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Performing Arts

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 67 Collections and/or Records:

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

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