Flickertail Follies Records

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: UA-136

Scope and Contents

The Flickertail Follies Records mainly consist of programs from the event. Also included is a 1950 article from Life magazine highlighting the 1950 Silver Anniversary edition of the Follies.

Dates

created: 1926-1962, 1982
Other: Majority of material found in 1926-1962

Conditions Governing Access

Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.

Biographical or Historical Information

The Flickertail Follies was a popular variety show at the University of North Dakota from 1925 until 1962. The show was put on by Sigma Delta Chi, a national journalism society. A revival of the Follies happened in 1982, under the auspices of Blue Key, a national honor society. "Like many inspirations, Follies was born with a familiar 'Why can't we do that?'" Roy French, then head of UND's journalism department, and undergraduates Armin F. Rohde and Charles Evans saw a show at the University of Indiana while they were attending the 1925 national Sigma Delta Chi convention in Indianapolis. They liked what they saw, brought the idea back, secured necessary approval, produced the show and it clicked. Follies number one in the old Orpheum Theater was the birth of a tradition." (1950 Flickertail Follies 25th Anniversary Program)

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