Coni Beeson films and sound recordings on the Stanislaus River and the Warm Springs Dam
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Title: Coni Beeson films and sound recordings on the Stanislaus River and the Warm Springs Dam
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 2019/236
Physical Description:
4 linear feet
(1 carton and 5 boxes)
Physical Description:
15 film reels
(16 mm)
Physical Description:
1 videocassette (VHS)
Physical Description:
41 audiotape reels
Physical Description:
10 audiocassettes
Date (inclusive): 1970-1980
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Language of Material:
English
.
Content Description
Collection consists of film reels, audiotape reels, and audiocassettes relating primarily to the Warm Springs Dam on Dry Creek
and the New Melones Dam on the Stanislaus River. Many of the film reels contain footage that appears to have been created
for an unfinished project entitled "Streams without Borders." In addition to footage of the rivers, these reels also contain
some footage of William Heick and David Brower. The audiotapes and audiocassettes contain many recordings relating to the
Warm Springs Dam controversy.
Biographical / Historical
Constance (Coni) Beeson was a photographer and filmmaker. She studied history at the University of California, Berkeley and
started her career as a photojournalist with the Western Pacific Mileposts. She also worked as a freelance photographer. Her
clients included Friends of the River, artist/weaver Barbara Shawcroft, musician Carlos Santana, auto racer Rex Ramsey, and
dancer Anna Halprin, among others. Beeson was also a filmaker. Her films focus either around nudes and erotica or social justice
and counterculture." Her films include: The Letter (1980), Lotus (1979), Grow Old Along With Me (1977), Women (1974), Holding
(1971), Unfolding (1970), Ann, A Portrait, Firefly, Freedom on the Inside, Health on Wheels, The Now.
Conditions Governing Access
UNPROCESSED AND UNAVAILABLE: Archival audiovisual recordings must be digitized for research access. Inquiries regarding these
materials should be submitted to The Bancroft Library via the Notice of Interest in Unprocessed Collections form.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Kim Beeson in 2019.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Coni Beeson films and sound recordings on the Stanislaus River and the Warm Springs Dam, BANC MSS
2019/236, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Related Materials
Photographs from the Coni Beeson motion pictures and sound recordings (BANC PIC 2019.090), The Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley.
Stanislaus River film and video
box 1
Stanislaus River Run
1963
Physical Description: 1 16mm film reel
box 1
St #5: Mapping of McCkiins Cave, south fork of the Stanislaus River, with archaeologist (no sound),
undated
Physical Description: 1 16mm film reel
box 1
Stanislaus workprint #2
undated
Physical Description: 1 16mm film reel
box 1
Streams without Borders (work in progress; silent)
undated
Physical Description: 1 16 mm film reel; 7 minutes, 30 seconds
box 1
unidentified film (Friends of the River label)
undated
Physical Description: 1 16 mm film reel
box 1
Stanislaus workprint #3
undated
Physical Description: 1 16 mm film reel
box 2
St #4: Stanislaus River
undated
Physical Description: 1 16 mm film reel
box 2
Stanislaus Workprint #1; rafting and dissolve ends
undated
Physical Description: 1 16 mm film reel
box 3
Stanislaus River
undated
Physical Description: 1 16 mm film reel; 400 ft.
box 3
St. #7; [maybe Warm Springs]
undated
Physical Description: 1 16 mm film reel
box 3
Stanislaus #12
undated
Physical Description: 1 16 mm film reel
box 4
St #8: Coni Beeson and Bill Heick, Roll 1
undated
Physical Description: 1 16 mm film reel
box 4
Stanislaus; Bill Heick, Roll 2
undated
Physical Description: 1 16 mm film reel
box 5
St. #10 Dams; Brower; petroglyphs; farm, Or.
undated
Physical Description: 1 16 mm film reel
box 5
St. # 11: Army Corps of Engineers film of New Melones Dam
undated
Physical Description: 1 16 mm film reel
carton 1
Who is Joaquin? Five Minute Promo for The Saga of Joaquin Murieta, Original Script by Coni Beeson
undated
Physical Description: 1 videocassette; vhs; 3/4 inch
Sound recordings relating to the Warm Springs Dam (Dry Creek) and the Stanislaus River
carton 1, item 1
The Redwood Corridor I
undated
Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel; 7 inch; 10 minutes, 12 seconds
carton 1, item 2
Redwood Corridor; J. Glanz Public Affairs promos (70 seconds, 70 seconds, 30 seconds); slugs
undated
Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel; 5 inch
carton 1, item 3
Guardians of the Redwoods
1990
Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel; 7 inch
carton 1, item 4
Environmental California mix; Sounds of Today, "Redwoods"
undated
Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel; 7 inch
carton 1, item 5
Watersheds of the Redwoods, first edited master
1990
Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel; 7 inch
carton 1, item 6
Warm Springs Dam hearing, Sacramento
October, 1979
Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel; 7 inch
carton 1, item 7
Warms Springs Dam hearing, Santa Rosa (regarding recreation)
approximately 1979
Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel; 7 inch
carton 1, item 8
Warm Springs Dam vote hearing
March, 1979
Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel; 7 inch
carton 1, item 9
Dam dedication, Melones
1979
Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel; 7 inch
carton 1, item 10
Robert Mooney, Corps, Chief of Env. Branch, San Francisco
Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel; 7 inch
carton 1, item 11
#3 hearing, Warm Springs Dam
March 1, 1979
Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel; 7 inch
carton 1, item 12
Fish hatchery
November 26, 1980
Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel; 5 inch
carton 1, item 13
Warm Springs Dam, Smiths, Sr. (Bill Smiths' parents)
May 1979
Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel; 5 inch
carton 1, item 14
Redwood sounds
1980
Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel; 5 inch
carton 1, item 15
Don Clausen
August 13, 1979
Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel; 5 inch
carton 1, item 16
Brad For
August 1979
Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel; 5 inch
carton 1, item 17
T. Van Leer
undated
Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel; 5 inch
carton 1, item 18
1979 hearing, San Andreas
1979
Physical Description: 1 audiotape reel; 5 inch
carton 1, item 19
Mary Regan
August 1979
Physical Description:
1 audiotape reel; 5 inch
carton 1, item 20
Mary Regan; archaeologists
August 7, 1979
Physical Description:
1 audiotape reel; 5 inch
carton 1, item 21
Sounds, Anthropology museum, UC Berkeley
undated
Physical Description:
1 audiotape reel; 5 inch
carton 1, item 22
Miscellaneous audio with Watercress
undated
Physical Description:
1 audiotape reel; 5 inch
carton 1, item 23
Jack Swaner score
undated
Physical Description:
1 audiotape reel; 5 inch
carton 1, item 24
Baumhoff
1980
Physical Description:
1 audiotape reel; 5 inch
carton 1, item 25
San Andreas courthouse and interview at farm house; north fork of the Stanislaus River
1979
Physical Description:
1 audiotape reel; 5 inch
carton 1, item 26
Stan mix
undated
Physical Description:
1 audiotape reel; 5 inch
carton 1, item 27
Live eastern Indian music
undated
Physical Description:
1 audiotape reel; 5 inch
carton 1, item 28
David Brower III
April 20, 1979
Physical Description:
1 audiotape reel; 5 inch
carton 1, item 29
David Brower, Stanislaus mix
April 20, 1979
Physical Description:
1 audiotape reel; 5 inch
carton 1, item 30
Interview, Michael Woods
undated
Physical Description:
1 audiotape reel; 5 inch
carton 1, item 31
Julia Costello
1981
Physical Description:
1 audiotape reel; 5 inch
carton 1, item 32
Gillian?
undated
Physical Description:
1 audiotape reel; 5 inch
carton 1, item 33
Jim Ellsworth
1979
Physical Description:
1 audiotape reel; 5 inch
carton 1, item 34
Wedding
April 1969
Physical Description:
1 audiotape reel; 5 inch
carton 1, item 35
Prison Honor Farm
undated
Physical Description:
1 audiotape reel; 5 inch
carton 1, item 36
Warm Springs Dam, Sacramento hearing
1979
Physical Description:
1 audiotape reel; 5 inch
carton 1, item 37
Elsie Allen
1979
Physical Description:
1 audiotape reel; 5 inch
carton 1, item 38
Warm Springs Dam; Roberta Greenwood, archaeologists
June 1979
Physical Description:
1 audiotape reel; 5 inch
carton 1, item 39
Music, Sabotonik
undated
Physical Description:
1 audiotape reel; 5 inch
carton 1, item 40
Abortion
undated
Physical Description:
1 audiotape reel; 5 inch
carton 1, item 41
Alice Kent on two tracks
1979
Physical Description:
1 audiotape reel; 5 inch
carton 1, item 42
Stanislaus; Alexander; Parrot's Ferry, chained to rock
May 25, 1979
Physical Description:
1 audiotape reel; 5 inch
carton 1, item 43
Essie Parrish
1966
Physical Description:
1 audiotape reel; 5 inch
carton 1, item 44
Bill Smith
undated
Physical Description:
1 audiotape reel; 5 inch
carton 1, item 45
Les Ayers
undated
Physical Description:
1 audiotapes; 3 inch
carton 1, item 46
Hearing #2
March 1, 1979
Physical Description:
1 audiotape reel; 3 inch
carton 1, item 47
Warm Springs Dam, machines
approximately 1979
Physical Description:
1 audiotape reel; 3 inch
carton 1, item 48
Dennis Lantz[?]
March 1980
Physical Description:
1 audiotape reel; 3 inch
carton 1, item 49
"Streams without Borders:" statements from interviews
1979-1980
Physical Description:
1 audiotape reel; 5 inch
Scope and Contents
Label on tape reel: "Not by a dam site"
carton 1, item 1A
Grape pickers, Dry Creek Winery (Sonoma, Calif.)
October 1979
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette
Scope and Contents
First minutes of tape include material unrelated to the grape pickers.
carton 1, item 2A
Archaeologists at dig and Jane Dollar
June 1979
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette
carton 1, item 3A
Jack Rist, Bill Smith #1, Warm Springs
February 7, 1979
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette
carton 1, item 4A
Bevan Trembly
April 8, 1980
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette
carton 1, item 5A
Kashaya Pomo; Heick
undated
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette
carton 1, item 6A-7A
Water meeting #1-2
February 28, 1982
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette
carton 1, item 8A
Master Canyon
undated
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette
Scope and Contents
Insect and animal sounds.
carton 1, item 9A
Dr. Baumhoff
December 1980
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette
carton 1, item 10A
Kids on Stanislaus
1980
Physical Description:
1 audiocassette
