Material collected by Jeanie Patterson, owner of Sweetwater, a music venue in Mill Valley California.

In 1978, Jeanie Patterson’s then husband, Jay Patterson, purchased a bar called Sweetwater in Mill Valley, California. Jeanie was in charge of running the 81 seat venue. She began booking musical performers and Sweetwater acquired a world-wide reputation; performers there included Jerry Garcia, Carlos Santana, John Lee Hooker, Elvis Costello and Bonnie Raitt among many others. When the Pattersons divorced in 1985, Jeanie retained ownership of Sweetwater. Sweetwater consistently struggled to be profitable, and Patterson sold it in 1999 to Tom and Becky Steere.

45 linear feet (30 document boxes)

Collection is open for research. Original materials may be viewed with permission from staff. Digital copies of materials may be available. Materials in this collection do not circulate.