urn:taro:houpub.00200 Evelyn Norton Anderson Papers: An inventory of records at the Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library Houston Metropolitan Research Center
500 McKinney St. Julia Ideson Building, 2nd Floor Houston, TX, 77002 832-393-1665
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2009-02-26T12:46-0600 Finding aid written in English. Describing Archives: A Content Standard March 2009Edited by Amber Seely according to instructions in TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. Descriptive Summary Anderson, Evelyn NortonEvelyn Norton Anderson Papers 1960'sMaterials are in English.MSS 1465 4.0 Linear feet Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library Biographical Note

Evelyn Norton Anderson (1926-1991) was a Houston-based clothing and costume designer. While she created children's clothes both at the beginning and at the end of her career, she is best known for theatrical costumery and career and sports facility uniforms.

Anderson worked for the Casa Manana Theatre in Fort Worth for nine years, and also provided both original and rented stock costumes for theaters in Houston and around the country. Her stage designs were seen on performers across the United States, including Howard Keel and Jane Powell.

Anderson was talented at creating unified-theme uniforms for businesses, including restaurants, hotels, and sports facilities. This collection contains uniform designs for the cowboy-themed Colt 45 stadium in Houston as well as its successor, the space-themed Astrodome.

 Scope and Contents

The collection consists of costume designs and fabric swatches for opera productions and uniform designs for two Houston area baseball staduims.

 Access Restrictions

None.

 Use Restrictions

Permission to publish or reproduce materials from the Evelyn Norton Anderson Papers must be obtained from the Houston Metropolitan Research Center or the appropriate copyright holder.

 Preferred Citation

Evelyn Norton Anderson Papers. MSS 1465. Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library.

 Acquisition Information

Donated by June Terry, 2009.

Processing Information

Processed by Marguerite Radhakrishnan, 2009.

 Index TermsHouston Astros (Baseball team) Houston Colt 45s. (Baseball team) Houston Grand Opera Uniforms Costume designers Costume design Costume Designs Costume designs: Song of Norway 1 1-3 Costume designs: Vagabond King 1 4-7 Colt Staduim Uniforms General information 2 1 Service Personnel - Parking 2 2 Service Personnel - Tickets, Seating 2 3 Service Personnel - Grounds, Vendors, Porters 2 4 Specialty Staff - Washroom Matrons, Press Room, Radio & TV Crew 2 5 The Fast Draw 2 6 Astrodome Uniforms General information 2 7 Restaurants - Trailblazer 2 8 Restaurants - The Countdown 2 9 Restaurants - The Domeskeller 2 10 Clubs - Sky Dome 2 11 Clubs - Astrodome Club 2 12 Clubs - Private Box Butlers 2 13 Stadium Personnel - General information 2 14 Stadium Personnel - Parking 2 15 Stadium Personnel - Tickets, Elevators 2 16 Stadium Personnel - Usherettes, Supervisors, Groundscrew 2 17 Stadium Personnel - Press Men 2 18 Biographical Information - Evelyn Norton Anderson Biography and memorial service card 2 19 Newspaper clippings on costumes for "Funny Girl" and Miss Texas 2 20 Images - CD-ROM of newspaper article and Polaroid photographs of children's clothes 2 21 Newspaper Articles "Designing Woman" feature article by Kate Gurwell, Houston Post, 1964 (original and copy) 3 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Magazine with Astrodome articles 3 Articles from the Houston Chronicle on Astrodome and Houston sports uniforms 3