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box 1: George D. Pyper; The Salt Lake Theater
folder 1: Portraits
#1-3: Portraits of George D. Pyper
folder 2: Family of Pyper
#4: Emma Retta Smith Whitney Pyper - wife of George Pyper #5: Family photograph, 1908 #6: Family photograph, 1939
folder 3: Pyper Childhood
#7-8: Pyper age 5 and brother Robert #9: Tintype album of Pyper and schoolmates, 1879, (in safe)
folder 4: Pyper - Mission to Tennessee
#10-16: Photographs of Pyper and other missionaries while on missions to Tennessee, 1896-1897
folder 5: Pyper - Theater
#17-23: Photographs of Pyper in costume for various theater roles
folder 6: Pyper - Sunday School Union Boards
#24: Pyper, Charles Felt, George Felt, John D. Spencer #25: Pyper, Milton Benion, George R. Hill. #26: Pyper, Hamer Reiser, John F. Bennett, Milton Benion, George R. Hill. #27: Pyper, John F. Bennett. #28: John F. Bennett #29: Group portrait, Sunday School Union #30: Members, Deseret Sunday School Union Board, 1934 #31-34: One Hundred and Twenty fifth anniversary of Richard Ballyntine's first Sunday School. Graveside exercises, 1942.
folder 7: Pyper - Trip to Hawaii
#35-49: Snapshots of Pyper's trip to Hawaii in 1930.
folder 8-9: Pyper - Trip to Europe
#50-86: Photographs of Pyper's trip to Europe in 1937; some pictures include Heber J. Grant.
folder 10: Pyper - Trip to Nauvoo and East
#87-136: Photo album of Pyper's trip to Nauvoo and the East with David O. McKay in 1938.
folder 11: Pyper - With Other People
#137: Pyper and Emma Lucy Gates Bowen. #138: Pyper and cast of play #139: Pyper and David O. McKay #140-141: Pyper and Heber J. Grant #142-149: Pyper and other people
folder 12-13: Salt Lake Theater - Exterior
#150-168b: Photographs of the exterior of the building from 1862-1927.
folder 14: Salt Lake Theater - Interior
#169: Pyper and unidentified man in an office of the theater #170-171: Pyper, Emma Lucy Gates and Cecil Gates in the lobby of the Salt Lake Theater #172-180: Photographs of the stage and seats of the interior of the theater
folder 15: Salt Lake Theater - Curtains
#181-186: Photographs of the various stage curtains
folder 16: Salt Lake Theater - Props
#187-199: Various props and pieces of scenery used for plays
folder 17: Salt Lake Theater - Administration and Crew
#200: Hirum B. Clawson - Manager #201-202: George Derr - gas man #203-204: William Derr - carpenter #205-206: James (or John?) Gibson - doorkeeper #207-208: William Hunt - stage carpenter #209: John Squires - barber #210-212: Stage Crews
folder 18: Early Utah Dramatic Groups and Individuals
#213: Salt Lake Dramatic Company, 1889 #214: Home Dramatic Club #215: Early theater individuals #216: Newel K. Whitney #217: Orson F. Whitney
folder 19: Salt Lake Theater Orchestra
#218: Charles Thomas - first orchestra conductor #219-220: Orchestras
box 2: Salt Lake Theater - Musicians and Opera
folder 1: Musicians - General
#221-222: Flanzaley Quartet - strings #223-224: Ignaz Friedman - pianist #225-227: Josef Hofmann - pianist and his wife and child #228: Fripz Keisler - violinist #229-230: Josef L'Hevinnef - pianist #231-232 Guy Meier and Lee Pattison - pianists #233: Roght Quartet of Budapest - strings #234: Trio de Lutere #235: Eugene Ysaye - violinist
