Vern Adix papers, 1900-1983

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Adix, Vern
Title
Vern Adix papers
Dates
1900-1983 (inclusive)
Quantity
22.5 linear feet
Collection Number
MS 0492
Summary
The Vern Adix papers (1900-1983) consist of stage designs, elevations, programs, news clippings, scrapbook and personal notes about Adix's involvement with various plays throughout his theatrical career. Also included are five published textbooks and eighteen plays he adapted for children.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions

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.

Languages
English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

La 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.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Vern Adix papers (1900-1983) consist of stage designs, elevations, programs, news clippings, and personal notes about Adix's involvement with various plays throughout his theatrical career. Also included are five published textbooks and eighteen plays he adapted for children. Boxes 1-19 are arranged alphabetically according to the name of the play and the theatre in which it was performed. Boxes 20-28 include productions arranged chronologically according to where the performance occured. Boxes 29-31 are comprised of Adix's publications, as well as the plays he adapted for children's theatre. Materials of a miscellaneous nature can be found in box 32. The organization of this collection closely reflects the wishes of Adix, who spent a great deal of time arranging the material. Most folders contain a yellow sheet prepared by Adix, listing its contents. Also included is a listing of the artistic and technical staff for each play.

It should be noted that this collection is intended for use in correlation with the Vern Adix photograph collection (P0316). For this reason, each manuscript folder, with the exceptions of boxes 29-31 and the miscellaneous boxes, has a corresponding photograph folder. Because a manuscript for every play was not included in the collection, and in order to maintain a corresponding numbering system, some manuscript folders have been left empty.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on 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.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

Gift of Vern Adix in 1987.

Gift of Pioneer Memorial Theater via George Maxwell (boxes 33-34) in 2012.

Processing Note

Processed by Lynette Peck in 1988.

Addendum processed by Betsey Welland in 2012.

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Separated Materials

Photographs and slides transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P0316).

