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Guide to the Alice Henson Ernst Photographs, circa 1900-1976


PH046





Finding aid prepared by Megan Dazey

Finding aid encoded by Megan Dazey, 2007
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Overview of the Collection

 
Repository Name:
 

University of Oregon Libraries
Special Collections & University Archives

1299 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1299 USA
URL: http://libweb.uoregon.edu/speccoll/index.html

 
Collection Number:
 

PH046

 
Creator:
 

Ernst, Alice Henson, 1880-1980

 
Title:
 

Alice Henson Ernst Photographs

 
Dates:
 

circa 1900-1976 (inclusive)

 
Quantity:
 

1.5 linear feet
3 containers
572 photographs and negatives

 
Languages:
 

Collection materials are in English. 

 
Summary:
 

Alice Henson Ernst was an author, playwright, and teacher, at University of Washington, 1920-1923, and University of Oregon, 1924-1950, who had a special interest in the history of early theater in the Pacific Northwest. The photographs include 572 photographic prints and negatives, mostly relating to early theater in Oregon and masks by Native Americans from the Northwest Coast.

 

Biographical Note

Alice Henson Ernst, playwright, teacher, freelance writer, and reporter, was born September 3, 1880 in Washburne, Maine.

She received her B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Washington in 1912 and her M.A. in 1913. She also did graduate work at Radcliffe College and Yale University. From 1920 to 1923 she was an Associate Professor in English at the University of Washington and from 1924 to 1950 served as Associate Professor of English at the University of Oregon.

Ernst received recognition chiefly as a playwright of one-act plays, some of which were collected in High Country and Backstage in Xanadu. Her "Spring Sluicing" in High Country, for example, was a prize-winning play in the National Drama League contest, and was produced by the Portland Civic Theatre and other groups. In connection with her playwrighting, Ernst became interested in the history of the early theater of the Pacific Northwest resulting in the book Trouping in the Oregon Country. Her interest in primitive theater led her to study the masked ritual dances of Northwest Coast tribes and to the publication of several articles. She also published a major work, The Wolf Ritual of the Northwest Coast, which received recognition from critics and anthropologist in the United States and Europe. Alice Ernst died February 12, 1980.

Content Description

The Alice Henson Ernst Photographs, a series in the Alice Henson Ernst Papers, contains 572 photographic prints and negatives relating to early theater in Oregon and masks of Northwest Coast tribes. Some photographs are of a personal nature. For more informatin concering her papers, see the Guide to the Alice Henson Ernst Papers (text/html) .

Administrative Information

Separated Materials 

Papers in this collection are stored separately under call number Coll. 039.

Broadsides in this collection are stored separately in the Broadside Collection.

Processing Note 

Collection processed by Megan Dazey.

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Access 

Collection is open to the public.

Collection must be used in Special Collections & University Archives Reading Room.

Restrictions on Use 

Property rights reside with Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to the Photographs Curator in Special Collections & University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.

Preferred Citation 

[Identification of item], Alice Henson Ernst Photographs, PH046, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene, Oregon.

Related Information

Additional Reference Guides 

See the Guide to the Alice Henson Ernst Papers (text/html) 

Subjects

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.

 
Ernst, Alice Henson, 1880-1980--Photographs
Indian masks--Northwest Coast of North America--Photographs
Theater--Oregon--Photographs
Women authors, American--20th century
Photographs

Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.


 

Photographs

 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
 
box
1


PH046_001:  "Welcome, Stranger" Scene 1 as produced by the Portland Civic Theatre, under the direction of Edris Merrison. Set by Henry Akin.
 
 
black and white print  ;  5 x 10 inches
Description: 8 actors on stage in Jungle scene.


By: A.L. Junken Expert Kodak Finishing Commercial photography - Lantern Slides 409-17 MERCHANTS Trust Bldg. Phone Atwater 4983 with Sandy's.
 


PH046_002:  "Welcome Stranger"
 
 
black and white print  ;  7 x 10 inches
Description: 8 actors on stage in Jungle scene.