folder 2: Barrere Little Orchestra
#236: Orchestra #237-238: George Barrere
folder 3: V. De Pachmann
#239-244: V. De Pachmann - pianist
folder 4: Ossip Garrilowitsch
#245-249: Ossip Garrilowitsch - pianist
folder 5: Percy Grainger
#250-252: Percy Grainger - pianist
folder 6: Jascha Heifetz
#253-257: Jascha Heifetz - violinist
folder 7: Hans Kindler
#258-262: Hans Kindler - cellist
folder 8: Paul Kochanski
#263-268: Paul Kochanski - violinist
folder 9: Ignace Paderenski
#269-283: Ignace Paderenski - pianist
folder 10: Rachmaninoff
#284-285: Rachmaninoff - pianist
folder 11: Arthur Shepard and Albert Shepard
#286-289: Arthur Shepard and Albert Shepard
folder 12: John Phillip Sousa
#290-300: John Phillip Sousa - band
folder 13: Manhatten Opera Company
#301-303: Pavley - Oukrainky Ballet #304-306: Orville Harrold - Tenor #307-310: Tamaki Miura #311: Andreas Pavley #312-313: Maire Williams - Soprano
folder 14: Metropolitan Opera Company
#314-315: Jeanne Gordon - Contralto #316: May Peterson - Soprano #317-321: Rosa Ponselle - Soprano #322-325: Mme. Heink Schumann #326-337: Lawrence Tibbett - Baritone
folder 15-16: San Carlos Opera Company
#338: Lorenzo Conati - Baritone #339-341: Stella De Mette - Mezzo Soprano #342-344: Fortune Gallo #345-347: Clara Jacobo - Soprano #348: Josephine Lucchese - Coloratura Soprano #349: Tamaki Miura #350-351: Dimitri Onofrei - Tenor #352-354: Tina Paggi - Soprano #355: Anne Roselle #356: Manuel Salaza - Tenor #357-362: Bianca Saroya - Soprano #363: Gaetano Tommassini - Tenor
folder 17: Scotti Grand Opera Company
#364: Florence Easton #365: Carlo Peroni - conductor #366-372: Antonio Scotti
folder 18: Wagner Opera Company
#373-375: Frances Alda #376-381: Charles Hackett - Tenor #382-383: John McCormack
folder 19: Opera Performances - "The Merry Widow"
#384-388: Mabel Wilber, George Dameral, Phillis Parlington, Arthur Albra, Donald O'Brien
folder 20: Opera A - G
#389: Pasquale Amato - Baritone #390: Evangeline Thomas Beesley - Contralto #391-394: Fedor Chaliapin #395: Thomas Chalmers - Baritone #396: Elvira De Hidargo #397: Mischa Ehuan #398-399: Johanna Gadski - Soprano
folder 21-22: Amelita Galli-Curci
#400- 417: Amelita Galli-Curci
folder 23: Mary Garden
#418-423: Mary Garden
folder 24: Alma Gluck
#424-428: Alma Gluck
folder 25: Opera H - N
#429-430: Roland Hayes - Tenor #431: Judson House - Tenor #432: Virgilio Lazzari - Basse #433: Jenny Lind #434-435: Richard Maler #436-437: Jose Mardones - Basse #438: Riccoardo Martin - Tenor #439-440: Pietro Mascagni #441-445: Lillian Nordica
folder 26: Tito Schipa
#446-451: Tito Schipa
folder 27: Opera T
#452-454: Marrion Talley #455: Franco Taruro
box 3: Salt Lake Theater - Performers (A - C)
folder 1: Performers A
#456: Abbott, Emma #457: Adams, Edwin #458-459: Alexander, Sara #460: Allen, May and Florence Whitney Dinwoody #461: Allen, Viola #462: Andelin, Arvilla Clark #463: Anderson, Mary #464: Arbuckle, Maclyn #465: Arliss, George
folder 2-6: Adams, Maud
#466-522: Adams, Maud
folder 7: Performers B
