UUM_Accn2470.xml Inventory of the Nancy Melich papers Melich (Nancy) papers Finding aid prepared by Grant Herron. J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

2010 (last modified: 2018)
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-07-18. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Nancy Melich papers Melich, Nancy ACCN 2470 19.75 linear feet 39 boxes 1920-2009 The Nancy Melich papers (1920-2009) consist of correspondence, theatre reviews, interviews, article drafts, playbills, and theatre perephernalia from her career as a theatre critic for the Salt Lake Tribune. Melich's career spanned nearly 30 years, and she was influential in Utah's local theatre scene. English .

Nany Melich grew up on Moab, Utah, and at the age of six, appeared in John Ford's Rio Grande with John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara, which was filmed in her home town. She attended the University of Utah, where she recieved her Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism. Nany Melich worked as a reporter and theater critic for the Salt Lake Tribune for nearly thirty years, during which time she also worked as the editor of the Sunday Arts and Entertainment Section. She not only provided helpful criticism to local theater companies and troupes, but she was also a founding member of the Sundace Playwrights Laboratory and the Utah Arts Festival. Melich served as a guest critic for many theatre festivals, as well as the vice-chair on the executive committee of the American Theatre Critics Association.

The Nancy Melich papers (1920-2009) consist of correspondence, theatre reviews, interviews, article drafts, playbills, and ephemera from her nearly thirty-year career as a theatre critic for the Salt Lake Tribune.

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Donated by Nancy Melich in 2009.

Processed by Grant Herron in 2010.

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Photographs (P1587) and audio cassette tapes (A0917) were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.

Forms part of the Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women's Legacy Archives.

 Melich, Nancy--Archives Salt Lake Tribune (Firm)--Employees--Archives Sundance Institute--Archives Salt Lake Acting Company--Archives University of Utah. Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre--Archives Arts--Utah--Societies, etc.--Archives Women theater critics--Utah--Salt Lake City Women in the theater--Utah--Salt Lake City Theater--Utah--Reviews Performing Arts Reviews (documents) Interviews Playbills (Posters) Personal correspondence Business correspondence Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Memorabilia Theater programs Promotional materials Conference materials Scripts (documents) Personal and Professional Materials Resume 1 1 Planners 1980-1997 1 2-8 Correspondence and Fan Mail 1972-1999 2 1-2 Cards and Postcards 1977-2000 2 3 Christmas Cards 1996-2003 2 4 Reporter Notebooks 1983-1998 3 Utah Theatre Files Actors Repertory Theatre 1995 4 1 Actors Theatre of Louisville Festival 1994 4 2 American Arts Alliance 4 3 Arena Stage 1994 4 4 Babcock Theatre 1972-1998 4 5 Broadway Theatre 1989-1993 4 6 BYU Theatre 1985-1998 4 7 Cathedral Players 1980-1987 4 8 City Rep Theatre 1986-1993 4 9 Cooper's Backroom 1991-1994 4 10 Dance Theatre Coalition 1982-1995 4 11 Desert Star Playhouse 1990-1996 4 12 Egyptian Theatre Company 1998-1999 4 13 Esperance Theatre 1997 4 14 Falling Skys Theatre Cmpany 1993-1994 4 15 Grand Hall Gallery Theatre 1991 5 1 Greek Theatre 1994-1997 5 2 Guthrie Theatre 1985-1992 5 3 Hale Centre Theater 1987-1997 5 4 Hale Centre Theater at Harman Hall 1997-1998 5 5 Helper Intermountain Theatre 1996-1998 5 6 Human Ensemble Theatre 1978 5 7 Incidental Theatre Companies 1973-1998 5 8 John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts 1997 5 9 Kokopelli National Theatre 1972-1990 5 10 Lagoon 1973-1987 5 11 Lallapalooza 1980-1982 5 12 Mime Theatre 5 13 National Theatre of the Deaf 1977 5 14 National Theatre of Great Britain 1986-1987 5 15 No-Name Players 1984-1985 6 1 Off Broadway Theatre 1994-1998 6 2 Old Lyric Repertory Company 1991-1998 6 3 Pages Lane Theatre 1990-1998 6 4 Park City Performances 1986-1997 6 5 Plan-B Theatre Company 1995-1998 6 6 Promised Valley Playhouse 1973-1997 6 7 Rocky Mountain Regional Theatre 1920-1973 6 8 Salt Lake Community College 1989-1999 6 9 Salt Lake Community Theatre 1990-1992 6 10 Salt Lake Shakespeare 1995-1996 6 11 Theatre 138 1971-1998 6 12 Theatre League of Utah 1982-1999 7 1-2 Theatre Works West 1981-1998 7 3 Tiffany's Attic 1976-1994 7 4 Triad Theatre 1984-1987 8 1 Tuacahn 1995-1997 8 2 USU Playfest 1995-1996 8 3 Utah Musical Theatre 1983-1998 8 4 Walk-Ons 1981/1988 8 5 Western Folklore Center 1991 8 6 Westminster College The Best of Diversity Lecture Series 1979 8 7 Westminster Players 1998 8 8 Plays Amazing Grace 1984 9 1 The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas 1983 9 2 Cats 1987-1997 9 3 Evita 1996-1997 9 4 Forever Plaid 1990 9 5 Idioglossia 1985 9 6 Into the Woods 1988-1990 9 7 Joseph and the Amazing Techinicolor Dreamcoat 1996-1998 9 8 The King and I 1984 9 9 Jesus Christ Superstar 1971-1993 9 10 Les Miserables 1986-1998 10 1 Life...More Sweet Than Bitter 1976-1977 10 2 Lucky 13 1995 10 3 Miss Saigon 1990-1991 10 4 Nicholas Nickelby 1981 10 5 Regal Theatre's Phantom 1989-1991 10 6 Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera 1987-1996 10 7 Pirated Penzance 1993-1994 11 1 Porgy and Bess 1991 11 2 Quilters 1983-1985 11 3 Rent 1996-1998 11 4 Rent Script 1995 11 5 Semmelweiss 1983 11 6 A Sister, a Cousin, an Aunt, and their Son 1997 11 7 The Story of Pride 1991 11 8 Tantalus, An Epic Story of the Trojan War 2000 11 9 The Young Man from Atlanta 1997 11 10 Play Booklets 1985-1997 11 11 Salt Lake Acting Company Correspondence 1993 12 1 Notes 1989-1994 12 2 Business Documents 1982-1994 12 3 Press Releases 1985-1998 12 4 By-laws of the Salt Lake City Acting Company 1994 12 5 Article Drafts 1991 12 6 M. Butterfly 1986-1988 13 1 Saturday's Voyeur 1981-1996 13 2 Playbills 1980-1999 13 3-6 Promotional Materials 1985-1992 13 7 News Clippings 1976-1998 13 8 Pioneer Memorial Theatre Press Materials 1962-1998 14 1 Playbills 1962-1987 14 2-4

