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Performing Arts

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 62 Collections and/or Records:

St. Rose Minstrel programs and photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Coll835
Abstract

Programs and photographs related to minstrel shows presented by the men's club of the St. Rose Church in Portland, Oregon. The materials date from 1944 to 1950.

Dates: 1944-1950

Susan Stelljes collection of Portland, Oregon, theater memorabilia

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 1047
Abstract

Materials relating to theaters in Portland, Oregon, collected by Susan Stelljes, including programs and posters. The bulk of the collection's materials concern the Portland Civic Theatre Guild, a volunteer fundraising group to which Stelljes belonged. The Portland Civic Theatre Guild was founded in 1958 to support the Portland Civic Theatre; it later awarded fellowships for theater artists' professional development. The guild dissolved in 2023.

Dates: 1956-2007

Tauber-Arons Company public auction catalog for the Oriental Theater

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2378
Abstract

Auction catalog, February 17, 1969, listing items for sale from the dismantled Oriental Theater in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1969 February 17

Thompson and Teal family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll168
Abstract

Papers, photographs, and memorabilia relating to the Thompson and Teal families and related families, a significant portion of which specifically concern Genevieve Thompson Smith.

Dates: circa 1808-1993; Majority of material found within circa 1850-1976

Oral history interview with Inés A. Voglar Belgique

 Collection
Identifier: SR 12333
Abstract

Oral history interview with Inés A. Voglar Belgique conducted by Nancy Dollahite and Sankar Raman on March 21, 2019, for The Immigrant Story. Volgar Belgique discusses her career as a violinist in Venezuela and Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 2019 March 21

Julius Walter papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2489
Abstract

Scrapbooks, clippings, photographs, and memorabilia relating to the career of Julius Walter (1903-1971), a Portland, Oregon, musician who performed on local radio stations, including KOIN.

Dates: 1925-1971

"The way it was" photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 580
Abstract

Small collection of black and white photographs used in research and production of the book "The Way it Was: A Kaleidoscopic Look at Early Theatre in the Oregon Country and a View of the Changing Pattern of Theatre in the Early Years of the Twentieth Century into the Present Day" by Cecil Matson, published in 1988. Subjects depicted in the collection include performers, producers, and directors, as well as theaters in Ashland, McMinnville, Portland, Oregon City, and Roseburg.

Dates: circa 1858-1972

Harold A. Webber papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2529
Abstract

Harold A. Webber (1895-1949) was a Portland, Oregon, musician and children's orchestra leader. Collection is partially processed and includes correspondence, 1895-1934; newspaper clippings, 1909-1932; musical programs, songbooks, musical arrangements, ledgers, scrapbook, scores, and baton.

Dates: 1895-1949

Wild honey: a drama

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2306
Abstract

Typescript play by Raphael Fabian Bennett, set in 1895 Arkansas, 85 pages, with notes.

Dates: 1937

Ava Williams papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 225
Abstract Ava Williams (1912-2003) performed as a popular music singer and pianist on stages on both coasts of the United States from 1939 to the late 1990s. She grew up in Eastern Oregon and spent her final years in Portland. In the intervening years, she lived and worked in California; New York City; Provincetown and Boston, Massachusetts; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her personal collection spans from her childhood to her death, and includes papers, photographs, and sound and video recordings,...
Dates: 1880-2004