Oregon School of Arts and Crafts records

Oregon School of Arts and Crafts records, circa 1895-2019

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Oregon School of Arts and Crafts
Title: Oregon School of Arts and Crafts records
Dates: circa 1895-2019 (inclusive)
18952019

circa 1930-2019 (bulk)
Quantity: 61.2 cubic feet, (15 cartons; 3 letter document cases; 1 slim letter document case; 1 card box (12x6x4); 3 flat boxes (11x14); 1 flat box (13x16); 3 flat boxes (20x24); 1 flat box (16x20x5); 1 card file box (12x5x3); 3 oversize folders (30x42); 2 film reels; 29 banker's boxes; 1 flat non-archival box (18.5x23.5x0.75); 7 tubes; 42 loose rolls; 6 framed items; 1 loose album; loose papers)
Collection Number: Mss 2983
Summary: Records of the Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, including administrative records, student work, and memorabilia. The school was originally founded as the Arts and Crafts Society of Portland in 1907, but changed its name in 1979, when it moved to a seven-acre campus on SW Barnes Road in Portland, Oregon. In 1996, the school changed its name again to Oregon College of Art and Craft. The school permanently closed in 2019.
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: Board and marketing records in Box 37 are restricted until 2026. Remainder of collection is open for research.
Languages: English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Julia Hoffman (1856-1934) founded the Arts and Crafts Society of Portland in Portland, Oregon, in either 1906 or 1907; the society officially adopted a constitution and elected officers in October 1907. The society was one of a number of arts and crafts societies that formed in Britain and the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in response to the perceived decline in artistic quality caused by industrialization. For its first few decades of existence, the society often held classes in the homes of members, and in the early 1930s Hoffman opened up workshops on property she owned on Barnes Road as a place for artists to work and interact. In 1934, the society opened a permanent school space, which offered classes in metal work, pottery, sculpture, and weaving. It would later also offer calligraphy and book arts classes. The school was originally located in the Ainsworth Building on SW Oak, and then in the Kraemer building on SW Washington Street. In the 1950s, it moved to NW Flanders Street, and in the 1960s it moved to NW 18th and Hoyt.

By the 1970s, the school was serving as many as 400 students. In 1979, the society changed its name to the Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, and moved to a seven-acre campus on SW Barnes Road. In 1994, the school added an undergraduate degree program, and in 1996, it changed its name once more, to the Oregon College of Art and Craft. In 2019, the school closed permanently due to financial difficulties.

Sources: Christen, Richard S., "Julia Hoffman and the Arts and Crafts Society of Portland: An Aesthetic Response to Industrialization," Oregon Historical Quarterly, Vol. 109, No. 4, 2008; articles in the Oregonian, 1907-2019; Portland city directories, 1936-1964.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The collection consists of the records of the Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, which was originally founded as the Arts and Crafts Society of Portland, and in 1996 renamed itself the Oregon College of Art and Craft. The collection includes records relating to the school's administration, properties, finances and fundraising, and exhibits and events; as well as newsletters and publications; course catalogs and schedules; publicity materials; memorabilia such as scrapbooks; and materials relating to individuals associated with the school. A substantial portion of the collection is an unprocessed addition of records that the Oregon College of Art and Craft donated to the Oregon Historical Society in 2019, after the school permanently closed. This addition includes images and examples of student artwork.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

Oregon School of Arts and Crafts records, Mss 2983, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

Restrictions on Use

The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Collection is arranged in eight series: Series 1. Administrative records; Series 2. Course catalogs and schedules; Series 3. Exhibit and event records; Series 4. Financial and fundraising records; Series 5: Individuals associated with the school; Series 6. Newsletters and publications; Series 7: Publicity and marketing records and memorabilia; Series 8. Special programs and projects; Series 9: Assorted and unsorted records; Series 10. Unprocessed additions.

Acquisition Information

Gifts of the Oregon School of Arts and Crafts/Oregon College of Art and Craft from 1994 to 1997 and in 2019 (Lib. Acc. 21962, Lib. Acc. 22436, Lib. Acc. 23146, RL2019-123).

Preservation Note

Audio, film, and video materials require special equipment to access. Contact library staff for assistance.

Processing Note

Collection was partially processed circa 1997. Additional processing and arrangement of materials donated prior to 2019 was performed in June 2022. Materials donated in 2019 are unprocessed.

