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Jewish Folk Chorus of San Francisco records, 1937-2006.
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Jewish Folk Chorus of San Francisco records, 1937-2006Creator/Contributor:
Jewish Folk Chorus of San Francisco, creator, creator.Creator/Contributor:
Kennedy, Judy Levitt.Creator/Contributor:
Judah L. Magnes Museum, WJHC 1991.001.Creator/Contributor:
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and LifeAbstract:
Includes programs and posters of annual concerts given by the Jewish Folk Chorus of San Francisco, in addition to photographs
and printing blocks that this organization has used; an "Annual Program Journal" for a performance of the Jewish Folk Chorus
at San Francisco's Congregation Beth Sholom (11 June 2006); and a history of the Jewish Folk Chorus of San Francisco that
Judy Levitt Kennedy helped compile entitled, "Stories of the Jewish Folk Chorus of San Francisco" (2006), which includes biographical
information on singers in the Chorus.
Date:
1937 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caChoral societies -- California -- San Francisco
Singers -- California -- San Francisco -- Biography
Chorales -- Californie -- San Francisco
Chanteurs -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Biographies
Choral societies
Singers
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Biography
California -- San Francisco
Jewish Folk Chorus of San Francisco -- Archives
Congregation Beth Sholom (San Francisco, Calif.)
Jewish Folk Chorus of San Francisco
Congregation Beth Sholom (San Francisco, Calif.)
Note:
Formerly: Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection Number WJHC 1991.001.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Transfer; Judah L. Magnes Museum; 2010.
The Jewish Folk Chorus of San Francisco performs songs in Yiddish, Hebrew, Ladino, and Russian; origins rooted in the labor
movement.
Jewish Folk Chorus of San Francisco records, BANC MSS 2010/837, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, The Bancroft
Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Materials are primarily in English.
Type:
Printing blocks.posters.
photographs.
Posters
Photographs
Archives
Biographies
Posters.
Photographs.
Affiches.
Photographies.
Physical Description:
print
3.35 (1 2 1
Language:
English
Identifier:
2008574661
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.