Collection Timeline

1962 to 1988

1962
Photograph of C.Y. Stephens Auditorium under construction.

1965
Photograph of a group of people attending the C.Y Stephens Auditorium groundbreaking in October of 1965.
Photograph of the groundbreaking ceremony for C.Y. Stephens in October 1965.

1969
Photograph of the side stage of C.Y. Stephens Auditorium.
Photograph showing an exterior corner of C.Y. Stephens Auditorium.
Photograph showing the exterior of C.Y. Stephens Auditorium in 1969.
Photographs of C.Y. Stephens exterior with pathways under construction.
Photograph of Stephens Auditorium from the stage looking out onto a full audience.
Photograph of Stephen's Auditorium from the seats, showing the curtain on stage.
Photograph of two people unloading a crate holding the stage curtain for C.Y. Stephens Auditorium in 1969.
Schedule of events for September 1969 at C.Y. Stephens Auditorium.
General admission ticket for a 1969 event at Stephens Auditorium.
Informal photos of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and its director at C.Y. Stephens Auditorium.
Photographs of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra members visiting Iowa farms and Amana Colonies in 1969.
Photograph of Seiji Ozawaka, conductor of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, playing baseball in 1969.
Photographs from a performance of the New York Philharmonic and the ISU Singers at C.Y. Stephen Auditorium in September of 1969.
Photograph of the New York Philharmonic performing during the International Orchestra Festival at C.Y. Stephens Auditorium.
Photograph of the New York Philharmonic performing during the International Orchestra Festival at C.Y. Stephens Auditorium.

1970
Color photograph of C.Y. Stephens Auditorium taken from the stage looking out onto the seats.
Photograph of C.Y. Stephens Auditorium at night with buses parked outside in 1970.
Photograph of C.Y. Stephens at night from a walkway at front of building in 1970.

1975
Color photograph of the Iowa State Center flooded with C. Y. Stephens seen in the background.

1976
Photograph of C.Y. Stephens from the walkways at the front of the building in 1976.

1980
Photograph of two ticket windows outside of Stephens Auditorium.

1981
Photograph of Dick Snyder.

1982
Photograph of two people working on replacing the stage floor in C.Y. Stephens Auditorium.

1988
Photograph of Steven Peters, Iowa State Center director, in 1988.