Vern Adix photograph collection

Collection

Identifier: P0316

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection contains photographs and slides from the many years Adix spent designing sets and directing plays. Materials from productions at Kingsbury Hall, Pioneer Memorial Theater and Rice Stadium can be found in this collection. Also included is the pictorially presented documentation of his work with the Afternoon Players.

Dates

1935-1982

Creator

Adix, Vern (Person)

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 Note

Vern Adix was born 3 May 1912, in Boone, Iowa. Adix's career in theater began at the University of Iowa and the University of Minnesota, where he was involved with the set design and technical work for several plays while he progressed toward his bachelor of art and master of art degrees respectively. In 1943, he came to the University of Utah as a teaching assistant and technical director for the theater department. His affiliation with the university was interrupted briefly while he spent the summers of 1945 and 1946 working at the Cain Park Theatre in Cleveland, and the summers of 1951 and 1954 at the Banff School of Fine Arts in Canada. Adix became a professor at the University of Utah in 1964 and taught various classes in theatre. In addition to designing technical sets for the productions at Kingsbury Hall and Pioneer Memorial Theatre, Adix spent a great deal of time working with the community. From 1951 to 1965 he worked on various projects ranging from LDS Church dance festivals to productions of "Brigadoon" in unique perfromances that took place in Rice Stadium. From 1966 to 1982, Adix supervised the Afternoon Players, a touring company that specialized in children's theatre. Adix's contributions to children's theatre also include twenty-one plays he adapted and approximately fifty productions he directed for young audiences. In 1983, Adix retired from the university and was named professor emeritus. He died in 1996.

Extent

9746 Items

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Vern Adix photograph collection contains photographs and slides of plays either designed or directed by Vern Adix. Materials can be found on productions held at Kingsbury Hall, Pioneer Memorial Theater, and Rice Stadium, as well as productions of the Afternoon Players.

Arrangement

Boxes 1-19 are arranged alphabetically according to the play and the theater in which the play was performed. Boxes 20-28 include productions arranged chronologically according to where the performance occurred. Materials of a miscellaneous nature can be found in Box 29.

It should be noted that this collection in intended to be used in correlation with the Vern Adix Manuscript Collection (Ms 492). For this reason, each photo folder, except in the miscellaneous box, has a corresponding manuscript folder. Because photographs were not available for all plays, and in order to maintain correct numbering, some photo folders have been left empty.