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Kingsbury Hall ProductionsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 1
"Affairs of State"
 1953
1 2
"All My Sons"
 1948
1 3
"All the Kings Men"
 1949
1 4
"Another Part of the Forest"
 1956
1 5
"Anthony and Cleopatra"
 1951
1 6
"Arms and the Man"
 1947
1 7
"Arsenic and Old Lace"
 1947
1 8
"As You Like It"
 1952
1 9
"Ballet Gala"
 1960
1 10
"The Barber of Seville"
 1958
1 11
"The Barretts of Wimpole Street"
 1947
1 12
"A Bell for Adano"
 1952
1 13
"The Bells are Ringing"
 1961
1 14
"Blithe Spirit"
 1946
1 15
"Le Bourgeoise Gentilhomme"
 1952
1 16
"Cain Mutiny Court Martial"
 1955
1 17
"Call it a Day"
 1944
1 18
"Calliope"
 1953
1 19
"Cavalcade"
 1951
1 20
"Cavaleria/Rusticana" and "Ganni Schichi"
 1964
1 21
"Chalk Garden"
 1957
1 22
"Claudia"
 1946
1 23
"The Cocktail Party"
 1952
1 24
"Copellia"
 1958
2 1
"The Constant Wife"
 1958
2 2
"The Country Girl"
 1954
2 3
"The Crucible"
 1955
2 4
"Cyrano de Bergerac"
 1950
2 5
"The Damask Cheek"
 1950
2 6
"Damn Yankees"
 1958
2 7
"Dark of the Moon"
 1948
2 8
"Dear Ruth"
 1947
2 9
"Elizabeth the Queen"
2 10
"An Enemy of the People"
 1952
2 11
"Falstaff - Opera"
 1960
2 12
"Family Portrait"
 1945
2 13
"Fashion"
 1943
2 14
"The Flying Gerardos"
 1947
2 15
"Front Page"
 1969
2 16
"The Gazebo"
 1960
2 17
"The Grass Harp"
 1955
3 1
"Green Pastures"
 1946
3 2
"Guys and Dolls"
 1959
3 3
"The Happiest Millionaire"
 1958
3 4
"The Happy Time"
 1952
3 5
"Harvey"
3 6
"Hasty Heart"
 1946
3 7
"Holiday for Lovers"
 1959
3 8
"Hold That Line"
 1951
3 9
"I Remember Mama"
 1953
3 10
"Inherit the Wind"
 1958
3 11
"Jacobowski and the Colonel"
 1945
3 12
"Janus"
 1958
3 13
"Joan of Lorraine"
 1947
3 14
"John Loves Mary"
3 15
"Julius Caesar"
3 16-17
"King Lear"
 1948; 1961
3 18
"King Richard III"
 1955
3 19
"Knickerbocker Holiday"
 1944
3 20
"Lady in the Dark"
 1948
3 21
"The Late George Apley"
 1946
3 22
"Life with Mother"
 1951
4 1
"Lute Song"
 1949
4 2-3
"Macbeth"
 1946-1947
4 4
"Madigan's Wedding"
 1961
4 5
"Madwoman of Chaillot"
 1950
4 6
"Magnificent Yankee"
 1948
4 7
"A Majority of One"
 1961
4 8
"The Male Animal"
 1946
4 9
"The Marriage of Figaro"
 1956
4 10
"Meet Mr. Wolf"
 1944
4 11
"The Merchant of Venice"
 1959
4 12
"A Midsummer Night's Dream"
 1947
4 13
"Mr. Roberts"
 1953
4 14
"Mr. and Mrs. North"
 1947
4 15
"Much Ado About Nothing"
 1962
4 16
"My Sister Eileen"
 1948
4 17
"My Three Angels"
 1954
4 18
"Of Thee I Sing"
 1947
4 19
"Old Acquaintance"
 1962
4 20
"Ondine"
 1960
5 1
"Othello"
 1949
5 2
"Our Town"
 1960
5 3
"Papa is All"
 1944
5 4
"The Patriots"
 1947
5 5
"Peer Gynt"
 1948
5 6
"The Petrified Forest"
 1949
5 7
"Private Lives"
 1954
5 8
"Pygmalion"
 1946
5 9
"Redhead"
 1960
5 10
"The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker"
 1961
5 11
"The Rivals"
 1960
5 12-13
"Romeo and Juliet"
 1956
6 1
"The Royal Family"
 1949
6 2
"Saint Joan"
 1953
6 3
"The Searching Wind"
 1945
6 4
"Shadow and Substance"
 1950
6 5
"The Shop at Sly Corner"
 1950
6 6
"The Silver Whistle"
 1951
6 7
"Sing Out Sweet Land"
 1955
6 8
"The Skin of Our Teeth"
 1944
6 9
"The State of the Union"
 1946
6 10
"The Taming of the Shrew"
 1950
6 11
"Teahouse of the August Moon"
 1957
6 12
"The Tempest"
 1954
6 13
"Tiger at the Gates"
 1955
6 14
"Time Out for Ginger"
 1945
6 15
"Time Limit"
 1956
6 16
"Time Remembered"
 1960
6 17
"Twelfth Night"
 1945
7 1
"The Unsinkable Molly Brown"
 1963
7 2
"A View from the Bridge"
 1962
7 3
"The Vigil"
 1949
7 4
"What Every Woman Knows"
 1946
7 5
"White Sheep of the Family"
 1956
7 6
"Witness for the Prosecution"
 1957
7 7
"You Can't Take It With You"
 1944
7 8
"Young Ideas"
 1948
7 9
"Young Man With a Halo"
 1948

Kingsbury Hall MiscellaneousReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
8 1
"Cosi Fan Tutti"
 1957
8 2
"Falstaff"
 1955
8 3
"Nothing Doing Bar"
 1966
8 4
Ballet - "Romeo and Juliet," "Old Vienna," "Swan Lake"
 1965
8 5
"Nutcracker"
 1957-1961
8 6
Ballet - Miscellaneous
 1955-1956
8 7
Ballet Gala
 1959
8 8
Orchesis Plans
 1955
8 9
Theater Department, Announcements
 1962

