Art Chowder September | October, Issue 23 | Page 40

THE MYRTLE WOLDSON COLLECTION Replicas of four rooms in Miss Woldson’s home – the entry foyer, living room, dining room, and sitting room – can be found at the southwest corner on the View of the Myrtle Woldson Collection Interpretive Center The reproduction of Miss Woldson’s sitting room is in the background photo: Melville Holmes second floor of the Performing Arts Center. The lavish interpretive center chronicles the life and times of this extraordinary woman. In addition to numerous display cases filled with intriguing items that had belonged to Miss Woldson, printed didactic panels and interactive touch-screen monitors supply a tremendous amount of detail on her life and the things she collected. Of particular interest are the photos of objects in the re-created rooms (and other rooms in her house), where visitors can find specific identification and information about them. Students in Gonzaga’s Digital Humanities Project helped research and curate the Collection, a Portrait of Myrtle Woldson when she was twenty or twenty-one, 1930 or 1931. photo: Paralta Studios-California; Milot Family Collection, Gonzaga University Archives and Special Collections. project that is ongoing. The Myrtle Woldson Collection is open free to the public weekdays from 8 am to 5 pm and during performances. The Myrtle Woldson Interpretive Center photo: Melville Holmes 40 ART CHOWDER MAGAZINE