Finding Aid to the Stern Grove Festival Association records,
1931-1984,
MS 2063
Finding aid prepared by California Historical Society staff.
California Historical Society
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San Francisco, CA, 94105-4014
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© 2012
Title: Stern Grove Festival Association records
Date: 1931-1984
Collection Identifier: MS 2063
Creator:
Stern Grove Festival
Association (San Francisco, Calif.)
Extent:
26 boxes, 17 oversize boxes (16 linear feet)
Repository:
California Historical Society
678 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA, 94105
415-357-1848
reference@calhist.org
URL: http://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org
Physical Location: Collection is stored onsite. Photographs
are shelved separately under the call number MSP 2063.
Language of Materials: Collection materials are in
English.
Abstract: Consists of correspondence; financial records and
reports; planing committee minutes; San Francisco Recreation Commission records;
concert records, programs, and posters; scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings
and ephemera; and photographs, all of which were created or collected by the Stern
Grove Festival Association (SGFA) between the years 1931 and 1984. Collection
materials document the inception, administration, and activities of the SGFA, and
the history of the open-air concerts produced by the organization in San Francisco
since 1932. Significant figures represented include past SGFA presidents Rosalie
Meyer Stern, Elise S. Haas, and Rhoda H. Goldman; San Francisco Superintendent of
Recreation Josephine D. Randall; and conductor Arthur Fielder. The collection also
contains professional photographs of performances by groups such as the San
Francisco Ballet and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, some of which were taken
by Gabriel Moulin Studios.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Stern Grove Festival Association records, MS 2063,
California Historical Society.
Acquisition
The records of the Stern Grove Festival Association were placed on permanent loan
with the California Historical Society beginning in 1955, with additions made every
five years. The last deposit was made in 1984.
Processing Information
The collection was reprocessed and additions incorporated by Megan Hickey Nespeco in
2012.
System of Arrangement
The collection is arranged in seven series: 1) Correspondence; 2) Financial records
and reports; 3) Planning committee minutes; 4) San Francisco Recreation Commission;
5) Concerts; 6) Scrapbooks; and 7) Photographs. Some correspondence related to
specific financial records is filed with Financial records and reports (Series 2);
and some programs documenting specific concerts can be found in Scrapbooks (Series
6). Within each series, materials are arranged in chronological order.
Administrative History
In 1931 Rosalie Meyer Stern purchased a historic parcel of land situated at the
intersection of Sloat Boulevard and 19th Avenue in the southwestern portion of San
Francisco. This twelve-acre tract was the only undeveloped area left on the former
160-acre Greene family ranch, homesteaded in 1849. Located on the property was the
Trocadero Inn, built in 1892. The inn enjoyed a reputation during the 1890s as a
fashionable recreation and picnic spot for prominent San Franciscans. The Trocadero,
as it was then called, offered such diversions as fishing and boating on a
spring-fed lake, as well as food and lodging. By 1906, however, the inn began to
lose its appeal and gradually acquired an unsavory reputation. The inn finally
closed in 1916 and it was not until Rosalie Stern purchased the ranch that the inn
regained its original splendor.
Because of her long involvement in the city's recreational program, Mrs. Stern
established the Sigmund Stern Recreational Fund in memory of her husband. Under the
auspices of this organization, she offered her newly acquired property to the City
of San Francisco as a recreational facility. The donation, however, was contingent
upon acceptance of several conditions by the City concerning the future use of the
park. These stipulations were: (1) that the land be used solely and exclusively for
recreational purposes; (2) that the land be under the jurisdiction and control of
the Playground Commission of San Francisco (Mrs. Stern was president of this
commission for many years); and (3) that, if the land ever ceased to be used for
recreational activities, the property would revert back to the Sigmund Stern
Recreational Fund.
Mrs. Stern and the five trustees of the Sigmund Stern Recreation Fund also made two
requests of the City: that the recreational activities to be conducted on the land
should include music, dramatics, and pageantry; and that the Playground Commission
(later the Recreation Department) consult with the Trustees of the Fund concerning
the general scope and character of the recreational activities to be conducted on
the property. The City of San Francisco, under direction of Mayor Angelo Rossi,
agreed to accept both the land and the criteria under which it was offered. The
result was a city-owned and operated park in which music, dramatic productions, and
dance were staged under the sponsorship of the Stern Grove Recreational Fund. Under
Rosalie Stern's guidance, the Fund underwrote the cost of these productions at the
Grove's outdoor stage. The stage itself, situated in a natural amphitheatre-like
valley on the property, had been designed at Mrs. Stern's request by architect
William Merchant, Bernard Maybeck's partner.