Pioneer Memorial Theater ProductionsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
9 1
"Absurd Person Singular"
 1979
9 2
"After the Fall"
 1966
9 3
"Auntie Mame"
 1969
9 4
"Barefoot in the Park"
 1968
9 5
"Beau Johnny"
 1976
9 6
"The Best Man"
 1964
9 7
"Born Yesterday"
 1971
9 8
"The Boy Friend"
 1969
9 9
"The Cactus Flower"
 1970
9 10
"Calculated Risk"
 1965
9 11
"Camelot"
 1971
9 12
"Carousel"
 1975
9 13
"Charley's Aunt"
 1964
9 14
Chekov One Acts and Ballet
 1968
9 15
"Damn Yankees"
 1982
9 16
"A Delicate Balance"
 1968
9 17
"A Doll's House"
 1973
9 18
"Don't Drink the Water"
 1970
9 19-20
"Fantasticks"
 1965; 1979
9 21
"Fiddler On the Roof"
 1977
9 22
"Figaro's Marriage"
 1969
9 23-24
"Funny Girl"
 1966; 1979
9 25
"A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum"
 1978
9 26
"Godspell"
 1976
9 27
"Hamlet"
 1962
9 28
"Hans Christian Anderson"
 1977
10 1
"Hello Dolly"
 1971
10 2
"Henry IV Part 1"
 1964
10 3
"The Hyphen"
 1966
10 4
"Kiss Me Kate"
 1974
10 5
"Life With Father"
 1965
10 6
"Look Homeward Angel"
 1963
10 7
"A Man for All Seasons"
 1964
10 8
"Man of La Mancha"
 1970
10 9
"The Man Who Came to Dinner"
 1966
10 10
"The Merry Widow"
 1979
10 11
"The Odd Couple"
 1968
10 12
"Oedipus"
 1966
10 13
"Peter Pan"
 1963
10 14
"Philadelphia Here I Come"
 1969
10 15
"The Price"
 1974
10 16
"Rendevous"
 1968
10 17
"Ring Around the Moon"
 1965
10 18
"Robert and Elizabeth"
 1978
10 19
"School for Wives"
 1974
10 20
"The Student Prince"
10 21
"The Sunshine Boys"
 1975
10 22
"Take Her, She's Mine"
 1965
10 23
"Tartuffe"
 1968
10 24
"The Visit"
 1975
10 25
"Wake Up Old Man"
 1967
10 26
"Walking Happy"
 1970
10 27
"War and Peace"
 1967
10 28
"The Wounds of Love"
 1969
10 29
Lowell Lees Memorial
 1964

Little Theater ProductionsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
11 1
"The Adding Machine"
 1968
11 2
"Anastasia"
 1950
11 3
"Angel Street"
 1958
11 4
"Biederman and the Firebugs"
 1975
11 5
"Black Chiffon"
 1952
11 6
"Blood Wedding"
 1952
11 7
"Born Yesterday"
 1956
11 8
"The Boys from Syracuse"
 1968
11 9
"The Callers"
 1969
11 10
"The Caretaker"
 1967
11 11
"The Cave Dwellers"
 1959
11 12
"Checkov on Marriage"
 1967
11 13
"The Cherry Orchard"
 1968
11 14
"The Circle"
 1930
11 15
"The Corn is Green"
 1952
11 16
"The Curious Savage"
 1966
11 17
"Deseret"
 1948
11 18
"Dirty Hands"
 1952
11 19
"Down in the Valley" and "Trouble in Tahiti"
 1956
11 20
"Electra"
 1956
11 21
"Erstwhile Susan"
 1946
11 22
"Fall Holiday"
 1970
11 23
"The Firebugs"
 1963
11 24
"The Four Poster"
 1955
11 25
"The Good Fairy"
 1945
11 26
"German Play"
 1954
11 27
"Guest in the House"
 1951
11 28
"Hamlet"
 1954
11 29
"Hay Fever"
 1950
11 30
"He Who Gets Slapped"
 1950
11 31
"Hilda Crane"
 1951
12 1
"I Have Been Here Before"
 1945
12 2
"In the Zone and A Phoenix Too Frequent"
 1951
12 3
"The Italian Straw Hat"
 1967
12 4
"January Thaw"
 1960
12 5
"La Serva Padrona" and "Master Peter's Puppets"
 1954
12 6
"The Lady's Not for Burning"
 1954
12 7
Language Plays
 1953
12 8
"Light Up the Sky"
 1950
12 9
"The Love of Four Colonels"
 1954
12 10
"Macbeth"
 1958
12 11
"The Male Animal"
 1946
12 12
"The Masque of Kings"
 1949
12 13
"The Matchmaker"
 1963
12 14
"The Medium"
 1959
12 15
"The Moon is Blue"
 1958
12 16
"Mrs. McThing"
 1955
12 17
"Night Must Fall"
 1943
12 18
"No Time for Sergeants"
 1957
12 19
"The Old Maid and the Thief"
 1965
12 20
"The Old Maid and the Thief" and "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat"
 1970
12 21
"Opus X"
 1955
12 22
"Paseo"
 1963
12 23
"Peleas and Melisande"
 1953
12 24
"The Physicist"
 1966
12 25
"Pippa Passes"
 1955
12 26
"Playboy of the Western World"
 1952
12 27
"The Potting Shed"
 1950
13 1
"Quadrille"
 1956
13 2
"The Return of Peter Grimm"
 1948
13 3
"The Rhinocerous"
 1962
13 4
"Ring Around the Moon"
 1953
13 5
"The Royal Gambit"
 1965
13 6
"Sabrina Fair"
 1956
13 7
"Salt of the Earth"
 1950
13 8
"Second Threshold"
 1957
13 9
"Separate Tables"
 1966
13 10
"She Loves Me"
 1964
13 11
"Soldier Boy"
 1953
13 12
"Soldier's Wife"
 1946
13 13
"Spanish Play"
 1954
13 14
"Summer"
 1954
13 15
"Thieves Carnival"
 1954
13 16
"Twelfth Night"
 1967
13 17
"Uncle Harry"
 1948
13 18
"Under Milkwood"
 1955
13 19
"Waiting for Godot"
 1956
13 20
"Woman Is My Idea"
 1945

