes, receipts, and records pertaining generally to the company's accommodations.
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20 | 17 | European Tour
Orchestra requirements.
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20 | 18 | European Tour
Personnel.
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20 | 19 | European Tour
Planning notes.
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20 | 20 | European Tour
Press conference.
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1971 |
20 | 21 | European Tour
Press releases.
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20 | 22 | European Tour
Press reviews.
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20 | 23-25 | European Tour
Programming--lists and notes pertaining to the company's tour performance repertoire.
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21 | 1 | European Tour
Schedules.
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21 | 2 | European Tour
Travel arrangements.
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21 | 3 | European Tour
Visa information.
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21 | 4-6 | European Tour: Cancellation
Ballet West began arranging another European tour for the summer of 1974. It was cancelled the preceding spring for financial reasons. These folders contain these arrangements--lists, correspondence, and contracts.
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1974 |
21 | 7 | Films
Correspondence regarding various plans to film Ballet West.
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1971-1975 |
21 | 8-15 | Financial Material
Balance sheets, 1968-1972; Report on Audit, 1975; state and federal tax records, 1969-1970; and a dancers salary list, 1972.
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1968-1975 |
21 | 16 | Fund Raising
Memoranda and publicity dealing with the 1970 Development Program.
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21 | 17-21 | House Counts
Records of tickets sold at Kingsbury Hall.
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1971-1976 |
21 | 22 | Inter-American Dance Center
Description and correspondence concerned with the proposed scholarship program described in Box 11 Folder 25.
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21 | 23-29 | Memoranda
From Robert V. Brickell, 1975-1976; Steven H. Horton, 1971-1976; and miscellaneous.
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1971-1976 |
21 | 30 | Merger with San Francisco Ballet
Circa 1969 concerning the proposed merger of Ballet West and San Francisco Ballet. Details of the proposal are outlined.
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22 | 1 | Music
Correspondence regarding the ordering of musical scores and arrangements with the Utah Symphony.
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22 | 2-12 | National Endowment for the Arts
Correspondence from and to NEA regarding funding; reports from NEA; Dance Touring Program; and 1971 Dance Company Survey.
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1968-1976 |
22 | 13 | News Clippings
Two clippings-Salt Lake Tribune, 10 August 1975, a story about Bruce Marks; and New York Times, 24 August 1975, about Willam F. Christensen.
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1975 |
22 | 14 | Office Matters
Miscellaneous office correspondence and memoranda concerning minor business details.
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22 | 15-16 | Personnel
Rosters of Ballet West personnel and short biographies of the dancers.
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22 | 17 | Photography
Correspondence between Ballet West and Mass Photo Company, Houston, Texas.
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1971-1973 |
22 | 18-27 | Productions
Records of Ballet West productions, 1968-1970. Included are advertising and program layouts, budgets, casting lists, and miscellaneous. The most completely covered production, Folders 20-25, is the April 1970 show Cinderella and its repeat the following October. Folder 24 contains the transcript of an oral interview of Christensen presumably by Robert V. Brickell, April 1970, about the Cinderella production. Continued in Box 23 Fds 1-4.
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23 | 1-4 | Productions
Records of Ballet West productions. Included are advertising and program layouts, budgets, casting lists, and miscellaneous. Continued from Box 22 Fds 18-27.
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1971-1976 |
23 | 5-6 | Programs
Letters to program advertisers and program sales reports.
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1971 |
23 | 7-8 | Publicity
Miscellaneous promotional materials.
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23 | 9-10 | Rules and Regulations
Lists of rules for Ballet West dancers as included in their contracts.
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1971; 1973 |
23 | 11-12 | Schedules
Tour and rehearsal schedules.
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23 | 13 | Scholarships
Correspondence concerning Ballet West scholarships to study ballet at the University of Utah and dance with the company.
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1971-1974 |
23 | 14 | Staff Meetings
Minutes and agendas.
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1971-1972 |
23 | 15-24 | Tickets
Records on all types of ticket sales--coupon orders, billing, patrons' inquiries--and sales reports for both season subscription and individual tickets. Continued in Box 24 Fds 1-10.
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1968-1973 |
24 | 1-10 | Tickets
Records on all types of ticket sales--coupon orders, billing, patrons' inquiries--and sales reports for both season subscription and individual tickets. Continued from Box 23 Fds 15-24.
