History: Berkeley Folk Music Movement
Scope and Contents
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Berkeley Folk Music Festival.
The Berkeley Folk Music Festival Archive consists of some 30,000 items, including photographs of over two hundred folk artists and groups, general photographs of Berkeley Folk Music Festivals from 1957-1970, tapes, press clippings, correspondence, publicity information on various performers, and posters and flyers from most of the festivals held during this period. Included are some photographs and posters from other area music festivals.
Dates
- 1957 - 1970
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on use of the materials in the department for research; all patrons must comply with federal copyright regulations.
Extent
From the Collection: 63 Boxes : Posters housed separately
Language of Materials
English
- Berkeley Folk Music Festival invitation
- Cisco Houston concert song list
- Dick Reuss materials
- Fall 1958 folk music concert series budgets
- Folk artists of the East Bay
- Folk music concert brochures
- Folk Music Cross Section program
- Folk music newsletter
- Folk Song Arts newsletters
- Folk song cabaret program
- Folk song coffee hours flier
- Folk song concert flier
- Folk song jam session invitation
- Folk song jam session program
- Folk songs concert program
- Folk songs concert program
- Foto Mart instruction envelope
- Introduction to folklore
- John Jacob Niles concert program
- Josef Marais and Miranda concert program
- Josef Marais and Miranda concert program
- Josef Marais and Miranda concert program
- Josef Marais and Miranda concert program
- Josef Marais and Miranda concert program
- KPFA benefit concert program
- KPFA folk song jam session
- KPFA folk song jam session invitation
- KPFA folk song jam session invitation
- KPFA packet
- KPFA program invitation
- KPFA radio show program
- Letter from Barry Olivier to Ian Lockhead
- Letter from Barry Olivier to the Cloyne Court Co-op
- Letter from Barry Olivier to West Coast folk music leaders and note
- Letter from Dick Reuss to Barry Olivier
- Memo from Barry Olivier to Faith
- Midnight Special song sheet
- Musicians, KPFA folk song jam session
- Musicians, KPFA folk song jam session
- Musicians, KPFA folk song jam session
- Musicians, KPFA folk song jam session
- North Gate folk song sessions press release
- Northern California folk song performers
- Northern California resident folk song performers
- Northgate clippings
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- Participating artists in the Folk Festival Fireside Concert
- Program for YWCA conference at Asilomar
- Proposal concerning folk song sessions at Cloyne Court
- Richard Dyer-Bennet concert program
- Richard Dyer-Bennet concert program
- Special notice to KPFA / folk singers
- Story of "Northgate" folk song jam sessions
- Suggested singers for Jabberwock folk cabaret
- Susan Reed concert program
- Suzanne Bloch concert program
- William Butler Yeats quote
Library Details
Part of the Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections Repository
Deering Library, Level 3
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2300 US
847-491-3635
specialcollections@northwestern.edu