Children's Theater, Kingsbury HallReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
14 1
"Aladdin"
 1950
14 2
"Ali Baba and the Forth Thieves"
 1949
14 3
"Alice in Wonderland"
 1946
14 4
"Androcles and the Lion"
 1972
14 5
"Anne of Green Gables"
 1944
14 6
"Arthur and the Magic Sword"
 1950
14 7
"The Bandbird"
 1957
14 8
"The Bluebird Ballet"
 1955
14 9
"The Boy David"
 1951
14 10
"The Canterville Ghost"
 1969
14 11
"The Christmas Carol"
 1956
14 12
"Circus Day"
 1950
14 13
"The Day It Was Night"
 1958
14 14-16
"The Emperor's New Clothes"
 1945-1961
14 17
"The First Firecracker"
 1958
14 18-19
"Flibberty Gibbett"
 1951; 1955
14 20
"Gammer Gurton's Needle"
 1977
14 21-23
"The Ghost of Mr. Penny"
 1945-1960
15 1
"The Great Aunt Sits on the Floor"
 1948
15 2
"Halo for Henry"
 1965
15 3
"Hans Clodhopper"
 1949
15 4-5
"Heidi"
 1948; 1962
15 6
"Huckleberry Finn"
 1946
15 7
"Jacob Hamblin"
 1948
15 8
"A Kiss for Cinderella"
 1953
15 9
"Little Lee Bobo"
 1961
15 10
"The Magical Rose and the Ring"
 1954
15 11
"Many Moons"
 1961
15 12
"Mary Poppins"
 1944
15 13
"Misadventures of Mickey McAtee"
 1961
15 14
"Mr. Dooley Junior"
 1946
15 15
"Mr. Mergenthwirker's Llobblies"
 1959
15 16
"Mr. Popper's Penguins"
 1950
15 17
"Mrs. McThing Calso"
 1955
15 18
"No Strings On Me"
 1954
15 19
"On Again - Off Again"
 1957
15 20
"The Panda and the Spy"
 1961
15 21-22
"The Patchwork Girl of Oz"
 1954; 1959
16 1
"Penrod"
 1950
16 2-3
"Peter Pan"
 1943; 1960
16 4
"Peterle"
 1955
16 5
"The Pioneers and the Paiutes"
 1945
16 6
"The Prince and the Knight"
 1956
16 7
"The Prince and the Pauper"
 1949
16 8
"The Princess and the Swineherd"
 1955
16 9
"Radio Rescue"
 1946
16 10
"The Reluctant Dragon"
 1964
16 11
"Rip Van Winkle"
 1951
16 12
"Robin Hood"
 1960
16 13-14
"Rumplestiltskin"
 1962; 1967
16 15
"The Secret of Pat Pending"
 1953
16 16
"Seven Little Rebels"
 1953
16 17
"Shiny Legs"
 1959
16 18
"The Snow Queen"
 1952
16 19
"Snow Treasure"
 1952
16 20
"Snow White and the Seven Dwarves"
 1950
16 21
"The Steadfast Tin Soldier"
 1945
16 22
"Titian"
 1954
16 23
"Toad of Toad Hall"
 1952
16 24-26
"Tom Sawyer"
 1943-1959
16 27-28
"Treasure Island"
 1947; 1956
16 29-31
"The Wizard of Oz"
 1948-1963
16 32
"Young David"
 1947
16 33
"Young Hickory"
 1955
16 34
"Young Lincoln"
 1948