#523: Barrett, Lawrence #524: Belasco, David #525: Bellew, Kyrle #526: Berkball, Agatha #527-a: Bernhardt, Sarah #528: Bird, Mary #529: Blaine, Eugene #530: Blin, Holbrook #531: Bocni, Frank #532: Boice, Helen #533: Boland Mary #534-536: Booth, Edwin #537: Brooke, Ethel #538: Burroughs
folder 8: Babcock, Maud May
#539-541: Babcock, Maud May
folder 9-10: Barrymore Family
#542-554: Barrymore, Ethel #555: Barrymore, Ethel and children #556: Barrymore Family - Georgia Dew Barrymore with children Ethel, Lionel and John #557: Barrymore, Maurice
folder 11: Bates, Blanche
#558-564: Bates, Blanche
folder 12: Burke, Billie
#559-571: Burke, Billie
folder 13-14: Performers C
#572-573: Caine, John T. #574: Mme. Calve #575: Campbell, Alex #576-577: Campbell, Mrs. Patrick #578: Carter, Leslie #579-580: Cavalla, Leon #581: Cayran, Georgia #582: Chaplin, George D. #583: Chevalier, A. #584: Claire, Ira #585: Clarke, Creston #586: Cohan, George M. #587-588: Collier, William #589: Cooke, E. #590: Coop, Squire #591: Corinne #592-593: Couldock, C. W. #594: Crews, Laura Hope
folder 15: Chatterton, Ruth
#595-600: Chatterton, Ruth
folder 16: Clawson Family
#601-602: Clawson, Hirum B. #603-604: Clawson, Margaret Judd #605: Clawson, F. L. #606: Clawson, Alice Young #607: Clawson, Edith
folder 17: Clement, Clay
#608-612: Clement, Clay
box 4: Salt Lake Theater - Performers (D-J)
folder 1: Performers D
#613: Dalton, Charles #614-617: Dawn Hazel #618-a: Dean, Tunis F. #619: Demin, Kate #620-621: Dougall, Hugh #622: Duncan, Mary #623: Duncan Sisters
folder 2: Drew, John
#624-628: Drew, John
folder 3: Performers E
#629-631: Eagles, Jeanne #632-633: Easton, Robert C. #634-635: Eddy, Nelson #636-637: Edward, Lizzie Thomas #638-641: Elliott, Maxine #642: Ellsler, Effie #643-645: Emery, Harry
folder 4: Eltinge, Julian
#646-650: Eltinge, Julian
folder 5-6: Performers F
#651-652: Fairbanks, Douglas #653-655: Farnum, Dustin #656-657: Faversham, William #658: Ferguson, J. F. #659: Field, Al G. #660: Figman, Oscar #661-662: Fisher, Sally #663: Fiske, Minnie Maddern #664-665: Falck, Nannette #666: Fox, Della #667: Foy, Eddie
folder 7: Performers G
#668: Gallalin, Alberta #669-670: Gates, Cecil #671: Gish, Lillian #672-674: Goddard, Heber #675-676: Goodwin, Nat #677-679: Graham, Fred
folder 8-9: Gates, Emma Lucy
#680-705: Gates, Emma Lucy
folder 10: Gates, Emma Lucy - Company
#706-707: Gould, Harold #708-709: Hale, Richard #710-711: Romero, Alfonso
folder 11: Gillette, Vida Pratt
#712-722: Gillette, Vida Pratt
folder 12: Guilbert, Yvette
#723-729: Guilbert, Yvette
folder 13-14: Performers H
#730-731: Hajos, Mitzi #732: Hall, Pauline #733: Hamper, Genevieve #734: Hanford, Charles B. #735: Harrison, Maude #736: Hatton #737: Hays, Helen #738-740: Hayes, Julia Dean #741: Hayworth, Joseph #742-743: Held, Anna #744: Hilaria (?) #745: Hitchcock, Raymond #746-748: Hodge, William #749: Hopper, De Woolf
folder 15: Performers I
#750-751: Illington, Margaret #752: Irving #753: Irving, H. B. #754: Iwrin, Seldon
folder 16: Performers J
#755: James, Siggie Goode #756: Jefferson. J. #757: Jolson, Al #758: Juch, Emma
box 5: Salt Lake Theater - Performers K - S
folder 1: Performers K
