Oregon Historical
Society, Davies Family Research Library
Research Library
Mss
1532
Oregon Historical Society
Visual Arts Collection
1843-2016
6 cubic feet
17 document cases, 2 flat boxes, 1 oversize
folder
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.
Materials in the collection are inEnglish
Background of the Collection
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.
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.
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
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.
Visual Arts Collection, Mss 1532, Oregon Historical Society Research
Library.
The Oregon Historical Society assembled the collection from a variety
of sources.
The collection was expanded and reboxed in January of 2009.
See also Oregon Artists Files, Mss 6036, Oregon Historical Society
Research Library.
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.
Oregon
Historical Society
Portland
(Or.)--Social life and customs.
Art--Exhibitions--Oregon
Art--Oregon
Art
museums--Oregon.
Artists--Oregon.
Painters--Oregon
Sculptors--Oregon
City and Town Life
Colleges and Universities
Fine Arts
Oregon
Portland
Printed
ephemera
Posters
Programs
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
Series A
General materials
1914-2008
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
1843-2013
1/3
Unnamed
1985-1987; undated
1/4
867 Gallery
1982
Oversized (XL)
OSA-1/2
A through N--General
1979-1996; undated
18/3
O through Z--General
1984-1999; undated
Oversized (XXL)
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
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
2/3
1984-1989
2/4
1990-1994
2/5
1995-1999
2/6
2000-2008
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
3/5
1980-1984
3/6
1985-1989
3/7
1990-2008
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
4/3
General
1978-2006; undated
4/4
Events
1979-1991; undated
4/5
Publications
1966-1993
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
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
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
1978-2013
Includes White Box (University of Oregon, Portland),
2011-2013.
7/17
Washington State Capitol Museum
1985-1990
7/18
Whatcom Museum
1987-1994; undated
7/19
White Bird Gallery
1972-1973; undated
See also oversize folder for posters
7/20
World Forestry Center
1987-1999
7/21
YU
2010-2011
YU is a contemporary art complex located in the former Yale
Union Laundry building on SE 10th Ave. in Portland
7/22
1857 Projects
2014-2015
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.
7/23
Z--General
undated
Series C
Organizations and Associations
1892-2007
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
8/7
1943-1999; undated
8/8
Galleries
1979-1999; undated
8/9
Publications
1986-1987
8/10
Beaverton Arts Commission
1984-1999; undated
8/11
The Creative Arts Community
1979-1996
Eastern Washington State Historical Society
8/12
1984-1992; undated
Cheney Cowles Museum
8/13
1979-1996; undated
8/14
Events
1983-1997; undated
Oversized Folder
Charles Rand Penney Collection--Poster
1987
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
9/12
1959-2000; undated
10/1
Galleries
1982-2000; undated
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
1893-2016
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
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
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
11/1
1987-1989
11/2
1990-2003
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
1907-2008
12/1
Miscellaneous
1907-2007; undated
Oversized (XL)
18/7
A through N--General
1982-1987; undated
18/8
O through Z--General
1979-1989; undated
Oversized (XXL)
OSB-1/7
1978-1990; undated
12/2
California State University Fullerton
1988-1990
Oversized Folder
Nature: Two Views--Poster
1988
Clackamas Community College
12/3
1990-2008
12/4
Pauling Gallery
1987-1999; undated
Clark College
12/5
2008
12/6
Archer Gallery
1995-1999
12/7
Index Gallery
1983-1994
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
13/1
Hoffman Gallery
1978-1995; undated
Oregon State University
13/2
1979-1988; undated
13/3
College of Agricultural Sciences
1988-2001
Pacific Northwest College of Art
Oversized Folder
Portfolio Day--Poster
1984
13/5
Kathrin Cawein Gallery of Art
1986-1998
Pacific University
13/4
1979-1984; undated
13/5
Kathrin Cawein Gallery of Art
1986-1998
Portland Community College
13/6
1971-2008
13/7
Northview Gallery
1979-2008; undated
Pacific Northwest College of Art (Formerly Museum Art
School)
13/8
1970-1993; undated
13/9
Wentz Gallery, etc.
1965-2000; undated
Portland State University
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
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
14/5
Sitka Center for Art and Ecology
1980-1998
14/6
Southern Oregon State College
1987-2005
University of Oregon
14/7
1932-1999
14/8
Museum of Art
1980-1989
14/9
Museum of Art
1990-2005; undated
14/10
University of Portland
1978-1999
15/1
Western Oregon State College
1976-1997; undated
Whitman College
15/2
1994-2008
15/3
Sheehan Gallery
1985-2008
15/4
Willamette University
1965-2005; undated
Series F
Performing Arts
1900-2008
OSB-1/9
Oversized (XXL)
1980-1985; undated
18/9
Oversized (XL)
1987; undated
15/5
Miscellaneous
undated
Films
15/6
1900-1949; undated
15/7
1950-2000; undated
Film Services
15/8
Miscellaneous
undated
15/9
Cine Craft Co.
undated
15/10
Screen Adettes, Inc.
1946-1947
15/11
Teknifilm Video.
1981
Events
15/12
Miscellaneous Festivals
1972-2001
15/13
Nell Shipman Silent Film Festival
1987
15/14
Portland International Film Festival
1977-2007
Organizations
16/1
Miscellaneous
1977-2008; undated
Northwest Film Study Center (AKA NW Film + Video
Center)
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
16/7
Northwest Media Project
1965-1988; undated
Publications
16/8
1916-1983
Theatres
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; undated
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