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1974-1976 |
24 | 11-30 | Tours
Correspondence arranging Ballet West's tours within the United States, filed alphabetically by state (A-O). Continued in Box 25 Fds 1-6.
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25 | 1-6 | Tours
Correspondence arranging Ballet West's tours within the United States, filed alphabetically by state (O-W). Continued from Bx 24 Fds 11-30.
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25 | 7-9 | Tours
Miscellaneous material regarding tour booking contacts and general arrangements.
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25 | 10 | Unions
Correspondence dealing with musicians and stage crew unions' negotiations with Ballet West.
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1972-1976 |
25 | 11-14 | Utah State Institute of Fine Arts
Correspondence and reports.
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1969-1976 |
26 | 1 | Aspen
Correspondence regarding Ballet West's Aspen summer program.
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1976-1977 |
26 | 2-5 | Auditions
Correspondence regarding auditions for Ballet West. Also included are some resumes and applications.
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1976-1980 |
26 | 6-9 | Capitol Theatre Renovation
Correspondence and reports during the construction period of this project. Continued in Bx 27 Fds 1-4.
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1976-1978 |
27 | 1-4 | Capitol Theatre Renovation
Correspondence and reports, including Performing Arts Advisory Board business. Continued from Bx 26 Fds 6-9.
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1978-1980 |
27 | 5 | Company Histories
Short histories of Ballet West written for promotional purposes.
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27 | 6-7 | Contracts
Dancers' contracts, 1976-1977 season, and Letters of Agreement between Ballet West and various professionals contracted by them.
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1976-1979 |
27 | 8-13 | Correspondence: Bradford, Robert G.
Bradford was Ballet West general manager.
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1976-1979 |
27 | 14 | Correspondence: Brickell, Robert G.
From Brickell, 1976, who resigned as general manager in the fall of 1976.
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1976 |
27 | 15-16 | Correspondence: Burbidge, Kenneth P., Jr.
From Ballet West's chairman of the board.
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1976-1978 |
28 | 1-7 | Correspondence
From and to Willam F. Christensen, Ronald Mead Horton, Steven H. Horton, Stanley D. Knoles, Bruce Marks, and General Office.
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28 | 8 | Films
The Herbert Ross film The Turning Point was premiered at Aspen in March 1978 as a benefit for Ballet West. This folder contains correspondence between the film company and Ballet West, arranging the screening.
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28 | 9 | House Counts
Records of tickets sold at Kingsbury Hall.
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1976-1978 |
28 | 11-16 | Memoranda
From and concerning Robert G. Bradford, Robert V. Brickell, Steven H. Horton, and General Office.
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28 | 17 | Music
Correspondence concerning musical scores and conducting.
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1977-1979 |
28 | 18-21 | National Endowment for the Arts
Correspondence, reports, and memoranda regarding NEA and its Dance Touring Program.
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1976-1979 |
28 | 22 | Newspaper Clippings
Reviews.
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1977-1978 |
28 | 23-24 | Personnel
Personnel rosters and biographies of artistic personnel for publicity purposes.
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28 | 25 | Press Releases
Official releases from Ballet West's Public Relations Department.
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1976-1978 |
28 | 26 | Production
Correspondence regarding technical details of production.
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1977-1978 |
28 | 27 | Public Relations
Report and a requisition form for promotional materials.
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1979 |
28 | 28 | Salaries
Lists of dancers salaries.
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1976-1977 |
28 | 29 | Schedules
Miscellaneous performance schedules.
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1976-1978 |
28 | 30 | Souvenir Sales
Note, report, and sales log concerning the sale of Nutcracker souvenirs.
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1977 |
28 | 31 | Tickets
Correspondence from Ballet West replying to ticket inquires.
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28 | 32-33 | Tours
Notes and memoranda arranging tours, both to other states and to Utah high schools.
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28 | 34 | Utah State Institute of Fine Arts
Correspondence, memoranda, and reports between this organization and Ballet West.
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1976 |
III: PublicationsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Programs |
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Box | Folder | ||
29 | 1-2 | University of Utah Summer Festival |
1949-1963 |
29 | 3 | University of Utah Theatre Productions
Miscellaneous.
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1950s-1960s |
29 | 4-13 | University Theatre Ballet
Arranged chronologically by performing season.
