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Ardean Watts papers, 1928-2015
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Watts, Ardean W. (Ardean Walton), 1928-2017
- Title
- Ardean Watts papers
- Dates
- 1928-2015 (inclusive)19282015
- Quantity
- 11.75 linear feet, (32 boxes)
- Collection Number
- ACCN 2950
- Summary
- The Ardean Watts papers (1928-2015) contain his professional, personal, and general material. Watts was a prominent figure in the Utah arts community.
- 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
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Ardean Watts was a prominent figure in the Utah arts community. Watts served as a vocal coach, chorus master, assistant conductor and musical director. Watts experienced many professional opportunities, beginning with the Assistant Director for BYU A Capella Choir (1951-1952). Later, Watts served as the Associate Conductor for the Utah Symphony Orchestra (1956-1979) and the Official Pianist for the Utah Symphony Orchestra (1958-1979). Watts also served as the Musical Director of Ballet West, Pioneer Memorial Theatre, and the University of Utah Opera Company. Watts was the founder, executive and artistic director of the University of Utah Opera Company (1965-1978), as well as the Musical Director for University of Utah Theatre (1958-1966). Watts received numerous awards, including the University of Utah's Distinguished Teaching award (1992), the Madeleine Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts and Humanities (1996), and the Governor's Award in the Arts (1997).
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Materials in this collection consist of professional material, personal material, general materials, correspondence, calendars, journals, and production materials.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Preferred Citation
Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
This collection was maintained in the majority of its original folders. The collection was arranged beginning with personal documents followed by his professional documents and then general documents. Documents are arranged according to material type. Documents within sections are generally organized chronologically, while his personal papers are organized according to the relevancy to his life.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
I: Personal materialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
A: Personal papers |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Personal biographical information |
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| 1 | 2 | Composing a life |
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| 1 | 3 | Interview with Debra Sowell |
1988 |
| 1 | 4 | Family materials |
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| 1 | 5 | Marriage to Elna Elaine Brown |
1951 |
| 1 | 6 | Eric and Paula wedding |
2000 |
| 1 | 7 | Psychic reading/ astrology |
1975,1979 |
B: Journals |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 2 | 1 | Journal |
1974 |
| 2 | 2 | Journal |
1974 |
| 2 | 3 | Journal |
1977 |
C: LDS materials |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 3 | 1 | LDS and ward |
|
| 3 | 2 | LDS orthodoxy test |
1994 |
| 3 | 3 | LDS MIA general board |
1958-1994 |
| 3 | 4 | LDS Sunstone |
1974-2001 |
| 3 | 5 | LDS Sunstone |
2002-2007 |
| 4 | 1-3 | LDS mission correspondence |
1947-1949 |
| 4 | 4 | LDS mission memorabilia |
1947-1949 |
| 5 | 1 |
New Genesis materials |
1995-1998 |
| 5 | 2 |
New Genesis
|
1998 |
| 6 | 1 | LDS collected research |
1993-1994; 2013 |
D: Unitarian church involvement |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 7 | 1 | Religion Ecumenical |
1988; 1994 |
| 7 | 2 | Meditations and Sunday gatherings |
1993-1996 |
E: Hobbies and interests |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 8 | 1 | Wild food/cooking |