Film and video materials were assigned individual moving image (MI) numbers by library staff prior to 2022.

Related Materials

Other collections at the Oregon Historical Society Research Library that relate to the Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, particularly the time period when it was named Arts and Crafts Society of Portland, include: The Arts and Crafts Society of Portland records, Coll 806; and a vertical file, Art - Arts and Crafts Society.

Separated Materials

Some photographs and slides were separated to Photograph Collections, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series 1: Administrative records, 1922-1989, (bulk 1933-1988) Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Subseries 1: General administrative records and board records	1922-1989; 1933-1988
Box	Folder
1	1	Annual reports	1937-1951
1	2	Annual report and bulletin	1947; 1951
1	3	Annual report	1965
1	4-6	Annual reports	1984-1989
1	7-24	Board records	1977-1988
1	25-26	Board members	1980s
1	27	Board correspondence	1956-1988
1	28	Board handbook	1982-1983
1	29	Board minutes	1922-1933
21	1-2	Board minutes	1933-1945
22	1	Board minutes	1945-1954
1	30-37	Board minutes	1974-1988
1	38	Board retreat and workshop reports	1980s
1	39	Board studies	1985
1	40	Bylaws	1980-1981
1	41	Bylaws and staff handbook	1980; 1984
2	1	Bylaws, goals, and development	1980
2	2	Articles of incorporation and bylaws	1981
2	3-4	Trustees nominations	1985-1988
2	5-7	Correspondence	1933-1942
2	8-12	Correspondence	1958-1986
2	13-14	Correspondence - Yvonne Bianco	1968-1978
2	15	Correspondence - Bridget McCarthy memos	1979
2	16-20	History of the school	1951-1981
2	21	Name change from Arts & Crafts Society of Portland, Oregon to Oregon School of Arts and Crafts	1979
2	22	Administrative review	1987
2	23	Correspondence about accreditation	1954
2	24	National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD) accreditation correspondence	1985-1986
2	25	Enrollment records	1985
2	26	School statistics	1981
2	27	Policies and development meetings	circa 1981-1986
2	28	Policies - guidelines for printing for special events and related forms	1980
2	29-31	Long-range and strategic planning records	1970-1985
2	32	Mail study records	1982
2	33	Questionnaires	1970s-1980s
		Subseries 2: Property and equipment records	circa 1930-1981; 1963-1981
Box	Folder
17	1	Photographs of Barnes Road studio	circa 1930-1933
2	34	NW Flanders property records	1962
17	2-3	Photographs of school at NW Flanders	circa 1952-1962
22	2	Plans for proposed maternity hospital on 18th street (building that later became the school's NW 18th and Hoyt building)	circa 1918
Folder
Oversize 1		Plans and sketches for NW 18th and Hoyt building	1963
Oversize 2		Blueprints and floor plans for NW 18th and Hoyt building	1963
Box	Folder
27	7	Color rendering of building at NW 18th and Hoyt (original and copy)	circa 1963
27	7	Floor plans for NW 18th and Hoyt building	circa 1970
2	35-37	NW 18th and Hoyt building records and ephemera	1963-1979
17	4	Photographs of school at NW 18th and Hoyt	circa 1963-1978
2	38	Correspondence about search for a new campus site	1973
2	39	Move to SW Barnes	1977-1979
2	40	Clippings and ephemera about construction of and move to new campus on SW Barnes	1977-1978
17	5	Photographs of SW Barnes Road campus	1978-1979
2	41	Landscape plan of SW Barnes campus	1979
2	42	Map of SW Barnes campus	circa 1980
2	43	Wood studio improvement project records	1980-1981
2	44-46	Equipment inventories	1963-1977
2	47	Inventory of permanent and teaching collections	1979
2	48	Gallery equipment and information	1969-1980
2	49	Bids for computer equipment	1981
2	50	Weaving department inventories of looms	1965-1971
2	51	Teaching collection inventories	circa 1980
		Subseries 3: Gallery records	1973-1987
Box	Folder
2	52	Gallery policy contracts	circa 1975-1985
2	53	Exhibition guides	1973-1975
2	54	Exhibition and workshop requests	1983
2	55	Gallery announcement samples	1980s
2	56-58	Hoffman sales gallery records	circa 1980-1987
2	59	Fibres gallery records	1977
		Subseries 4: Student and faculty records	1951-1990s
Box	Folder
3	1	Class ledgers with student information	1951-1964
3	2-5	Student records	1964-1970
3	6	Student handbook	circa 1980
3	7-8	Correspondence about student issues	1969-1982
3	9	Student survey	1981
Reel
1		MI 09486: Film of students at Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, made by Mt. Hood Community College students 1 film reels (8mm)	circa 1980
Box	Folder
3	10	Instructor input goals records	1975
3	11-12	Faculty records, rosters, and handbook	1970s-1980s
3	13	Curriculum proposals	1988
3	14	Proposed faculty handbook	circa 1985
17	6	Photographs of students and faculty	1960s-1990s
		Subseries 5: Staff records	1971-1986
Box	Folder
3	15	Welcome information for staff	1985
3	16-17	Job descriptions	1972-1986
3	18-19	Personnel policies and practices	circa 1980
3	20-21	Job applications and resumes	1971-1972
3	22	Staff resignations	1979
3	23	Executive director search	1980
3	24	Volunteer correspondence and records	1981
3	25	Staff meeting records	1982
3	26-30	Staff committee records	1975-1980
		Subseries 6: Library records	1975-circa 1985
Box	Folder
3	31	Library accounts	1980-1983
3	32	Slide library index	1975
3	33	Friends of the Library records	1981
3	34	Donations to library	1980s
3	35	Library scholarship	1983-1984
3	36	Plans for library furniture	1979
		Subseries 7: Contracts	circa 1955-1981
Box	Folder
3	37	Contract records	1950s
3	38	Dave Abrams contract records	1978
3	39	Tim Girvin contract records	1979-1981
3	40	Pottery manufacturing contract records	1980-1981
		Subseries 8: Council and association records	1941-1980
Box	Folder
3	41-42	American Craft Council records and correspondence	1977-1980
3	43	American Craft Council Northwest Region event and election programs and ephemera	circa 1970-1980
3	44	Allied Arts and Metal Guild records and correspondence	1960-1962
3	45	The Weavers' Guild records	1941-1957

