Finding Aid for the John Bauer papers, 1958-1962

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Descriptive Summary

Title: John Bauer papers
Date (inclusive): 1958-1962
Collection number: 1221
Creator: Bauer, John, -1978.
Extent: 3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.) 1 package
Abstract: John Bauer was a managing director and one of the founding members of the Los Angeles Community Concert Association, and a founder of the Ojai festivals. The collection consists of papers relating to Bauer's term of office as managing director of the Los Angeles Community Concert Association.
Language: Finding aid is written in English.
Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.

Administrative Information

Restrictions on Access

Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.

Restrictions on Use and Reproduction

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Provenance/Source of Acquisition

Gift of Mrs. Helen Bauer, December 1978.

Processing Note

Processed by Jesse Erickson in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), with assistance from Megan Fraser, October 2011.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], John Bauer papers (Collection 1221). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

UCLA Catalog Record ID

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 4230363 

Biography/History

John Bauer was an arts administrator. After graduating from Princeton in 1930, he went on to work as an art director in the American Art Gallery in Los Angeles. He co-founded the Los Angeles Concert Association (LACCA), and became its managing director, working extensively on fund raising, campaign organization, developing their annual concert season. In addition to his work with the LACCA, Bauer also established the Ojai festival in 1947, and later organized Community Concerts Incorporated.

Scope and Content

Collection consists primarily of meeting minutes, member rosters, campaign promotions, and concert ephemera relating to Bauer's term as managing director of the Los Angeles Community Concert Association for the 1959-1961 concert seasons. The collection also includes documents and ephemera from Bauer's other activities, including gallery exhibitions and the All City Art festival.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects

Bauer, John, -1978 --Archives.
Los Angeles Community Concert Association --Archival resources.
Arts administrators --United States --Archival resources.


Box 1, Folder 1

LACCA Nominating Committee, 1961.

Scope and Content Note

Draft notes on nomination procedures, organizational memos, sample ballot, association by-laws and constitution.
Box 1, Folder 2

LACCA Finance Committee, 1961.

Scope and Content Note

Committee recommendations, budget proposals, association memos, and receipts.
Box 1, Folder 3

LACCA Progress Committee dispute, March 13, 1961- March 23, 1962.

Scope and Content Note

Legal and association correspondence concerning an internal LACCA election dispute between the Executive Committee and the Progress Committee.
Box 1, Folder 4

LACCA Progress Committee dispute, June 24, 1960- October 26, 1961.

Scope and Content Note

Legal correspondence concerning an internal LACCA election dispute between the Executive Committee and the Progress Committee.
Box 1, Folder 5

LACCA correspondence, 1953-1962.

Scope and Content Note

Mostly association, business, and legal correspondence with some draft notes. Includes correspondence describing the formation of the Progress Committee.
Box 1, Folder 6

LACCA Executive Committee Meetings, May 1958-1959.

Scope and Content Note

Executive Committee meeting minutes, sessions 1-14, including a promotional flier.
Box 1, Folder 7

LACCA Executive Committee Meetings, 1960-1961.

Scope and Content Note

Executive Committee meeting minutes, February through April sessions.
Box 1, Folder 8

LACCA Board of Directors minutes, 1960-1961.

Scope and Content Note

Campaign expenditure receipts, board of directors lists, draft notes for committee and office nominations, and board of directors meeting minutes.
Box 1, Folder 9

LACCA Annual Meeting, June 9, 1960.

Scope and Content Note

Meeting minutes, meeting agenda, draft notes, expense reports, budget proposals, and board of directors' nominations listings.
Box 1, Folder 10

LACCA Certified Reports, 1958-1959.

Scope and Content Note

Official operations and expense reports for the 1958-1959 fiscal year certified by public accountant John H. Raber.
Box 1, Folder 11

LACCA Division Reports, 1958-1961.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, draft notes, membership receipts and campaign and expense reports for the 1958-1959 membership campaign.
Box 1, Folder 12

LACCA Division Reports, 1960.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence and campaign reports for the 1959-1960 membership campaign.
Box 1, Folder 13

LACCA Membership Report, 1959-1960.

Scope and Content Note

Draft notes and copies of the unofficial report for the 1959-1960 membership campaign results.
Box 1, Folder 14

LACCA Reports, 1961.

Scope and Content Note

Budget, expense, campaign and preparatory reports with artists' contracts and campaign announcements and fliers.
Box 1, Folder 15

LACCA Budgets, 1960-1961.

Scope and Content Note

Copies of the association's proposed budget for the 1960-61 fiscal year.
Box 1, Folder 16

LACCA Contracts, 1959-1960.

Scope and Content Note

Venue and artists contracts.
Box 1, Folder 17

LACCA Contracts, 1959-1961.

Scope and Content Note

Artist hold agreements.
Box 1, Folder 18

LACCA Campaign Information, 1958-1961.

Scope and Content Note

Drafts notes, correspondence, campaign instruction and information, promotional fliers, meeting agendas.
Box 1, Folder 19

LACCA Campaign Notices, 1959-1960.

Scope and Content Note

Fliers for the announcement of the 1959-60 campaign and membership renewal reminders.
Box 1, Folder 20

LACCA Membership Campaign, February 12-March 31, 1961.

Scope and Content Note

4th annual membership campaign brochures for membership renewal.
Box 1, Folder 21

LACCA Membership Receipts, 1960-1962.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, list of campaign volunteer, membership receipts.
Box 1, Folder 22

LACCA, 1958-1961.

Scope and Content Note

Personal and organizational correspondence, association campaign information and instructions, concert advertisements, and a member roster.
Box 1, Folder 23

LACCA Annual Season, 1960-1961.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, memos, and performance ephemera including newspaper clippings and a concert flier.
Box 1, Folder 24

LACCA Programs, 1958-1960.