These folders consist of playbills along with reviews.

 Playbills 1988-2009 15 1-4

These folders consist of playbills along with reviews.

 Sundance Faxes 1996 16 1 Center for Performing Arts at Sundance 1983 16 2 Dedication of Rehearsal Hall Pavilion 1985 16 3 Sundance Children's Theatre 1988-1998 16 4 Sundance Institute for Film and Television 1985 16 5 Sundance Summer Theatre 1982-1999 16 6 Theatre Program at the Sundance Film Festival 1997-2000 16 7 Utah Playwrights' Laboratory

Also known as the Utah Playwrights' Conference and the Utah Playwriting Conference.

 Playwrights' Laboratory 1978-1995 17 1-6 Sundance Lab Sundance Theatre Laboratory 1989-1999 18 1-7 Theatre Festivals American College Theatre Festival 1994-1999 19 1 Festivention 1980-1997 19 2 High School Theatre 1982-1994 19 3 Quotes about Theatre 19 4 Theatre Articles from Regional Writers 1986-1997 19 5 Theatre Workshop Materials 19 6 Women and Theatre Program Directory 1990 19 7 National Theatre Organizations The Arts Center 1997-1998 20 1 Boneau Bryan-Brown 1994-1995 20 2 Broadway 1994-1995 20 3 Business Cards 20 4 Denver Center Theatre 1983-2004 20 5 Lincoln Center Theater 1995 20 6 Lyceum Theatre 20 7 Manhattan Theatre Club 1991-1995 20 8 The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber Playbill 1995 20 9 Philadelphia Theatre Company 1995-1999 20 10 Pilgrim Theatre Company 20 11 Salt Lake County Fine Arts Facilities 1993-2002 20 12 Arts Organizations Arts Organizations' Tax Forms 1986-1991 21 1 "Black Elk Speaks 1994 21 2 BYU 11th Annual Mormong Festival of Arts 1979 21 3 Day Without Art - World AIDS Day 1985-1995 21 4 Deseret News Unintentional Erotic Arts Cover 1987 21 5 Eagle Performing Arts Contest 1994 21 6 The Humana Festival Interviews 1994 21 7 Nationals Endowment for the Arts 1976-1993 21 8 Performing Arts Coalition - Brooks Arcade Proposal 1992-1993 21 9 Utah Arts Festival 1982 21 10 Utah Citizens for the Arts 1981-1986 21 11 Utah Symphony 1993 21 12 Utah Symphony Financial Problems/Kingsbury Hall Controversy 1990-1998 21 13 Utah - State of the Arts 1992-1993 21 14 Utah Summer Arts Guide 1994 21 15 Voices W.E.S.T. 1991-1993 21 16 Newspaper Materials Instructions on New Computer System 1994-1996 22 1 Interviews 1994-1998 22 2 Play Reviews 1980-2000 22 3 Reference Materials 1933-2001 22 4 Reviews Entered in Competitions 1992-1999 22 5 Salt Lake Tribune Contact List 22 6 Salt Lake Tribune Staff Memos 1985-1992 22 7 Utah Jazz Article Draft 22 8 Various Newspapers 1996-1999 22 9 The Wall Street Journal 22 10 Wire Stories and Magazine Articles 1979-2006 22 11 People Edward Albee 1989-1990 23 1 James Arrington 1990-1999 23 2 Alan Ayckbourn 1992 23 3 Gary Armagnac 1998 23 4 Samuel Beckett 1992 23 5 Charlene Bletson 1980-1990 23 6 Brian Boitano 1990-1993 23 7 Jerry Crawford 1993-1997 23 8 Mark Damen 1998-1999 23 9 Mikhail Dvorstov 1988 23 10

