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Visual Arts Collection, 1843-2016
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Oregon Historical Society
- Title
- Visual Arts Collection
- Dates
- 1843-2016 (inclusive)18432016
- Quantity
- 6 cubic feet, (17 document cases, 2 flat boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection Number
- Mss 1532
- Summary
- Collection created by the Oregon Historical Society containing ephemera related to the visual arts in Oregon, primarily in Portland. Includes posters and announcements for gallery openings and art shows.
- Repository
-
Oregon Historical Society Research Library
1200 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR
97205
Telephone: 503-306-5240
Fax: 503-219-2040
libreference@ohs.org - Access Restrictions
-
The collection is open to the public.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Historical NoteReturn to Top
From its inception in 1898, the Oregon Historical Society has collected all manner of ephemra relating to culture and society in Oregon, including the visual arts. In the 1950s or 1960s these materials were organizaed into "Topical Collections" based on broad subject matter.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection contains posters, brochures, invitations, exhibition catalogs, postcards, newsletters, magazines, and other ephemera from, or about, museums, galleries, associations, events, schools or colleges with art programs, relating to the visual arts, including the performing arts, mostly in Portland, Oregon. Some materials are oversize.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
The Oregon Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Research Library prior to any use of reproductions. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use of reproductions may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright holders.
Preferred Citation
Visual Arts Collection, Mss 1532, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in the following series:
- Series A: General materials, 1914-1908
- Series B: Museum and galleries, 1843-2013
- Series C: Organizations and associations , 1892-1907
- Series D: Events and travelling exhibitions, 1893-2016
- Series E: Colleges and universities, 1907-2008
- Series F: Performing arts, 1900-2008
- Series G: Individual artists, 1890-2000
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
Series A: General materials, 1914-2008Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/1 | Art gallery guides |
1985-1999; undated |
| 1/2 | Publications and books |
1914-2008 |
| OSA-1/1 | Miscellaneous Oversized (XL) |
1950 |
| OSB-1/1 | Miscellaneous Oversized (XXL) |
1975-1989 |
| Oversize Folder | Oversize posters |
circa 1978-2000 |
Series B: Museums and Galleries, 1843-2013Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/3 | Unnamed |
1985-1987; undated |
| 1/4 | 867 Gallery |
1982 |
Oversized (XL) |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| OSA-1/2 | A through N--General |
1979-1996; undated |
| 18/3 | O through Z--General |
1984-1999; undated |
Oversized (XXL) |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| OSB-1/2 | A through B--General |
1976-1988; undated |
| OSB-1/3 | C through N--General |
1965-1987; undated |
| OSB-1/4 | O through Z--General |
1972-1988; undated |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/5 | A--General |
1974-2003; undated |
| 1/6 | Abaci Gallery of Computer Art |
1988-1989; undated |
| 1/7 | Abante Fine Art Gallery |
1987-1988; undated |
| 1/8 | Abbott Hall Gallery |
1987-1989; undated |
| 1/9 | Adobe gallery |
1986-1988 |
| 1/10 | Albina Art Center |
1963-1971; undated |
| 1/11 | The American Advertising Museum |
1987-1996 |
| 1/12 | Amon Carter Museum |
1986-1990 |
| 1/13 | Anchorage Museum of History and Art |
1990 |
| 1/14 | Arachne Webworks Gallery |
1979-1981; undated |
| 1/15 | Architectural Preservation Gallery |
1977-1980; undated |
| 1/16 | Attic Gallery |
1981-1989; undated |
| 1/17 | Attitudes of Portland |
1989; undated |
| 1/18 | Augen Galleries |
1979-1993; undated |
| 1/19 | B--General |
1984-2001; undated |
| 2/1 | Benton County Historical Museum |
1984-2006; undated |
| 2/2 | Blackfish Gallery |
1982-1986 |
Blue Sky Gallery |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 2/3 | 1984-1989 | |
| 2/4 | 1990-1994 | |
| 2/5 | 1995-1999 | |
| 2/6 | 2000-2008 | |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 3/2 | Bonnie Kahn's Wild West Gallery |
2004-2005; undated |
| 3/3 | Butters Gallery |
1989-1990; undated |
| 3/4 | C--General |
1981-1997; undated |
Camerawork Gallery |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 3/5 | 1980-1984 | |
| 3/6 | 1985-1989 | |
| 3/7 | 1990-2008 | |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 3/8 | Carnegie Center |
1996-1997 |
| 3/9 | Carole Smith Gallery |
1986; undated |
| 4/1 | Caswell Gallery |
1994-2000 |
| 4/2 | Childs |
1994-2000 |
Contemporary Crafts Gallery |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 4/3 | General |
1978-2006; undated |
| 4/4 | Events |
1979-1991; undated |
| 4/5 | Publications |
1966-1993 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 4/6 | Coos Art Museum |
1966-1988 |
| 4/7 | Courtyard Gallery |
1982-1984; undated |
| 4/8 | Corvallis Art Center |
1979-1986; undated |
| 4/9 | D--General |
1997-1990; undated |
| 4/10 | Design Council Gallery |
1979-1980 |
| 4/11 | E--General |
1946-1988; undated |
| 4/12 | Energy Bar |
2007-2008 |
| 4/13 | Essence of Fire |
1994-1997 |
| 4/14 | F--General |
1978-2006; undated |
| 4/15 | Fountain Gallery |
1960-1979 |
| 4/16 | Fountain Gallery |
1980-1989 |
| 5/1 | G--General |
1946-2000; undated |
| 5/2 | Gallery West |
1981-1983; undated |
| 5/3 | Graystone Gallery |
1987-1999 |
| 5/4 | H--General |
1980-2008; undated |
| 5/5 | Harry Jackson Gallery |
1985-1993; undated |
| 5/6 | I--General |
1988-2005 |
| 5/7 | Image Gallery |
1961-1993; undated |
| 5/8 | IFCC (Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center) |
1986-2008;undated |
| 5/9 | J--General |
1922-1995; undated |
| 5/10 | K--General |
1974-1990; undated |
| 5/11 | L--General |
1956-2008; undated |
| 5/12 | Lane County Historical Museum |
1994-2001 |
| 5/13 | Laura Russo Gallery |
1988-1998; undated |
| 5/14 | Lawrence Gallery |
1979-2003; undated |
| 5/15 | M--General |
1986-2004; undated |
| 5/16 | Matthew's Galleries |
2000; undated |
| 5/17 | McMinnville Association of the Arts Gallery |
1980; undated |
| 5/18 | Maryhill Museum |
1982-2006; undated |
| 5/19 | Maud I Kearns Art Center |
1970-1978 |
| 5/20 | Mittleman Jewish Community Center |
1985; undated |
| 5/21 | Mount Angel Abbey Library |
1996; undated |
| 5/22 | Multnomah Art Center Gallery |
1987-1992 |
| 6/1 | Multnomah County Library |
1974-2008; undated |
| 6/2 | Museum at Warm Springs |
1996-2003 |
| 6/3 | N--General |
1843-1999 |
| 6/4 | Northwest Artists Workshop |
1978-1988; undated |
| 6/5 | Northwest by Northwest |
1987-1989 |
| 6/6 | Northwoods Gallery |
undated |
| 6/7 | O--General |
1955-2003; undated |
| 6/8 | O'Connell Gallery |
1982-1988; undated |
| 6/9 | O'Gallerie Inc. |
1987-1989 |
| 6/10 | Old Aurora Colony Museum |
1989-1995; undated |
| 6/11 | Oregon Jewish Museum |
2008 |
| 6/12 | P--General |
1987-2007; undated |
| 6/13 | Photographic Image Gallery |
1986; undated |
Portland Art Museum |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 6/14 | 1904-1940 | |
| 6/15 | 1950-1979 | |
| 6/16 | 1980-1989 | |
| 6/17 | 1990-1999 | |
| 7/1 | 2000-2008; undated | |
| 7/2 | Publications |
1996-2002; undated |
| 18/4 | Portland Art Museum Oversized (XL) |
1981-2001; undated |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 7/3 | Portland Center for the Visual Arts |
1980-1985; undated |
| 7/4 | Quartersaw Gallery |
1987-1998 |
| 7/5 | Quintana's Gallery |
1983-1990 |
| 7/6 | R--General |
1979-1995; undated |
| 7/7 | S--General |
1968-2003; undated |
| 7/8 | Salishan Lodge |
1986-1988; undated |
| 7/9 | Sioux Indian Museum & Craft Center |
1986-1993 |
| 7/10 | Southern Plains Indian Museum & Craft
Center |
1986-2003 |
| 7/11 | The Sovereign Collection |
1996-2000; undated |
| 7/12 | T--General |
1988-1990; undated |
| 7/13 | Talisman Gallery |
2000-2002 |
| 7/14 | Tyler - Le Meitour Gallery |
1989-1990; undated |
| 7/15 | Valley Arts |
1994-1998 |
| 7/16 | W-Y--General
Includes White Box (University of Oregon, Portland),
2011-2013.
|
1978-2013 |
| 7/17 | Washington State Capitol Museum |
1985-1990 |
| 7/18 | Whatcom Museum |
1987-1994; undated |
| 7/19 | White Bird Gallery
See also oversize folder for posters
|
1972-1973; undated |
| 7/20 | World Forestry Center |
1987-1999 |
| 7/21 | YU
YU is a contemporary art complex located in the former Yale
Union Laundry building on SE 10th Ave. in Portland
|
2010-2011 |
| 7/22 | 1857 Projects
Curated by Sandra Percival in collaboration with the Oregon
Historical Society, the 1857 Projects were installations in the
Hallock-McMillan Building in Portland. Includes historical background on A. B.
Hallock and his work; and installations by Laura Heit and Anthony McCall.
|
2014-2015 |
| 7/23 | Z--General |
undated |
Series C: Organizations and Associations, 1892-2007Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 18/5 | Oversized (XL) |
1986-1988 |
| OSB-1/5 | Oversized (XXL) |
1984-1988 |
| 8/1 | Miscellaneous Associations |
1979-1999; undated |
| 8/2 | Miscellaneous Historical Societies |
1988-2000 |
| 8/3 | Miscellaneous Photography Associations |
1926-1994; undated |
| 8/4 | Miscellaneous Portland Associations |
1937-2007; undated |
| 8/5 | Miscellaneous Quilting and Weaving
Associations |
1988-1996; undated |
| 8/6 | Arts in Oregon Association |
1967 |
American Institute of Architects |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 8/7 | 1943-1999; undated | |
| 8/8 | Galleries |
1979-1999; undated |
| 8/9 | Publications |
1986-1987 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 8/10 | Beaverton Arts Commission |
1984-1999; undated |
| 8/11 | The Creative Arts Community |
1979-1996 |
Eastern Washington State Historical Society |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 8/12 | 1984-1992; undated | |
Cheney Cowles Museum |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 8/13 | 1979-1996; undated | |
| 8/14 | Events |
1983-1997; undated |
| Oversized Folder | Charles Rand Penney Collection--Poster |
1987 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 8/15 | The Fairbanks Family |
1951 |
| 8/16 | Friends of Timberline |
1985-1989 |
| 8/17 | Jacksonville Museum Quilters |
1988-1994; undated |
| 8/18 | Japanese Garden Society |
1987-2002 |
| 8/19 | Metropolitan Arts Commission |
1981-1994; undated |
| 9/1 | Mission Mill Village Museum Association |
1989-1990 |
| 9/2 | Northwest Quilters |
1986-1996 |
| 9/3 | Portland Art Association (now Oregon Art
Institute) |
1892-1986 |
| 9/4 | Oregon Advocates for the Arts |
1990 |
| 9/5 | Oregon Art Institute (formerly Portland Art
Association) |
1986-1990; undated |
| 9/6 | Oregon Arts Commission |
1987-1995; undated |
| 9/7 | Oregon Historical Society |
1972-2005; undated |
| 9/8 | Oregon Potters Association |
1989-2001 |
| 9/9 | Pittock Mansion Society |
2000; undated |
| 9/10 | Portland Handweavers Guild |
1987-1994 |
| 9/11 | Regional Arts Culture Council |
1995-2002 |
Salem Art Association |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 9/12 | 1959-2000; undated | |
| 10/1 | Galleries |
1982-2000; undated |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 10/2 | Southern Oregon Historical Society |
1993-1994; undated |
| 10/3 | Umatilla County Historical Society |
1987-1996 |
| 10/4 | Washington State Historical Society |
1988-2001; undated |
| 10/5 | Western Woodcarver's Association |
1993-1994 |
Series D: Events and Travelling Exhibitions, 1893-2016Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 18/6 | Oversized (XL) |
1981-1999; undated |
| OSB-1/6 | Oversized (XXL) |
1982-1999; undated |
| 10/6 | Miscellaneous Art Shows and Festivals |
1893-2008; undated |
| 10/7 | Miscellaneous Competitions |
1988-1996 |
| 10/8 | Miscellaneous Events |
1977-2016; undated |
| Box/Folder | ||
| Oversized Folder | Posters |
1987-1988 |
| 10/9 | Miscellaneous Lectures |
1988-1999 |
| 10/10 | Miscellaneous Travelling Exhibitions |
1987-2004; undated |
| 10/11 | All Oregon Art Annual |
1979-1996 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| Oversized Folder | Posters |
1987-1988 |
| 10/12 | Art Aids |
1987 |
| 10/13 | Art in the Pearl |
1998-2000; undated |
| 10/14 | Artquake |
1979-1990; undated |
First Thursday |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 11/1 | 1987-1989 | |
| 11/2 | 1990-2003 | |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 11/3 | Governor's Art Awards |
1986-1999 |
| 11/4 | Indian Art Northwest |
1998 |
| 11/5 | Indian Nations and Cowboy Art Exhibit and
Sale |
1993; undated |
| 11/6 | Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts |
1988-1989 |
| 11/7 | Oregon Centennial |
1959 |
| 11/8 | Uptown Bellingham Gallery Walk |
1987-1989 |
| 11/9 | "Wrapped in Tradition" |
2002 |
Series E: Colleges, Universities, and Other Art Schools, 1907-2008Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 12/1 | Miscellaneous |
1907-2007; undated |
Oversized (XL) |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 18/7 | A through N--General |
1982-1987; undated |
| 18/8 | O through Z--General |
1979-1989; undated |
Oversized (XXL) |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| OSB-1/7 | 1978-1990; undated | |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 12/2 | California State University Fullerton |
1988-1990 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| Oversized Folder | Nature: Two Views--Poster |
1988 |
Clackamas Community College |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 12/3 | 1990-2008 | |
| 12/4 | Pauling Gallery |
1987-1999; undated |
Clark College |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 12/5 | 2008 | |
| 12/6 | Archer Gallery |
1995-1999 |
| 12/7 | Index Gallery |
1983-1994 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 12/8 | Damascus Pioneer Craft School |
1994-2000 |
| 12/9 | Lewis and Clark College |
1974-1994; undated |
| 12/10 | Linfield College |
1978-2008; undated |
Oregon School of Arts and Craft |
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| Box/Folder | ||
| 13/1 | Hoffman Gallery |
1978-1995; undated |
Oregon State University |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 13/2 | 1979-1988; undated | |
| 13/3 | College of Agricultural Sciences |
1988-2001 |
Pacific Northwest College of Art |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| Oversized Folder | Portfolio Day--Poster |
1984 |
| 13/5 | Kathrin Cawein Gallery of Art |
1986-1998 |
Pacific University |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 13/4 | 1979-1984; undated | |
| 13/5 | Kathrin Cawein Gallery of Art |
1986-1998 |
Portland Community College |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 13/6 | 1971-2008 | |
| 13/7 | Northview Gallery |
1979-2008; undated |
Pacific Northwest College of Art (Formerly Museum Art
School) |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 13/8 | 1970-1993; undated | |
| 13/9 | Wentz Gallery, etc. |
1965-2000; undated |
Portland State University |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 13/10 | 1973-1999; undated | |
| 14/1 | Galleries |
1980-1989 |
| 14/2 | Galleries |
1990-2000; undated |
| Oversized Folder | 1988 Student Annual Art Exhibition--Poster |
1988 |
Reed College |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 14/3 | Douglas F. Cooley Gallery |
1976-2005; undated |
| 14/4 | Vollum Gallery |
1981-2001; undated |
| OSB-1/8 | Oversized (XXL) |
1976-1987; undated |
| Oversized Folder | Frank Lobdell Summer Mural--Poster |
1961 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 14/5 | Sitka Center for Art and Ecology |
1980-1998 |
| 14/6 | Southern Oregon State College |
1987-2005 |
University of Oregon |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 14/7 | 1932-1999 | |
| 14/8 | Museum of Art |
1980-1989 |
| 14/9 | Museum of Art |
1990-2005; undated |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 14/10 | University of Portland |
1978-1999 |
| 15/1 | Western Oregon State College |
1976-1997; undated |
Whitman College |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 15/2 | 1994-2008 | |
| 15/3 | Sheehan Gallery |
1985-2008 |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 15/4 | Willamette University |
1965-2005; undated |
Series F: Performing Arts, 1900-2008Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| OSB-1/9 | Oversized (XXL) |
1980-1985; undated |
| 18/9 | Oversized (XL) |
1987; undated |
| 15/5 | Miscellaneous |
undated |
Films |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 15/6 | 1900-1949; undated | |
| 15/7 | 1950-2000; undated | |
Film Services |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 15/8 | Miscellaneous |
undated |
| 15/9 | Cine Craft Co. |
undated |
| 15/10 | Screen Adettes, Inc. |
1946-1947 |
| 15/11 | Teknifilm Video. |
1981 |
Events |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 15/12 | Miscellaneous Festivals |
1972-2001 |
| 15/13 | Nell Shipman Silent Film Festival |
1987 |
| 15/14 | Portland International Film Festival |
1977-2007 |
Organizations |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 16/1 | Miscellaneous |
1977-2008; undated |
Northwest Film Study Center (AKA NW Film + Video
Center) |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 16/2 | 1970-1989 | |
| 16/3 | 1990-2006; undated | |
| 16/4 | Classes and Workshops |
1974-1988; undated |
| 16/5 | NW Film and Video Festival |
1973-1990 |
| Oversize folder | NW Film and Video Festival posters |
2002; 2004 |
| 16/6 | Young People's Film and Video Festival |
1976-1985; undated |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 16/7 | Northwest Media Project |
1965-1988; undated |
| Box/Folder | ||
| Publications | 16/8 |
1916-1983 |
Theatres |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 17/1 | Miscellaneous |
1935-2001;undated |
| 17/2 | Aladdin Theatre |
1966;undated |
| 17/3 | American Film Theatre |
1975; undated |
| 17/4 | Cinema 21 |
1987-1988 |
| 17/5 | Columbia Theatre |
1925-1928 |
| 17/6 | Liberty Playhouse |
1987-1988 |
| 17/7 | Sherwood Oriental |
undated |
Series G: Individual Artists, 1890-2000; undatedReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 17/8 | Miscellaneous |
1890-2000; undated |
| 17/9 | Atkeson, Ray |
1987-1991 |
| 17/10 | Barchus, Eliza |
1890-1975 |
| 17/11 | Ghigliere, Lorenzo |
1985; undated |
| 17/12 | Hardy, Tom |
1962-1979; undated |
| 17/13 | Knowles, W. L. Everett |
1899-1917 |
| 17/14 | Meltzer, Bonnie |
1984-1985 |
| 17/15 | Morris, Carl |
1960 |
| 17/16 | Pander, Henk |
1983 |
| 17/17 | Price, C. S. |
1950-1951 |
| 17/18 | Russell, Charles Marion |
undated |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Art museums--Oregon.
- Art--Exhibitions--Oregon
- Art--Oregon
- Artists--Oregon.
- Painters--Oregon
- Sculptors--Oregon
Corporate Names
- Oregon Historical Society (creator)
Geographical Names
- Portland (Or.)--Social life and customs.
Form or Genre Terms
- Posters
- Printed ephemera
- Programs
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