Oregon Theater Project: A Dataset of Oregon Cinemas from the Silent Era
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Date
2022-12-12
Authors
Aronson, Michael
Peterson, Elizabeth
Hayden, Gabrielle
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Publisher
Ubiquity Press
Abstract
The Oregon Theater Project (OTP) dataset is part of an ongoing collaborative research
project by undergraduate students enrolled in successive iterations of “Exhibition &
Audiences,” a Cinema Studies course at the University of Oregon. It will be updated with
additional data each time the course is taught. The data set comprises geo/historical
data about movie theaters (cinemas) and exhibition in the state from approximately
1894 to 1929. The data is presented on a public website (https://oregontheaterproject.
uoregon.edu/) which includes maps and individual theater profiles produced by the
students. All profiles, and the underlying data, are reviewed by the course instructors
and edited as needed for clarification or accuracy. Profiles include, where available,
the theater name, address, city, state, latitude, longitude, number of seats, owner/
manager names, and a narrative description. The underlying data, shared as Excel
documents and tab-delimited spreadsheets, invites historical comparative analysis of
film exhibition practices across time and locale, both local and global.
Description
7 pages
Keywords
Film exhibition, Movie theaters, Film history, New cinema history, Oregon film history
Citation
Aronson, M., Peterson, E. and Hayden, G., 2022. Oregon Theater Project: A Dataset of Oregon Cinemas from the Silent Era. Journal of Open Humanities Data, 8(0), p.27.DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/johd.92