Babcock Performing Readers records
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1927
Scope and Contents
The Babcock Performing Readers records (1930-2001) are comprised of scrapbooks detailing the annual activities and business aspects of this organization, founded in 1981. Included in the scrapbooks are programs, announcements, flyers, correspondence, minutes, agendas, news clippings, and financial materials.
Dates
- 1930-2001
Creator
- Babcock Performing Readers (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
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.
Conditions Governing 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.
Biographical / Historical
The Babcock Performing Readers was originally named the Maud May Babcock Reading Arts Society after Maud May Babcock (1867-1954), a very prominent figure in Utah theater and speech. Their goal is to preserve the art of oral interpre-tation by bringing literature to life through live performance.
Extent
1 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Babcock Performing Readers records (1930-2001) are comprised of scrapbooks detailing the annual activities and business aspects of this organization, founded in 1981. Included in the scrapbooks are programs, announcements, flyers, correspondence, minutes, agendas, news clippings, and financial materials. The Babcock Performing Readers was originally named the Maud May Babcock Reading Arts Society after Maud May Babcock (1867-1954), a very prominent figure in Utah theater and speech. Their goal is to preserve the art of oral interpretation by bringing literature to life through live performance.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Joyce Skidmore in 2001.
Separated Materials
Photographs have been transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P1030).
Processing Information
Processed by Lisa DeMille in 2002.
Creator
- Babcock Performing Readers (Organization)
- Title
- Inventory of the Babcock Performing Readers records
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Lisa DeMille.
- Date
- 2002 (last modified: 2019)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository
Contact:
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu