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Performing Arts

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 62 Collections and/or Records:

Portland Civic Theatre Guild records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 1048
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...
Dates: 1990-2004

Portland Symphony Society records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1149
Abstract

Records of the parent organization of the Portland Symphony Orchestra, later the Oregon Symphony. Records include by-laws and minutes of board meetings, reports, contracts, financial records, and ephemera.

Dates: 1913-1969

Francis Richter papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 584
Abstract

Papers of composer Francis Richter (1888-1938), including scorebooks for Richter's compositions, recordings of musical performances by Richter, personal papers, and biographical materials. Richter was a blind composer, pianist, and organist who lived in Portland, Oregon, and in Minnesota.

Dates: 1895-2017; Majority of material found within 1895-1949

Oral history interview with Ariel Rubstein

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9340
Abstract

Oral history interview with Ariel Rubstein conducted by Charles Digregorio on August 16, 1978. Rubstein was a concert director and pianist in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1978 August 16

Oral history interview with Ariel Rubstein

 Collection
Identifier: SR 438
Abstract

Oral history interview with Ariel Rubstein conducted by Marian W. Kolisch from December 17, 1984, to February 18, 1985. Rubstein, a pianist and music instructor, discusses his early life in Russia, and his life and career in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1984 December 17-1985 February 18

Dorothy Scales photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1131
Abstract

Collection consists of two photographs: a hand colored group portrait of the Mary V. Dodge Irvington School Orchestra, and a black and white group portrait of the Portland Junior Symphony on a stage. Dorothy Scales (then Dorothy Edlefsen) is among the people in the photographs but is not identified.

Dates: circa 1910-1929

John Schmitt scrapbook about organists

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 919
Abstract

Scrapbook of clippings about organists compiled by John Schmitt of Portland, Oregon, in the early 1930s.

Dates: circa 1930-1932

Jacqueline Schumacher papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 1021
Abstract

Materials of and relating to ballet dancer and teacher Jacqueline Schumacher (née Martin, 1920-2019) of Portland, Oregon, including photographs, scrapbooks, a photograph album, souvenir books, programs, and video recordings.

Dates: 1934-2023

Oral history interview with Lawrence Leighton Smith

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9343
Abstract

Oral history interview with Lawrence Leighton Smith conducted by Linda S. Dodds on May 12, 1980. Smith was a pianist and conductor for many symphonies around the country, including the Oregon Symphony from 1973 to 1980.

Dates: 1980 May 12

Society of Oregon Composers records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1476
Abstract

This collection reflects efforts by the Society of Oregon Composers to gather a library of Oregon musical compositions, and to promote and support musical composition in the state. The collection consists primarily of musical scores for voice, piano and strings (1902-1941), with other materials relating to the music library, membership in the society, and competitions.

Dates: 1902-1941; Majority of material found within 1922-1938