#759-760: Kalitch, Bertha #761-a: Keene Thomas #762: Kellard, John #763-764: Kidder, Kathryn #765: Removed #766: Klemm, Marjorie, Lee #767: Knowlton, Edith Clawson
folder 2: Klecey, Herbert
#768-773: Klecey, Herbert
folder 3: Performers L
#774: Lack, George #775: Langtry, Lillian #776: Leigh, Lisle #777: Le Moyne #778: Leynow, William #779-782: Levy, Lottie #783: Lingard, Willima Morris #784: Lynch, Agnes Hardy #785-787: Lyon, Wanda
folder 4: Lauder, Harry
#788-792: Lauder, Harry
folder 5: Lloyd, Alice
#793-797: Lloyd, Alice
folder 6: Performers M
#798: MCDowell of Melbourne #799: McIntyre, Mollie #800-802: Mack, Willard #803-804: McKenzie, David #805-806: Mansfield, Richard #807: Mapleson, J. H. #808: Margetts, Phil #809: Mather, Margaret #810-811: Maude, Cyril #812: Meredith, Jane #813: Millen, Olga #814-815: Modgeska, Madame #816: Morley, Victor
folder 7: Mannering, Mary
#817-821: Mannering, Mary
folder 8: Mantell, Robert
#822-832: Mantell, Robert
folder 9: Miller, Henry
#833-839: Miller, Henry
folder 10: Morrison, Louis
#840-842: Morrison, Louis
folder 11: Performers N
#843: Niblo, Fred #844: Nickle, Burr #845-846: Nielsen, Alice
folder 12: Nazimovva
#847-851: Nazimovva
folder 13: Nethersole, Olga
#852-858: Nethersole, Olga
folder 14: Performers O
#859: Olcott, Chauncy #860-863: O'Niell, Nance #864-865: O'Niell, Peggy #866-867: George M. Ottinger
folder 15: Performers P
#868: Pixley, Annie
folder 16: Anna Pavlova
#869-875: Anna Pavlova
folder 17: Peery, Hazel Taylor
#876-884: Peery, Hazel Taylor
folder 18-20: Performers R
#885: Rambeau, Frank #886-887: Rambeau, Marjorie #888: Raynir, William Bedell #889: Rignold, George #890-892: Roberts, Forlence #893: Rockwell, Florence #894-895: Romney, O. D. #896: Rosa, Parepa #897-898: Royle, Salena Fetter #899: Royle, Edwin Milton #900-901: Russell, Annie #902-905: Russell, Lilian
folder 21: Rogers, Will
#906-910: Portraits of Will Rogers #911: Rogers with family #912: Rogers with Charles Lindberg #913: Rogers with John D. Rockefeller
box 6: Salt Lake Theater - Performers (S - Y); Performances
folder 1-2: Performers S
#914-917: Savage, Lennie #918: Schubert, Tracy (?) #919-921: Shannon, Effie #922: Siegel, Mrs. Harold #923-926: Simmons, Joseph M. #927: Smith, Vinnie #928: Snell, Nettie #929: Snow, B. #930-931: Stahl, Rose #932: Stephens, Evan #933-934: Stoddard, J. H. #935: Summerhays, John
folder 3: Skinner, Otis
#936-940: Skinner, Otis
folder 4: Sothern, E. H.
#941-945: Sothern, E. H.
folder 5: Spencer, John D.
#946-950: Spencer, John D.
folder 6: Starr, Frances
#951-956: Starr, Frances
folder 7: Performers T
#957: Talmadge, Constance #958: Taylor, Harry #959: Tellagen, Lou #960-962: Thatcher, Nettie #963: Thompson, Carolyn #964: Thorne, George #965: Trantini, Emma
folder 8: Performers U
#966-968: Ulrich, Lenora
folder 9-10: Performers W
#969-970: Walsh, Blanche #971: Walsh, Flora #972: Warde, Frederick and Louis James #973: Warde, Frederick #974-975: Ware, Helen #976-977: Warfield, David #978: Warner, H. B. #979: Warrenrath, Reinold #980-981: White, Emma; White, J. T.; Young B. B. #982: Whitside, Walker #983-984: Whitney, Charles #985: Willard #986: Williams, June #987: Williams, Thomas #988-990: Wynn, Ed
folder 11: Whitney, H. G.
