Portland Civic Theatre Guild records
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of records of the Portland Civic Theatre Guild in Oregon, a volunteer theater support organization, from the 1990s and early 2000s. The records reflect a period when the guild's mission shifted from supporting the Portland Civic Theatre, which closed in 1990, to funding theater artists' professional development. Records include meeting agendas and minutes, financial records, programs for First Tuesday Readers Theatre performances, membership directories, and bylaws. Other materials in the collection include newspaper clippings and information relating to the guild's Leslie G. Fulton Endowment and fellowship awards.
Dates
- Creation: 1990-2004
Creator
- Portland Civic Theatre Guild (Portland, Or.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.
Administrative History
The Portland Civic Theatre Guild was a volunteer organization founded in 1958 by Mary Brand in Portland, Oregon. The guild's purpose was to act as an independent support group for the Portland Civic Theatre. It sponsored daytime play readings on the Portland Civic Theatre's main stage to raise funds for educational scholarships and special projects for the theater. When the Portland Civic Theatre closed in 1990, the guild's purpose shifted to supporting annual fellowships for theater artists' professional development. After the Portland Civic Theatre's building was demolished in 1993, readings were held in the Old Church in Portland. The guild dissolved at the end of 2023.
Sources: "The Portland Civic Theater Guild is Dissolving at the End of the Year," Willamette Week, November 3, 2023; "Portland Civic Theatre," by Susan Stelljes, Oregon Encyclopedia, https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/portland_civic_theatre/; collection materials.
Extent
0.36 Cubic Feet (1 letter document case)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Records of the Portland Civic Theatre Guild, a volunteer fundraising organization in Portland, Oregon. The collection's contents include administrative records, programs, bylaws, directories, information about the Leslie G. Fulton endowment and the guild's fellowship awards, and clippings. The Portland Civic Theatre Guild was founded in 1958, and dissolved in 2023. The records in this collection reflect the period in the 1990s when the Portland Civic Theatre closed and the guild shifted its mission from supporting that theater to awarding fellowships for theater artists' professional development.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Kathy Littlefield, April 2007 (Lib. Acc. 26224).
Processing Information
Original file folders were retained during arrangement of the collection.
Subject
- Title
- Guide to the Portland Civic Theatre Guild records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Jeffrey A. Hayes
- Date
- 2024
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Repository
1200 SW Park Ave.
Portland OR 97205 United States
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