1968-1997 |
| 8 | 2 | Roller skate |
1978 |
| 8 | 3 | Dance band |
1984 |
| 8 | 4 | Nature adventures |
1991; 2000 |
| 8 | 5 | Hawkwatch |
1992; 1997 |
| 8 | 6 | Scuba certification and Cozumel whale watch |
1997 |
F: Travel materials |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 9 | 1 | Travel brochures |
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| 9 | 2 | Europe with Elna |
1945 |
| 9 | 3 | Vienna |
1954-1955 |
| 9 | 4 | Vienna correspondence |
1954-1955 |
| 9 | 5 | Travel journals-Japan and Kenya |
1997 |
| 9 | 6 | Kenya with John Goddard |
1998 |
II: Professional materialsReturn to Top
This subseries is arranged from awards to academics. The awards are arranged by relevance to Watt's life. The academics are arranged chronologically.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
A: Academics, service, and awards |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 10 | 1 | Rotary Club 24 |
1958-2007 |
| 10 | 2 | Paul Harris fellow award |
1984 |
| 10 | 3 | Paul Harris fellow metal |
1984 |
| 10 | 4 | Governor's Award and Utah Arts Council budget cuts |
1997 |
| 10 | 5 | Miscellaneous Awards |
1992-2010 |
| 10 | 6 | Idaho Falls High School |
1941-1945 |
| 11 | 1 | Idaho Falls High School diploma |
1945 |
| 11 | 2 | BYU diploma of graduation |
1952 |
| 11 | 3 | BYU programs and clippings |
1945-1946; 1950-1952 |
| 11 | 4 | University of Utah diploma of graduation |
1960 |
B: Utah Symphony Orchestra (USO) |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 12 | 1 | Utah Symphony general production materials |
1957-1968 |
| 12 | 2 | USO general production materials |
1969-1971 |
| 12 | 3 | USO general production materials |
1972-1974 |
| 12 | 4 | USO Abravanel Ill |
1976-1977 |
| 13 | 1 | USO general production materials |
1974-1976 |
| 13 | 1 | USO general production materials |
1979 |
| 14 | 1 | USO - Europe |
1966 |
| 14 | 2 | USO - South America |
1971 |
| 14 | 3 | USO - England |
1975 |
| 14 | 4 | USO - Europe |
1977 |
| 15 | 1 | USO associate conductor |
1968-1969 |
| 15 | 2 | American Symphony Orchestra League conductor |
1969 |
| 16 | 1 | Utah Symphony Guild Symposium |
1962-1963 |
| 16 | 2 | USO summer pop concerts |
1962-1966 |
| 16 | 3 | USO Bernstein's "Mass" |
1975 |
| 16 | 4 | Snowbird summer arts |
1976-1978 |
| 16 | 5 | Orchestra repertoire possibilities |
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| 17 | 1 | USO pictures and correspondence
This folder contains only correspondence, the pictures have been transferred to multimedia archives.
|
1979 |
| 17 | 2 | Utah Symphony financial crisis |
1991-1995 |
C: Ballet materials |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 18 | 1 | Ballet solo appearances |
1960 |
| 18 | 2 | Utah Civic Ballet conductor |
1967-1970 |
| 18 | 3 | Ballet West/Utah Civic Ballet |
1967-1984 |
| 18 | 4 | Ballet West Europe |
1971 |
| 18 | 5 | Ballet West |
1971 |
| 18 | 6 | Utah Symphony/Ballet West |
1976-2000 |
| 18 | 7 | Ballet department chair |
1979-1984 |
| 19 | 1 | Ballet |
1980-1983 |
| 19 | 2 | Carmina Burana |
1986 |
| 19 | 3 | Russian Ballet Poster |
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D: Opera materials |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 20 | 1 | Opera tour 1965 |
1965 |
| 20 | 2 | University of Utah Opera Company |
1965-1967 |
| 20 | 3 | Amahl and the Night Visitors |
1965 |
| 20 | 4 | Opera tour to Europe and programs |
1965 |
| 20 | 5 | University of Utah Opera Company |
1968-1969 |
| 20 | 6 | University of Utah Opera Company |
1970-1977 |
| 21 | 1 | University of Utah opera workshop programs/theatre productions |
1957-1970 |
| 21 | 2 | University of Utah opera workshop |
1975-1976 |
| 21 | 3 | Opera lectures/Utah opera |
1993-2006 |
| 21 | 4 | Opera appreciation class |
1996 |
| 21 | 5 | Opera lectures - Utah Festival |
1999-2006 |