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1952-1963 |
29 | 14-19 | Utah Civic Ballet
Arranged chronologically by performing season--both souvenir and house programs.
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1964-1968 |
30 | 1-2 | Utah Civic Ballet |
1968-1969 |
30 | 3-14 | Ballet West
Arranged chronologically by performing season--both souvenir and house programs. Folders 6 and 7 contain programs from Ballet West's 1971 European tour.
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1969-1977 |
31 | 1-9 | Programs: Ballet West
In addition to souvenir and house programs, there are Ballet West publications which replaced the souvenir programs.
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1977-1981 |
Advertisements and Miscellaneous Material |
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Box | Folder | ||
31 | 10 | University Theatre Ballet
Flyers and brochures.
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1955-1963 |
31 | 11 | Utah Civic Ballet
Flyers, brochures, and season subscription order forms.
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1964-1968 |
31 | 12-15 | Ballet West
Flyers, brochures, and season subscription order forms.
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1969-1981 |
31 | 16 | Ballet West at Aspen
Flyers and brochures.
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1971-1981 |
31 | 17 | Programs
Fine Arts Ballet of Texas Christian University, circa 1952; Royal Winnipeg Ballet, 1962; Capitol Ballet, 1966; Royal Ballet, 1967; Ruth Page's International Ballet, 1968; and Pennsylvania Ballet, circa 1968.
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1952-1968 |
IV: ScrapbooksReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Volume | ||
1-2 | Utah Civic Ballet
News clippings and programs.
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1963-1969 |
3-4 | Ballet West
News clippings.
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1973-1977 |
V: AddendaReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Willam Christensen: General Biographical Information |
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Box | Folder | ||
32 | 1 | Personal Notes and Office Materials |
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32 | 2 | Interviews |
1979-1992 |
32 | 3 | Interview with KUED-TV |
1974 |
32 | 4 | Scrapbook |
1927-1931 |
32 | 5 | Biographical Information |
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33 | 1 | Memories of Christensen |
2001 |
33 | 2 | General Family Information |
1930-1998 |
33 | 3 | Personal Programs |
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33 | 4 | Book List |
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33 | 5 | Register of the Utah Ballet Archives |
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34 | Willam Christensen: Correspondence |
1963-2008 | |
Biographies of Willam Christensen |
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Box | Folder | ||
35 | 1 | Seth Franklin Christensen, Memoirs of My Dad
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35 | 2 | R.L. Galbraith, The Christensen Brothers
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35 | 3 | Don McDonagh, Ballet Saga
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35 | 4 | Don McDonagh, candidates for authorship of biography |
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35 | 5 | K. C. Patrick, Manuscript draft of Building for Ballet
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1991 |
35 | 6 | Colleen Collins Smith, A Biographical Sketch of Dance Motivators
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35 | 7 | Tersa Solorio, Willam F. Christensen
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1995 |
35 | 8 | Debra Sowell, Correspondence |
1989-1994 |
35 | 9 | Debra Sowell, Manuscript drafts and outline of biography |
1988-1989 |
35 | 10 | Gretchen Warren, Criticize with Love
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1992 |
35 | 11 | General Materials |
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Awards and Recognition for Christensen |
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Box | Folder | ||
36 | 1 | University of Utah, Award for Distinguished Teaching |
1965 |
36 | 2 | Honorary Diplomas |
1971-1973 |
36 | 3 | Certificates and Awards, General Information |
1964-1989 |
36 | 4 | Declarations and Proclamations |
1969-1982 |
36 | 5 | Circle of Dance Award Information |
1989 |
36 | 6 | Letters of nomination for the Kennedy Center Award for the Performing Arts |
1990 |
Publications Featuring the Christensens |
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Box | Folder | ||
37 | 1-2 | Articles, 1950-1995 |
1950-1995 |
37 | 3 | Interviews |
1978; 1984 |
37 | 4 | Funeral Program for Lew Christensen |
1984 |
37 | 5 | A Christensen Tribute Program |
1991 |
37 | 6 | Willam F, Christensen Ballet Poster |
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37 | 7 |
Dancemakers: A Study Report Published for the National Endowment for the Arts
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1993 |
San Francisco Ballet, General Materials |
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Box | Folder | ||
38 | 1 | Correspondence |
1976-1995 |
38 | 2 | General programs and information |
1942-1993 |
38 | 3 | General office materials |
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38 | 4 | General articles |