Series 2: Course catalogs and schedules, 1961-1990Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
3	46-50	Course catalogs	1980-1983
4	1-5	Course catalogs	1983-1988
4	6-28	Course schedules	1961-1990

Series 3: Exhibit and event records, 1954-1994Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
4	29-39	Show and exhibition records and ephemera	1954-1978
5	1-51	Show and exhibition records and ephemera	1974-1986
6	1-4	Show and exhibition records and ephemera	1987
6	5	In-house displays	1981-1985
17	8	Photographs of unidentified event	1965
17	9	Assorted event photographs	circa 1975
27		Photograph album of staff and faculty picnic at site of SW Barnes Road campus	1977
	Folder
27	3	Event posters	1982-1990
6	6	Exhibit slides	1986
6	7-9	Exhibit and event ephemera	1977-1986
6	10	Special event records	1977-1980
6	11-12	Special event flyers	1970s-1980s
6	13-15	Artquake records	1987-1994
6	16	"Books! Books?" records	1984
6	17-18	"Chocolate Affair" records	1983-1984
6	19	Clay Invitational records	1984
6	20-27	Confabulation exhibit records and ephemera	1979-1980
7	1-6	Confabulation exhibit records and ephemera	1980
7	7-24	Designed to Wear records and ephemera	1982-1992
8	1	Designed to Wear records and ephemera	1993
8	2	Designed to Wear programs	1990-1992
8	3-8	First Thursday programs	1986-1993
22	3	Stand-up advertisement for holiday sale	circa 1985
17	7	Photographs of exhibit of Dorothy Liebes textile collection	1955
17	10	Photographs of Julia Hoffman photo exhibit	1978
Folder
Oversize 3		75th anniversary poster (original)	1981
Box	Folder
17	11	Photographs and negatives of 75th birthday celebration	1981
8	9	Calligraphy show, "The Unrestricted Line"	1984
8	10	Program for Steve Fogey exhibit, "Superlatives in Wood Furniture"	circa 1990
8	11	Vollum sculpture dedication records	1984
17	12	Photographs and negatives of Vollum sculpture dedication	1984
8	12-23	Workshop records and ephemera	circa 1969-1988
25		Scrapbook of newspaper clippings, photographs, and ephemera relating to weaving workshop	1968

