Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
Marian Wood Kolisch Oral History Collection
Date(s)
- 1974-06-17 - 2003-05-25 (Creation)
Extent
42 oral history interviews
Name of creator
Biographical history
Marian Wood Kolisch (1920-2008) was the granddaughter of Portland, Oregon, artist, lawyer, and civic leader C. E. S. Wood. She was married to attorney Pierre Kolisch and had three children. In the early 1970s she began studying photography with Ansel Adams, and went on to create noted portraits of well-known Oregon figures. Exhibitions of her work were held at the Portland Art Museum, the Camera Works Gallery, the Blue Sky Gallery, and many other venues.
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
A series of interviews Oregon photographer Marian Wood Kolisch conducted with local figures in the arts, business, and politics. Many of these interviews were conducted at the same time she took portraits of these individuals.
System of arrangement
Interviews are arranged by SR#.
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Physical access
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Languages of the material
- English
Scripts of the material
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Finding aids
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Immediate source of acquisition
Lib. Acc. 18764
Lib. Acc. 27347
Lib. Acc. 19234
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
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Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related archival materials
Portraits and other materials related to many of these interviews are part of:
Marian Wood Kolisch collection, circa 1972-2008, Org. Lot 1048, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.