Children's Theater, Pioneer Memorial TheaterReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
17 1
"Alice in Wonderland"
 1964
17 2
"Androcles and the Lion"
 1980
17 3
"Arthur and the Magic Sword"
 1966
17 4
"Benjamin's Bottle"
 1976
17 5
"Beverly Cleary Stories"
 1973
17 6-7
"The Bremen Town Musicians"
 1970; 1974
17 8
"Charley Brown"
 1973
17 9-10
"The Christmas Carol"
 1967; 1972
17 11
"Christmas in the Air"
 1963
17 12
"The Emperor's New Clothes"
 1966
17 13
"Greensleeves Magic"
 1962
17 14
"The Griffin and the Minor Canon"
 1975
17 15
"Hans Christian Anderson"
 1977
17 16
"Hans Clodhopper"
 1976
17 17
"Hansel and Gretel"
 1964
17 18-20
"Heidi"
 1968-1981
17 21-23
"Homer Price"
 1969-1978
18 1
"House at Pooh Corner"
 1967
18 2
"The Knight Before Glasses"
 1971
18 3-4
"The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"
 1968; 1974
18 5
"The Magic Flute"
 1964
18 6
"Many Moons"
 1968
18 7
"My Friend Freddy"
 1965
18 8-9
"Peter Pan"
 1970; 1974
18 10
"The Picadilly Giant"
 1970
18 11
"Pinocchio"
 1980
18 12-14
"Pippi Longstockings"
 1967-1976
19 1
"The Prince and the Pauper"
 1971
19 2
"The Princess and the Pea"
 1968
19 3
"The Princess and the Swineherd"
 1963
19 4-5
"Rip Van Winkle"
 1972; 1976
19 6
"Seven Little Rebels"
 1963
19 7
"Shy Ling"
 1978
19 8
"Sing Ho for a Prince"
 1965
19 9
"Strike One! You're Out"
 1974
19 10
"Treasure Island"
 1969
19 11-12
"Who Wants Wings"
 1966; 1972
19 13-15
"Winnie the Pooh"
 1966-1982
19 16
"The Wild Swans"
 1970
19 17-18
"The Wizard of Oz"
 1963; 1975

Rice Stadium ProductionsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
20 1
"Promised Valley"
 1947
20 2
"A Midsummer Night's Dream"
 1948
20 3
"Show Boat"
 1948
20 4
"The Great Waltz"
 1949
20 5
"Carmen"
 1949
20 6
"Promised Valley"
 1950
20 7
"Faust"
 1950
20 8
"The Merry Widow"
 1951
20 9
"Tales of Hoffmann"
 1951
20 10
"Kiss Me Kate"
 1952
20 11
"Samson and Delilah"
 1952
20 12
"Naughty Marietta"
 1953
21 1
"La Traviata"
 1953
21 2
"Oklahoma"
 1954
21 3
"Aida"
 1954
21 4
"La Boheme"
 1955
21 5
"South Pacific"
 1955
21 6
"Madame Butterfly"
 1956
21 7
"The King and I"
 1956
21 8
"Song of Norway"
 1957
21 9
"Salome"
 1957
22 1
"The Crown of Joy"
 1957
22 2
"Rosenkavalier"
 1958
22 3
"Carousel"
 1958
22 4
"Brigadoon"
 1959
22 5
"Il Trovatore"
 1959
22 6
"Die Fledermaus"
 1960
22 7
"Annie Get Your Gun"
 1960
22 8
"Carmen"
 1961
23 1
"Destry Rides Again"
 1961
23 2
"Tannhauser"
 1962
23 3
"The Music Man"
 1962
23 4
"Kismet"
 1963
23 5
"Manon"
 1963
23 6
"Faust"
 1964
23 7
"My Fair Lady"
 1964
23 8
"Aida"
 1965
23 9
"West Side Story"
 1965

