Stagecoach Players collection
Scope and Content Note
The collection contains administrative records (legal, business, ANTA records, etc.), financial records, other business records, guest books, company files (photos, rosters and member contracts), publicity files, programs, scrapbooks, production slides, and a complete collection of scripts with music, plus several miscellaneous production items.
Dates
- 1960-1980
Creator
- Stagecoach Players (Organization)
Language of Materials
English
Restrictions on Access
The collection is open and available for use by researchers in the Andersen Library Reading Room.
Restrictions on Use
Written permission by the donor is required for performance and photoreproduction of all unpublished scripts. For more information please contact the Performing Arts Archives.
Historical Note
The Stagecoach Players company was founded in 1962 by Wendell Josal (president and managing director) and Robert Moulton (vice-president and artistic director) to perform melodramas with musical olios in the opera house of the Stagecoach Complex, Shakopee, MN. In 1971, Moulton was succeeded by Lee Adey. The troupe mounted 44 productions in 18 years, playing to over 300,000 people in 1,898 performances, as a commercial company.
Extent
30 Cubic Feet (24 boxes, slides)
Abstract
The collection comprises administrative records, financial records, other business records, guest books, company files, publicity files, programs, scrapbooks, production slides, and a complete collection of scripts with music.
Physical Location
Mezzanine, High Bay
Acquisition
Donated by Wendell Josal in September 1992 and Maggie Moulton in April 1996.
- Theatrical companies -- Minnesota -- Shakopee Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Stagecoach Players collection
- Author
- Karen Spilman
- Date
- January 2005
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Collecting Area Details
Contact The Performing Arts Archives Collecting Area
