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Clissold family biographies
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 70
Scope and Contents
Typescript of a 1910 autobiography of George Clissold, Mormon convert and English immigrant to Salt Lake City, Utah. Also includes a typewritten biography of Charles Edward Clissold, his oldest son, written by Lenora Pearl Clissold Vincent, Charles Edward's daughter, which tells of his early life, marriages, children, immigration to Utah, work, family life, acting experiences, and death.
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Last performances of Wheeler's comedy troupe
Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 265
Scope and Contents
Printed broadside. The item advertises the coming attractions and performances of the Salt Lake Theatre Company from Saturday 31 Oct. to Monday 2 Nov. of an unspecified year. The years 1857, 1863, 1874, 1885, 1891, 1896, and 1903 fit these criteria.
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
The mystic spell : a pantomime in seven scenes
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1953
Scope and Contents
One handwritten script for the play "The Mystic Spell" by an unknown author believed to have been written in the 1880s. The script is not for a true "pantomime," since some of the parts involved speaking. The item was found in the ruins of the Salt Lake Theatre in Salt lake City when it was torn down.
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
George Reynolds letter to Brigham Young
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 95
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and signed letter, dated 5 Feb. 1873, and addressed to Brigham Young, second president of the Mormon Church. Reynolds writes about his concerns for the state of the Salt Lake Theatre.
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections