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Mss
2988-11
Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific
Northwest
Lesbian and Gay Choruses
Collection
1986-1998
2.5 cubic feet
5 document cases
Materials documenting the Portland
(Oregon) Gay Men's Chorus, the Portland (Or.) Lesbian Choir, the Bridges Vocal
Ensemble, and the Gay and Lesbian Association of Choruses (GALA) events.
Materials include: programs, sheet music, ephemera, and photographs relating to
concerts, tours, and other events of the ensembles.
Materials in the collection are inEnglish.
Historical Note
The Portland Gay Men's Chorus and the Portland Lesbian Choir
participated in numerous performances in the Portland, Oregon, area and around
the United States. Bridges was an organization composed of individual members
of both the Gay Men's Chorus and the Lesbian Choir, performing as a separate
ensemble. GALA (Gay and Lesbian Association of Choruses) was a national
meeting/performance of Gay Men's and Lesbians' choruses throughout the United
States. The Portland groups performed at a number of GALA events, notably in
Denver, Colorado, in 1992.
Materials include: programs, sheet music, ephemera, and photographs
documenting concerts, tours, and other events of the ensembles. A large
proportion of the collection consists of scrapbooks assembled by the groups,
which include photographs and ephemera from the various events.
The collection is arranged in the following series:
- Series A: General files, 1989-1998
- Series B: Sheet music, undated
- Series C: Scrapbooks, 1986-1996
The collection is open to the public.
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.
Lesbian and Gay Choruses Collection, Mss 2988-11, Oregon Historical
Society Research Library
The collection was assembled by the Gay and Lesbian Archives of the
Pacific Northwest and donated to the Oregon Historical Society.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
Bridges
(Portland, Or.)
GALA
Choruses Festival
Gay and Lesbian Archives of the
Pacific Northwest.
Portland Gay Men's
Chorus
Portland Lesbian Choir
(Portland, Or.)
Portland
(Or.)--History
Choirs (Music)--Oregon--Portland.
Gays--Oregon--Portland.
Lesbians--Oregon--Portland.
Music--Oregon--Portland.
Gays
and Lesbians
Oregon
Performing Arts
Portland
Printed ephemera.
Sheet music.
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
Series A
General files
1989-1998
Bridges
1/1
BMI certificate of
compliance
undated
1/2
General
materials
undated
1/3
Musical
programs
1991-1998
1/4
Musical
programs
undated
1/5
Organizational
materials
undated
1/6
Correspondence to "Ms.
Schmitt"
undated
GALA
1/7
General
materials
1992,
1998
1/8
Program, Vancouver
BC
1990
1/9
Schedules/programs
1991-1995
Combined Gay Men's/Lesbians' Chorus programs in the
United States in which the Portland groups participated.
1/10
Musical Director
contract
1995
Portland Lesbian Choir
1/11
BMI certificate of
compliance
1990
1/12
General
materials
circa
1989
1/13
Newsletter
1996-1997
1/14
Programs
1990-1998
Series B
Sheet Music
undated
Bridges sheet music
Alphabetical by title
1/15
A-B
undated
1/16
C-G
undated
1/17
H-L
undated
1/18
M-R
undated
1/19
S-Z
undated
1/20
Fragments of sheet
music
undated
1/21
Songs, Portland Lesbian Choir
with Portland Gay Men's Chorus
undated
2/1-2/8
Miscellaneous sheet
music
undated
3/1-3/3
Miscellaneous sheet
music
undated
Series C
Scrapbooks
1986-1996
Four albums of photos and Portland Gay Men's Chorus and Portland
Lesbian Choir programs, 1986-1994; programs for GALA Festivals III, IV and V,
1989, 1982, 1996; and miscellaneous photos of group events, undated.
Albums were disassembled for preservation purposes, but
photocopies were made of the original order of the materials.
Album 1
4/1
Photocopies of original album
1986-1990
4/2
Papers from album
1986-1990
4/3-4
Photographs from album
1986-1990
Album 2
4/5
Photocopies of original album
1990-1991
4/6
Papers from album
1990-1991
5/1
Photographs from album
1990-1991
Album 3
5/2
Photocopies of original album
1992-1993
5/3
Papers from album
1992-1993
5/4
Photographs from album
1992-1993
Album 4
5/5
Photocopies of original album
1994
5/6
Papers from album
1994
5/7
Photographs from album
1994
5/8
Loose photographs found in albums
circa 1996-1997
5/9
Publications found loose in albums
1989-1996