Tag Archives: Latino/as

Miracle Theatre Archives ~ The Next Steps

Now that we know what is there, it is time to process the collection! Over the past months, the archives of the Miracle Theatre Group in Portland, OR have be massaged, fussed with, and inventoried. The sheer volume of materials that have … Continue reading

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The OMA at NWA 2013

The OMA was busy at this year’s AABC/NWA conference! Earlier this month the Archives Association of British Columbia (AABC) and the Northwest Archivists (NWA) held a joint conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, and the OMA participated in three sessions: Session … Continue reading

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Minorities in the Barometer, the 1960s

Last year the OMA began a project to search through The Daily Barometer (day-by-day) to find as many minority issues/multicultural related articles as possible, scan them, and make them available online. We started with the 1970s and just completed the 1960s! Minorities in the Barometer … Continue reading

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Oral History Interview Regarding Colegio César Chávez

Several years ago Andrew Parodi and Karen Olivo shared a part of their lives with the OMA through their donation of a collection of materials pertaining to the Colegio César Chávez. As the first and only independent Chicano-oriented and managed four-year college … Continue reading

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Thoughts on Theatre Archives Organization

After spending some quality time with the Miracle Theatre Group’s archives, I have already developed some ideas on how to arrange this substantial collection.  After thirty years of accumulation, the miracle of the Miracle Theatre archives is their completeness and organization. Theatre … Continue reading

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American Theatre Archive Project Presentation at Miracle Theatre

On Thursday, February 28th, the OMA’s Miracle Theatre Project participated in a meeting of local Portland, Oregon arts groups featuring the American Theatre Archive Project (ATAP).  Helice Koffler, Rachel Kinsman Steck, and Jeff Katz of the Northwest Region of ATAP … Continue reading

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New Collection: RG 248 Centro Cultural César Chávez

The collection RG 248 Centro Cultural César Chávez (4Cs) is now available! The 4Cs was established at OSU in the 1970s to provide a location and facility for various academic, cultual, recreational, and social events related to Chicano/Latino/Hispanic culture. The 4Cs is managed … Continue reading

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Borderless Stories Exhibit

The traveling exhibit Borderless Stories is now at the OSU Valley Library! Borderless Stories shares the lives of immigrants in Rural Oregon. The exhibit is coordinated by the Rural Organizing Project (ROP) with the Immigrant Family Advocates (IFA) in Deschutes County. “Borderless … Continue reading

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Miracle Theatre Group Inventory Project

The Miracle Theatre Group of Portland, Oregon is the Northwest’s premier Latino/a Arts and Culture Organization. For almost thirty years, Teatro Milagro’s mission is to share the diversity of Latin America and advocate for global unity through theatre. Like many theatre groups, … Continue reading

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Sundown Towns in Oregon Display

This Fall term Professor Jean Moule taught her course TCE 408H “Sundown Towns in Oregon” and she invited the OMA to be a part of the classroom experience! Natalia, OMA Archivist, and Tiah, SCARC’s Instruction Archivist, worked with Professor Moule … Continue reading

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