Winifred Gordon papers, 1936-1970 [manuscript].
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Central City Opera House Association (Central City, Colo.)
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Non-profit organization founded in 1931 to manage and preserve the Central City Opera House located in Central City, Colo. and to direct annual summer opera festivals. Heirs of Peter McFarlane, who owned the Opera House prior to 1931, donated the building to the University of Denver in 1931. The Association held the Central City Play Festival from 1932-1942 and from 1946-1970. Performances included the premieres of The Ballad of Baby Doe (1956) and Lady from Colorado (1964). The Opera House, Tel...
Gordon, Winifred, 1890-1975.
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Winifred Gordon was born in Neb. on September 11, 1890 and graduated from the State Normal School, Greeley, Colo. (1910) and also earned a BA from Colorado State Teacher's College (1922). She worked as a Home Economics teacher in Denver for 40 years. She restored what would later become known as the Gordon House in Central City, Colo. Gordon was also active in buying, restoring, and selling property in the town; helped develop the chorus of the Central City Opera; and gave Colo. history talks wh...
Gordon family
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Claypool, David V.,
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