Photograph of an orchestra rehearsal from "The Music Man," the 1963 Abilene Christian College Homecoming musical. On the left Music Director Vernon Moody is conducting the orchestra. Musicians facing the camera from left to right are: an unidentified male violinist, Carolyn Rhodes (violin), Patricia Huff (violin), Janice Owens (violin), Allen Huff (cello), and Jim Hughes (contrabasso).

Photograph from act 1, scene 1 of "The Music Man," the 1963 Abilene Christian College Homecoming musical. Eight men are shown on a railway coach on the way to River City.

Photograph of chorus rehearsal from "The Music Man," the 1963 Abilene Christian College Homecoming musical. Thirty-four men, women, and children are pictured. Many of the actors have one arm raised.

Photograph of Donna Rankin (Marian Paroo), left, and Gary Hood (Professor Harold Hill), right, from the 1963 Abilene Christian College Homecoming musical, "The Music Man." Rankin is looking away from Hood. There is a suitcase to the right of the couple that reads: "Prof. H. Hill."

Photograph of billboard advertising that "The Sound of Music" musical at the Abilene Civic Center Theater was sold out.

Photograph from "The Sound of Music," the 1983 Abilene Christian University Homecoming musical production. The scene is set in the foyer of the von Trapp family house. Actors are, from left to right: Stan Denman (Franz), Rachel Weems (Frau Schmidt), Melanie Smith (Elsa Schraeder), Clay Hale (Captain Georg von Trapp), and Nelson Coates (Max Detweiler).

Photograph of three actors from "The Sound of Music," the 1970 Homecoming musical at Abilene Christian College. Photograph shows actors standing on what looks like a deck in front of a set that depicts a multiple story home. The actors are (from left to right): Mike Dudley (Captain Georg von Trapp), Margaret Clayton (Elsa Schraeder), and Philip Burton (Max Detweiler).

Photograph of set from "The Sound of Music" Homecoming musical at Abilene Christian College. Various parts of several sets are depicted across the stage of the Abilene Civic Center Theatre. There are four unidentified people on the stage.

Photograph from "The Sound of Music," the 1970 Homecoming musical at Abilene Christian College. Set in the von Trapp family living room, from left to right are: Becki Bennett (Maria Rainer), Margaret Clayton (Elsa Schraeder), and Mike Dudley (Captain Georg von Trapp).

Photograph of set from "The Sound of Music" Homecoming musical at Abilene Christian College. Various parts of several sets are depicted across the stage of the Abilene Civic Center Theatre.

Photograph from "The Sound of Music," the 1983 Abilene Christian University Homecoming musical production. Four nuns stand in front of Nonnberg Abbey. Actors are, from left to right: Peggy Lewis (Sister Margaretta), Laura McCully (Sister Sophia), Patricia Caudle (Sister Berthe), and Talena Mara (Mother Abbess).

Photograph from "The Music Man," the 1963 Abilene Christian College Homecoming musical. The scene is set at the River City town center. There are eighteen people singing, many with their hands in the air. A man and a woman at the right of the photograph are holding signs that say "T" and "P," respectively.

Production phtograph from "The Music Man," the 1963 Abilene Christian College Homecoming musical. Photograph is of a mirror in a dressing room. Four people are reflected in the mirror. From left to right: unidentified woman, unidentified man, Makeup Manager Leonard Boyll, and Cullen Cullers (Winthrop Paroo).

Photograph from "The Music Man," the 1979 Abilene Christian University Homecoming musical. The scene is set on a street in in River City, Iowa, with a hotel and a Wells Fargo building in the background. There is a large seated crowd that is facing Jeff Berryman (Professor Harold Hill) who is standing on the hotel steps addressing the group.

Photograph from act 2, scene 3 of "The Sound of Music," the 1970 Homecoming musical at Abilene Christian College. Stage shows Becki Bennett (Maria Rainer) and Mike Dudley (Captain Georg Von Trapp) getting married surrounded by the Captain's seven children and the nuns from Nonnberg Abbey.

Photograph from act 1, scene 6 of "The Music Man," the 1979 Abilene Christian University Homecoming musical. The scene is set in front of the Madison Library. The man on the left side with the suitcase reading "Prof. Hill" is Jeff Berryman (Professor Harold Hill). Woman at center holding books is Evelyn Fowler (Marian Paroo). The River City Quartet on the right side of the photograph is, from left to right: Kern Rasco (Jacey Squires), Steven Vertz (Oliver Hix), Gary Cox (Ewart Dunlop), and Clay Hale (Olin Britt).

Photograph from act 2, scene 3 of "The Music Man," the 1963 Abilene Christian College Homecoming musical. Three characters are singing, each with their right hand raised. From left to right: Donna Rankin (Marian Paroo), Cullen Cullers (Winthrop Paroo), and Darlene Barton (Mrs. Paroo).

Photograph from "The Sound of Music," the 1983 Abilene Christian University Homecoming musical production, act 1. Various von Trapp family members and guests dance in the ballroom at a party.

Photograph from "The Sound of Music," the 1983 Abilene Christian University Homecoming musical production, act 2, scene 3. Photograph of the von Trapp wedding at the cathedral with all the nuns. Actors from left to right: Laura McCully (Sister Sophia), Patricia Caudle (Sister Bartha), Peggy Lewis (Sister Margaretta), Kelly Varner (Kurt), Les Hunter (Friedrich), Stan Denman (Franz), Clay Hale (Captain George von Trapp), Melanie Jennings (Maria Rainer), Deborah Gardner (Liesel von Trapp), Holly Hill (Louisa von Trapp), Ellen Little (Brigitta), Dana Friend (Martha), Jill Tappe (Gretl), and Talena Mara (Mother Abbess). Other actors are unidentified.

Photograph from "The Music Man," the 1963 Abilene Christian College Homecoming musical. The scene is set at the River City town center and approximately forty-five people are on stage, some singing and others playing musical instruments.

Photograph of Donna Rankin (Marian Paroo) left, Gary Hood (Professor Harold Hill) middle, and Keith King (Marcellus Washburn) right, from the 1963 Abilene Christian College Homecoming musical, "The Music Man." The set in the background depicts a street in River City, Iowa. There is a suitcase to the right of Hood and Rankin that reads: "Prof. H. Hill."

Photograph from "The Sound of Music," the 1983 Abilene Christian University Homecoming musical production, act 1, scene 5. In the scene Maria and the children are singing while Franz, Frau Schmidt, and Captain von Trapp enter. Actors from left to right: Melanie Jennings (Maria Rainer), Deborah Gardner (Liesl), Les Hunter (Friederich), Holly Hill (Louisa), Kelly Varner (Kurt), Ellen Little (Brigitta), Dana Friend (Marta), Jill Tappe (Gretl), Rachel Weems (Frau Schmit), Stan Denman (Franz), and Clay Hale (Captain Georg von Trapp).

Photograph from act 1, scene 5 of The Music Man, the 1963 Abilene Christian College homecoming musical. Glo Lambert (Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn) sings at center of photograph, with Dale Ward (Mayor Shinn) to her left. To the left of the mayor is the school board (seated, from right to left): Andy Cauthen, Chester Harville, Don Wilks, and Rick Wickman. To the right of Glo Lambert an unidentified woman plays the paino. Thirty-four characters watch the performance set in the Madison Gymnasium.

Production photograph of the barbershop quartet rehearsing a scene from "The Music Man," the 1963 Abilene Christian College Homecoming musical. The members of the school board barbershop quartet are from left to right: Rick Wickman, Don Wilks, Chester Harville, and Andy Cauthen.