Rice Stadium Productions, MiscellaneousReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
24 1-3
M.I.A. Dance Festival
 1951-1953
24 4
Boy Scout Festival
 1953
24 5-6
M.I.A. Dance Festival
 1954-1955
24 7
Commencement
 1955
24 8
M.I.A. Dance Festival
 1956
24 9
Stadium Stages

The Afternoon PlayersReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
25 1
Season
 1966
25 2
"The Wizard of Oz"
 1966
25 3
"The Princess and the Pea"
 1966
25 4
"A Good Witch for Paradise"
 1966
25 5
Season
 1967
25 6
"Reluctant Dragon"
 1967
25 7
"Misadventures of Mickey McAtee"
 1967
25 8
"The Land of Oz"
 1967
25 9
Season
 1968
25 10
"Rip Van Winkle"
 1968
25 11
"The Doctor in Spite of Himself"
 1968
25 12
"A Halo for Henry"
 1968
25 13
Season
 1969
25 14
"Gammer Gurton's Needle"
 1969
25 15
"Tom Sawyer"
 1969
25 16
"Alice in Wonderland"
 1969
25 17
Season
 1970
25 18
"The Land of Milk and Honey"
 1970
25 19
"Patchwork Girl of Oz"
 1970
25 20
"The Emperor's New Clothes"
 1970
25 21
Season
 1971
25 22
"The Reluctant Dragon"
 1971
25 23
"Rumplestiltskin"
 1971
25 24
"The Emerald City of Oz"
 1971
25 25
Season
 1972
25 26
"Cinderella"
 1972
25 27
"The Doctor in Spite of Himself"
 1972
25 28
"The Wizard of Oz"
 1972
25 29
Season
 1973
25 30
"The Princess and the Pea"
 1973
25 31
"Tales from a Trunk"
 1973
25 32
"Gammer Gurton's Needle"
 1973
25 33
Season
 1974
25 34
"Ozma of Oz"
 1974
25 35
"Grab Bag"
 1974
25 36
"The Princess and the Swineherd"
 1974
26 1
Season
 1975
26 2
"Rumplestiltskin"
 1975
26 3
"The Emperor's New Clothes"
 1975
26 4
"The Road to Oz"
 1975
26 5
Season
 1976
26 6
"Cinderella"
 1976
26 7
"Meddwyn - The Sorceror's Apprentice"
 1976
26 8
"The Magical March of Mo"
 1976
26 9
Season
 1977
26 10
"The Griffin and the Minor Canon"
 1977
26 11
"Alice in Wonderland"
 1977
26 12
"The Leprechaun's Magic"
 1977
26 13
Season
 1978
26 14
"A Knight Lost in Time"
 1978
26 15
"Tom Sawyer"
 1978
26 16
"The Princess and the Pea"
 1978
26 17
Season
 1979
26 18
"The Princess and the Swineherd"
 1979
26 19
"East of the Sun and West of the Moon"
 1979
26 20
"Tales from Two Trunks"
 1979
26 21
Season
 1980
26 22
"Rip Van Winkle"
 1980
26 23
"The Doctor in Spite of Himself"
 1980
26 24
"The Emperor's New Clothes"
 1980
26 25
Season
 1981
26 26
"Fairy Tales and Fables"
 1981
26 27
"The King Stag"
 1981
26 28
"Paint Your Own Rainbow"
 1981
26 29
Season
 1982
26 30
"Rumplestiltskin"
 1982
26 31
"A Good Witch for Wherever"
 1982
26 32
"Picadilly Giant"
 1982

