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The Beehive House Restoration Committee records (1897-1964) consist of records of the committee and tour materials prepared by the committee containing historical information on this Brigham Young residence in Salt Lake City. Included are a list of period items placed in the home, a chronology of the restoration effort, a tour script, and a script for a slide presentation on the building. Also included is a news clipping from 1897 describing the home.

Abstract The Fawn McKay Brodie papers (1932-1983) document the life (1915-1981) and writings of this well-known but controversial Utah-born author and university professor. Included are personal materials, including a biography, interviews, awards, an obituary, and memorial; a file regarding her husband, Bernard Brodie, and her mother, Fawn Brimhall McKay; and family correspondence. The bulk of the collection deals with Brodie's five books: No Man Knows My History: The Life...

Abstract The Ramona Wilcox Cannon papers (1863-1994) contain materials associated with the life of this Utah author and columnist (1887-1978). Included are family and professional correspondence, family history, "Mary Marker" articles, newspaper clippings, interview transcripts, copies and drafts of Mona's other writings, and other personal items such as scrapbooks, diaries, and notebooks. Cannon received bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Utah and studied at the Royal University...

Abstract The bulk of the Keene Curtis papers (1929-1996) consists of theater, film, and television scripts. The collection also includes programs, playbills, and theater posters as well as correspondence, notebooks, essays, reports, a diary, and artwork. Curtis was a stage, film, and television actor. He was a graduate of the University of Utah, founding member of the Association of Producing Artists (1960), winner of a Tony Award for best supporting actor in a musical (1971), and played a recurring...

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The H. Wayne Driggs script (1937) was written by Driggs, for a pageant about the Book of Mormon. The script is an incomplete copy of the original performed at the Hill Cumorah in New York.

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The Charles Eggert papers (1904-2000) consists of correspondence, diaries, production notes, film scripts, financial records, research materials, pamphlets, publicity materials, press releases, magazine articles, and news clippings. Eggert is a photographer and independent filmmaker. He produced films documenting trips on the Green and Colorado Rivers before the construction of the Flaming Gorge and Glen Canyon Dams.

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The Keith Maurice Engar papers (1903-1997) consist of materials relating to Keith Engar (1923-1994) and his professional contributions to Utah radio, television, and theater.

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The Sandy Gilmour papers (1969-1973) consist of scripts and program synopses produced by Gilmour for KCPX Television News. Included are meeting materials of the News Advisory Board along with information regarding the Chicano Report, a monthly series on the problems, promise and culture of the Spanish-speaking peoples of the American West.

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The Judith D. Hallet papers (1926-2017) contain correspondence, scripts, interviews, awards, and articles. Judith D. Hallet is a Utah documentarian whose work includes ,American Buffalo: Battling Back, Battle for the Great Plains, and The Life and Legend of Jane Goodall.

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The Virgil Pershing Howe papers (1930-1960s) are comprised of theater materials concerning Howe (1918-1961), an amateur actor, and theatrical activities around Salt Lake City. Virgil Pershing Howe was raised in Heber, Utah, and spent most of his life doing theater work at the Salt Lake Theater and the University of Utah. He also served with the U.S. Marines during World War II.

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The Sam Kiefer papers (circa 1930s-1940s) consist of broadcast source material, correspondence, and fan mail primarily addressed to Peter Spraynozzle (Sam Kiefer), at KSL Radio Station, Salt Lake City, Utah. Included are radio scripts and clippings of columns written for the Utah Labor News under the name Peter Spraynozzle.

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The Ralph Elliott Margetts papers (1926-1980s) consist mainly of theater programs for plays which were acted in or directed by Margetts. Ralph Margetts (b. 1909) was a professor of drama at the University of Utah and an actor and director in Salt Lake City.

Abstract The Dean L. May papers (1848-2003) consist of materials relating to May's teaching and writing careers. Included are writings, correspondence, diaries, pamphlets, reports, minutes, legal papers, news articles, notes, syllabi, maps, and coding papers related to demography studies, among other papers. Dean L. May was a professor of history at the University of Utah. His studies and teaching and writing interests centered around the social history of the United States, the American West in...

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The Blanche Kendall McKey papers (1892-1971) illustrate the personal and professional life of this actress, playwright, and drama teacher.

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The Nancy Melich papers (1920-2009) consist of correspondence, theatre reviews, interviews, article drafts, playbills, and theatre perephernalia from her career as a theatre critic for the Salt Lake Tribune. Melich's career spanned nearly 30 years, and she was influential in Utah's local theatre scene.

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The musical heritage of southeastern Idaho collection (1976-1979) consists of transcripts of videotape narration about local performers and other figures involved in music in southeastern Idaho.

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The Harry Nelson papers (1886-2015) are mainly a collection of materials documenting the life of Maud May Babcock (1867-1954), a theater teacher and director at the University of Utah from 1892 to 1938. Journals, travelogs, daily planners, teaching materials, manuscripts, programs, announcements, letters, and news clippings are included. Harry Nelson (1901-1988) was a theater student and friend of Maud May Babcock.

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The Hugh Nibley papers (1970) consist of two versions of a burlesque on BYU written for the Brigham Young University Women's Program. The first version was censored. Also included is a speech given at the University of Utah.

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The Plan-B Theatre Company records (2001-2008) consist of five play scripts written by various playwrights, all which premiered at Plan-B Theatre Company. The Company was incorporated in 1995 in Salt Lake City, Utah and produces unique and socially conscious theatre.

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The W. L. "Bud" Rusho papers (1605-2011) consist of journals, correspondence, articles, book reviews, interviews, manuscripts, poems, newspaper clippings, motion picture scripts, lectures, maps, papers, reports, memos, diaries, documents, minutes, videotape materials, and assorted publications.