By: A.L. Junken Expert Kodak Finishing Commercial photography - Lantern Slides 409-17 MERCHANTS Trust Bldg. Phone Atwater 4983 with Sandy's.
 


PH046_003:  Byron N.Y. 15003 The Darling of the Gods R.T. Haines
 
 
black and white print  ;  4 x 5 inches
Description: Man and woman on stage in Japanese dress.
 


PH046_004:  Way out there a play of the Oregon Country Produced by the Very Little Theatre, Eugene, Oregon
 
 
black and white print  ;  4 x 6 inches
Description: Man and woman on stage in country dinning room setting.
 


PH046_005:  "Way out there"
 
 
black and white print  ;  5 x 8 inches
Description: Man and woman on stage in country dinning room setting.
 


PH046_006:  "Way out there"
 
 
black and white print  ;  5 x 8 inches
Description: Man and woman on stage in country dinning room setting.
 


PH046_007:  Way out there a play of the Oregon Country Produced by the Very Little Theatre, Eugene, Oregon.
 
 
black and white print  ;  8 x 10 inches
Description: Man and woman on stage in country dinning room setting.


By: .
 


PH046_008:  "Way out there"
 
 
black and white print  ;  8 x 10 inches
Description: Man and woman on stage in country dinning room setting.
 


PH046_009:  "Way out there"
 
 
black and white print  ;  8 x 10 inches
Description: Man and woman on stage in country dinning room setting.
 


PH046_010:  Scene from Way Out-There a play of the Oregon Country
 
 
black and white print  ;  8 x 10 inches
Description: Man and woman on stage in country dinning room setting.


By: Alice Henson Ernst.
 


PH046_011:  Byron N.Y. 0571 :The Girl of the Golden West
  1905
 
black and white print  ;  8 x 10 inches
Description: 2 men and woman on stage seated at table playing cards.


By: Blanche Bates Frank Keenan.
 


PH046_012:  Untitled
 
 
black and white print  ;  10 x 8 inches
Description: 2 men on stage in front of doorway.


By: A.L Ransford Commercial Photographer stock EN. Bldg. Third and Yamhill Sts. Portland Oregon.
 


PH046_013:  Untitled
 
 
black and white print  ;  10 x 8 inches
Description: 2 men on stage in front of doorway.


By: A.L Ransford Commercial Photographer stock EN. Bldg. Third and Yamhill Sts. Portland Oregon.
 


PH046_014:  Sam Skaggs Store Crossroads, Oregon
 
 
black and white print  ;  4 x 5 inches
Description: 2 women on stage in front of store.
 


PH046_015:   The Wooden Wife as produced by the Montana Masquers, at Northwest Writer's conference, Missoula, Montana, July 18, 1933.
  July 18, 1933
 
black and white print  ;  6 x 10 inches
Description: 5 people on stage dressed at Indians.


By: Carl W. Blair Missoula Montana Photographer.
 


PH046_016:  The Wooden Wife
 
 
black and white print  ;  4 x 5 inches
Description: 5 people on stage dressed at Indians.
 


PH046_017:  The Wooden Wife
 
 
black and white print  ;  4 x 10 inches
Description: 5 people on stage dressed at Indians.
 


PH046_018:  The Wooden Wife by Alice Henson Ernst as produced by the Montana Masquere, Northwest Writer's Conference University of Montana, Missoula, Montana
  July 18, 1934
 
black and white print  ;  4 x 5 inches
Description: 5 people on stage dressed at Indians.
 


PH046_019:  The Wooden Wife
 
 
black and white print  ;  7 x 10 inches
Description: 5 people on stage dressed at Indians.


By: Carl W. Blair Missoula Montana Photographer.
 


PH046_020:  The Wooden Wife
 
 
black and white print  ;  4 x 5 inches
Description: 4 people on stage dressed as Indians.


Note: Writer's Conference The Wooden Wife at University of Montana.
 


