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Performing Arts

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 62 Collections and/or Records:

Edith Essex photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 41
Abstract

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.

Dates: circa 1952-1953

John Stark Evans papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2494
Abstract

Collection consists of programs, 1918-1958, regarding the Eugene Gleemen, Lewis and Clark College, First Presbyterian Church and others. John Stark Evans was an organist and choirmaster at the First Presbyterian Church in Portland, Oregon, director of the Lewis and Clark College School of Music, and associate dean of music at the University of Oregon.

Dates: 1918-1958

Oral history interview with Harvey S. Giffin

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9537
Abstract

Oral history interview with Harvey S. Giffin conducted by Charles Digregorio on June 22, 1977. Giffin discusses performing as an actor with the Portland Civic Theatre in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1977 June 22

Gilchrist Theatre sketch

 Collection
Identifier: Mss3135
Abstract

Preliminary sketch of the Gilchrist Theatre in Gilchrist, Oregon, by architect Hollis Johnston.

Dates: circa 1935-1938

Peter Glazer rock and roll collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 499
Abstract

Flyers, concert posters, and radio record surveys relating to rock music performed or played in Portland, Oregon, and Eugene, Oregon, in the late 1960s and early 1970s, as well as the autographs of members of The Doors, Fever Tree, Iron Butterfly, Buffalo Springfield, and the Steve Miller Band. The materials were collected by Peter Glazer (1952-) of Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1967-2010; Majority of material found within 1967-1971

Frederick Goodrich papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2286
Abstract

Frederick William Goodrich (1867-1942) was a composer, organist and choir director in Portland, Oregon. Collection consists of original scores and arrangements, primarily of religious music, as performed in Portland-area churches, circa 1895-1930; an unpublished history of the Portland Symphony Orchestra, 1899-1933; and reports regarding the Oregon Music Project, 1935-1942.

Dates: circa 1895-1942

Woody Hite collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 280
Abstract

Photographs, clippings, posters, and ephemera documenting Woody Hite and his big band, who were active in northwestern Oregon from the 1930s and 1940s; the band was revived in the early 1970s by Hite's brother Don Hite. Photographs include images of Duke Ellington and his band in Portland, Oregon, in 1941.

Dates: circa 1919-1988; Majority of material found within 1937-1955

Homicide Squad radio plays

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2175
Abstract

Typescript collection of scripts for "Homicide Squad," 1939, radio plays based on data from the case files of the Portland Police Department, presented by radio station KGW with the participation of the chief of police, Harry M. Niles.

Dates: 1939

Bob Hope in Oregon photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1126
Abstract

Small collection of black and white photographs of Bob Hope, mostly in Oregon, including photos of Hope with Oregon Governor Tom McCall and with Queen Rhonda Anderson at the Portland Rose Festival in 1969.

Dates: circa 1919-1982

Oral history interview with Sidney W. Isaacs

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9396
Abstract

Oral history interview with Sidney W. Isaacs conducted by Mary M. Rosenberg on April 18, 1967. Isaacs discusses his work as a theater usher and as manager of the Public Auditorium in early 20th-century Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1967 April 18