June 4, 1932 marked the inauguration of Stern Grove and the first formal concert was
given fifteen days later. By the summer of 1938, the popularity of concerts in the
Grove led Rosalie Stern and the Board of Trustees of the Fund to sponsor a concert
series called the Midsummer Musicals. The series, consisting of twelve programs
given every Sunday between July and September, ranged from orchestral music to jazz.
This first summer concert series was highly successful with over 4,000 in attendance
per concert. The Midsummer series has been produced by the Stern Grove Festival
Association every summer since 1938.
In 1940, Rosalie Stern organized the Allied Relief Benefit Concert to help raise
funds for Great Britain's war effort. Famed conductor Bruno Walter and singer
Kerstin Thorborg performed. The concert was highly successful and prominent San
Franciscans donated over $6,000. During the difficult years of the Depression, a
concerned Mrs. Stern utilized the services of numerous unemployed musicians. She
also encouraged the use of WPA workers to help with the initial landscaping of Stern
Grove.
By 1942, the Sigmund Stern Recreation Fund was incorporated as a nonprofit California
corporation under the name of the Sigmund Stern Grove Musical Festival Committee.
The organization's name was changed to the Sigmund Stern Grove Music Festival
Association in August of 1944, and to its present form, the Stern Grove Music
Festival Association, on March 18, 1959.
The summer concert series has attracted a number of prominent artists, including
Bruno Walter, Isaac Stern, Arthur Fiedler, Pete Seeger, and the Preservation Jazz
Band. Until her death in 1956, Rosalie Stern not only coordinated and arranged these
concerts, but, as President of the Trustees of the Fund, either personally financed
or raised the money to fund every concert series since 1938. Following her death,
her daughter Elise Haas (whose name often appears in the collection as Mrs. Walter
A. Haas) assumed this responsibility. By 1963, the complexity of scheduling,
finances, and publicity resulted in the hiring of Lucy Eastlund as Executive
Secretary. Elise Haas and her secretary, along with the Board of Trustees, ran the
organization until the early 1970s, at which time the presidency was transferred to
Mrs. Haas' daughter Rhoda Goldman (Rhoda F. Haas).
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence; financial records and reports; planing
committee minutes; San Francisco Recreation Commission records; concert records,
programs, and posters; scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings and ephemera; and
photographs, all of which were created or collected by the Stern Grove Festival
Association (SGFA) between the years 1931 and 1984. Collection materials document
the inception, administration, and activities of the SGFA, and the history of the
open-air concerts produced by the organization in San Francisco since 1932.
Significant figures represented include past SGFA presidents Rosalie Meyer Stern,
Elise S. Haas, and Rhoda H. Goldman; San Francisco Superintendent of Recreation
Josephine D. Randall; and conductor Arthur Fielder.
Correspondence (Series 1, 1932-1984) includes letters between festival organizers and
musicians, conductors, performers, agents, dance and theatre companies, and the San
Francisco Musicians Union, Local 6; as well as letters documenting fundraising
activities and support from individuals and corporations. Significant correspondents
include photographer Ansel Adams and festival performers such as conductor Arthur
Fiedler.
Financial records and reports (Series 2, 1932-1984) comprise SGFA season reports and
weekly records, records of disbursement of funds and concert revenues, and donation
information. This series also contains correspondence about finances. Planning
Committee minutes (Series 3, 1938-1984) contain the minutes of the SGFA board and
provide detailed information about festival policy and planning issues, finances,
and performances.
The Concerts series (Series 5, 1932-1984) includes broadsides, posters, and other
material created to promote specific concerts, along with programs, reports, and
newspaper clippings documenting the events. Significant performers represented in
this series include conductors Pierre Monteux and Arthur Fiedler; founder of the San
Francisco Opera, Gaetano Merola; and founder of the San Francisco Municipal Chorus,
Hans Lescke. Sixteen scrapbooks (Series 6, 1932-1972) contain newspaper clippings
from the
San Francisco Chronicle and
San Francisco Examiner about the summer concert series,
in addition to some concert programs.
