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Artists -- Oregon

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:

Oral history interview with Wayne McDonald

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9470
Abstract

Oral history interview with Wayne McDonald conducted by Ray Neufer around 1980. McDonald discusses painting a mural on a building at Beaver Acres Elementary School in Beaverton, Oregon.

Dates: circa 1980

Edward B. Quigley collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2498
Abstract

Edward Burns Quigley (1894-1984) was a Western artist and sculptor. Collection includes sketchbooks with cartoon impressions of Quigley's experiences in France during World War I; posters and paintings; reproductions of pencil sketches of Oregon scenery; scrapbooks containing newspaper and magazine articles regarding Quigley and his work; and a first draft layout of Carl Gohs' book "Ed Quigley, Western Artist."

Dates: 1917-1984

Oral history interview with Clyde Rice

 Collection
Identifier: SR1054
Abstract

Oral history interview with Clyde Rice conducted by Rick Harmon from January 22 to March 13, 1985. Rice was an author from Portland, Oregon, and he discusses his novel "A Heaven in the Eye," as well as his family background and early life, his marriages, and his father's flavor extract business.

Dates: 1985 January 22-March 13

Oral history interview with Sarah Rikaz

 Collection
Identifier: SR 12323
Abstract

Oral history interview with Sarah Rikaz conducted by Sankar Raman on January 11, 2019, for The Immigrant Story. Rikaz discusses her career as an artist and her experiences in Portland, Oregon, as an immigrant from Sri Lanka.

Dates: 2019 January 11

Cleveland Rockwell papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2163
Abstract Small collection consisting primarily of pencil and watercolor drawings and sketches made by Cleveland Rockwell (1837-1907), a cartographer and Oregon artist. The bulk of the sketches depict landscape scenes in Oregon, Washington, California, and Alaska, as well as British Columbia and Alberta, Canada. The collection also includes a significant number of watercolor drawings of Pacific Northwest and California wildflowers, some of them made by Cornelia F. Rockwell (née Russell, 1856-1922),...
Dates: 1862-circa 1965; Majority of material found within 1862-1905

Ashley R. Russell papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2851
Abstract Ashley Robert (Bob) Russell (1922-1944) was killed by a German sniper in Normandy, France, July 15, 1944, and had been one of the first to land in France on D-Day. Papers include correspondence, 1944, to his relatives, from France, regarding military life; correspondence, 1940-1941, from the Portland Art Museum regarding enrollment and sale of his artworks; a letter, 1942, from Sgt. Alfred E. Peacock regarding Russell's artwork; and a typescript letter, 1948, to Russell's parents,...
Dates: 1940-1948

Ella Allen Scott collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5350
Abstract

Collection includes pen and ink drawings done for the book "Horseback Honeymoon," 1907-1908, depicting western scenes and people.

Dates: 1907-1908

Oral history interview with Dorothy H. Thornton

 Collection
Identifier: SR1076
Abstract

Oral history interview with Dorothy H. Thornton conducted by Nancy Hawver from September 10 to December 13, 1991. Thornton talks about the Tillamook Creamery Association, about the legal and political career of Robert Y. Thornton, and about her career as a painter.

Dates: 1991 September 10-December 13

Oral history interview with Zsuzsanna Vamos

 Collection
Identifier: SR12293
Abstract

Oral history interview with Zsuzsanna Vamos conducted by Sankar Raman and Briana Ybanez on August 20, 2018, for The Immigrant Story. Vamos immigrated to the United States from Hungary in 1989. She worked at the Kansas University Medical Center, became a pharmacist in Hillsboro, Oregon, and exhibited art at galleries in the Pacific Northwest.

Dates: 2018 August 20

Oral history interview with Milton W. Wilson

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9330
Abstract

Oral history interview with Milton W. Wilson conducted by Charles Digregorio on May 25, 1978. Wilson was an artist in Portland, Oregon, and in San Francisco, California.

Dates: 1978 May 25