Finding Aid for the Southern California Folk Dance Federation Records, 1945-1975

Processed by Manuscripts Division staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé

UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections

Manuscripts Division

Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library

Box 951575

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575

Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu

URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/

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Finding Aid for the Southern California Folk Dance Federation Records, 1945-1975

Collection number: 1175

UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections

Manuscripts Division

Los Angeles, CA

Contact Information

Manuscripts Division
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time)
Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/

Processed by:: Anne Caiger, November 1976 and Manuscripts Division staff, 1998
Encoded by:: Caroline Cubé
Online finding aid edited by:: Josh Fiala, December 2002

Descriptive Summary

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.

Administrative Information

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.

Restrictions on Access

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.

Preferred Citation

[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

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 3222205

Biography

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.

Note

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.

Scope and Content

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.

Organization and Arrangement

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

Indexing Terms

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.

Minutes 1946 - 1975

Box 1, Folder 1

Volume 1 January 1946 - May 1951

Box 1, Folder 2

Volume 2 June 1951 - November 1954

Scope and Content Note

Missing July - September, December 1951; March 1952 [Volume III missing as well]

Box 1, Folder 3

Volume 4 June 1956 - May 1960

Box 2, Folder 1

Volume 5 June 1960 - April 1962

Box 2, Folder 2

Volume 6 June 1962 - April 1964

Box 2, Folder 3

Volume 7 June 1964 - May 1965

Box 2, Folder 4

Volume 8 June 1965 - April 1967

Scope and Content Note

Missing May 1967

Box 3, Folder 1

Volume 9 June 1967 - January, March - April, November 1969

Scope and Content Note

Miscellaneous loose duplicate minutes and Treasurer's reports; also blank membership forms, 1957 - 1975. 5 folders.

Membership Directories

Box 4, Folder 1

Directories 1946; 1949 - 1950; 1950 - 1951

Scope and Content Note

Membership directories are to be found in the Historian Books for the following years: 1947 - 1948; 1948 - 1949; 1951 - 1952; 1952- 1953; 1960 - 1961; 1970 -1971. Directories are missing for 1957 - 1958, 1963 - 1964 and 1966 - 1967

Box 4, Folder 2

Directories 1953 - 1954;"1955" 1954 - 1956; 1956 - 1957; 1959 - 1960

Box 4, Folder 3

Directories 1961 - 1962; 1968 - 1969; 1970 - 1971

Box 4, Folder 4

Directories 1967 - 1968; 1968 - 1969; 1970 - 1971

Box 4, Folder 5

Directories 1971 - 1972; 1972 - 1973; 1973 - 1974

Dance Institute Notes 1950 - 1975

Box 4, Folder 6

Notes 1950

Box 4, Folder 7

Notes 1953 - 1954

Box 4, Folder 8

Notes 1955, 1961

Box 4, Folder 9

Notes 1962

Box 4, Folder 10

Notes 1963

Box 4, Folder 11

Notes 1964 - 1967

Box 4, Folder 12

Notes 1968 - 1970

Box 4, Folder 13

Notes 1971

Box 4, Folder 14

Notes 1972

Box 4, Folder 15

Notes 1973 - 1974

Box 4, Folder 16

Notes 1975

Historian Books 1946 - 1974

Box 5, Folder 1

Festival Programs 1948 - 1975

Box 6, Folder 1

Correspondence 1945 - 1949

Box 23, Folder 1

Volume 1 1946

Scope and Content Note

Historian Books include: scrapbooks, photographs, clippings, directories and programs

Box 23, Folder 2

Volume 2 1947 - 1948

Box 24, Folder 1

Volume 3 1948 - 1949

Box 24, Folder 2

Volume 4 1949 - 1950

Box 25, Folder 1

Volume 5 1950 - 1951

Box 25, Folder 2

Volume 6 1951 - 1952

Box 26, Folder 1

Volume 7 1952 - 1953

Box 26, Folder 2

Volume 8 1953 - 1954

Box 26, Folder 3

Volume 9 1954 - 1955

Box 27, Folder 1

Volume 10 1955 - 1956

Scope and Content Note

1956 - 1957; 1957 - 1958 are missing

Box 27, Folder 2

Volume 11 1958 - 1959

Box 28, Folder 1

Volume 12 1959 - 1960

Box 28, Folder 2

Volume 13 1960 - 1961

Box 29, Folder 1

Volume 14 1962 - 1963

Box 29, Folder 2

Volume 15 1963 - 1964

Box 30, Folder 1

Volume 16 1964 - 1965

Box 30, Folder 2

Volume 17 1965 - 1966

Box 31, Folder 1

Volume 18 1966 - 1967

Box 32, Folder 1

Volume 19 1967 - 1968

Box 32, Folder 2

Volume 20 1968 - 1969

Box 33, Folder 1

Volume 21 1969 - 1970 - 1971

Box 33, Folder 2

Volume 22 1971 - 1972

Box 34, Folder 1

Volume 23 1972 - 1973

Box 34, Folder 2

Volume 24 1973 - 1974

Pelton (Allen) Family Papers

Box 36, Folder 1

Pelton family workbooks (dance descriptions and indexes), Volume 1, descriptions A - G