Series 4: Financial and fundraising records, 1941-1992Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
8	24	Annual financial reports	1950-1955
8	25	Accounts	1952-1954
8	26	Financial ledger	1965-1978
22	4	Ledger sheets	1965-1972
22	5	Financial notes	1973
8	27-34	Financial reports and statements	1954-1973; 1982-1983
9	1-17	Financial reports and statements	1972-1983
9	18-19	Financial and bookkeeping records	1980
9	20-21	Financial and budgetary records	1983-1984
9	22-23	Financial records	1984-1985
9	24	Audit records	1941-1942
9	25-29	Audit records	1979-1985
9	30	Balance sheets	1977
9	31	Bank books	1963-1966
9	32-33	Bank statements	1976-1979
9	34-36	Budget records	1976-1980
9	37	Budgets, audited financial data, and lists of contributors	1980-1983
9	38	Budget and cash flow projections	1980
9	39-41	Budget records	1985-1988
9	42	Capital items	1985-1986
9	43	Disbursements and receipts	1959-1963
10	1	Depreciation schedules	1974-1979
10	2	Endowment, stock, and loan records	1979
10	3	Endowment records	1977-1978
10	4	Fund statements and quotes	1980-1981
10	5-8	Insurance records	1954-1973
10	9-11	Invoices and bills	1978-1979
10	12	Lois McClelland Book Fund correspondence	1986-1987
10	13	Lateef Management Associates summary of investment results	1984-1986
10	14	Financial records for library, gallery, slide library, and permanent collection committee	1979-1980
10	15	Murdock fund records	1985-1986
10	16	Payroll records	1974
10	17	Resale reports	1976-1978
10	18	Social Security records	1950-1955
10	19-22	Tax records	1970-1981
10	23	Tax exemption records	1951-1972
10	24	Unemployment claims	1973-1979
10	25-36	Development records	1978-1985
10	37	Notebook about fundraising	circa 1978
10	38	Information about fundraising from corporations	1987
10	39-49	Corporate and foundation fundraising records and correspondence	1979-1987
11	1	Corporate and organizational fundraising - Business Committee for the Arts	1982
11	2	Corporate and organizational fundraising - Thank-you note to Mt. Bachelor Quilters Guild	1991
11	3	Corporate and organizational fundraising - Portland Art Association	1976-1981
11	4	Corporate and organizational fundraising - Portland Teachers Credit Union	1981-1982
11	5	Mass mailing donation records	1978
11	6-17	Donation correspondence and records	1972-1983
11	18-19	Lists of contributors	1981-1984
11	20-36	Correspondence with contributors in alphabetical order of surname	1978-1986
11	37-40	Fundraising records	1962-1983
11	41-44	Annual fund drive records and correspondence	1980-1986
11	45-51	Fundraising auction and raffle records	1980-1983
11	52-53	Breakfast fundraiser invitation letters with notes about why recipients did not attend	1977-1978
12	1	Breakfast fundraiser records and correspondence	1978
12	2	Correspondence about contributions for purchasing a car	1984
12	3	Holiday sale invitation	1982
12	4	Kitchen fundraising campaign	1986
12	5-12	Matching fund records and correspondence	1971-1976
12	13-14	Pledge payments	1979-1982
12	15	Fundraising outreach in Oregon	1979-1981
12	16	Regent/Founder gifts	1983-1985
12	17	Special project funding request	1982-1983
12	18	Telephone and Hoffman Gallery fundraising campaign	1986
12	19	Trustee fundraising	1985
12	20-35	Grant records by organization name	1966-1992
12	36-38	Grant proposal records	1981-1986
12	39-56	Membership records and rosters	circa 1942-1985
13	1-4	Membership records, rosters and ephemera	1966-1986
13	5-8	Appeals and solicitations to members	1980-1983