The collection also includes records of the San Francisco Recreation Commission
(Series 4, 1932-1941), which were not produced directly by the Stern Grove Festival
Association, but relate to the SGFA through Rosalie Stern's work as President of the
Commission (Mrs. Stern presided over both organizations concurrently). These records
consist of correspondence with various city officials, including letters by
Josephine D. Randall, who was a significant figure in the development of the San
Francisco park system. Minutes of the Recreation Commission are also included and
outline Mrs. Stern's efforts to expand the San Francisco parks and recreation
program.
Photographs (Series 7, 1946-1983) mostly consist of professional photographs of Stern
Grove performances. Some of these pictures were published in the
San Francisco Chronicle and
San
Francisco Examiner
; others were taken by Gabriel Moulin Studios.
Snapshots of concerts and a Stern family studio portrait are also included.
In addition to the records of the SGFA, the collection contains a folder of secondary
material documenting the history of the Association, including an article about
Rosalie Meyer Stern (photocopied from the
California
Historical Society Quarterly
, Vol. 35, No. 2, pp. 184-187); several
papers describing the growth and development of Stern Grove and the summer concert
series; and an essay titled, "The History Apertaining to Trocodero."
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog:
Fielder, Arthur, 1894-1979.
Gabriel Moulin Studios.
Goldman, Rhoda H., d. 1996.
Haas, Elise S. , 1893-1990.
Randall, Josephine D.
San Francisco (Calif.). Recreation
Commission.
San Francisco Ballet.
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra.
Stern, Rosalie Meyer, 1869-1956.
Concerts--California--San Francisco.
Parks--California--San Francisco.
Financial records.
Programs.
Scrapbooks.
Indexing Terms
This index is derived from a list of added entries in the legacy finding aid for the
Stern Grove Festival Association records. Names and subject headings are
unauthorized.
- Alder, Kurt Herbert
- Albert, Alexander
- Allen, William Duncan
- Arrieta, Marti
- Bender, Albert M.
- Bissinger, Paul S.
- Boone, Philip S.
- Brakebill, Harry
- Bruce, Starr
- Caverly, Joseph M.
- Chamberlain, Selah
- Concerts
- Cox, Mary Elenor
- Donnell, Mrs. Dewey
- Glenn Dr.
- Eastlund, Elizabeth F. (Lisa)
- Elkus, Albert I, Professor
- Escabosa, Hector
- Friedman, James
- Funke, Max G.
- Garcia, Alfred B.
- Ghirardelli, D. Lyle
- Goldman, Rhoda H.
- Haas, Elise F.
- Haas, Peter E.
- Haas, Walter A.
- Haas, Walter A. Jr.
- Hare, Nathan
- Harris, Thomas
- Heller, Elizabeth
- Johns, Roy C.
- Jorda, Enrique
- Joseph, Sydney Mrs.
- Kendrick, Charles
- Koshland, Marcus S.
- Koshland, Daniel E.
- Kimbell, Raymond
- Knuth, William Dr.
- Lilienthal, Philip N. Jr.
- Lilienthal, Ruth Haas
- Lewis, David E.
- Lyckfors, Erik K.
- McDevitt, Edward
- McKanna, J Fenton Dr.
- McKinnon, Katherine Duer Stoney
- Meade, William
- Merchant, William Gladstone
- Merola, Gaetano
- Meyer, Otto E.
- Middione, Lisa Eastlund
- Mid-Summer Music Festival
- Miller, Robert Watt
- Molnar, Ferenc
- Moore, Joseph A. Jr.
- Mosgrove, Alicia
- Mulcrevy, Dorothy
- Murry, Earl Bernard
- Music festivals
- Musicians Union, Local No. 6
- Nathe, Al H.
- Operas
- Oppenheimer, Selby C. Mrs.
- Orrick, William H., Jr.
- Parks-San Francisco
- Ozawa, Seiji
- Parr, Fred D.
- Pilcher, Will
- Plant, David N.
- Powell, Stanley
- Randall, Josephine D.
- Rossi, Angelo J.
- Roth, William M.