Box 36, Folder 2

Pelton family workbooks (dance descriptions and indexes), Volume 2, descriptions H - Q

Box 36, Folder 3

Pelton family workbooks (dance descriptions and indexes), Volume 3, descriptions R - Z

Box 44, Folder 1

Correspondence re communist membership 1947 - 1949

Box 44, Folder 2

Photos of Allen Pelton by Loomis Studios 1949

Box 44, Folder 3

Scrapbook pages 1945 -1949

Box 44, Folder 4

Whittier folk dance fellowship 1948

Box 44, Folder 5

Directory 1949

Box 44, Folder 6

Correspondence, biographical information, photocopies of scrapbook pages re Allen Pelton 1946 - 1964

Box 44, Folder 7

Directory 1972

Publications and Programs

Box 11, Folder 1

Calendars 1964 - 1975

Scope and Content Note

12 items included

Box 11, Folder 2

Folk Dance Scene 1965 - 1967

Scope and Content Note

18 items included

Box 11, Folder 3

Let's Dance, Vol. IV - Vol. VIII January 1949 - December 1951

Scope and Content Note

Missing the annual yearbook issue of September - October 1949

Box 12, Folder 1

Miscellaneous directories and rosters no date

Box 13, Folder 1

Minute books 1968 - 1973

Scope and Content Note

4 ring binders

Box 14, Folder 1

Federal dance institute programs 1958 - 1966

Box 15, Folder 1

Various workshop and institute programs 1956 - 1978

Box 16, Folder 1

Various workshop and institute programs 1956 - 1978

Box 17, Folder 1

Programs for dance institutes etc., and various printed materials 1966 - 1975

Scope and Content Note

Includes Programi Medunarodni Smotra Folklore Zagreb [Program of the International Folklore Review in Zagreb, 1940s - 1970s]

Box 18, Folder 1

Miscellaneous, including folk dance descriptiosn, photograph of Madelynne Green, membership directories, by-laws and guidelines or rules for Research and Standardization Committee 1955 -1980

Scope and Content Note

Materials added August 1982

Box 19, Folder 1

Dance steps and programs for various events 1982

Scope and Content Note

Addition, 1983

Box 19, Folder 2

Dance institute programs 1983

Scope and Content Note

Addition, August 1989

Box 19, Folder 3

Dance institute programs 1984

Scope and Content Note

Addition, August 1989

Box 20, Folder 1

Scrapbook; California statewide folk dance festival 1977; 1965

Scope and Content Note

Box 20 is an oversize flat box

Box 21, Folder 1

Dance institute programs 1985

Scope and Content Note

Addition, 1989

Box 21, Folder 2

Dance institute programs 1986

Box 21, Folder 3

Dance institute programs 1986

Box 21, Folder 4

Dance institute programs 1987

Box 21, Folder 5

Dance institute programs 1988

Box 21, Folder 6

Dance institute programs 1948 - 1973

Box 21, Folder 7

Photographs no date available

Box 22, Folder 1

Folk Dance Federation South 1977; 1978; 1979

Scope and Content Note

Box 22 is an oversize flat box

Box 22, Folder 2

Folk Dance Federation of California, South 1979

Scope and Content Note

Photograph album

Box 22, Folder 3

Santa Barbara 1940's

Scope and Content Note

Photograph album

Box 22, Folder 4

Directories, culture notes, footwear, special skills, Scottish programs, children no date

