Portland Civic Theatre records, ca. 1925-2000.

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Portland Civic Theatre records, ca. 1925-2000.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57314405

The records cover the entire history of the theater but are most complete for the period from the early 1960s to the late 1980s, including the tenure of general manager Isabella Chappell and directors Mildred Allen Butler, Donald Mayre, and Jim Cameron. Records include correspondence and business records; financial records; minutes of meetings; personnel files; scrapbooks; news clippings; posters; programs; architectural drawings; and records of the theater's educational activities.

116 document cases, 17 card file boxes, 22 flat boxes, 8 oversize folders (65 cu. ft.)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7760944

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Cameron, James Curtis, 1921-1972.

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Mayre, Donald.

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Butler, Mildred Allen

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Portland Civic Theatre Guild (Portland, Or.)

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Portland Civic Theatre (Portland, Or.)

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The Portland Civic Theatre served as the main drama venue of Portland, Or., for over sixty years, and it was one of the largest regional theater groups in the United States. Begun as the Art Theatre Players in 1925, its first professional director was Mildred Allen Butler. Later directors were Donald Mayne (1937) and Jim Cameron (1949). Isabella Chappell became the General Manager in the 1970s. The name changed in 1929 to The Portland Civic Theatre. In 1934 the theater established t...

Chappell, Isabella N.

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Portland Civic Theatre Academy (Portland, Or.)

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