Series 5: Individuals associated with the school, circa 1895-1991, (bulk 1911-1991) Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
13	9	Magdelena Abakanowicz	1984
13	10	Dave Abram - oral history files	1990
	Cassette
59	1-2	Oral history interview with Dave Abram 2 audiocassettes	1990
59	3	Oral history interview with Rhoda Aiken 1 audiocassettes	1990
	Folder
13	11	Joe Apodaca and Sharon Marcus	1980
13	12	Lucille Beck - oral history files	1990
	Cassette
59	4-5	Oral history interview with Lucille Beck 2 audiocassettes	1990
	Folder
13	13	Martha Banyas and Kim Hoffman	1979
13	14	Peter Collingwood	1983
13	15	Lambertus Deutschman - teaching agreement	1952
13	16	Mary Greely	1983-1987
13	17	Jo Groves	1970-1973
13	18	Jo Groves - oral history files	1990
13	19	Laurie Herrick	1981
13	20	Susan Hamada	1983
	Cassette
59	6-7	Oral history interview with Susan Hamada 2 audiocassettes	1990
	Folder
18	1	Julia Hoffman - photographs of Hoffman, her home, and her studio	circa 1895-1933
13	21	John W. Lottes	1987
13	22	Bridget McCarthy	1976-1980
13	23	Bridget McCarthy - newspaper clippings	1976-1980
13	24	Bridget McCarthy - oral history files	1991
	Cassette
59	8-13	Oral history interview with Bridget McCarthy 6 audiocassettes	1990-1991
	Folder
13	25	Margaret Mead - lecture, "Crafts as an Extension of People's Lifestyle" (transcript)	1977
	Cassette
59	14	Margaret Mead lecture, "Crafts as an Extension of People's Lifestyle" (audio) 1 audiocassettes	1977
Reel
2		MI 09487: Margaret Mead lecture, "Crafts as an Extension of People's Lifestyle" (film) 1 videoreels (1/2 inch)	1977
Box	Folder
13	26	Joan Schwager - oral history files	1990
	Cassette
59	15-16	Oral history interview with Joan Schwager 2 audiocassettes	1990
	Folder
13	27	Margery Hoffman Smith	1972-1982
13	28	Margery Hoffman Smith correspondence	1952-1975
28		Margery Hoffman Smith scrapbooks of records, clippings, photographs, and ephemera	1902-1964; 1911-1954
	Folder
13	29	Margery Hoffman Smith - Timberline Lodge	1938-1976
	Cassette
59	17-18	Oral history interview with William Sweetman 2 audiocassettes	1990

Series 6: Newsletters and publications, 1929-1990Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
13	30	Newsletters	1929-1947
13	31	Newsletters	1963-1965
13	32	Newsletters	1971-1974
13	33	Newsletters	1977-1978
13	35	Newsletters	1978-1979
27	8	Dummy copy and proofs for Arts and Crafts Society News	1977
13	34	Arts and Crafts Society News	1978
13	36-37	Crafts Northwest circa 1980	1979-1980
13	38	Student newsletters and bulletins	1981-1983
13	39	Newsletters and publications	1982
13	40	Arts and Crafts Quarterly	1982
13	41-56	Update	1979-1990
14	1	Update	1990

Series 7: Publicity and marketing records and memorabilia, circa 1940-1990sReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
14	2	School brochures	1980s
19		Assorted information, photographs, and slides about courses	1979-1980
	Folder
27	6	Acknowledgement certificate from Portland Art Museum	1978
14	3-12	Newspaper clippings	1950s-1980s; 1997
14	13-23	Press releases	circa 1978-1987
14	24-27	Marketing records	1981; 1987; 1993-1994
14	28	Public relations plan	1986-1988
14	29-36	Advertisements and promotional materials	circa 1940-1987
14	37	In-house flyers	1987-1988
14	38-41	Public service announcements	1982-1987
14	42	Instruction sheet for campus tours	1980
27	1	Mockups of marketing posters	1980s-1990s
27	4	Promotional poster	circa 1968
27	5	Painted promotional poster	circa 1985
26		Scrapbook of newspaper clippings and ephemera	1944
26		Scrapbook of newspaper clippings and ephemera	1952-1959
24		Scrapbooks of newspaper clippings and ephemera	1962-1967
23		Scrapbooks of newspaper clippings	1964-1966
26		Scrapbook of newspaper clippings and ephemera	1967-1971
25		Scrapbook of newspaper clippings and photographs	1972-1977
26		Scrapbook of newspaper clippings and ephemera	1979-1980
23		Scrapbooks of newspaper clippings	1988-1989

