Guide to the Arcade Dandylions Collection MC 117

Contributing Institution: Sacramento Public Library

Title: Guide to the Arcade Dandylions Collection

Identifier/Call Number: MC 117

Physical Description: 1.5 Linear Feet 1 archival box

Date (inclusive): 1954 to 1970

Abstract: The collection is comprised of group by-laws, press releases, newspaper clippings, lyric sheets, photographs, and other ephemera that relate to the activities of north Sacramento County's Arcade Dandylions women's club between 1954 and 1970.

Language of Material: English .

Founded in the early 1950s, the Dandylions – an auxiliary to the Arcade Lions Club – participated in several social functions and conducted fundraising activities for various charities in the Sacramento area. The Dandylion Choral Society was a vocal ensemble that performed for a fee for groups throughout the Sacramento Region with those proceeds going both to a scholarship fund and groups in need, including the Children's Receiving Home of Sacramento and Crippled Children's Home. The bulk of the group's activities took place during the 1950s and 1960s with group's presence fading by the mid-1970s.

The collection is held in a single archival box and has touches of water damage. Series are as follows: I, Photographs; 2, Organizational Documents; 3, Newspaper Clippings; and 4, General. Photographs are both loose and attached to original scrapbook backing. Most are in color and cover installation and holiday activities at homes in the Arcade area and various restaurants in the Sacramento area, including the Coral Reef, Christie's Elbo Room, Wayside Inn, Mansion Inn, Hotel El Dorado, and the Sutter Club of downtown Folsom (Sutter Gaslighters). Also included are prints of a Japanese-style garden tour of four homes in the Pocket and Land Park neighborhoods of Sacramento. Organizational documents include typed lyric sheets for the Dandylion Choral Society, press releases to local newspapers regarding organizational events, two iterations of the organization's by-laws and constitution, and various party announcements. Newspaper clippings address organizational events as covered from 1965 to 1967 in the Suburban News, the Carmichael Courier, and the Sacramento Union; The general series includes a program for "Arcadian Capers," a 1954 variety revue of 100 performers, a menu for Japan Night, held in April 1964 at Wakanoura Restaurant, third-place ribbons for the garden display contest at the 1963 Sacramento County Fair, and general correspondence.

[Identification of item], Arcade Dandylions Collection, MC 117, Sacramento Room, Sacramento Public Library, Sacramento, California

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