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Grand Forks Metropolitan Opera House Records, 1890-1971

Collection Overview

Title: Grand Forks Metropolitan Opera House Records, 1890-1971

ID: OGLMC/319

Extent: 0.5 Linear Feet

Date Acquired: 00/00/1981

Languages: English [eng]

Abstract

"The Met" had its debut performance in 1890 and is still standing in downtown Grand Forks

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Grand Forks Metropolitan Opera House Records (1890-1971) include programs, contracts, financial material, newspaper clippings, photographs and a research paper.

Administrative Information

Accruals:

Additional materials were donated by:

Barbara Lander, Grand Forks, North Dakota, March 25, 1997

Sandy Slater, Department of Special Collections, Fall 1999 (99-2397)

Peg O'Leary, Grand Forks Historic Preservation Commission, Grand Forks, North Dakota, November 2000 (2001-2487).

Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.

Acquisition Source: Edward P. Dow and Edward Lander, Grand Forks, North Dakota

Acquisition Method: Donation; 81-774

Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Grand Forks Metropolitan Opera House Records, OGLMC 319. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections. University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.

Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid added to Archon in April 2015.

Box and Folder Listing

Box 1Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Inaugural Performance Programs, November 1890Add to your cart.
Folder 2: List of Performances, 1898-1903Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Programs, 1906-1910Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Programs, 1911-1913Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Programs, 1914-1929Add to your cart.
Folder 6: Performance/Employment ContractsAdd to your cart.
Folder 7: Specifications/EstimatesAdd to your cart.
Folder 8: Legal MaterialsAdd to your cart.
Folder 9: Financial MaterialsAdd to your cart.
Folder 10: News ClippingsAdd to your cart.
Folder 11: “The Metropolitan Opera House of Grand Forks, North Dakota,” a paper written for Honors Humanities at UND by Paul Tomasek, December 1971Add to your cart.
Folder 12: Petition of King Lear Production, 20 April 1896Add to your cart.
Signatures of 74 people requesting to attend the play. Also includes a written transcription of the names by Jane Arnegard Ryan. Her father, Ole Arnegard, was one of the petitioners.
Folder 13: Program for 1908 Syttende Mai festivalAdd to your cart.
Folder 14: PhotographsAdd to your cart.
Photograph 1: The Prather-Sayles Players, January 1929Add to your cart.
Photograph 2: Photograph of the exterior of the Opera House, July 1909Add to your cart.
Taken from a postcard and a photocopy of the writing on the back of the original postcard is included