PH046_021:  The Wooden Wife
 
 
black and white print  ;  4 x 5 inches
Description: 4 people on stage dressed as Indians.
 


PH046_022:  The Wooden Wife
 
 
black and white print  ;  6 x 10 inches
Description: 4 people on stage dressed as Indians.
 


PH046_023:  The Wooden Wife
 
 
black and white print  ;  6 x 10 inches
Description: 4 people on stage dressed as Indians.
 


PH046_024:  The Wooden Wife
 
 
black and white print  ;  7 x 10 inches
Description: 4 people on stage dressed as Indians.


By: Carl W. Blair Missoula Montana Photographer.
 


PH046_025:  The Wooden Wife
 
 
black and white print  ;  4 x 5 inches
Description: 2 men on stage dressed as Indians.
 


PH046_026:  The Wooden Wife
 
 
black and white print  ;  4 x 5 inches
Description: 2 men on stage dressed as Indians.
 


PH046_027:  The Wooden Wife
 
 
black and white print  ;  8 x 10 inches
Description: 2 men on stage dressed as Indians.


By: Carl W. Blair Missoula Montana Photographer.
 


PH046_028:  The Wooden Wife
 
 
black and white print  ;  8 x 10 inches
Description: 2 men on stage dressed as Indians.
 


PH046_029:  The Wooden Wife
 
 
black and white print  ;  8 x 10 inches
Description: 2 men on stage dressed as Indians.
 


PH046_030:  The Wooden Wife
 
 
black and white print  ;  8 x 10 inches
Description: 2 men on stage dressed as Indians.
 


PH046_031:   The Wooden Wife. Regional play by Alice Henson Ernst, as produced at Eugene, Oregon May 16-19. '36 by the Very Little Theatre, under direction of Mary Bennett. Sets and costumes by Lance Hart, of the department of Fine Art, University of Oregon. Lance Hart as KWADZAI, the mighty hunter, Florence Couch Shumaker as NA-ET-KA, (ThunderBird-Daughter) Maizie Giustina as WA-NA-GA (the Owl)
  May 16, 1936-May 19, 1936
 
black and white print  ;  8 x 10 inches
Description: 3 actors on stage dressed as Indians.
 


PH046_032:  Gilstrap, Gless, Hottman, Griffin, Marlestrandi, Linn, Vogle, Coacewew, Kaufman, Straight, Wilory
  February 1898
 
black and white print  ;  8 x 10 inches
Description: 5 men, 5 women posed for camera.
 


PH046_033:  Gilstrap, Gless, Hottman, Griffin, Marlestrandi, Linn, Vogle, Coacewew, Kaufman, Straight, Wilory
  February 1898
 
black and white print  ;  8 x 10 inches
Description: 5 men, 5 women posed for camera.
 


PH046_034:  "Limited edition of "High Country" Four plays of the Northwest Written by Alice Henson Ernst Published in Portland by the Metropolitan Press
 
 
black and white print  ;  10 x 8 inches
Description: Display for High Country.
 


PH046_035:  Untitled
 
 
black and white print  ;  10 x 8 inches
Description: Mask on wall.
 


PH046_036:  Untitled
 
 
black and white print  ;  10 x 8 inches
Description: Mask on wall.
 


PH046_037:  Untitled
 
 
black and white print  ;  3 x 4 inches
Description: 7 actors on lawn.


By: Dobson.
 


PH046_038:  Untitled
 
 
black and white print  ;  6 x 10 inches
Description: 6 actors seated on stage.


By: A.L. Junken Expert Kodak Finishing Commercial Photography - Lantern Slides 409-17 Merchants trust Bldg. Phone Atwater 4988 With Sandy's.
 


Grass tied in a circle, different angle:  Untitled
 
 
black and white print  ;  5 x 5 inches
Description: Grass tied in a circle.
 


PH046_040:  Untitled
 
 
black and white print  ;  6 x 4 inches
Description: Grass tied in a circle, different angle than Grass tied in a circle, different angle.
 


