Performing Arts
Found in 61 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with Isabelle K. Ashcraft
Oral history interview with Isabelle K. Ashcraft conducted by Charles Digregorio on June 14, 1977. Ashcraft discusses her experience serving on the board of the Portland Civic Theatre, beginning in 1945.
Astoria, Oregon, Finnish theater groups photographic collection
Collection consists of black and white photographs depicting actors and productions of Finnish theater groups in Astoria, Oregon, at least one affiliated with the Työmies Society. Most of the prints have the name of the author Walter Mattila written on the back, along with the names of people in the photographs and other information.
Jacob Avshalomov papers
The papers of Jacob Avshalomov consist of correspondence, clippings, programs, musical scores, certificates, memoir books, photographs, and publications relating mostly to his musical career, as well as those of his sons, David and Daniel, and his Russian-born father, Aaron. Also included are programs, reviews, and photographs of the Portland Junior Symphony (later the Portland Youth Philharmonic), which he led from 1954 to 1995.
Baker Theatre plans
Collection includes 2 blueprint plans on 1 sheet of the Baker Theatre at SW 11th Ave. and SW Morrison St. in Portland, Oregon.
Oral history interview with Monte Ballou
Oral history interview with Monte Ballou conducted by Linda S. Dodds on September 16, 1980. Ballou was a jazz musician in Portland, Oregon.
Jeannette and Howard Barlow papers
Jeannette Thomas Barlow (1891-1977) was a Portland, Oregon, native and an actress (stage name Ann Winston). Her husband, Howard Barlow (1892-1972), was a symphony conductor. Collection includes correspondence, diaries, sheet music, legal documents, and memorabilia.
Broadway-Portland Theater Company photographic collection
Twenty-one black and white photographs that include portraits of dancers, actors, and performers; the marquee at the Orpheum Theater; and movie posters at the Broadway Theater in Portland, Oregon.
Corey Brunish theater memorabilia
Program and tickets for a lecture in Portland, Oregon, featuring musical composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim (1930-2021) and a proof of a playbill for a Portland production of Sondheim's musical "Company," with cast and crew autographs. The materials were compiled by theater producer Corey Brunish, who produced and directed "Company" in Portland in 2009, and who won a Tony for his Broadway production of "Company" in 2022.
Business for Culture and the Arts records
Records of Business for Culture and the Arts, a nonprofit organization in Portland, Oregon, that encouraged local businesses to support the arts. It was initially founded as the Oregon Arts Foundation in 1969, and dissolved in 2015.
Canyon passage: final shooting script
Bound typescript final shooting script for the movie "Canyon Passage" by Ernest Pascal, based on the novel by Ernest Haycox, about a businessman in 1850s Oregon who must choose between two women, and help a friend who is a compulsive gambler.