- Russell, Mrs. Hass
- Salkind, Milton
- San Francisco Ballet
- San Francisco Recreation Commission
- San Francisco Recreation Department
- San Francisco Youth Symphony Association
- Sanguinetti, Alfred
- Scafidi, Joseph
- Schwabacher, James H., Jr.
- Simon, Louis F.
- Skinner, Howard K.
- Sorenson, Kurt D.
- Stern, Rosalie Meyer
- Theater, Open Air-San Francisco
- Thompson, Jean
- Trefethen, E. E., Jr.
- Trocadero Inn-San Francisco
- Watt, Mrs. Robert
- Weil, Michel D.
- White, Albert
- Wollenberg, Lucile
Box 1, Folder 1
Secondary material
1931-1979
Series 1:
Correspondence
1932-1984
Physical Description:
7.0 boxes
System of Arrangement
Correspondence is arranged chronologically, with the following exception:
files for the Recreation and Park Commission, Levi Strauss & Co., and
Mrs. Walter Haas, Jr. are maintained separately, and arranged within the
overall chronological sequence of the series by the creation date of the
earliest letter in each file.
Scope and Contents
Comprises carbon copies of letters from the Stern Grove Festival Association
interfiled with correspondence to the SGFA. The bulk of the correspondence
is between the SGFA and various musicians, conductors, performers, agents,
dance and theatre companies, and representatives of Local 6 of the Musicians
Union. These letters confirm performance dates, invite artists to perform,
and thank performers for their services. Some correspondence relates to the
fundraising efforts of the SGFA, including letters of solicitation and
acknowledgement to individual and corporate donors.
Box 5, Folders 1-4
1956-1960
Scope and Contents
Includes letters written by photographer Ansel Adams letters (1960), some
of which refer to his activities in Yosemite.
Box 5, Folder 5
Recreation and Park Commission
1961-1972
Scope and Contents
Comprises business correspondence between the SGFA and the Recreation and
Park Commission regarding logistical matters with park services, such as
building code permits and stage plans.
Box 5, Folder 10
Levi Strauss & Co.
1967-1980
Scope and Contents
Comprises interoffice correspondence generated while SGFA was sponsored
by Levi Strauss & Co. and headquartered in their offices.
Box 6, Folder 9
Mrs. Walter Haas, Jr. letters
1968
Scope and Contents
Comprises letters and notes written by Mrs. Walter Haas, Jr. (Elise S.
Haas) to SGFA board members.
Series 2:
Financial records and reports
1932-1984
Physical Description:
11.0 boxes
Scope and Contents
Comprises financial records for the festival from 1932 to 1984. However,
there are significant gaps for the years 1932 to 1938, before the SGFA and
Midsummer Musicals were officially incorporated. Most years contain a
separate season report that delineates costs per concert. Also included are
correspondence connected to specific financial records, Finance Committee
minutes and records, lists of donors and potential donors, ledger books,
miscellaneous checks, check stubs, bank statements (1939-1948), and the
Sigmund Stern Recreational Fund's 1931 deed to the city.
Box 8, Folder 1
Sigmund Stern Recreational Fund, deed to the city
1931
Box 8, Folders 2-13
1932, 1934, 1938, 1940-1945
Box 15, Folders 1-8
Payroll checks and bank statements
1939-1946
Box 16, Folders 1-5
Payroll checks and bank statements
1947-1949
Box 17, Folders 1-8
Payroll checks and bank statements
1949-1954
Box 18, Folders 2-6
Payroll account books
1939, 1944, and 1948
Box 18, Folder 7
Cash account receipts
1941
Series 3:
Planning Committee minutes
1938-1984
Physical Description:
2.0 boxes
Scope and Contents
Comprises the minutes of the SGFA Board of Trustees' meetings from 1938 to
1984, documenting general policy, productions, future performances, and
other matters. The year 1965 is not represented. (For minutes of the Finance
Committee, see Series 2.)
Series 4:
San Francisco Recreation Commission
1932-1941
Physical Description:
1.0 box
Scope and Contents
Comprises records of the San Francisco Recreation Commission, an organization
presided over by Rosalie Stern before and during her administration of the
SGFA. The records include letters of Recreation Commission superintendent
Josephine Randall, as well as correspondence written by other officials
involved with the development of San Francisco's park system. Minutes of the
organization and published materials are also included.
