Southern California Folk Dance Federation records, 1945-1975

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Summary

Title:
Southern California Folk Dance Federation Records,
Dates:
1945-1975
Creators:
Southern California Folk Dance Federation
Abstract:
Extent:
22 boxes (11 linear ft.) 19 oversize boxes
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Southern California Folk Dance Federation Records (Collection 1175). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of minutes, membership directories, historian books (scrapbooks), Dance Institute notes, programs, correspondence, various publications, and proceedings of the Santa Barbara and San Diego folk dance conferences, which include dance descriptions.

Biographical / historical:

The Folk Dance Federation of Southern California was established in 1946; its purposes were to conduct monthly festivals, encourage research in authentic dance forms, and to provide recognized patterns of folk dances.

Note

The Folk Dance Federation of Southern California was established in 1946 and continues active up to the present time. The first volume of minutes (Box 1) records the proceedings which led to its setting up and the by-laws adopted March 10, 1946.

The purposes of the organization included the provision for and conduct of, if possible, monthly festivals, encouragement of research in authentic dance forms and the making available of recognized patterns of folk dances.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Folk Dance Federation of California, 1976. Gift of Elsie Dunin, 1978-96. Gift of Dorothy Daw, 1997.
Arrangement:

Arranged in the following series:

  1. Minutes.
  2. Membership directories.
  3. Dance Institute notes.
  4. Historian books.
  5. Pelton (Allen) Family Papers
  6. Publications and programs.
  7. San Diego Annual Folk Dance Conference
  8. Santa Barbara Annual Folk Dance Conference

Physical location:
Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by Manuscripts Division staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé
Date Prepared:
© 1998
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid derived from database containing container list structure and data, encoding added via MS Access or other database program, unknown year . Frontmatter gathered from MARC record. Supplementary encoding and revision supplied by Caroline Cubé.

Access and use

Restrictions:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. 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.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Southern California Folk Dance Federation Records (Collection 1175). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988
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