Frances Knight scrapbook.

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Berkeley Historical Society
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2016


Descriptive Summary

Title: Frances Knight scrapbook.
Dates: 1945-1951
Collection Number: 1978.065
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 1 v., 31 x 23 cm., in box (.2 linear ft.)
Repository: Berkeley Historical Society
Berkeley, California 94704
Abstract: Documents her career as "A Teller of Tales in Song."
Language of Material: English

Access

The collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to the Berkeley Historical Society. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the archivist of the Society. Permission for publication is given as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred Citation

Frances Knight scrapbook.. Berkeley Historical Society

Biography/Administrative History

Knight presented various programs in which she would interpret a number of songs, often folk songs but also songs by classical composers.

Scope and Content of Collection

The scrapbook contains programs for many performances, many in the San Francisco Bay Area, but also in some other California and East Coast venues. There are reviews of her work in the form of newspaper clippings, and several photographs.