Series 8: Special programs and projects, 1952-1987, (bulk 1979-1987) Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
14	43	Alternative Energy Project records	1979
14	44-48	Artists in Residence program records	1980-1987
Folder
Oversize 3		Artists in Residence program poster	circa 1983
Box	Folder
14	49	Bua Sua Mua program records	1983-1984
	Cassette
59	19-20	Bua Sua Mua lectures 2 audiocassettes	1982-1983
	Folder
14	50	Ceramic Traditions program records	1983
14	51	Community service program records	1979-1982
15	1	Experimental Wood program records	1984
15	2	Focus on Handcrafts program records	circa 1980
15	3-4	Gallery project records	1981-1986
15	5	Records of programs for physically disabled and elderly people	1981
15	6	Junior League video project records	1985-1986
15	7	Kirkland/Rogers architecturally integrated works program records	1983
15	8	Laotian wood carving project records, photographs, and slides	1982
15	9	Oakland Museum sale and leaseback arrangement records	1983
15	10	Pacific Folk Arts program records	1952
15	11-12	Scholarship and fellowship records	1970s
22	6	The Teapot Response materials	1974
15	13	Tri-Met project records	1984
15	14	Typeface/Book arts program ephemera	circa 1980

Series 9: Assorted and unsorted records, circa 1938-1997Return to Top

This series consists of materials that either did not obviously fit into any of the established series, or had originally been organized into binders or folders by school staff. These binders and folders contained multiple types of records, and the groupings were retained rather than distribute the materials into multiple series.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
15	15-25	Miscellaneous materials	circa 1938-1989
15	26	Guestbook	circa 1950-1965
15	27	Marylhurst College materials	1979
15	28	Pencil and ink drawings, "Alaskan curios"	1993
15	29	Stationery	circa 1985
15	30	Logo submissions	1978-1979
15	31-32	Reproductions of reports, bulletins, stationery, and ads for display	circa 1980
22	7	Alphabetical list of craftspeople in Oregon	1979 February
15	33	Assorted press releases and board and financial records	1979-1986
15	34-41	Assorted records and ephemera	1968-1985
16	1-11	Assorted records and ephemera	1986-1997
20		Assorted index cards	circa 1980-1990
28		American Electronics Association poster	circa 1985
	Folder
18	2-14	Unsorted photographs and negatives	circa 1930-1980
18	15	Unsorted slides	circa 1978-1980

Series 10: Unprocessed additions, circa 1910-2019, (bulk 1933-2019) Return to Top

