Performing Arts
Found in 66 Collections and/or Records:
Cartoon for the Orpheum Theatre
Pen and ink cartoon of a bird announcing "They're coming" to a fan in a grandstand. Note on back indicates it was published in the Daily News (Portland, Or.).
Performing Arts History Committee records
Records of a committee organized by the Oregon Historical Society around 1966 to seek out information and materials documenting performing arts in the state. The collection consists primarily of meeting minutes from 1966-1976 and attached correspondence and other documents, and also includes two papers written for seminars at Lewis and Clark College in 1966 and 1968, concerning music history in Oregon.
Portland Civic Auditorium plans
Collection includes a design, 3 blueprint plans on 3 sheets, for the Portland Civic Auditorium at SW 3rd Ave. and SW Clay St. in Portland, Oregon, 1913. This design was never implemented.
Portland Civic Auditorium plans
Collection includes 4 blueprint plans and sections on 3 sheets of the Portland Civic Auditorium at SW 3rd Ave. and SW Clay St. in Portland, Oregon. Plans are by the New York firm of Freelander & Seymour, which won the design competition for the auditorium, now known as Keller Auditorium, in 1917.
Portland Civic Theatre Guild records
Portland Symphony Society records
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.
Francis Richter papers
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.
Oral history interview with Ariel Rubstein
Oral history interview with Ariel Rubstein conducted by Charles Digregorio on August 16, 1978. Rubstein was a concert director and pianist in Portland, Oregon.
Oral history interview with Ariel Rubstein
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.
Dorothy Scales photographic collection
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.