#991-992: Whitney, H. G.
folder 12: Performers Y
#993: Young, John E.
folder 13: Performers, Unidentified Men
#994-1006: Unidentified
folder 14: Performers, Unidentified Women
#1007-1022: Unidentified
folder 15-16: Performances - "The Mikado"
#1023: Savage, Lennie #1024: Spencer, J. D. #1025: Young, B. D. #1026: Knowlton, Edith Clawson and George D. Pyper #1027: Knowlton, Edith Clawson
folder 17-19: Performances - "Robin Hood"
#1028-1066: "Robin Hood"
box 7: People and Subjects
folder 1: General
#1067: Angell, Truman O. #1068: Booth, John Wilkes #1069: Cody, Colonel William F. (Buffalo Bill) #1070: Maeser, Karl G. #1071: Reynolds, George #1072: Richards, Franklin D. #1073: Smith, George A. #1074: Woodruff, Wilford
folder 2: Grant, Heber J.
#1075-1078: Grant, Heber J.
folder 3: Kimball, Edward
#1079-1082: Kimball, Edward
folder 4: McClellan, John J.
#1083-1088: McClellan, John J.
folder 5: McKay, David O. and Emma Ray
#1089-1090: McKay, David O. and Emma Ray
folder 6:
#1091-1095: Portraits of Harry Shepard #1096-1102: Salt Lake Glass and Paint Company - photographs of the store
folder 7: Stephens, Evan
#1103-1107: Stephens, Evan
folder 8:
#1108-1111: Portraits of Brigham Young #1112: Ten of Brigham Young's daughters
folder 9: Artwork - photographs of artwork
#1113-1114: Paintings by H. L. A. Culmer #1115: Paintings by George M. Ottinger #1116: Dallin's Picture of Despair
folder 10: Hindu Music
#1117-1124: Uday Shankar and his company
folder 11:
#1125-1126: Temple Laie, Oahu, Hawaii #1127-1128: Handcart monument
folder 12: Message of the Ages (1930)
#1129-1144: Photographs of cast and production
folder 13: Postcards
#1145-1159: postcards of a variety of musicians and entertainers
folder 14: Salt Lake City Buildings
#1160: City Hall #1161: LDS Hospital #1162: Latter-Day Saints University #1163: Salt Lake Temple
folder 15: Mormon Tabernacle Choir
#1164-1174: Photographs of the choir on tour. also some interior shots of the Tabernacle.
folder 16: Tennessee Centennial Exposition (1897)
#1175-1176: Photographs of the Utah Exhibit
folder 17: Western Cities
#1177: Guards Opera House, Denver #1178: Coliseum, Des Moines, Iowa #1179: Interior of Coliseum, Des Moines
folder 18: Miscellaneous
#1180-1185
folder 19: Salt Lake Theater Posters - 1866 and 1868. Originals in Ms 1.
#1186-1187:
folder 20: Postcards - Addendum
#1186-1231:
box 8: Glass Lantern Slides
folder 1:
G1: Pyper, Goerge D. - Portrait G2-9: Salt Lake Theater - exterior G10: Salt Lake Theater - interior G11-12: Salt Lake Theater - curtain G13: Burton, Charles - manager G14: Clawson, Hirum B. - manager G15: Derr, William - carpenter G16: Evans, James - stage carpenter G17: Millard - first property man G18: Williams, Thomas - first ticket seller G19: Manager - unidentified G20: Early Utah Dramatic Company G21: Theater personalities in Salt Lake City G22: Theater personalities - early organizers G23: Whitney, Orson F. G24: Orchestra G25: Careless, George - conductor of orchestra G26-28: Invitation to dedication of the Sat Lake Theater G29-31: Broadside for Salt Lake Theater G32: Script for a play
folder 2: Performers
G33: Dimick Huntington's Band - Musicians G34: Rosa, Parepa - Opera G35-36: Adams, Annie G37-42: Adams, Maud G43: Babcock, Maud May G44: Booth, Edwin G45: Brown, Lizzie Plat G46: Bowring, H. E. G47: Bowring, Marion G48: Caine, John T. G49: Carlson G50: Clawson, Alice Y. G51-52: Clawson, Margaret Judd G53: Clawson, Mary G54: Colebrook, Nellie G55-56: Dunbar. W. C. G57: Folsome, W. H. G58: Graham, Fred G59: Grant, Jedediah M. G60: Hayne, Julia Dean G61: Horsley, Clem and Sainsbury, Hyrum G62: Horsley, Harry G63: Lindsay, John S. G64: Lucy, Emma G65: McAllister G66: McKenzie, David G67: Maiben, Henry B. G68-69: Margetts, Phil G70: Morris, Nephi L. G71: Ottinger, George M. G72: Poulter, William G73: Romney, Maragaret G74-75: Simmons J. D. G76: Taylor, Harry G77: Thomas, C. T. G78: Pauncefort, George G79: Productions - "Robin Hood"