Box 21, Folders 1-4
Minutes and reports
1936-1941
Series 5:
Concerts
1932-1984
Extent: 4 boxes, 1 oversize box
Scope and Contents
Comprises festival reports, annual event schedules, performance lists,
programs, broadsides, newspaper clippings, and ephemera for most Midsummer
Musicals and other SGFA events held in Stern Grove. The series does not
contain information about the years 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, and 1980.
Reports include information about the relative success of each event and are
interfiled with concert programs. Midsummer Musicals featured significant
classical music performances, including those conducted by Hans Leschke,
Pierre Monteux, Bruno Walter, Walter Herbert, Gaetano Merola, Kurt Herbert
Adler, Arthur Fiedler, and Seiji Ozawa. Beginning in 1966, radio host Al
Collins (KSFO) produced jazz concerts (Jazz Gala, Jazz in the Grove), with
performances by Turk Murphy, Vince Guaraldi, John Handy, Earl Hines, the Cal
Tjader Quintet, Toshiko Akiyoshi, and John Hendricks.
Box 22, Folders 1-5
1932-1940
Scope and Contents
Significant performers include founder of the San Francisco Opera,
Gaetano Merola; founder of the San Francisco Municipal Chorus, Hans
Leschke; and conductor Pierre Monteux.
Box 22, Folder 6
Allied Relief Concert
1940
Scope and Contents
Includes planning correspondence by conductor Bruno Walter and others, as
well as programs, reviews, and promotional material.
Box 22, Folders 7-15
1941-1949
Scope and Contents
Significant performers include conductors Kurt Herbert Adler, Gaetano
Merola, Hans Leschke, and Pierre Monteux; the San Francisco Symphony
Orchestra; musical director Walter Herbert; the San Francisco Ballet;
and chorus master Arturo Casiglia.
Box 23, Folder 1-21
1950-1970
Scope and Contents
Significant performers include the San Francisco Ballet; the San
Francisco Symphony Orchestra; conductors Walter Herbert, Gaetano Merola,
Kurt Herbert Adler, and Arthur Fiedler; the Lola Montes dancers; the
Lamplighters; and soprano Kirsten Flagstad. From 1966 to 1969, Al
Collins hosted Jazz in the Grove, with performances by Turk Murphy,
Vince Guaraldi, John Handy, and Earl Hines.
Box 23, Folders 23-25
1971-1973
Scope and Contents
Significant performers include the Preservation Hall Jazz Band; San
Francisco Symphony Orchestra; San Francisco Ballet; and conductors Kurt
Herbert Adler and Arthur Fiedler.
Box 24, Folders 1-11
1974-1984
Scope and Contents
Significant performers include the Preservation Hall Jazz Band; San
Francisco Symphony Orchestra; San Francisco Ballet; Mimi Farina; Pete
Seeger; Stan Kenton; Don Ellis Big Band; the Cal Tjader Quintet; Toshiko
Akiyoshi; John Hendricks; and conductors Kurt Herbert Adler, Seiji
Ozawa, and Arthur Fiedler.
Box 25, Folders 1-9
Newspaper clippings
1941-1954
Box 25, Folder 10
Artist press packets and brochures
1938-1980
Scope and Contents
Includes resumes and one-sheets sent by performers to the SGFA for
bookings and consideration.
OV Box 1, Folder 1
Recreation Commission co-sponsored concert posters
1932-1939
Scope and Contents
Includes posters for the first through eighth annual Midsummer Musicals,
presented by the San Francisco Recreation Commission for the Stern Grove
Festival Association and the Federal Music Project. Posters consist of
text and are printed in one color.
OV Box 1, Folder 2
Festival concert posters
1954-1979
Scope and Contents
Posters share the same design and graphic from 1963 to 1964, and again
from 1966 to 1971. Graphics first appear in 1954 and consist of a
photographed image of a performance in the grove. All posters were
printed in one color. Significantly, this folder includes a poster
autographed by Pete Seeger for the 1979 season.
Series 6:
Scrapbooks
1932-1972
Physical Description:
16.0 volumes
Scope and Contents
Scrapbooks consist mainly of newspaper clippings from the
San Francisco Chronicle and
San Francisco Examiner. Articles relate to both
the efforts of the SGFA and to specific concerts. Relevant concert programs
and ephemera are found intermittently throughout each scrapbook. Materials
were cumulatively combined every five to eight years; however, the years
1956 and 1957 are not represented.