Scope and Content Note

In ring binder

Box 35, Folder 1

Volume 25 1974 - 1975

Box 35, Folder 2

Volume 26 1975 - 1976

Box 37, Folder 1

Scrapbook 1983 - 1984

Box 38, Folder 1

San Buenaventura 1989

Box 38, Folder 2

Camp Hess Kramer 1988

Box 38, Folder 3

Camp Hess Kramer 1990

Box 38, Folder 4

Culver City 1991

Box 38, Folder 5

Folk Dance Federation directory 1977 - 1978

Box 38, Folder 6

Folk Dance Federation directory 1978 - 1979

Box 38, Folder 7

Folk Dance Federation directory 1979 - 1980

Box 38, Folder 8

Folk Dance Federation directory 1980 - 1981

Box 38, Folder 9

Folk Dance Federation directory 1981 - 1982

Box 38, Folder 10

Folk Dance Federation directory 1982 - 1983

Box 38, Folder 11

Aman 1991

Box 38, Folder 12

Harvest Festival, Fresno 1988

Box 38, Folder 13

Laguna Folk Dance Federation 1971

Box 38, Folder 14

Laguna Folk Dance Federation 1988

Box 38, Folder 15

Laguna Folk Dance Federation 1991

Box 38, Folder 16

Idyllwild 1989

Box 38, Folder 17

Idyllwild 1990

Box 38, Folder 18

Stockton 1988

Box 38, Folder 19

Stockton 1989

Box 38, Folder 20

Stockton 1990

Box 38, Folder 21

Ojai 1988

Box 39, Folder 1

Scrapbook, statewide 1981

Scope and Content Note

Box 39 is an oversize flat box

Box 40, Folder 1

Scrapbook 1980 - 1981 through February 1982

Scope and Content Note

Box 40 is an oversize flat box

Box 41, Folder 1

Scrapbook 1982 - 1983

Scope and Content Note

Box 41 is an oversize flat box

Box 42, Folder 1

San Diego State 1974

Box 42, Folder 2

Los Angeles (Bulgarian dance) 1981

Box 42, Folder 3

West Hollywood (Czechoslovakian workshop) 1984

Box 42, Folder 4

San Diego 1984

Box 42, Folder 5

Stockon 1984

Box 42, Folder 6

Alpine Village 1984

Box 42, Folder 7

Idyllwild Scholarship dance (West Los Angeles) 1985

Box 42, Folder 8

Idyllwild 1985

Box 42, Folder 9

Fiesta Folklorica, Santa Barbara 1985

Box 42, Folder 10

San Diego State 1985

Box 42, Folder 11

Stockon 1985

Box 42, Folder 12

Laguna 1989

Box 42, Folder 13

Fresno 1991

Box 42, Folder 14

Festival Records ("Kad Zaigra…") 1993

Box 42, Folder 15

Fresno 1993

Box 42, Folder 16

Los Angeles (Old-Tyme Kolos) 1993

Box 42, Folder 17

Los Angeles (Kolo instruction syllabus) 1993

Box 42, Folder 18

Aman 1994

Box 42, Folder 19

Camp Hess 1994

Box 43, Folder 1

Fresno 1994

Box 43, Folder 2

North - South Teachers' seminar, Aptos 1994

Box 43, Folder 3

Statewide 1994

Box 43, Folder 4

Stockon 1994

Box 43, Folder 5

Claremont 1995

Box 43, Folder 6

Laguna 1995

Box 43, Folder 7

North - South Teachers' seminar, Aptos 1995

Box 43, Folder 8

Ojai 1995

Box 43, Folder 9

Southern California folkcore camp 1995

Box 43, Folder 10

Stockton 1995

Box 43, Folder 11

Camp Hess 1996

Box 43, Folder 12

Laguna 1996

Box 43, Folder 13

North - South Teachers' seminar 1996

Box 43, Folder 14

Stockton 1996

Box 43, Folder 15

Aman 1997

Box 43, Folder 16

Laguna 1997

Box 43, Folder 17

Stockton 1997

Box 45, Folder 1

Folk Dance Federation of California, South - Various Institutes 1956 - 1968

Box 45, Folder 2

Camp Hess Kramer Institutes 1996 - 1997, 2000 - 2001

Box 45, Folder 3

Camp Hess Kramer Institute Weekends 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1998, 1999

Box 45, Folder 4

Aman Institutes 1989, 1990, 1994, 1995

Box 45, Folder 5

Laguna Folkdancers Festivals 1990, 1992, 1998, 2000

Box 45, Folder 6

Laguna Folkdancers Festivals 1993 - 1999, 1972

Box 46, Folder 1

Folk Dance Camp - Stockon 1997

Box 46, Folder 2

Folk Dance Camp - Stockon 1998

Box 46, Folder 3

Miscellaneous Information - Alice Scott 1946 - 1947

Scope and Content Note

Includes a ring binder

Box 47, Folder 1

Folk Dance Camp - Stockon 2000

Box 47, Folder 2

Folk Dance Camp - Stockon 1993

Box 47, Folder 3

Folk Dance Camp - Stockon 1992

Box 47, Folder 4

Folk Dance Camp - Stockon 1999

Box 47, Folder 5

Folk Dance Camp - Idyllwild 1992

Box 47, Folder 6

Harvest Institute 1991

Box 47, Folder 7

Miscellaneous no date

Box 47, Folder 8

Miscellaneous (II) no date

Box 48, Folder 1

North / South Folkdance Teachers' Seminar 2000

Box 48, Folder 2

Various Dancers' Institutes no date

Box 48, Folder 3

Folk Dance Federation of California - North no date

Box 48, Folder 4

Folk Dance Federation of California - South no date

Box 48, Folder 5

Folk Dance Federation of California - South (II) no date

Box 49, Folder 1

Folk Dance Federation of California - South 1985 - 1988

Scope and Content Note