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Finding Aid for the Southern California Folk Dance Federation Records, 1945-1975
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Title: Southern California Folk Dance Federation Records,
Date (inclusive): 1945-1975
Collection number: 1175
Creator:
Southern California Folk Dance Federation
Extent: 22 boxes (11 linear ft.)
19 oversize boxes
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract:
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including
copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
- Gift of Folk Dance Federation of California, 1976.
- Gift of Elsie Dunin, 1978-96.
- Gift of Dorothy Daw, 1997.
[Identification of item], Southern California Folk Dance Federation Records (Collection 1175). Department of Special Collections,
Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
3222205
The Folk Dance Federation of Southern California was established in 1946; its purposes were to conduct monthly festivals,
encourage research in authentic dance forms, and to provide recognized patterns of folk dances.
The Folk Dance Federation of Southern California was established in 1946 and continues active up to the present time. The
first volume of minutes (Box 1) records the proceedings which led to its setting up and the by-laws adopted March 10, 1946.
The purposes of the organization included the provision for and conduct of, if possible, monthly festivals, encouragement
of research in authentic dance forms and the making available of recognized patterns of folk dances.
Collection consists of minutes, membership directories, historian books (scrapbooks), Dance Institute notes, programs, correspondence,
various publications, and proceedings of the Santa Barbara and San Diego folk dance conferences, which include dance descriptions.
Arranged in the following series:
- Minutes.
- Membership directories.
- Dance Institute notes.
- Historian books.
- Pelton (Allen) Family Papers
- Publications and programs.
- San Diego Annual Folk Dance Conference
- Santa Barbara Annual Folk Dance Conference
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Southern California Folk Dance Federation--Archives.
Folk dancing--California, Southern--Archival resources.