Performing arts -- Ohio -- Dayton

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This collection consists of correspondence, schedules, notebooks, and business and financial records from Jeraldyne Blunden the founder of the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company and the creator of Jeraldyne's School of the Dance. There are also personal papers in the collection such as family reunion and wedding materials, insurance information and awards. Also included are scrapbook photos taken for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre Tour from 1962-1972.

Summary/Abstract: The Cityfolk Collection contains material describing the administrative and creative functions of the Cityfolk organization. Folder and box contents include financial documents, artist contracts, donor and volunteer information, festival and program planning, newspaper clippings, negatives, slides, printed photographs, oral histories on cassette and VHS tape, marketing materials, and oversized artistic renderings. The works range in date from 1980 to 2014, with the bulk of the material...

Abstract Records consist of organizational papers, annual reports, financial records, and performance programs for two early dance groups that predated the Dayton Ballet Company. Dayton Ballet Company records start in 1958 and include a constitution, minutes of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee, officers and membership lists, annual reports, newsletters, financial records, an extensive collection of performance records and programs, correspondence, records of the Friends of the Dayton...

Abstract The Dayton Chamber Music Society was a private foundation based out of Dayton, Ohio. The society performed classical music in the city of Dayton through a series of concerts put on annually. The Dayton Chamber Music Society also rewarded various academic scholarships to musical students of their choice each year. This collection includes administrative papers such as member lists, meeting minutes and agendas, financial records, member correspondence, and general correspondence on group...

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The Dayton Civic Music Association was founded in 1940 and presented twenty-eight concert seasons before its demise in 1968. The collection includes administrative records, newspaper clippings, programs, pamphlets, correspondence, photographs, and scrapbooks.

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The collection contains the records of the Dayton Performing Arts Alliance, an entity which was formed in 2012 to merge the management and business operations for three of Dayton's large performing arts organizations: the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, Dayton Ballet, and Dayton Opera.

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The Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra was founded by Paul Katz in 1933. It is recognized as one of Dayton's oldest and longest standing cultural institutions. The records of the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra document the organization's history from founding to the recent past. Emphasis is on the 1970s and 1980s. This is an ongoing collection. The collection is rich in brochures and photographs, programs, administrative records, and marketing material.

Abstract The Dayton Playhouse, which began as the City of Dayton operated, Dayton Community Theatre (DCT), has been an active community theatre since the fall of 1959. Throughout the years other theatrical groups were added to the organization, including the Dayton Repertory Theatre, presenting more adult themed dramas, and the Dayton Children's and Teen Theatre, now called YouTheatre. At their current home, in the Riverbend Arts Center, the Dayton Playhouse, as it is now called, continues to present...

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Records include meeting minutes, financial records, convention proceedings, contracts, correspondence, and photographs of this Dayton union.

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The Kenley Players was a summer stock theatre company that cast famous actors and actresses in well-known plays and musicals, then brought the productions to cities throughout the Midwest, including Dayton, Ohio. This collection includes programs from several local Kenley Players productions.