E: University of Utah Materials |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 22 | 1 | University of Utah summer festival |
1957-1966 |
| 22 | 2 | University chorus and concerts |
1960-1962 |
| 22 | 3 | University of Utah theater productions/Kingsbury Hall/Pioneer Memorial Theatre |
1958-1965 |
| 22 | 4 | University of Utah correspondence |
1963-1993 |
| 22 | 5 | University of Utah orchestra |
1970-1972 |
| 22 | 6 | University of Utah symphony/orchestra |
1977-2007 |
| 23 | 1 | University of Utah |
1979-2000 |
| 23 | 2 | Vocal coaching and student correspondence |
1981-1995 |
| 23 | 3 | Electronic music |
1985-1988 |
| 23 | 4 | University of Utah involvement |
1986 |
F: Funeral addresses and materials |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 24 | 1 | Abravanel by Watts |
1954-2004 |
| 24 | 2 | Funeral addresses and music |
1978-2004 |
| 24 | 3 | Maurice Abravanel general materials |
1981-1993 |
| 24 | 4 | J.D. Williams memorial |
2007 |
III: General materialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
A: General lectures |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 25 | 1 | Lessons and talks |
1974 |
| 25 | 2 | Mushroom lectures miscellaneous |
1985-2004 |
| 25 | 3 | Lecture: Beethoven quartets |
1995 |
| 25 | 4 | Lectures about mushrooms |
1995-2001 |
| 25 | 5 | Mushroom lectures MSU |
1997-2000 |
| 25 | 6 | USO pre-concert lectures |
1998-2006 |
B: General lectures, speeches, and articles |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 26 | 1 | General music lectures |
1945-2005 |
| 26 | 2 | Miscellaneous speeches/articles |
1979-1999 |
C: General events, projects, and memberships |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 27 | 1 | CLIFF
This folder contains music and correspondence in relation to claiming of copyright in a musical composition.
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1948-1972 |
| 27 | 2 | Accompanist Unlimited |
1958-1961 |
| 27 | 3 | Sufi Literature |
1979 |
| 27 | 4 | Creative Projects |
1980-1993 |
| 27 | 5 | National Parent Teacher Association Fine Arts Project |
1982-1983 |
| 27 | 6 | Peace/Hiroshima/Anti-Nuclear Aid |
1985-2001 |
| 27 | 7 | Gospel Music Workshop of America |
1991 |
| 27 | 8 | Utah Arts Council |
1987-1995 |
| 28 | 1 | Save the NEA demonstration |
1995 |
| 28 | 2 | Urban Nature Projects
Projects include Hidden Hallow, Artesian Basin, City Creek Canyon Coalition, etc.
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2000-2001 |
| 28 | 3 | Chinese/Japanese involvement |
2001-2010 |
D: General productions |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 29 | 1 | "All in Favor" |
1967 |
| 29 | 2 | "The Bremen Town Musicians" |
1969 |
| 29 | 3 | Promised Valley |
1970 |
| 29 | 4 | General productions materials |
1964-2007 |
E: General materials |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 30 | 1 | General news clippings |
1957-2000 |
| 30 | 2 | General programs |
1957-1975 |
| 30 | 3 | General correspondence |
1959-2009 |
| 30 | 4 | Non University of Utah correspondence |
1969-1986 |
| 30 | 5 | General Materials Miscellaneous |
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F: Calendars |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 31 | 1-5 | Calendars |
1964-1980 |
| 32 | 1-5 | Calendars |
1988-2015 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Conductors (Music)--Utah--Archives
- Latter Day Saint artists--Utah--Archives
- Latter Day Saint men--Utah--Archives
Personal Names
- Watts, Ardean W. (Ardean Walton), 1928-2017--Archives
- Watts, Ardean W. (Ardean Walton), 1928-2017--Travel
Corporate Names
- Ballet West (U.S.)--Records and correspondence
- University of Utah--Faculty
- Utah Symphony Orchestra--Records and correspondence
Form or Genre Terms
- Calendars
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Correspondence
- Diaries
- Eulogies
- Interviews
- Lectures
Finding aid created by Vanessa Barnes.
2016 (last modified: 2019)
