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Title: American Musical Theatre of San Jose Records
Dates: 1939-2008
Collection Number: 2011-34
Creator/Collector:
San Jose Civic Light Opera Association
American Musical Theatre
Extent: 9 boxes (5.5 linear feet) plus oversize posters
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Repository:
History San Jose Research Library
San Jose, California 95112
Abstract: Records and other material from the now-defunct American Musical Theatre, originally formed in 1935 as the San Jose Civic
Light Opera Association. The AMT filed for bankruptcy in December 2008.
Language of Material: English
The records are available to the public for research by appointment with the Curator of Library & Archives.
Consult the Curator of Library & Archives for information on reproduction and publication.
[Identification of item]. American Musical Theatre of San Jose Records. Collection Number: 2011-34. History San Jose Research
Library
Donated to History San Jose in 2011
Biography/Administrative History
The American Musical Theatre of San Jose was founded in 1935 as the San Jose Civic Light Opera Association, and was a mainstay
of San Jose's theater world for decades. After struggling for several years with mounting deficits, AMT was left with heavy
losses from which they could not recover after a co-production of "Tarzan" with Atlanta and Dallas companies collapsed in
2008. On December 23, 2008, AMT filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
Scope and Content of Collection
Records and other material from the now-defunct American Musical Theatre, originally formed in 1935 as the San Jose Civic
Light Opera Association. Includes financial and administrative records, primarily from post-1965 operations; scrapbooks and
production photographs dating to the 1940s; programs, press and theater posters; and a small number of costume and set design
drawings.
Musical theater
Theatrical companies
Theatrical productions
San Jose (Calif.)
theater programs
scrapbooks
photographic prints
posters
financial records
administrative records