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
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