Finding Aid to the Madi Bacon Papers, 1831-1999 (bulk 1920-1970)
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Finding Aid to the Madi Bacon Papers, 1831-1999 (bulk 1920-1970)
Collection number: BANC MSS 2001/119 c
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
- Finding Aid Author(s):
- Bancroft Library staff
- Date Completed:
-
2005
- Finding Aid Encoded By:
- GenX
© 2012 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Collection Summary
Collection Title: Madi Bacon papers
Date (inclusive): 1831-1999
Date (bulk): 1920-1970
Collection Number: BANC MSS 2001/119 c
Creator:
Bacon, Madi
Extent:
5 boxes, 4 cartons, 1 oversize box
7.5 linear feet
Repository: The Bancroft Library.
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Abstract: The Madi Bacon Papers, 1831-1999, contain the correspondence, professional files, family correspondence, and ephemera of the
founder of the San Francisco Boys Chorus. A musical conductor and voice teacher, Bacon lived and worked in the Bay Area from
1946 until her death in 2001. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence with and amongst her family. Also included
are her personal files relating to the San Franicsco Boys Chorus and other professional activities.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English, German
Information for Researchers
Access Information
Collection is open for research.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Madi Bacon Papers, BANC MSS 2001/119 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
Alternative Form of Materials Available
There are no alternate forms of this collection.
Removed or Separated Material
Photographs have been transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 2001.200).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog
Bacon, Ernst, 1898-1990.
Bacon, Madi -- Archives.
San Francisco Boys Chorus -- History -- Sources.
Choirs (Music) -- California -- San Francisco -- History.
Conductors (Music) -- California -- San Francisco.
Voice teachers -- California -- San Francisco.
Administrative Information
The Madi Bacon Papers were given to The Bancroft Library by the Madi Bacon Trust in 2001.
No additions are expected.
Processing Information
Processed by Bancroft Library staff in 2005.
Biography/Organization History
Madi Bacon grew up in Chicago, the only daughter of Charles Sumner Bacon, an eminent gynecologist, and his Austrian wife,
Misa. Madi trained in music under the tutelage of her mother, attended the Frances Parker School and the University of Chicago,
where she received her BA in Languages and later her MA in Music. She started her musical career directing a madrigal choir
in Winnetka, Illinois, then she taught at Roosevelt University, Chicago. Madi first came to California in 1928, where she
taught sports and music at the Katharine Branson School. In 1946 she returned to Berkeley to run the music program for the
University of California Extension and then went on to found and develop the renowned San Francisco Boys Chorus. Because of
her passion for sports and the outdoors she also founded the San Francisco Boys Chorus Summer Music Camps.
From the Memorial Program for Madi Bacon, February 24, 2001.
Scope and Content Note
The Madi Bacon Papers, 1831-1999, contain the correspondence, professional files, family correspondence, and ephemera of the
founder of the San Francisco Boys Chorus. A musical conductor and voice teacher, Bacon lived and worked in the Bay Area from
1946 until her death in 2001. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence with and amongst her family. Also included
are her personal files relating to the San Franicsco Boys Chorus and other professional activities.
Series 1
Bacon Family Correspondence
1890-1999
Physical Description:
Boxes 1-4, Carton 1
Arrangement
Further divided into two subseries.
Subseries 1.1
Madi Bacon
1907-1999
Physical Description:
Boxes 1-4
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically with family members first, followed by friends and colleagues in alphabetical order.
Scope and Content Note
Contains correspondence with family. The bulk of this subseries consists of correspondence between Bacon and her mother Maria
R. Bacon (Misa) and is written in German or Austrian.
Box 1, Folders 1-7
Bacon, Charles S. (father)
1916-1947
Box 1, Folders 8-20
Bacon, Maria Von Rosthorn (mother)
1915-1951
Box 2, Folders 1-3
Bacon, Mr. and Mrs. Charles S.
1927-1945
Box 2, Folders 4-6
Bacon, Alfons R.
1922-1986
Box 2, Folder 7
Lillie, Catherine (Kiffie)
1925-1929
Box 2, Folder 8
Chandler, Dorothy
1987, undated
Box 2, Folders 9-10
Bacon, Charles S., Jr.
