Barry Lynn, originally named Lynwood Carver, was born in 1913 in North Carolina. He graduated from Roxboro High School in Roxboro, North Carolina, in 1931. Between the years 1939 and 1942, he was an active participant in student theatrical and dance productions at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He served in the military during World War II from about 1943 to 1946. Lynn settled in Salt Lake City and became involved with the Virginia Tanner Dance Theater. He then directed the Arena Theatre (located at 123 Second Avenue, Salt Lake City, Utah) for seven years and the Summer Tent Theatre for three summers. These were experimental ventures in dance and drama. He also served as director of costuming for the Department of Ballet and Modern Dance beginning in the 1960s.
The Barry Lynn papers (1931-1976) consist of a variety of personal and professional papers concerning Barry Lynn (b. 1913). Included are correspondence, certificates, poetry, concert programs, news clippings, and military documents.
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Processed by Della L. Dye in 1979.
Photographs were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P0183).
The dance performance programs in these folders include those by the company Dance-in-the-Round, Arena Theatre Dancers, Barry Lynn's Theatre of Movement, and several solo and group performace programs.
This poster advertises a concert of modern dance performed by Lynn in collaboartion with the American Red Cross. The performance was presented to Allied Forces.