Audio cassette of interview available in Multimedia: A0917

 Keith Engar 1968-1987 23 11 Logan Field 1986 23 12 David Fleisher 1997 23 13 Athol Fugard 1982-1996 23 14 Joe Garbarino 1987 23 15 Michael Goldstein 23 16 A.R. Gurney, Jr. 1991-1993 23 17 Wendy Hammon 1993-1994 23 18 Vaclav Havel 1990 23 19 Bernard Jacobs 1984 23 20 David Kranes 1981-1996 23 21 Paul Larsen 1996 23 22 Mike Leavitt 1993 23 23

Audio cassette of interview available in Multimedia: A0917

 Karl and Kay Malone 1993 23 24

Audio cassette of interview available in Multimedia: A0917

 Russ Lees 1995-1996 24 1 David Mamet 1992-1993 24 2 Susie McCarty 1995 24 3 Patricia McConnel 1992 24 4 Bobby McFerrin 1978-1988 24 5 Stephen Metcalfe 1990 24 6 Patrick Page 1988-1993 24 7 Joseph Papp 1993 24 8 Joe Pitti 1985-1991 24 9 Lynn Redgrave 1993-1995 24 10 Adam Ross 1988-1996 24 11 Neil Simon 1998-1999 24 12 Gary Smith 1975-1976 24 13 Doug Stewart 1976-1997 24 14 Obert C. Tanner 1989-1993 24 15 Wendy Wasserstein 1989 24 16 Oscar Wilde 24 17 Terry Tempest Williams 1991 24 18 August Wilson 1995 24 19 News Stories Arizona English Bulletin 1994 25 1 China Diary 25 2 Deseret Gym Closing 1997 25 3 Hotel Utah Closing 1985-1987 25 4 Epidermolysis Bullosa 1996 25 5 Looking Back With Pleasure Exhibit 1983-1989 25 6 Journalism and Women Symposium 1999 25 7 National Writers' Workshop 1995 25 8 The New York Times Magazine 1984 25 9 Utah Holiday 1991-1992 25 10 The Utah Newspaper Hall of Fame 25 11 Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Program 2002 25 12 Programs Playbill 1980-1997 26 Playbill 1998-2007 27 Playbill 28 1 Playbill Mousepad 28 2 Playbills 1978-2007 28 3-5 General Materials Newspaper Clippings 1972-1985 29 Newspaper Clippings 1986-1996 30 Newspaper Clippings 1997-2008 31 Memorabilia 32

Name tags from various conventions, pins from plays and theatres, and a shirt from the Deseret Gymnasiun.

 Oversize 1992-1996 33

A poster from the Sundance Chidren's Theatre, and Utah State of the Arts

 Newspaper Clippings 1970-1978 34 Newspaper Clippings 1979 35

Also contains a letter and typed statement from Thomas Bird, founder and artistic director of the Veterans Ensemble Theatre Company.

 Newspaper Clippings 1980-1989 36 Newspaper Clippings 1990-1994 37 Newspaper Clippings 1995-1998 38 "A Meeting of the Minds: A comprehensive plan for arts education in Utah" 1975 1978-1979 39 1

Includes a letter from Virginia Tanner.

Photo from Virginia Tanner letter transferred to MMA.

 Handwritten notes 1978 39 2

Two spiral notebooks; one undated

 Ticket stubs and Playbill programs 1979 39 3

Playbills for "Ballroom" and "Nureyev and the Joffrey Ballet"

 Gifted books with handwritten notes to Nancy 1959 1978 1985 39 4

"Come To Me" by Kathryn Kay; "The Western World" by Clinton F. Larson; "A. Preissler: an American humanist artist of today" by Paul von Blum