Salt Lake Theatre photograph collection

Collection

Identifier: P0461

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Salt Lake Theater photograph collection consists of photos of productions, reheardals, and actors affiliated with the Salt Lake Theater

Dates

1880-1920

Creator

Salt Lake Theatre (Organization)

Language of Materials

Collection materials are in English.

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.

Historical Note

Construction on the Salt Lake Theatre began in 1861, promted by Brigham Young and finished in March of 1862 being the largest building at the time, located on the corner of 100 South and State Street

The theatre quickly gained prominence in Utah with more and more theatre companies being established. But after World War I the motion picture business was extremely popular, the Salt Lake Theatre was in debt. Hebert J. Grant sold the theatre to a company and the theatre was demolished in 1928.

Many assocaited with the theater continued work in universities, like Dr. C. Lowell Lees, Maud May Babcock, Lila Eccles Brimhall, and Keith M. Engar they were able to promote a theatre on the University of Utah campus which is now the Pioneer Memorial Theatre.