OV Box 2
Sigmund Stern Recreation Grove, 1932-1941
(Vol. 1)
1932-1941
OV Box 3
Sigmund Stern Grove, 1942-1947 (Vol.
2)
1942-1947
OV Box 4
Sigmund Stern Grove Music Festival Association,
1948-1952
(Vol. 3)
1948-1952
OV Box 5
Sigmund Stern Grove Music Festival Association,
1953-1955
(Vol. 4)
1953-1955
OV Box 6
Midsummer Music Festival, 1958-1960 (Vol.
5)
1958-1960
OV Box 7
Midsummer Music Festival, 1961-1964 (Vol.
6)
1961-1964
OV Box 9
Stern Grove Music Festival, 1964 (Vol.
8)
1964
OV Box 10
Stern Grove Music Festival, 1965 (Vol.
9)
1965
OV Box 11
Stern Grove Festival Association, 1966
(Vol. 10)
1966
OV Box 12
Stern Grove, 1967 (Vol. 11)
1967
OV Box 13
Stern Grove, 1968 (Vol. 12)
1968
OV Box 14
Stern Grove, 1969 (Vol. 13)
1969
OV Box 15
Stern Grove, 1970 (Vol. 14)
1970
OV Box 16
Stern Grove, 1971 (Vol. 15)
1971
OV Box 17
Stern Grove, 1972 (Vol. 16)
1972
Series 7:
Photographs
1946-1983
Physical Description:
1.0 box
Scope and Contents
Contains photographic prints, proof sheets, and negatives of concerts, some
of which were taken by Gabriel Moulin Studios. Most photographs were
professionally taken, and capture performances as well as the physical
transformation of Stern Grove. This series also contains a studio portrait
of the Stern family, snapshots of concerts in the memorial lawn, and
photographs of a construction project from 1983.
System of Arrangement
Photographs are arranged chronologically except for an undated Stern family
studio portrait and photographs taken for the
San
Francisco Chronicle
and
Examiner,
which are housed in separate folders.
MSP Box 1, Folder 1
1946
Scope and Contents
Contains Gabriel Moulin Studios photographs of a 1946 Midsummer
Musical.
MSP Box 1, Folder 2
1947
Scope and Contents
Contains Gabriel Moulin Studios photographs of Golden Gate Park.
MSP Box 1, Folder 5
1964
Scope and Contents
Contains negatives of Stern Grove performances.
MSP Box 1, Folders 6-10
1966
Scope and Contents
Contains photographic prints and proof sheets of performances, including
those identified as the season's opening concert, featuring Lola Montes,
the Jazz Festival, and Carnival; and a portrait of saxophonist John
Handy.
MSP Box 1, Folders 11-18
1967
Scope and Contents
Contains proof sheets of performances by Lola Montes, the Boys Choir,
H.M.S. Pinafore, Arthur Fiedler's Pops Concert, 110 in the Shade,
Carnival, the San Francisco Ballet, and
The
Barber of Seville
.
MSP Box 1, Folder 19
1968
Scope and Contents
Contains a photograph of
A Midsummer Night's
Dream
, performed by the American Conservatory Theatre.
MSP Box 1, Folder 20
1970
Scope and Contents
Contains photographic prints and proof sheets of
The Mikado and the San Francisco Ballet.
MSP Box 1, Folder 22
1983
Scope and Contents
Includes snapshots of a construction project.
MSP Box 1, Folder 23
Stern family studio portrait
undated
Scope and Contents
Undated studio portrait of Rosalie Meyer Stern, her daughter Elise S.
Haas (Mrs. Walter Haas, Jr.), and Rhoda H. Goldman (Rhoda F. Haas).
MSP Box 1, Folder 24
San Francisco Chronicle
1946-1963
Scope and Contents
Includes professional Park and Recreation photographs of Stern Grove
performances taken for the
San Francisco
Chronicle
.
MSP Box 1, Folder 25
San Francisco Examiner
undated
Scope and Contents
Includes undated and unidentified professional photographs of
performances taken for the
San Francisco
Examiner
.
MSP Box 1, Folder 26
Unidentified prints and negatives
undated
