The Ballet West records (1942-2007) contain correspondence, pamphlets and brochures, playbills, items for display, business materials, financial records, set designs, and scrapbooks. The majority of the collection concentrates on Glenn Walker Wallace (1898-1988), a prominent musician and dancer who co-founded Ballet West with Willem Christensen in 1962. Ballet West was founded in 1962 by Glenn Walker Wallace and Willem Christensen.

The Glenn Walker Wallace papers (1860s-1991) consist of personal, financial, and business materials relating to the lives of Glenn Walker Wallace (1898-1988) and her family. Wallace was a Utah musician and dancer who was co-founder of the Utah Symphony and Ballet West. She was the daughter of Matthew H. Walker, co-founder and president of the Walker Bank and Trust Company and the wife of John McChrystal Wallace, president of the bank from 1944 to 1957