San Francisco Folk Music Club Records, 1959-1994

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Summary

Creators:
San Francisco Folk Music Club
Abstract:
The San Francisco Folk Music Club (SFFMC), founded in 1948, is made up of singers, instrumentalists, performers, songwriters, listeners, and dancers. Its purpose is the enjoyment, dissemination and preservation in individual, family and community life of music defined as "folk".
Extent:
2 cartons, 1 pamphlet box (2.25 Cubic Feet)
Language:
Collection materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], San Francisco Folk Music Club Records (SFH 556), San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library.

Background

Scope and content:

Founded in 1948, The San Francisco Folk Music Club's (SFFMC) purpose is the enjoyment, dissemination and preservation in individual, family and community life of folk music. The collection contains meeting minutes, self published newsletters, directories of members, correspondence, flyers from festivals and venues and resource files and buttons.

Biographical / historical:

The San Francisco Folk Music Club (SFFMC) was founded in 1948 by Dave Rothkop. In 1959 the Club was reorganized by Herb Jager and in 1962 Faith Petric took over managing the Club; a Board took over when they became a 501-3. Publication of the Folknik, a bimonthly newsletter, began in 1964. Petric died in 2013 but her legacy continues as the Club has inspired creation of some five additional folk clubs in California and is a solid musical entity in the West Coast folk music scene. The SFFMC is made up of singers, instrumentalists, performers, songwriters, listeners, and dancers. Its purpose is the enjoyment, dissemination and preservation in individual, family and community life of that acoustic music roughly defined as "folk". Club activities include: camping, song swaps and jams, the Free Folk Festival and the Hootenanny.

Acquisition information:
Donated by Faith Petric on behalf of the San Francisco Folk Music Club October 2012.
Arrangement:

The collection is arranged in 6 series: Series 1: Minutes, Series 2: Newsletters, Series 3: Directories, Series 4: Correspondence, Series 5: Festivals/Venues, Series 6: Resource Files.

Physical location:
Open for research. The collection is offsite and advance notice is required for retrieval. Material must be requested at least 4 business days in advance of visit.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research and available for use during San Francisco History Center hours. Photographs are available during Photo Desk hours. This collection must be requested at least 4 business days in advance of visit.

The collection is available for use during Photo Desk hours. Collections that are stored offsite should be requested 48 hours in advance.

Terms of access:

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. All requests for permission to publish from photographs must be submitted in writing to the Photo Curator. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the San Francisco Public Library as the owner of the physical items.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], San Francisco Folk Music Club Records (SFH 556), San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library.

Location of this collection:
San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102, US
Contact:
(415) 557-4567
sfhistory@sfpl.org
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