Guide to the Nick and Faye Mayo Valley Music Theatre, Inc. Collection
Special Collections & Archives
University Library
California State University, Northridge
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Northridge, CA 91330-8326
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives
Title: Nick and Faye Mayo Valley Music Theatre, Inc. Collection
Creator:
Mayo, Nick and Faye
Identifier/Call Number: URB.MAYO
Extent:
1.54 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1962-1966
Abstract: The Valley Music Theatre was formerly
located at 20600 Ventura Boulevard in Woodland Hills, between the Ventura Freeway exits of
Winnetka and Canoga Avenues. Intended to be the first professional local performing arts
center in the San Fernando Valley, the theatre was the brain-child of stage-producer Nick
Mayo who, with partners Randolph Hale, Cy Warner and Art Linkletter, formed VMT, Inc. as a
public corporation. The collection contains the bound playbills and programs given to Nick
Mayo, a scrapbook of photographs and newspaper clippings documenting construction of and
performances at Valley Music Theatre, and general Los Angeles theater news.
Language of Material: English
Biographical Information:
The Valley Music Theatre, formerly located at 20600 Ventura Boulevard in Woodland Hills,
between the Ventura Freeway exits of Winnetka and Canoga Avenues, was the brain-child of
stage-producer Nick Mayo. Mayo formed the theatre with partners Randolph Hale, Cy Warner and
Art Linkletter, as a public corporation, and intended it to be the first professional local
performing arts center in the San Fernando Valley.
Scope and Contents
The
Nick and Faye Mayo Valley Music Theatre, Inc. Collection
contains the bound playbills and programs given to Nick Mayo, a scrapbook of photographs and
newspaper clippings documenting construction of and performances at Valley Music Theatre,
and general Los Angeles theater news from the mid-1960s. The sixty images include pictures
of the construction of the building as well as cast photographs.
Electronic Format:
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Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of
this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge.
Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials
protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires
the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any
use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Faye Mayo, 03/04/2002.
Preferred Citation:
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Documents
Photographs
Scrapbooks
Box 1, Folder 1
1964 Bound Playbills and Programs
Box 1, Folder 2
1965 Bound Playbills and Programs
Box 1, Folder 3
1966 Bound Playbills and Programs
Box 2, Item 1
The first original scrapbook contains photographs, an artistic rendering,
newspaper clippings, photographs of productions, and land use plans.
Box 2, Item 2
The second original scrapbook contains cast photographs. All photographs are
8"x10" and silver gelatin photo prints.
Folder 1
Poster print of an aerial view of the theatre post construction (MAYO
61)
Folder 2
Pre-construction photo of a mock performance and set up in the grass of the
theatre property (MAYO 62)