folder 3: Non-Theater People
G80: Bridger, Jim G81: Grant, Heber J. G82: Lincoln, Abraham G83: Queen Victoria G84: Smoot, A. O. G85: Wells, Daniel H. G86: Wilson, Woodrow G87-89: Young, Brigham G90: Young, Brigham - daughters G91: 18th Ward Bishopric
folder 4: Salt Lake Buildings
G92: Deseret News And General Tithing Store G93: Old Bowery G94-95: Social Hall and theater program G96: Tabernacle and stones for Temple, ca. 1861 G97: Temple G98: Wells, Daniel H. - home G99: General view - Salt Lake City
folder 5: Miscellaneous
G100-103: Artwork G104: Southern Utah - Bryce Canyon G105: Southern Utah - Zion National Park G106-108: Miscellaneous
box Oversize:
folder 1: George D. Pyper
f1: Deseret Sunday School Union - David O. McKay, George D. Pyper, Stephen L. Richards. f2: Officers of the Deseret Sunday School Union f3: Members, Deseret Sunday School Union 1937 f4: Members, Deseret Sunday School Union 1942
folder 2-3: Salt Lake Theater
f5: Allison, Bessie Dean f6: Arlis, George f7: Barrymore, Ethel f8: Campbell, Mrs. Pat f9: Clair, Ina and Burce McRae f10: Drew, John f11: Duncan Sisters f12: Eltinge, Julian f13: Foy, Eddie f14: Gentle, Alice - Opera f15-16: Goddard, H. S. - Opera f17: Hajos, Mitzi f18: Hodge, William f19: Jefferson, Thomas f20: Maude, Louis f21: Maude, Cyril f22: Rambeau, Marjorie and Lee Baker f23-24: Reed, Florence f25: Unidentified f26-28: Production
folder 4: Subjects
f29: Hot Air Club, 1915 f30: Tabernacle Choir f31-34: Posters of photographs of programs, the theater, and portraits of various performers Content Description +/-The George D. Pyper photographs consist primarily of those items which Pyper collected during his nearly thirty years as manager of the Salt Lake Theater. Consequently the majority of the collection deals with theater and drama in Salt Lake City from the early 1860's to the 1930's. Included are not only photographs of local performers but also pictures of musicians, opera stars, actors and actresses from all over the world who came to perform at the Salt Lake Theater. As well as performers, the collection includes photographs of the theater itself, it's management, and crew. In addition to theater material, there are photographs of people and places pertaining directly to Pyper's life. These include pictures of Pyper's trips abroad, his involvement with the Tabernacle choir, and several portraits of prominent non-theater individuals. The collection consists of 1231 photographs, 34 oversized photographs, and 108 glass alntern slides. There are some negatives available and numerous duplicate prints. Collection Use +/-Restrictions on Access: Materials must be used on-site; advance notice suggested. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law. Administrative Information +/-Arrangement: Collection is arranged alphabetically by topic. Creator: George D. Pyper Language: English Quantity: 1187 Photographs; 108 Glass Lantern Slides Language of the Finding Aid: English EAD Creation Date: 18 February 2004 Subarea: Photograph ArchivesRelated Material: Ms 1 George D. Pyper Papers; P0340 Betty Musser Photograph Collection View related images |
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