Lou Curtiss San Diego Folk Festival Collection, 1962-1987

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Summary

Creators:
Curtiss, Lou 1939-Present
Abstract:
Recordings of San Diego Folk Festival performances. Various venues including San Diego State University, UC San Diego, San Diego Old Globe Theater, Orango's Restaurant, Folk Arts Rare Records Store, and Sign of the Sun Book Store.
Extent:
400 sound tape reels : analog, 7 1/2 ips and 3 3/4 ips, 2 and 4 track, mono and stereo. ; 7 in.
Language:
Collection materials in English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Lou Curtiss San Diego Folk Festival Collection, 2007.04, Ethnomusicology Archive, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

Live recordings of San Diego Folk Festivals and related venues, from the early 1960s through the 1970s. Includes afternoon and evening concerts and musical workshops, at indoor and outdoor venues, mostly at San Diego State College (as it was then known). Time frame: from the early 1960s through the 1970s. Related venues where recordings were made include The Sign of the Sun bookstore, Orango's Restaurant, The Heritage, and Folk Arts Rare Records.

The collection is organized into the following series:

  • Series 1. San Diego Folk Festivals, 1967-1975
  • Series 2. Related Concerts
  • Series 3. Preservation Master DVDs, 1960-1986

Acquisition information:
Donated to UCLA by Lou Curtiss in April of 2007 in conjunction with Curtiss receiving a GRAMMY Foundation Sound Preservation grant. As the first 400 tapes are digitally transferred during this project, they will be shipped the Archive along with DVD-R data disks containing the WAVE files.
Physical location:
Folk Arts Rare Records, 2881 Adams Avenue, San Diego, California 92116
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Original master reel numbers correspond to item numbers in finding aid. e.g. OMR001=2007.04sdff001

Access and use

Restrictions:

Terms of access:

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Lou Curtiss San Diego Folk Festival Collection, 2007.04, Ethnomusicology Archive, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
1630 Schoenberg Music Building
Box 951657
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1657, US
Contact:
(310) 825-1695
archive@schoolofmusic.ucla.edu
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