PH046_041:   Believing that the public enjoyed good music, Stevens toured the country with a top-flight singing trio for a season, sponsored by Henry W. Savage.
 
 
black and white print  ;  6 x 5 inches
Description: Le Brun Grand Opera Trio. Picture of poster advertising the Trio.
 


PH046_042:  A long-term favorite with opera goers is Balfa's 'Bohemian Girl. As Count Anaheim, Stevens, (Left) shares honors with Blanche Morrison
 
 
black and white print  ;  4 x 7 inches
Description: Scene from opera.
 


PH046_043:  George Andrews, co-founder of the Andrews Opera Company, after their migration to the Rouge River Valley was for a quarter-century a leading figure in its active musical life
 
 
black and white print  ;  7 x 5 inches
Description: Picture of announcement.
 


PH046_044:  Clifton Webb (center) one of America's liveliest screen personalities, was second tenor for the pioneering Aborn Opera Company. With him are James Stevens (left) and Mrs. Stevens (right) of the same company, poised briefly before the Vanderbilt summer house, The Breakers, on Long Island
 
 
black and white print  ;  5 x 7 inches
Description: 2 men, 3 women and dog posed on lawn.
 


PH046_045:  "Major George Andrews, Jr., now flight instructor at Travis Air Force Base, California, received musical training at the Juliard School, New York." Written in pencil "Mat.1 '55 Not now mentioned in texts- as trimmed. - Very appealing picture, but Caroline's picture (The dark) perhaps better for news. A.H.E. Opera Comes to Oregon
 
 
black and white print  ;  7 x 5 inches
Description: Signed picture of Andrews at piano.
 


PH046_046:  Untitled
 
 
black and white print  ;  6 x 4 inches
Description: A rattle?.
 


PH046_047:  Untitled
 
 
black and white print  ;  4 x 8 inches
Description: Cast picture.
 


PH046_048:  Joaquin Miller, Canyon City
 
 
black and white postcard  ;  5 x 4 inches
Description: Post card of Miller.
 


PH046_049:  Joaquin Miller, Canyon City
 
 
black and white print  ;  7 x 5 inches
Description: Same person & pose as PH046_048.
 


PH046_050:  Stevens' vibrant baritone showed off to good advantage as the Count di Luna in Il Trovators. Here shown. Also as the Toreador in Carmen, Baron Scarpia in La Toeca and other dramatic roles." Written in pencil "Grand Opera Star If more pictures than needed, this could be left out. One of his best-known roles. The poster for the Opera Trio (elsewhere) has a very small cut of this same.
 
 
black and white print  ;  7 x 4 inches
Description: Stevens dressed for stage.
 


PH046_051:  An outdoor production of Robin Hood, directed by George and Ed Andrews for the annual Midsummer Festival at Jackson County Fairgrounds, Medford. Used revolving stage sets and other novel features. Southern Oregon's annual presentation of opera, with large community casts and choruses, drew wide audiences to the Rouge Valley in the rising '20's. #6 opera Roto Mar.18. Opera Comes to Oregon.
 
 
black and white print  ;  4 x 7 inches
Description: An outdoor stage .
 


PH046_052:  Well-known on the New York stage, Stevens was among the original cast of the long-run Broadway production of Everywoman at the Herald Square Theatre.
 
 
black and white print  ;  10 x 5 inches
Description: Cast signatures from Everywoman.
 


PH046_053:  Edith Andrews (Mrs. James Stevens) now a resident of Ashland, sang in numerous family productions, and later accompanied her husband on operatic billings throughout the country
 
 
black and white print  ;  5 x 4 inches
Description: Edith Stevens of Hagemeister Park Opera Co. seated in a chair.
 


PH046_054:  Jeanie Winston, of the Casino, in Prince Methuselah.
 
 
black and white print  ;  7 x 5 inches
Description: Jeanie with sword.


