Guide to the Valerie Post Starlight Opera Collection MS 60

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Box-folder 1:1

Starlight Programs, 1946-1950

Includes:

Programs for: The Mikado, The Chocolate Soldier, H. M. S. Pinafore, Naughty Marietta, Barber of Seville, Hansel and Gretel, the second summer season, Eileen, The Pirates of Penzance, Countess Maritza, The Vagabond King, The Merry Widow, and selections from the 1950 repertoire.

Box-folder 1:2

Starlight Programs, 1955-1961

Includes:

Programs for: The Mikado, Wonderful Town, Kismet, Show Boat, Anything Goes, Destry Rides Again, The Red Mill, The Chocolate Soldier, and Flower Drum Song.

Box-folder 1:3

Starlight Programs, 1956-1965

Includes:

Programs for: Kismet, South Pacific, Damn Yankees, The King and I, Li'l Abner, The Music Man, Destry Rides Again, The Wizard of Oz, Bye Bye Birdie, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Carnival, Little Me, and the Salvation Army Centennial Musical Salute.

Box-folder 1:4

Starlight Programs, 1962-1965

Includes:

Programs for: The Music Man, Can-Can, The King and I, Song of Norway, The Wizard of Oz, The Sound of Music, Sounds of Starlight, Carnival, Little Me, and Peter Pan.

Box-folder 1:5

Starlight Programs, 1966

Includes:

Programs for: Flower Drum Song, Kiss Me Kate, Tom Sawyer, and South Pacific.

Box-folder 1:6

Starlight Programs, 1967

Includes:

Programs for: Sounds of Starlight '67, Finian's Rainbow, Oliver, Gypsy, 100 Years of Musical Comedy, Walking Happy, and a season program for "Starlight Musicals at the Zoo."

Box-folder 1:7

Starlight Programs, 1969-1970

Includes:

Programs for: My Fair Lady, Stop the World- I Want to Get Off, My Cousin Josefa, Man of La Mancha, Oklahoma, and Mame.

Box-folder 1:8

Starlight Programs, 1971-1973

Includes:

Programs for: The Sound of Music, Oliver!, The King and I, South Pacific, The Music Man, 1776, Show Boat, and Once Upon a Mattress.

Box-folder 2:1

Newspaper Articles, 1947

Includes:

Articles on The Pirates of Penzance.

Box-folder 2:2

Newspaper Articles, 1963

Includes:

Articles on The Unsinkable Molly Brown.

Box-folder 2:3

Newspaper Articles, 1964

Includes:

Articles on Song of Norway, The Wizard of Oz, The Sound of Music, and Here's Love. Also includes articles on new Starlight director Richard S. Kyber, and Valerie Post being elected president of Starlight.

Box-folder 2:4

Newspaper Articles, 1965

Includes:

Articles on Carnival, Little Me, and Peter Pan.

Box-folder 2:5

Newspaper Articles, 1966

Includes:

Articles on Kiss Me Kate, Flower Drum Song, Tom Sawyer, and South Pacific. Also includes articles on the death of William Adams, 1965 Starlight House Manager; the death of Ruby Hays, local actress; and the formation of the Starlight Women's Association.

Box-folder 2:6

Newspaper Articles, 1967

Includes:

Articles on Sounds of Starlight, Finian's Rainbow, Oliver, and Gypsy. Also includes articles on Starlight Theatre moving to Civic Theatre, Starlight financial difficulties and postponement of productions, and COMBO fundraising.

Box-folder 2:7

Newspaper Articles, 1968

Includes:

Articles on Walking Happy and 100 Years of Musical Comedy. Also includes articles on Starlight’s return to San Diego Zoo.

Box-folder 2:8

Newspaper Articles, 1969

Includes:

Articles on My Fair Lady, Stop the World I Want to Get Off, and My Cousin Josefa, as well as Bruce Farley being elected president of Starlight.

Box-folder 2:9

Newspaper Articles, 1970

Includes:

Articles on Man of La Mancha, Oklahama, and Mame, as well as the 25th anniversary of Starlight Opera.

Box-folder 2:10

Newspaper Articles, 1971

Includes:

Articles on The Sound of Music, Oliver, and The King and I, as well as the death of Carmen Conger.

Box-folder 2:11

Newspaper Articles, 1972

Includes:

Articles on Giselle, South Pacific, The Music Man, and 1776.

Box-folder 2:12

Newspaper Articles, 1973

Includes:

Articles on Show Boat and Once Upon a Mattress.

Box-folder 2:13

Newspaper Articles, 1974

Includes:

Articles on Fiddler on the Roof, The Student Prince, and Camelot.

Box-folder 2:14

Newspaper Articles, 1975

Includes:

Articles on Paint Your Wagon, Hello Dolly, and Brigadoon.

Box-folder 2:15

Newspaper Articles, 1976

Includes:

Articles on My Fair Lady, Carousel, and The Sound of Music.

Box-folder 2:16

Newspaper Articles, 1977

Includes:

Articles on Cabaret, The Desert Song, and The King and I.

Box-folder 2:17

Newspaper Articles, 1978

Includes:

Articles on Music Man, Kismet, and Annie Get Your Gun.

Box-folder 2:18

Starlight Invitations, 1964-1976 and undated

Includes:

Invitations for opening nights, planning meetings, family and corporate luncheons, Starlight Women’s Association events, dinner receptions, and other events.

Box-folder 2:19

Starlight Season Ticket Forms, 1965-1978

Box-folder 2:20

Starlight Miscellanea, 1947-1977 and undated

Includes:

Seating chart for Wegeforth Bowl; audition notices; association envelopes and letterhead; tickets; membership cards; stage set rental brochure; poster for Naughty Marietta; correspondence; newsletters; Starlight Women’s Association events and membership; and newsletters.

Box-folder 3:1

Combined Arts of San Diego (COMBO), 1967-1978

Includes:

Brochures, description of beneficiary coordinating committees, correspondence, a newsletter, and an arts calendar.

Box-folder 3:2

Applause Magazine, 1974-1978

Box-folder 3:3

Photographs (Valerie Post), undated

Box-folder 3:4

Miscellanea, 1961-1975 and undated

Includes:

Business card for R.R. Richardson; lists of music libraries and plays; brochures, programs, or tickets for other music libraries and theatres (Music Library of New York, Valley Music Theatre of Woodland Hills, Harding Theatre of San Francisco; Bakersfield Community Theatre, Casa Manana Theatre of Fort Worth), programs for Music Teachers’ Association of California recitals, schedule of events for San Diego Community Concourse, and San Diego Community College newsletter “Within Reach.”

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