Performing Arts
Found in 61 Collections and/or Records:
Chamber Music Northwest records
Collection consists of correspondence, minutes and financial reports, 1976-1977; newsletter, 1 volume, 1976, with events and biographies of participating musicians. Sergiu Luca, an acclaimed Israeli violinist, founded Chamber Music Northwest in 1971 after coming to Portland for a music recital.
Oral history interview with Gary Coleman and Steve Fulmer
Oral history interview with Gary Coleman and Steve Fulmer conducted by R. Michael Sanchez on May 19, 2007, for the Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest. Coleman and Fulmer discuss the origins of the Portland Gay Men's Chorus.
Carl Denton papers
Collection includes correspondence, 1919-1925, regarding Carl Denton's career as conductor for the Portland Symphony Orchestra and resignation in 1925. Also included are miscellaneous correspondence and documents relating to the orchestra, including its constitution and bylaws, circa 1922.
William Dills papers
William Dills (1878-1932) was a popular stage actor in Portland, Oregon, and a member of the Baker Theatre Stock Company. Papers include an advertisement for the Baker Theatre company, with head shots of members including Dills, 1911; a manuscript fan letter, 1927; photos of Louise Dills, his wife, 1914, taken in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, and of her mother's house in Multnomah, Oregon, undated; photocopy newspaper clipping, circa 1927, about Dills' acting career.
Mary V. Dodge papers
Papers of and relating to Mary V. Dodge (1876-1954), a violin teacher who lived in Portland, Oregon, and Burns, Oregon. In the 1910s, she founded the Sagebrush Symphony in Burns; she later led the Irvington School Orchestra in Portland, which became the Portland Junior Symphony (later the Portland Youth Philharmonic).
Mary V. Dodge photographs
Photographs of and relating to Oregon violinist and music teacher Mary V. Dodge (1876-1954) and her career. Many of the images are portraits of the Sagebrush Symphony Orchestra of Harney County, a rural Oregon youth orchestra that Dodge founded and led. The collection also includes photographs of Dodge; an image of her house in Portland; and photographs of other musicians, many of them children.
Oral history interview with Red Dunning
Oral history interview with Red Dunning conducted by Kathleen D. Walsh on March 1, 1982. Dunning was a musician in Portland, Oregon.
Oral history interview with Mildred B. Engdahl and Marion F. Kingery
Oral history interview with Mildred B. Engdahl and Marion F. Kingery conducted by Charles Digregorio on June 9, 1977. Engdahl and Kingery discuss their involvement with the Portland Civic Theatre in Portland, Oregon.
Oral history interview with Edith F. Essex
Oral history interview with Edith F. Essex conducted by Charles Digregorio on January 25, 1977. Essex discusses her involvement with the Portland Civic Theatre.
Edith Essex photographic collection
Four black and white photographs of Edith Essex in productions at the Portland Civic Theatre, including: "Death of a Salesman" with Bob Henderson; "Old Ladies" with Margaret Barney and Sally Rice; and "Royal Family" with Julius Zell.