This series consists of records that were donated to the Oregon Historical Society in 2019, after the Oregon College of Art and Craft (formerly the Oregon School of Arts and Crafts) permanently closed. These materials include administrative records, student project work, images of exhibits, architectural plans for the campus on SW Barnes Road, and memorabilia. This series is unprocessed.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
29	Scrapbooks, drawings, clippings and instructional guides related to metalworking and metalworking designs; silverware catalogs	circa 1950-2013; 1939-1971
30	Library materials; unsorted newsletters, publications, and documents	circa 1977-2019; circa 1988-2019
31	Book Arts Department records, including equipment and safety records, typeface and woodcut samples, and calligraphy roll; course catalogs; remarks at memorial gathering for former student	circa 1950-2019
32	Annual reports; issues of Imprint magazine; newsletters; commencement addresses; photographs, catalogs, and flyers relating to student thesis exhibits; audio of interview with Elizabeth Dasch	circa 1982-2018
33	Records, photographs, slides, and catalogs relating to exhibits in the Hoffman Gallery; resumes	1970s-1990s
34	Student projects for printmaking and letterpress work	circa 1988-1999
35	Assorted records, including exhibition and gallery records, artist-in-residence records, First Thursday programs, administrative records, thesis artist statements and exhibit information, and inventories	1933-2019; circa 1975-2019
36	Catalogs and ephemera for thesis show exhibits; catalogs and records for fundraising events; programs and flyers for special events	1990s-2010s
37	Board records, including Board of Trustees minutes and Marketing Committee minutes (restricted until 2026)	1944-2018
38	Artist and artist-in-residence records; advertising material for special programs; course catalogs for Studio School	1989-2018; circa 1997-2018; 1984-2017
39	Assorted materials, including calligraphy samples; promotional materials, course catalogs, style and branding guide; records about class sizes and offerings; plans for landscape improvements; thesis exhibition catalog; slides and artist biographies and resumes; photographs of faculty	circa 1950-2019
40	Student projects from Book Arts program	circa 1990-1995
41	Slides of thesis exhibits	1993-2001
42	Student and alumni activity publications, catalogs, posters, and ephemera	1986-2018
43	Planning record and promotional materials for capital and endowment campaign; clippings and press releases	circa 2005; 2000-2003
44	Student projects from Book Arts program	1994-2016
45	Student projects from Book Arts program	1994-2016
46	Framed photograph of metalwork instructor Lambertus Deutschman; photo CDs and slides of student metalwork; student photography images	circa 1962; 1998-2011; 1987-1995
47	Designed to Wear slides, photographs, and ephemera; slides of weaving workshops and exhibits; reel of unidentified audio	1980s-1990s; 1974
48	Slides, photographs, records, and ephemera of Hoffman Gallery exhibits	1989-2017
49	Press releases and newspaper clippings	1994-1999
50	Slides of students in class settings; slides and photographs of Art Adventures program	1998-2003
51	Negatives and contact sheets of exhibits and events; slides of campus; slides of faculty artwork exhibitions; slides of campus and campus events	1995-1998; 1983-2000; 1989-1997; 1979-1997
52	Assorted books of art, poetry, and short stories; paper samples; zine cuts and engraved woodblocks for "Making" broadside used for fundraising	circa 1977-2005
53	Promotional brochures, postcards, and posters; course catalogs	circa 1978-2018
54	Slides, photographs, catalogs, newsletters, and postcards relating to Hoffman Gallery exhibits	circa 1998-2010
55	Correspondence, records, articles, writing, photographs, and ephemera relating to school's history; clippings, photographs, and sketches relating to metalworking program; student handbooks and academic calendars	1930s-2018; 1950s; 2001-2018
56	Photographs relating to academic programs, people, and events	circa 1910-2019; circa 1970-2000
57	Slides and photographs of events, including commencements and student artwork exhibits	1980s-2000s; 1999-2007
58	Artistic prints from Book Arts Department, including woodcuts	1980s-2000s
	Calligraphy scroll of alphabet 1 item (1 tube)	circa 1960
	Photocopies of architectural plans for John Taylor residence located on SW Barnes road, which later became the site for the SW Barnes Road campus 1 item (1 loose roll of plans)	1961
	Architectural plans and schematics for SW Barnes Road campus 44 item (2 tubes; 41 loose rolls of plans; 1 loose pile of papers)	circa 1978-2007
	Photograph album of faculty members 1 item	1979-1998
	List of people whose craftwork is incorporated into campus buildings 1 item (1 framed item)	circa 1980
	Promotional poster 1 item (1 framed item)	circa 1990
	Watercolor paintings of the campus by R. Hoten 3 item (3 framed items)	1995
	Certificate from American Craft Council 1 item (1 loose item)	1997
	Student letterpress work 2 item (1 set of items in oversized non-archival ziplock bag; 1 set of items between two boards of foamcore taped shut)	2000; circa 2000
	Explanatory note for the Susana A. Santos Journeys into Creativity Program 1 item (1 framed item)	circa 2000
	Two copies of scroll with poem about September 11 attacks 2 item (2 loose items)	circa 2002
	Autographed Jean Vollum and Frank Boyden posters 3 item (3 tubes)	2006
	Posters, photographs, and certificate relating to artist-in-residence program 1 item (1 tube)	2000s
	Blank diplomas 7 item (7 loose items)	circa 2000s
	Samples of paper made from native plants 1 item (1 oversize envelope)	circa 2000s
	Plaque from Summer Youth Connect 1 item (1 framed item)	2012

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Subject Terms

Art schools--Oregon--Portland
Art--Study and teaching--Oregon--Portland
Arts and crafts movement--Oregon--Portland

Corporate Names

Arts and Crafts Society of Portland (Or.)
Oregon College of Art and Craft
Oregon School of Arts and Crafts

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Corporate Names
- Arts and Crafts Society of Portland (Or.)
- Oregon College of Art and Craft

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