Performing Arts
Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest
Found in 63 Collections and/or Records:
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
Copies of materials documenting the work and career of Mason Williams
Collection
Identifier: Coll 299
Abstract
Color photocopies of materials documenting the work and career of Oregon musician and artist Mason Williams, compiled in preparation for an exhibit at the Oregon Historical Society.
Dates:
circa 1959-2011
Yaw's Top Notch dinner theater poster
Collection
Identifier: Coll884
Abstract
Hand-lettered poster advertising performances of "The Drunkard" at Yaw's Top Notch Restaurant by the Mark Allen Players. Yaw's Top Notch was a Portland, Oregon restaurant that was popular in the mid-20th century, and closed in 1985. The Mark Allen Players were a theater company that became the Willamette Repertory Theatre, and then the Portland Repertory Theater, before dissolving in 1998.
Dates:
circa 1982