Details
Title

Clifford S. Dunham collection [1910]-1931

Date

[1910]-1931

Call Number

BHS 201

Contents

13 photographs, in nine folders.

Description

This collection contains thirteen large photos of State Preparatory School events and scenes. They include a faculty group portrait, two interior photos, and group portraits of the school's mandolin and glee clubs and operetta casts. Also, a group photo of the 1923 University Hill School graduation class and a poster advertising the Prep School's production of the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore in April 1933.

Summary

The Bohemian girl.
The Mikado.
H.M.S. Pinafore.

History

Clifford S. Dunham was for many years the director of music at the State Preparatory School in Boulder, Colo. He is listed in the Boulder city directories for 1911, 1923, et al., as a music teacher at the prep school; he resided at 1315 11th St. in 1911, at 950 16th St. in 1923. His wife was Lillian M. Dunham.

Terms of Use

RIGHTS: The historic photographs and documents, with the Source BHS, belong to the Boulder Historical Society/Museum of Boulder and require attribution when used. These items are on permanent loan to the Carnegie Library for Local History. No duplicated materials may be deposited, or placed on file in any other archive, museum, library or similar repository. Questions of copyright are the responsibility of the user.

Format

Posters.
Photographs.

Author/Donor

Dunham, Clifford S.
Hubbard, June Dunham

Subjects

Dunham, Clifford S, 1877-1963
State Preparatory School (Boulder, Colo.)
University Hill School (Boulder, Colo.)
University of Colorado Boulder--Buildings
Opera--Production and direction--Colorado--Boulder
Operetta--Colorado--Boulder
Music--Colorado--Boulder--Performance
Mandolin--Colorado--Boulder
High schools--Colorado--Boulder--Songs and music
Preparatory school students--Colorado--Boulder
Preparatory schools--Colorado--Boulder
Boulder (Colo.)--Songs and music

Acquisition Note

Donor: June D. Hubbard 950 15th St., Boulder, CO. Gift [ 1984?] Clifford S. Dunham estate

State Preparatory School faculty group portrait [1910-1920]
State Preparatory School faculty group portrait [1910-1920]
Call Number 201-1-1
Date [1910-1920]
Contents 1 photograph.
Description Group portrait of the State Preparatory School faculty, probably in the 1910s. Clifford S. Dunham, music teacher and music director at the school, is standing alone in the last row.

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State Preparatory School interior photographs
State Preparatory School interior photographs
Call Number 201-1-2
Date [1910-1919]
Contents 2 photographs.
Description Interior portraits collected by Clifford S. Dunham, music director at the State Preparatory School in Boulder, Colo., for many years. One view shows children sitting in study hall in the old prep school; Dunham is standing at the front with another teacher on his right. The other view shows the inside of a chapel, possibly at the school, looking back into the pews from the front of the room.

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State Preparatory School mandolin club group portrait [1910-1920]
State Preparatory School mandolin club group portrait [1910-1920]
Call Number 201-1-3
Date [1910-1920]
Contents 1 photograph.
Description A group portrait of the State Preparatory School Mandolin Club.

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State Preparatory School glee club group portrait 1912
State Preparatory School glee club group portrait 1912
Call Number 201-1-4
Date 1912
Contents 1 photograph.
Description A group portrait of the 1912 State Preparatory School Glee Club. Clifford S. Dunham, music director, is standing on the right end of the third row.

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Glee Club group portraits
Glee Club group portraits
Call Number 201-1-5
Date [1910-1919]
Contents 3 photographs.
Description Group portraits of Colorado glee clubs in about the 1910s. Clifford S. Dunham, music director at the State Preparatory School in Boulder, is pictured.

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State Preparatory School glee club group portrait
State Preparatory School glee club group portrait
Call Number 201-1-6
Date [1910-1919]
Contents 1 photograph.
Description A group portrait of the State Preparatory School Glee Club. Clifford S. Dunham, music director, is standing between two women in the second row.

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University Hill School graduation class group portrait 1923 June 1
University Hill School graduation class group portrait 1923 June 1
Call Number 201-1-7
Date 1923
Contents 1 photograph.
Description A group portrait, Edwin Tangen's photograph #7000, of the 1923 University Hill School graduation class, posed on the lawn in front of their school on 1 June 1923.

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State Preparatory School operetta production casts group portraits 1926-1931
State Preparatory School operetta production casts group portraits 1926-1931
Call Number 201-1-8
Date 1926-1931
Contents 2 photographs and 1 poster.
Description Group portraits of the casts of the State Preparatory School productions of the Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas H.M.S. Pinafore and The Mikado, and a large poster announcing the H.M.S. Pinafore production in April 1933.

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State Preparatory School
State Preparatory School: cast of the operetta, The Bohemian Girl group portrait, The Bohemian girl
Call Number 201-1-9
Date 1928
Contents 1 photograph and 1 program.
Description A group portrait, by Charles Snow, of the cast of the State Preparatory School production of the Balfe opera, The Bohemian Girl, showing the 90-member chorus and the orchestra. Also in this folder is the program, which identifies the individuals pictured.

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