1976-1993 |
38 | 5 |
Encore
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1986-1989 |
38 | 6 | General publications of the San Francisco Ballet |
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38 | 7 | San Francisco Ballet |
1975-1987 |
38 | 8 |
A Cultural Challenge to San Francisco and the West
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38 | 9 | San Francisco Ballet School |
1945-1969 |
38 | 10 | 41st season information |
1973-1974 |
38 | 11 | San Francisco Ballet |
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38 | 12 |
In Dance publication |
1985 |
38 | 13 | Materials from the Archive of the Performing Arts |
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38 | 14 | The Christensen Society Materials |
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38 | 15 | Oakland Ballet |
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39 | San Francisco Ballet Magazines |
1979-1990 | |
University of Utah, Ballet and Fine Arts |
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Box | Folder | ||
40 | 1 | Ballet Theatre Season Programs |
1944-1946 |
40 | 2 | Ballet Theatre Programs |
1944-2007 |
40 | 3 | University Theatre Ballet programs, The Nutcracker
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1958-1963 |
40 | 4 |
Orchesis programs |
1959-1964 |
40 | 5 | Articles concerning University Ballet |
1965-1969 |
41 | 1 | Theatre Ballet-History |
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41 | 2 | Ballets-Repertoire |
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41 | 3 | General Office Materials |
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41 | 4 | Mia Slavenska's Ballet Variante at Kingsbury Hall |
1948 |
41 | 5 | Summer School of Ballet information |
1976-1994 |
41 | 6 | Ballet at the University of Utah |
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41 | 7 | Utah Bicentennial Dance Festival Program |
1975 |
41 | 8 | Repertory Dance Theater Progress Report |
1970 |
41 | 9-10 | College of Fine Arts Bulletins |
1959-1968 |
41 | 11 | Programs, Il Travatore and Carmen,
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1959-1961 |
41 | 12 | Kingsbury Hall |
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41 | 13 | University of Utah musical productions |
1957-1959 |
41 | 14 |
The Utah Alumnus,
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1958-1967 |
41 | 15 |
University of Utah Review
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1973-1981 |
41 | 16-17 | General Materials and Programs |
1961-1962 |
Utah Civic Ballet |
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Box | Folder | ||
42 | 1 | Administrative materials |
1965-1970 |
42 | 2 | Correspondence |
1966 |
42 | 3 |
Teaching Manual: Young People's Ballet
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42 | 4 |
" Ballet Gala" programs |
1969 |
42 | 5 |
Nutcracker materials and programs, 1960-1969 |
1960-1969 |
42 | 6 | Tour programs |
1966-1968 |
42 | 7 | General programs and pamphlets |
1963-undated |
42 | 8 | Articles |
1960s |
42 | 9 | Utah Ballet Society materials |
1964-1965 |
42 | 10 | Ford Foundation materials |
1964-1965 |
Ballet West, General Materials |
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Box | Folder | ||
43 | 1-3 | Correspondence |
1957-1984 |
43 | 4 | Budget materials |
1976-1984 |
43 | 5 | Schedules and season information |
1984-1991 |
43 | 6 | Administrative materials |
1970-1985 |
44 | 1 | Administrative materials |
1988-1991 |
44 | 2-3 | Public relations information |
1993-1994 |
44 | 4 | News releases |
1973-2001 |
44 | 5 | General reviews and articles |
1970 |
44 | 6 |
Swan Lake proposal |
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44 | 7 | Ballet West Anniversary Celebration |
1987-1988 |
44 | 8 |
Bringing Utah to the West and to the World
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44 | 9 |
Attitudenews bulletin |
1969 |
44 | 10 |
Footlights publication |
1989 |
44 | 11 |
Telebash program |
1981 |
45 | 1 |
Ballet West magazine |
1975-1992 |
45 | 2 |
Performance magazine |
1979-1980 |
45 | 3-4 | Reviews and Articles |
1969-1997 |
45 | 5 | General materials |
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Ballet West in Aspen and Snowmass and General Performance Programs |
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Box | Folder | ||
46 | 1 | Pamphlets and information |
1971-1988 |
46 | 2-3 | Programs |
1976-1994 |
46 | 4 | Programs, Aspen Ballet Company |
1997-1999 |
46 | 5 | Program, Aspen Music Festival |
1973-1982 |
46 | 6 |
Aspen: the Magazine
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1984 |
46 | 7 | International Design Conference in Aspen Program |
1975 |
47 | Ballet West, Performance Programs |
1969-1984 | |
48 | Ballet West, Performance Programs |
1985-2005 | |
49 | Ballet West Season Programs |
1967-1992 | |
Christensen Academy and Willam Christensen Foundation Materials
This subseries includes administrative materials from the Christensen Ballet Academy, the Willam Christensen Foundation, and the Christensen Centre
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Box | Folder | ||
50 | 1 | Willam Christensen Ballet Summer School Information |
1980-1988 |
50 | 2 | Christensen Forming Ballet Academy |
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50 | 3 | Christensen Ballet Academy |
