Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Dalisay Bocobo-Balunsat Filipiniana collection
- Dates:
- 1970-1985
- Creators:
- Balunsat, Dalisay Bocobo, 1926-2019
- Abstract:
- Extent:
- 1 flat box
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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Dalisay Bocobo-Balunsat Filipiniana collection. San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco History Center
Background
- Scope and content:
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Two scrapbooks, titled Cultural Vibrations of a Vital Community, document the 1974 Filipino Cultural Week in San Francisco, including a San Francisco Public Library Filipiniana exhibition. The smaller scrapbook earned SFPL the 1974 John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Award. Both scrapbooks include original correspondence, color and black and white photographs, certificates and ephemera, along with news clippings and photocopies of originals; the larger scrapbook includes some material dating 1975-1980. Scrapbooks include copies of Balunsat's column, Stateside Spotlights, published in Philippine News. The box includes one folder of material donated by Balunsat to the San Francisco History Room, SFPL.
- Biographical / historical:
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Dalisay (variously "Dolly" or "Daly") Bocobo was born in Pasay City, Philippines in 1926. She married Anthony Padilla Balunsat in 1953; by 1954 the Balunsats were living in San Francisco. Dalisay worked as a librarian for San Francisco Public Library. She died in San Francisco in February 2019.
- Acquisition information:
- Transferred to San Francisco History Room, SFPL August 26, 1977
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- 1970-1985
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:54 p.m.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The collection is available for use during San Francisco History Center hours, with photographs available during Photo Desk hours. Collections that are stored offsite should be requested 48 hours in advance.
- Terms of access:
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All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the City Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the San Francisco Public Library as the owner of the physical items.
- Preferred citation:
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Dalisay Bocobo-Balunsat Filipiniana collection. San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco History Center
- Location of this collection:
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San Francisco Public Library100 Larkin StreetSan Francisco, CA 94102, US
- Contact:
- (415) 557-4567