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Theater -- Utah -- History -- Sources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Glen Betenson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1986
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, reports of judician hearings, receipts, newspaper clippings, and memorabilia. The materials relate to legal matters in Salt Lake County, Utah, court cases, personal taxes, and to the "Gay Nineties Players" theater group.

Dates: 1949-1981
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Last performances of Wheeler's comedy troupe

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230342450]
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.

Dates: 1885
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

George Reynolds letter to Brigham Young

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233283784]
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.

Dates: 1873 February 5
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Salt Lake Theatre Corporation receipt

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230334382]
Identifier: MSS 1064
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of a handwritten and printed receipt dated September 21, 1874. The item states that the actor Phillip Margetts was paid $16. Also included is a photocopy of a financial statement of the corporation from 1868.

Dates: 1868-1874
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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