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50 | 4 | Correspondence, Willam Christensen Foundation |
1979-1980 |
50 | 5 | Willam Christensen Foundation Formed |
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50 | 6 | Willam F. Christensen Foundation: Administrative Materials |
1979-1981 |
50 | 7 | Summer Enrollment Materials |
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50 | 8 | Programs, Willam F. Christensen Foundation and Christensen Academy |
1979-1981 |
50 | 9 |
Christensen Quarterly
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1981-1992 |
50 | 10 | Christensen Centre Materials |
1988-1990 |
San Francsisco Opera and Symphony, General Opera Materials
Includes information regarding the San Francisco Opera Ballet.
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Box | Folder | ||
51 | 1 |
Performing Arts Magazine
|
1969 |
51 | 2 | San Francisco Opera Association Standard Principles Agreement |
1950 |
51 | 3 | San Francisco Opera Ballet |
1938-1959 |
51 | 4 | Season Programs |
1957; 1958 |
51 | 5 | San Francisco Opera Company at Shrine Auditorium |
1948; 1953 |
51 | 6 |
A Legacy Restored: The Renovation of the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House
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51 | 7 |
The Merry Widow Program, San Francisco Civic Light Opera Association |
1951 |
51 | 8 | General Opera Programs |
1936-1960 |
51 | 9 | General Opera Publications |
1965-1972 |
51 | 10 |
Opera News Magazines
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1969-1971 |
Scripts and Articles by Others |
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Box | Folder | ||
52 | 1 | Enrico Ceccheti,Letters from the Maestro
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1971 |
52 | 2 | Paul Genge, Satyr Most Constant
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52 | 3 | Elizabeth Roths Hayes, The Emotional Effect of Color, Lighting, and Line in Relation to Dance Composition
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1935 |
52 | 4 | Hal Keith, Joan of Arc
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52 | 5 |
Orpheus
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52 | 6 |
The Soldier's Tale
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Costume and Set Designs
Contains Chicago Opera Ballet cotume sketches for The Nutcracker, "Roumanian Wedding" costumes by Russell Hartley
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Box | Folder | ||
53 | 1 | General Set Design |
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53 | 2 | General Costume Sketches |
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53 | 3 | Nutcracker Costume Sketches |
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Ballet Synopses and Choreographer Information |
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Box | Folder | ||
54 | 1 | Ballet Librettos |
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54 | 2 |
The Nutcracker
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54 | 3 |
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
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54 | 4 |
Choreography by George Balanchine: A First Listing
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54 | 5 | General Ballet Synopses |
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54 | 6 | General Choregrapher Information |
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54 | 7 | General Information |
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Dance Programs and Information: New York City and United States |
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Box | Folder | ||
55 | 1 | The Ballet Theatre Programs |
1946-1948 |
55 | 2 | The Ballet Theatre Programs |
1951-1954 |
55 | 3-5 | New York City Ballet |
1945-1991 |
55 | 6 |
Harper's Magazine,
" One-Man Show Ballet"
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1964 |
55 | 7 | Ballet for American Souvenir Program |
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55 | 8 | American Ballet Theatre Programs |
1961-1993 |
55 | 9 | City Center Joffrey Ballet |
1967-1968 |
55 | 10 |
Alicia Markova and Anton Dolin Program |
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55 | 11 | The American Ballet Program |
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55 | 12 | General Programs |
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56 | Dance Programs and Information: United States |
1924-2008 | |
Ballet Programs and Information: International |
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Box | Folder | ||
57 | 1 | Royal Danish Ballet: Programs |
1960; 1965 |
57 | 2-3 | The Bolshoi Ballet: Programs |
1959-1968 |
57 | 4-8 | Ballet Russe: Programs |
1935-1962 |
58 | 1 | Roland Pettit's Ballet de Paris: Programs |
1950-1951 |
58 | 2-3 | Sadler's Wells Ballet: Programs |
1949-1951 |
58 | 4-5 | The Royal Ballet: Programs |
1965-1969 |
59 | 1-5 | Programs |
1936-1985 |
59 | 6 | Program, "The Basques" |
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59 | 7 | Program, Mogador
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General Dance Periodicals and Publications |
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60 | Dance Magazine |
1943-1967 | |
61 | Dance Magazine |
1967-1995 | |
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62 | 1 |
The Dance Magazine
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1926 |
