Norma Olson Potter Collection, 1912-1985
Potter, Norma Olson, 1896-1988
.02 cubic feet
Scope and Content Note
Organized by type of material. Materials pertain to the career and interests of Norma Olson Potter. Includes biographical information from her Heart of the Valley Center (Corvallis) resident's file; a certificate from the OSC chapter of the National Collegiate Players Fraternity; drama programs, 1914-1931; American Magazine clipping, Listen to Yourself Talk by Maud Scheerer; magazine clippings about drama; Hillsboro Argus clipping on James Withycombe, 1952; scrapbook pages containing drama programs, newspaper and magazine clippings about drama, and correspondence, 1919-1923; and cards.
Photographs include two portraits of Potter; horseback riding, ca. 1920s; OAC representatives at a Dairy Show (Portland?), 1912; and scenes of Portland, Oregon.
Provenance
Materials retained from the estate of Norma Olson Potter by Harland L. Pratt, who donated them to the University Archives.
Biographical Note
Norma Olson was born in Port Townsend, Washington, on October 26, 1896. She studied dramatic arts at Emerson College in Boston after graduating from high school. In 1919 she came to Oregon Agricultural College as Instructor in Expression and Dramatic Art. Olson directed several drama productions at OAC until her resignation in 1922. The next year she married Ermine L. Potter, at that time Professor of Animal Husbandry at OAC. She continued her interest in drama, and directed productions for the Corvallis Woman's Club. E. L. Potter died in 1975; Norma Olson Potter died on August 4, 1988, after having lived at the Heart of the Valley Center in Corvallis since 1976.
Related Materials
University Theatre Records (RG 180); Dept. of Speech Communication Photographic Collection (P 112); Scrapbook B019, Speech and Drama, 1920-1930.
