W. Jay Eldredge, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Winnifred Margetts
Alternative Title
No.275, W. Jay Eldredge, interview by Winnifred Margetts
Creator
Eldredge, W. Jay (Walter Joshua), 1913-2002
Contributor
Cooley, Everett L.; University of Utah. American West Center
Publisher
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date
1986-01-30
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Eldredge, W. Jay (Walter Joshua), 1913-2002--Interviews; Theatrical managers--Utah--Salt Lake City--History; Theater--Utah--Salt Lake City--History; Theaters--Utah--Salt Lake City--History
Description
Transcript (36 pages) of interview by Winnifred Margetts with W. Jay Eldridge,first general manager of Salt Lake's Promised Valley Playhouse, on January 30, 1986. This interview is no. 275 in the Everett L. Cooley Oral History Project, and tape no. U-430
Abstract
Eldredge (b. 1915) recalls his association with Promised Valley Playhouse, its establishment and development as well as the role played by the Mormon church in the creation of this theater. Interviewer: Winnifred Margetts