Scope and Content Note

Concert and opera programs.
Box 1, Folder 25

LACCA Programs, 1960-1961.

Scope and Content Note

Concert and opera programs.
Box 1, Folder 26

LACCA Programs, 1960-1961.

Scope and Content Note

Concert and opera programs.
Box 1, Folder 27

LACCA Clippings, 1959-1960.

Scope and Content Note

Clippings of promotional articles and reviews of LACCA productions.
Box 2, Folder 1

Community Concerts Incorporated, 1957-1958.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, expense sheets, and a pamphlet outlining the organization's internal structure and operations.
Box 2, Folder 2

Community Concerts Incorporated, Voyage to the Moon, 1959-1960.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence and concert ephemera related to the 1960 production of Jacques Offenbach's operetta Voyage to the Moon.
Box 2, Folder 3

Community Concerts Incorporated, Spring Campaigns, 1961.

Scope and Content Note

Field-office memos, campaign summaries, expense reports, and civic division listings.
Box 2, Folder 4

Assorted Pamphlets, 1953-1965.

Scope and Content Note

Concert programs and political and philanthropic pamphlets.
Box 2, Folder 5

Opera Ball invitation list, 1953.

Box 2, Folder 6

American Ballet Company, 1959-1960.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence and performance ephemera including newspaper clippings, concert programs, and event fliers.
Box 2, Folder 7

Cleveland Orchestra, 1959-1960.

Scope and Content Note

Business correspondence with contracts and concert ephemera including concert programs, reviews, and itineraries.
Box 2, Folder 8

Minneapolis Orchestra, 1960-1961.

Scope and Content Note

Press book, photographs of Stanislaw Skrowczewski with Jefferson High School Students at the opening of the Los Angeles Community Concert Association's 1960-61 season, a telegram, and a newspaper clipping of a concert review.
Box 2, Folder 9

Concert-Bebouw of Amsterdam, 1961.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, concert photographs, and concert ephemera including concert reviews and other promotional materials.
Box 2, Folder 10

Fountainebleau Alumni Bulletin, April 1967.

Scope and Content Note

Organizational newsletter including an article written by John Bauer on the architect Welton Becket.
Box 2, Folder 11

Lynden Ellsworth Behymer clippings, 1946-1947.

Scope and Content Note

Newspaper and magazine clippings concerning the life and death of Lynden Ellsworth Behymer.
Box 2, Folder 12

James C. Leong exhibition materials, 1953-1956.

Scope and Content Note

Project outlines, painting lists, exhibition catalogs for 1955 exhibition, "Paintings by James C. Leong," and photograph of a Leong painting.
Box 2, Folder 13

American Gallery materials, 1955.

Scope and Content Note

Brochures for upcoming events and exhibition openings.
Box 2, Folder 14

Charles W. Hawthorne exhibition materials, 1955.

Scope and Content Note

Project correspondence, promotional pamphlets, and printed exhibition catalogs.
Box 2, Folder 15

England materials, 1956.

Scope and Content Note

Patrick Heron gallery show catalogs and painting photographs, and documents concerning Crawley and Harlow and New towns, including informational pamphlets, photographs of the Crawley New Town, and floor plans of house types.
Box 2, Folder 16

Le Roy J. Prinz materials, 1965-1966.

Scope and Content Note

Production photographs, picture credits (typescript), and ephemera including promotional booklet with a concert program and assorted newspaper clippings.
Box 2, Folder 17

Le Roy J. Prinz materials, 1965-1967.

Scope and Content Note

Mostly personal and business correspondence, draft logo design samples, and notes.
Box 3, Folder 1

Correspondence, undated.

Scope and Content Note

A letter forward to Sarah Jane bearing the Byron Musser, Inc. official letterhead.
Box 3, Folder 2

Periodicals, 1928-1955.

Scope and Content Note

Newspapers and a newsletter including The Fountainbleau Alumni Bulletin, The Los Angeles Times, and The Kansas City Times.
Box 3, Folder 3

Ceremonial memorabilia, 1938.

Scope and Content Note

Newspaper clipping of an announcement of the wedding between Agnes Nicholson Perry and Nicolas Conover English and the commemorative booklet for the funeral of Anne Morris Gleason.
Box 3, Folder 4

Portrait of Helen Galagar, undated.

Box 3, Folder 5

Los Angles Municipal Art Department, August 1957.

Scope and Content Note

Supply listings, price listings, press releases, program fliers, and draft event planning notes for the 5th annual All City Arts Festival.
Box 3, Folder 6

Los Angles Municipal Art Department, August 1957.

Scope and Content Note

Participant rosters, exhibitors listings, memos, and draft event planning notes for the 5th annual All City Arts Festival.
Box 3, Folder 7

Los Angeles Municipal Art Department, August 1957.

Scope and Content Note

Photographs of the 5th annual All City Art Festival.
Box 3, Folder 8

The Selznick Company program, 1940.

Scope and Content Note

Season program for the Selznick Company productions performed in the summer of 1940 at the Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara California.
Box 3, Folder 9

Film programs, 1936-1966.

Scope and Content Note

Promotional programs and fliers for film and stage productions.
Box 3, Folder 10

Concert Programs, 1937-1948.

Scope and Content Note

Promotional and event programs for various classical music concert series.
Box 3, Folder 11

Informational Booklets, 1959-1967.

Scope and Content Note

The Musical Courier musicians and artists directory and a guidebook for The Music Center dedication week.
Box 4, Folder 1

Community Concert Association, 1958-1959.

Scope and Content Note

Division organization lists and an oversize book containing a membership list for the 1958-1959 season.