Photographs of Agnes Barchus, circa 1980
Scope and Contents
This oral history interview with Agnes Barchus was conducted by Karen A. Reyes at Barchus’ home in Portland, Oregon, on March 3, 1980. In this interview, Barchus discusses the art career of her mother, Eliza R. Barchus, including her exhibits at the Portland Hotel and the 1905 Lewis and Clark Exposition in Portland, as well as her innovation of selling prints of her paintings on postcards. Barchus also shares her memories of the 1905 Lewis and Clark Exposition, describing many of the buildings and exhibits in detail. She describes some of the houses that her mother built in Portland, her mother’s practice of paying her bills in trade, and her mother’s efforts to save several boxwood trees from a construction project. She talks about the renewed interest in her mother’s artwork after Eliza Barchus’ death in 1959, exhibitions of her mother’s work in the 1960s and 1970s, and the passage of a resolution naming Eliza Barchus “The Oregon Artist.”
Dates
- Creation: circa 1980
Creator
- From the Collection: Barchus, Agnes, 1893-1983 (Interviewee, Person)
- From the Collection: Reyes, Karen A., 1950- (Interviewer, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: .1 Cubic Feet (1 audiocassette ( 1 hr., 1 min., 50 sec.) + 4 photographs (black and white))
Language of Materials
English
Repository Details
Part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Repository
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