Guide to the Pacifica Foundation Ephemera Collection M0425

Department of Special Collections and University Archives

1999 ; revised 2017

Green Library

557 Escondido Mall

Stanford 94305-6064

specialcollections@stanford.edu

URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc

Language of Material: English

Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Title: Pacifica Foundation ephemera collection

Identifier/Call Number: M0425

Physical Description: 0.5 Linear Feet : 1 box

Date (inclusive): 1949-1984

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.

Biographical / Historical

Lew Hill founded the Pacifica Foundation and its flagship radio station KPFA in 1949. KPFA began broadcasting in Berkeley, California on April 15th, 1949, and was was the first listener-subscription FM educational radio station in the country. Stations KPFK in Los Angeles and WBAI in New York were to follow in 1959 and 1960, respectively. KPFT in Houston, Texas began broadcasting March 1, 1970 as the fourth Pacifica station.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Pacifica Foundation, 1985.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item] Pacifica Foundation ephemera collection, M0425, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Scope and Contents

Documents on Pacifica Foundation, with emphasis on KPFA-FM in Berkeley, California. Primarily printed articles about KPFA, programming schedules, information fliers and other publicity materials. Some of the material is in the form of photocopies, and most have been annotated by the donor, who was probably Pacifica's Vera Hopkins, a long-time staffer and unofficial historian. More detailed contents notes (also probably by Hopkins) are available from department.

Conditions Governing Use

While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Public broadcasting

Radio broadcasting

KPFA (Radio station : Berkeley, Calif.)

WBAI Radio (New York, N.Y.)

KPFK (Radio station : Los Angeles, Calif.)

KPFT-FM (Radio station : Houston, Tex.)