62 | 2 |
The Dancing Times
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1932 |
62 | 3 |
The American Dancer
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1942 |
62 | 4 |
The Trumpeteer
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1948 |
62 | 5 |
Catholic Theatre
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1964 |
62 | 6 |
Dance News
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1965-1969 |
62 | 7 |
Cultural Affairs on Education
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1971 |
62 | 8 |
Dancescope
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1971 |
62 | 9 |
Dance News
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1969-1978 |
62 | 10 |
Footnotes
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1978 |
62 | 11 |
Dance News
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1980 |
62 | 12 |
Ballet Review
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1981-1984 |
62 | 13 |
Dance Teacher Now
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1989-1990 |
62 | 14 |
Dance Teacher
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2000-2008 |
62 | 15 |
Pointe
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2008 |
63 | 1 | Nadia Chilkovsky, My First Dance Book, Three R's for Dancing
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63 | 2 | Serge Lido, Ballet
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63 | 3 | Serge Lido, Danse
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63 | 4 |
Katherine Dunham and her Company
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1925 |
63 | 5 |
Mascagno Ballet Technique
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63 | 6 |
Pear Primus and her Company
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63 | 7 | Catalogues |
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63 | 8 | General Materials |
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General Fine Arts in Utah |
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Box | Folder | ||
64 | 1 | Utah Symphony Programs and Information |
1961-1990 |
64 | 2 |
1974 Report: Uath's Festival of Arts for the Young
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1974 |
64 | 3 |
Utah Arts Newsletters, 1975
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1975 |
64 | 4-5 | Utah Opera Company Programs |
1978-1989 |
64 | 6 | General Fine Arts at Brigham Young University |
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64 | 7 |
Hotel Utah Program |
1987 |
64 | 8 | Report on the Sundance Institute |
1985 |
64 | 9 | General Musical Programs |
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64 | 10 | General Programs and Information |
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General Publications Concerning the Arts |
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Box | Folder | ||
65 | 1 |
Theatre Arts Monthly
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1939 |
65 | 2 |
Theatre Arts Magazine
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1940; 1949 |
65 | 3 |
The Ballroom Panorama
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1948 |
65 | 4 |
Hollywood Bowl Magazine
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1949 |
65 | 5 |
Russian Stage and Costume Designs
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1967-1969 |
65 | 6 |
The Arts in Utah
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1968 |
65 | 7 |
Bravo Magazine |
1969 |
65 | 8 |
Spectacles Catalogue |
1969 |
65 | 9 |
Book List
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1969 |
65 | 10 |
Saturday Review
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1969; 1979 |
65 | 11 |
Art in America
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1970 |
65 | 12 |
Diaghalev and Russian Stage Designers
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1972 |
65 | 13 |
American Institute of Musical Studies
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1974 |
65 | 14 |
Utah Holiday Magazine |
1978 |
65 | 15 |
Fred Astaire: The Television Years
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1983 |
65 | 16 | Jacques D'Amboise, "Why I Teach" |
1989 |
65 | 17 | Anton Dolin, "Pas de Deux: The Art of Partnering" |
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65 | 18 |
World Theatre Publications |
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66 | 1-2 |
Opera-Ballet-Music Hall in the World Publications |
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66 | 3 |
Register of the Papers of Maurice Abravanel
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66 | 4 |
The History of Entertainment Catalogue |
1957-1960 |
66 | 5 | Art Catalogue, missing cover |
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66 | 6 | Page from Suiten und Ballet Musik
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66 | 7 |
The Private Collection of the Hammer Brothers Catalogue |
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66 | 8 |
Carmina Burana
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66 | 9 |
Schirmer Catalogues (Strings and Wind, Operas, Band and Orchestra, etc.) |
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66 | 10 |
Paintings and Drawing by Dean Fausett Program |
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67 | 1 | "Walt Disney Presents Fantasia," Program |
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67 | 2 | Greek Theatre Magazine: "The Royal Hunt of the Sun" |
