The collection is open and available for use.
Copyright has been transferred to the archive except that written permission is required from the donor to reproduce all unpublished scripts.
Stagecoach Players collection (PA 50), Performing Arts Archives, University of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis.
Donated by Wendell Josal in September 1992 and Maggie Moulton in April 1996.
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.
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.
An unpublished finding aid with detailed contents is available in the Manuscripts Division.
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