By: Abell & Son 29 Washington St. Portland, Oregon.
 


PH046_055:  Sam Skaggs Store Crossroads, Oregon
 
 
black and white print  ;  4 x 6 inches
Description: 2 men on stage sitting in front of store.
 


PH046_056:  Way Out there
 
 
black and white print  ;  4 x 5 inches
Description: Scene from play.
 


PH046_057:  Sam Skaggs Store Crossroads, Oregon
 
 
black and white print  ;  4 x 6 inches
Description: Man standing in front of store on stage.
 


PH046_058:  Perennial favorite among opera fans is Mascagni's romantic Cavelleria Rusticana. Singer Nellie Andrews appears as Santuzza
 
 
black and white print  ;  6 x 5 inches
Description: Nellie Andrews.


By: .
 


PH046_059:  Minnie Tuttell Thors- 1025 Farken St. San Francisco Cal.
 
 
black and white print  ;  7 x 5 inches
Description: Minnie Tuttell.
 


PH046_060:  Mar. 1 '55 I like this fellow would make a good cover or something if desired. A.H.E. Opera Comes to Oregon. Please return to Alice Henson Ernst 194-Sunset Drive, Eugene, Oregon. #5 OPERA MAR.18 - ROTO. Ed Andrews, guiding spirit of the Andrews Opera Company which migrated to Oregon, in his favorite role of Ko-Ko in The Mikado.
  March 1, 1955
 
black and white print  ;  8 x 10 inches
Description: Ed Andrews.
 


PH046_061:  Alexander Herrmann born Feb 11,1844 Paris France died Dec. 17 1896-
 
 
black and white print  ;  8 x 10 inches
Description: Alexander Herrmann.
 


PH046_062:  Yours truly Adelaide Herrmann
 
 
black and white print  ;  8 x 10 inches
Description: Adelaide Herrmann.


By: Reproduction Unity Studio 163 W. 46th St. New York Telephone Bryant 7979.
 


PH046_063:  To Mother as ever Alice. With deepest love, as always to keep you company. Head by Lydia Herrick Lodge
 
 
black and white print  ;  7 x 5 inches
Description: Sculpture of female head.
 


PH046_064:  Blanche Bates Drawn from life. Thomas Mitchell Pierce. Blanche Bates
 
 
black and white print  ;  10 x 8 inches
Description: Photo of drawing of Blanche Bates.
 


PH046_065:  Blanche Bates (center) breaking ground for the fine new Heilig Theatre, Nov. 14, 1909. Mayor George L. Baker at left. Mrs. Minnie Maddern Fiske later laid the cornerstone." 2nd typed inscription " (Cropping 2 in. from right of picture might give better balance and emphasis to the two main figures). Blanche Bates turning first spadeful of earth for the Heilig Theatre Portland Oct. 14, 1909
  1909
 
black and white print  ;  8 x 10 inches
Description: Blanche Bates at breaking ground ceremony in front of crowd.
 


PH046_066:  Stephen C. Massel- Society of California Pioneer
 
 
black and white print  ;  7 x 5 inches
Description: Stephen C. Massel.
 


PH046_067:  Lotta Crabtree, favorite star of the early American stage, came by wagon to Southern Oregon in 1862. On later tours, she played at urban theatres of the region.
 
 
black and white print  ;  7 x 5 inches
Description: Lotta Crabtree.
 


PH046_068:  Untitled
 
 
black and white print  ;  5 x 8 inches
Description: Graduating class in cap & gown.
 


PH046_069:  David Henson
 
 
black and white postcard  ;  6 x 4 inches
Description: Postcard of David Henson.


By: Hill & Williams Bristol.
 


PH046_070:  Michelle & Debbie Henson 1968 daughters of John IV
  1968
 
black and white print  ;  8 x 5 inches
Description: Michelle and Debbie Henson.
 


PH046_071:  Untitled
 
 
black and white print  ;  5 x 4 inches
Description: Looking down on house in the woods.
 


