Sears, Vera E., 1912-2008

Black and white photographic portrait of Vera Sears. Inscription on the bottom of the photograph: "[unreadable] Brooks, 1952"

This collection contains the papers of Vera Sears (1912-2008), dance instructor at the University of Denver, and her husband Edwin Sears (1903-1964), a law professor at the University of Denver. The Sears family emigrated to the United States from Germany in the 1930s. These papers include correspondence, photographs, teaching materials, legal materials, clippings, dance notation notebooks, publications, scrapbooks, and audiovisual materials.

Black and white photograph of a ship alongside a numberof smaller boats.

The Adult Workshop Group Performs The New World, at the East High School Auditorium, to benefit The Sewall House Treatment Center of The Denver Society for Crippled Children, in Denver, Colorado

The Adult Workshop Group Performs The New World, at the East High School Auditorium, to benefit The Sewall House Treatment Center of The Denver Society for Crippled Children, in Denver, Colorado

The Adult Workshop Group Performs The New World, at the East High School Auditorium, to benefit The Sewall House Treatment Center of The Denver Society for Crippled Children, in Denver, Colorado

The Adult Workshop Group Performs The New World, at the East High School Auditorium, to benefit The Sewall House Treatment Center of The Denver Society for Crippled Children, in Denver, Colorado

Large format house program for lobby display. Black lettering executed in calligraphy, with rubricated capitals. Credits include: Music composed and arranged by Louise Metz, costumes by the students, direction by Vera Sears assisted by Barbara Dwyer Goss.

Black and white photograph of one of the trials occurring in the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg after the end of World War II (commonly called the Nuremberg Trials). Specific trial occurring is unknown. Includes inscription on reverse of the photograph: "Mr. Hahn is giving" and "Please return to Mr. Edwin Sears 1221 Washington St.".

Black and white photograph of one of the trials occurring in the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg after the end of World War II (commonly called the Nuremberg Trials). Specific trial occurring is unknown. Front right is Edwin Sears. Includes inscription on reverse of photograph: "Mr. Sears examining Mr. Hahn - Jewish industrialist property had been taken away by the Nazis - [rest is unreadable]" and "Please return to Mr. Edwin Sears 1221 Washington St.".