Cain Park Theater ProductionsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
27 1
"Babes in Toyland"
 1944
27 2
"Decision"
 1944
27 3
"Green Grow the Lilacs"
 1944
27 4
"Harriet"
 1944
27 5
"Janie"
 1944
27 6
"Katinka"
 1944
27 7
"Camille in Roaring Camp"
 1945
27 8
"Carmen Jones"
 1945
27 9
"The Chocolate Soldier"
 1945
27 10
"Countess Maritza"
 1945
27 11
"More Love Brother"
 1945
27 12
"No, No, Nanette"
 1945
27 13
"Over 21"
 1945
27 14
"Papa Is All"
 1945
27 15
"Philadelphia Story"
 1945
27 16
"Pirates of Penzeance"
 1945
27 17
"Snafu"
 1945
27 18
General Information
 1944-1945

University of Minnesota and University of Iowa ProductionsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
28 1
"Birthright"
 1935
28 2
"West Winds are Blowing"
 1935
28 3
"The Young Idea"
 1935
28 4
"Peter Pan"
 1936
28 5
"Two Hundred Were Chosen"
 1936
28 6
"Under the Gaslight"
 1936
28 7
"Valley Forge"
 1936
28 8
"Blue Jeans"
 1937
28 9
"Clive of India"
 1937
28 10-12
Miscellaneous University of Minnesota Materials
 1939-1943
28 13
"Alice in Wonderland"
28 14
Festival of Nations in St. Paul
 1939
28 15
Miscellaneous University of Iowa Materials
 1935-1937

PublicationsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Volume
29 1
Theater Scenecraft
1956
29 2
Puppetry
1976
29 3
Creative Dramatics
1976
Folder
29 1
Creative Dramatics
1976
Volume
29 4
Playwriting for the Classroom
1977
29 5
Art and Craft of Scene Design
1979

Children's Plays Adapted by AdixReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
30 1
"Alice in Wonderland"
 1983
30 2
"Beverly Cleary Stories"
 1982
30 3
"Cinderella"
 1972
30 4
"The Emperor's New Clothes"
 1980
30 5
"Gammer Gurton's Needle"
30 6
"The Griffin and the Minor Canon"
 1974
30 7-8
"Homer Price"
 1980
30 9
"The Land of Oz"
 1980
31 1
"Ozma of Oz"
 1982
31 2
"The Patchwork Girl of Oz"
 1970
31 3
"Pippi Longstockings"
31 4
"The Princess and the Pea"
31 5
"The Princess and the Swineherd"
 1980
31 6
"Rip Van Winkle"
31 7
"Rumplestiltskin"
31 8
"Tom Sawyer"
 1982
31 9
"The Wizard of Oz"

Miscellaneous MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
32 1
Edson Production, Unfinished Business
 1945
32 2
LDS Primary Pageant
 1947
32 3
Centennial Coronation
 1947
32 4
Recommendations to Thatcher Allred
 1950
32 5
Banff School of Fine Arts
 1951; 1954
32 6
Doctor Faustus
32 7
Pioneer Memorial Theater
 1960-1961
32 8
Lagoon - Once Upon a Mattress
 1974
32 9
The Mock Doctor
32 10
"Blossom Time but Not Goodbye," Centennial Tour Shows
 1945
32 11
South America Tour
 1962
32 12
Commencement
 1953
32 13
Radio, TV Roast
 1955
32 14
Ariel Davis Catalogs
 1963
32 15
"South Pacific"
 1983
32 16
Children's Performances
32 17
Banff
 1951; 1954
32 18
News Clippings and Personal Materials
32 19
Hotel Utah Stage
32 20
Drawings
32 21
West High School Stage for Touring
32 22-23
Miscellaneous Theater Seasons
33
Scrapbook
 1900-1982

Set Design DrawingsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
34 1
Set Design Drawing for The Best Man and Life with Father
1964-1965
34 2
Set Design Drawing for Calliope
34 3
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Children's plays
  • Children's plays--Presentation, etc.--Utah
  • Theater--Utah--History--Sources
  • Theaters--Utah--Stage-setting and scenery

Personal Names

  • Adix, Vern--Archives

Corporate Names

  • Kingsbury Hall (Salt Lake City, Utah)
  • University of Utah--Faculty
  • University of Utah. Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre

Form or Genre Terms

  • Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
  • Designs (artistic concepts)
  • Drama
  • Elevations (drawing)
  • Notes (documents)
  • Programs (Publications)

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1988 (last modified: 2012 and 2019)

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