1921-1971
Box 2, Folder 17
Lillie, Mary Prentiss (Penty)
1925-1927
Box 2, Folder 20
Bacon, Carl Alfons
1915-1924
Box 2, Folders 21-22
Rosthorn, Arthur von and Paula Pichler
1922-1949
Box 2, Folder 23
Lecher, Helene von Rosthorn
1958
Box 2, Folder 24
Family, miscellaneous
1931-1999
Box 2, Folder 25
Dear Family and Friends
undated
Box 2, Folder 29
Ferrando, Guido
1929-1933
Box 3, Folder 1
Hainisch, Marianna
1921-1925
Box 3, Folder 3
Holm, Einar (Jeff)
1976-1981
Box 3, Folder 9
Reicher, Frieda
1925-1926
Box 3, Folders 10-11
Ross, Ella (Sis)
1928-1929
Box 3, Folder 15
Tippy, Helen W.
1924-1925
Box 3, Folders 16-20
Wells, Elizabeth Craib
1930-1934
Box 4, Folder 4
Robert and Helen (Bobbie)
1928
Box 4, Folders 5-15
A-Z Miscellaneous
circa 1921-1999
Box 4, Folder 16
Letters from Students
1956-1999
Box 4, Folders 17-19
Unidentified correspondence
circa 1920-1999
Subseries 1.2
Family Members
1890-1962
Physical Description:
Carton 1
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Content Note
This subseries primarily consists of the correspondence of Bacon's mother, Maria R. Bacon (Misa) with family and friends in
Austria and the United States. Also includes correspondence between her brothers and other family members.
Carton 1, Folders 1-33
Bacon, Maria Von Rosthorn
1890-1951
Carton 1, Folder 34
Bacon, Alfons- to parents
1903-1951
Carton 1, Folders 35-36
Bacon, Charles S., Jr.
1913-1947
Series 2
Professional Files
1933-1997
Physical Description:
Cartons 2-3; Carton 4, folders 1-5; Box 5; Oversize box 1, folder 1
Arrangement
Arranged in rough chronological order by date of first employment.
Scope and Content Note
Contains miscellaneous material related to Bacon's music career. The bulk of the material concerns the San Francisco Boys
Chorus. Much of the material in this Series is ephemeral in nature and includes programs, schedules, scrapbooks, clippings
and a small amount of correspondence.
Carton 2, Folder 1
Elizabethan Madrigal Singers
1933
Carton 2, Folder 2
Roosevelt College of Chicago, School of Music
1945-1946
Carton 2, Folders 3-32
San Francisco Boys Chorus
circa 1949-1997
Carton 3, Folders 1-11
San Francisco Boys Chorus
1950-1981
Carton 3, Folders 12-18
Teaching Files and Materials
undated
Carton 4, Folders 1-5
Related Materials and Newspaper Clippings
undated
Series 3
Personal and Family Files
1831-1999
Physical Description:
Carton 4, folders 6-29; Oversize box 1, folder 2
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Content Note
Contains writings, biographical material, awards and honors and family ephemera.
Carton 4, Folder 6
"John Wilbye: A Study of His Madrigals," dissertation
1941
Carton 4, Folder 7
Masters Examinations
1941
Carton 4, Folders 8-11
Articles, poems and notes
undated
Carton 4, Folder 12
Biographical Material
undated
Carton 4, Folders 13-14
Awards and Honors
circa 1930-1996
Carton 4, Folders 18-19
Francis W. Parker School
1917-1999
Carton 4, Folder 20
"Madi Bacon: Thoughts on Conducting A Video Documentary," Thesis by Debra K. Golata
1996
Carton 4, Folders 21-22
Newspaper clippings
circa 1933-1999
Carton 4, Folder 23
Bacon family- newspaper clippings and ephemera
1915-1989
Carton 4, Folders 24-25
Bacon, Charles Sumner
1925-1975, undated
Carton 4, Folders 26-27
Von Rosthorn Family
undated
Carton 4, Folder 28
Hans Gasser Notebooks
1831, 1852
Carton 4, Folder 29
German clippings
1886-1900