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67 | 3 | "The Song of Norway," Brigham Young University Concert Hall Program |
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67 | 4 | General Symphony Orchestra Programs |
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67 | 5 | General Musical Programs |
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67 | 6 | Dublin International Festival of Music and the Arts Program |
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67 | 7 | Rockwell Kent, The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Front page) |
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67 | 8 | General Materials |
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General Publications and Materials |
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Box | Folder | ||
68 | 1 |
Pause for Living
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1963 |
68 | 2 | "In Celebration of Christmas: A Bicentennial and Two Centennials" |
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68 | 3 |
Salt Lake City: Centennial Collector's Issue
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1996 |
68 | 4 |
Italia
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1937 |
68 | 5 |
Life Magazine |
1967 |
68 | 6 |
Royal London: The Queen's Golden Jubilee Publication |
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68 | 7 |
First Security Corporation Annual Reports
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1972; 1974 |
68 | 8 |
American Essays
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68 | 9 | General Materials |
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69A | Sheet Music, 2-Cid |
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69B | Sheet Music, Cin-D |
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69C | Sheet Music, E-Fu |
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70A | Sheet Music, G-Lac |
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70B | Sheet Music, Pe-Or |
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70C | Sheet Music, Ov-Rob |
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71A | Sheet Music, Rom-Son |
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71B | Sheet Music, Sou-Sy |
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72A | Sheet Music, Sy-Y |
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72B-C | Sheet Music, General |
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73 | Newsclippings |
1938-1976 | |
74 | Newsclippings |
1977-1995 | |
75 | News Clippings |
1996-2001 | |
76 | General Personal Belongings
Includes an address book, electrical tape, a pair of castanets, and other personal materials.
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77 | Nutcracker Scrapbook
A scrapbook of thank you letters from Nutcracker performers.
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78 | Guest Book and Scrapbook
Includes an untitles guest book and a scrapbook of news clippings from Colleen Collins Smith.
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79 | Personal Scrapbooks
Includes a scrapbook of the San Francisco Ballet, and a personal scrapbook including notes, telegrams, and photos.
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80 | Plaques |
1955-1996 | |
81A | Awards |
1970-1989 | |
81B | Certificates |
1957-1996 | |
82 | Posters and Set Design |
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83 | General Oversized Materials
Includes transcriptions of You Are Love and The Incredible Flutist, Pueblo Dances 1994 calendar, a souvenir album of the Lyric Opera of Chicago, a Ballet West coloring book, and a cardboard sign from the Nutcracker.
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84 | General Oversized Music
Includes piano score of Aida, orchestration of Prince Igor, and piano music for "Pas De Dix".
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85 | General Oversized Music
Orchestration of Romeo and Juliet and piano score for "Eternal Idol".
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86 | General Oversized Music
Orchestration of Cinderella and La Bayadere.
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87 | Books Concerning Dance |
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Costume Designs by Ronald Crosby |
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Box | Folder | ||
88 | 1-2 | Giselle |
circa 1968 |
88 | 3-10 | Nutcracker |
circa 1973-1974 |
Artwork |
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89 | Artwork
This box contains sketches/drawings and a print signed by artist
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90 | Standing Display Figure
This box contains a life-size standing display figure of Willam Christensen.
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Firebird Costume Designs |
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2 | Artwork and Posters
The artwork, a watercolor created by Vistoria Morgan, depicts Willam Christensen.
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1972; 1992 | |
3 | Certificate |
1979 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Ballet companies--Utah
- Ballet--Utah--Salt Lake City
Personal Names
- Christensen, Willam F. (Willam Farr)--Archives
Corporate Names
- Ballet West (U.S.)
- Christensen Ballet Academy (Salt Lake City, Utah)