PH046_072:  Untitled
 
 
black and white print  ;  4 x 5 inches
Description: Front windows of house.
 


PH046_073:  Untitled
 
 
black and white print  ;  5 x 3 inches
Description: Young boy & girl sitting at desk.
 


PH046_074:  Untitled
 
 
black and white print  ;  3 x 5 inches
Description: 3 men, 2 women standing on front porch of house.
 


PH046_075:  Untitled
 
 
black and white print  ;  6 x 4 inches
Description: Woman with graying hair.
 


PH046_076:  Untitled
 
 
black and white print  ;  5 x 4 inches
Description: Man in suit standing by tree.
 


PH046_077:  Untitled
 
 
black and white print  ;  6 x 4 inches
Description: Older man in suit.
 


PH046_078:  Untitled
 
 
black and white print  ;  6 x 4 inches
Description: Woman in dress next to bush.
 


PH046_079:  Charlie and Jacqueline
 
 
black and white print  ;  5 x 4 inches
Description: Man & woman sitting in garden.
 


PH046_080:  Untitled
  December 1958
 
black and white print  ;  4 x 5 inches
Description: 3 men standing in doorway.
 


PH046_081:  Untitled
  December 1958
 
black and white print  ;  5 x 4 inches
Description: 2 men standing in doorway.
 


PH046_082:  Untitled
  December 1958
 
black and white print  ;  inches
Description: 2 men standing in doorway (same men as PH046_081).
 


PH046_083:  Untitled
 
 
black and white print  ;  6 x 4 inches
Description: Man in suit standing by tree.
 


PH046_084:  Mother
 
 
black and white print  ;  7 x 5 inches
Description: Woman in dress standing next to table.
 


PH046_085:  Mother
 
 
tinted print  ;  6 x 4 inches
Description: Same picture as PH046_084, hand tinted & cropped.
 


PH046_086:  Mother at first Seattle home
 
 
black and white print  ;  4 x 5 inches
Description: Mother standing next to house.
 


PH046_087:  Untitled
 
 
black and white print  ;  8 x 6 inches
Description: Man with hat.


Note: Printed on cardstock, with raised inset around picture.
 


PH046_088:  Untitled
 
 
black and white print  ;  4 x 5 inches
Description: Man with hat (same man as PH046_087).
 


PH046_089:  Untitled
 
 
black and white print  ;  4 x 5 inches
Description: 3 women seated in front of tree.
 


PH046_090:  Brother Jack on birthday (75?)
 
 
black and white print  ;  4 x 7 inches
Description: Jack seated at desk.
 


PH046_091:  Alice Seattle days (university)
 
 
black and white print  ;  7 x 5 inches
Description: Alice seated with tennis racket.
 


PH046_092:  Alice - 1949
  1949
 
black and white print  ;  4 x 3 inches
Description: Woman standing next to statue.
 


PH046_093:  Untitled
 
 
black and white print  ;  6 x 4 inches
Description: Man in sweater with "A" on it.
 


PH046_094:  Untitled
  October 22, 1911
 
black and white postcard  ;  6 x 4 inches
Description: Woman seated with boy & girl.
 


PH046_095:  Untitled
 
 
black and white postcard  ;  6 x 4 inches
Description: Boy in sailor suit (same boy as PH046_094).
 


PH046_096:  John
 
 
black and white postcard  ;  6 x 4 inches
Description: John in overalls by swing.
 


PH046_097:  Untitled
 
 
black and white postcard  ;  6 x 4 inches
Description: Woman seated with 2 boys standing.
 


PH046_098:  with kind regards and Best Wishes from Cousin Fred. Oct. 1914
  October 1914
 
black and white print  ;  8 x 4 inches
Description: Vignette of Cousin Fred.


By: Gibgon Victoria B.C.
 


PH046_099:  Untitled
 
 
black and white print  ;  8 x 5 inches
Description: Military man in car in parade.


Note: Printed on cardstock, with raised inset around picture.