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Series 1: Manuscripts (continued)
Subseries 8: Finances, bills, and management (continued)
BOX-FOLDER 14/10 Caffè Lena: statistics, budget, and meeting notes, 2005
Subseries 9: Manuscripts that accompanied sound recordings and moving image items, 2005
Manuscript materials from tape boxes, cassettes, etc. Includes clippings set lists, notes, etc. Not all audiovisual items were accompanied by manuscripts.
BOX-FOLDER 15/1 SR001-SR060
BOX-FOLDER 15/2 SR088-SR430
BOX-FOLDER 15/3 SR431-SR502
BOX-FOLDER 15/4 MV13, MV17, MV18, MV26
Subseries 10: Sound recording containers and manuscript materials that accompanied them (photocopies)
BOX-FOLDER 15/5 SR001-SR030
BOX-FOLDER 15/6 SR031-SR060
BOX-FOLDER 15/7 SR061-SR090
BOX-FOLDER 16/1 SR091-SR120
BOX-FOLDER 16/2 SR121-SR211
BOX-FOLDER 16/3 SR212-SR269
BOX-FOLDER 16/4 SR270-SR355
BOX-FOLDER 16/5 SR356-SR420
BOX-FOLDER 16/6 SR421-SR438
BOX-FOLDER 16/7 SR439-SR523
Subseries 11: Oversize manuscript materials
BOX-FOLDER 17/1-3 Media coverage, circa 1972-1991
Three folders of clippings and sections from local and national newspapers plus an issue of Life magazine with a letter to the editor by Lena Spencer. The newspaper clippings are about Lena Spencer, Caffè Lena, and related news.
Subseries 12: Scrapbooks and related materials
BOX 18 Scrapbook from Dallas Cline
Contents were assembled from old folk music posters and flyers, and not mounted to the pages. Approximately 100 manuscript items, and two photographic items (black and white prints).
BOX 19 Square scrapbook, 1960s-2001
Approximately 12 in. x 12 in.
Metal spiral-bound scrapbook, with newspaper magazine clippings and printouts of digital photos on paper, mounted on heavy black paper pages. Topics range across Caffè Lena's history. About 20 pages, most with multiple items mounted on them.
BOX 19 Guest register for a Caffè Lena exhibit
Approximately 10 in. x 10 in.
Metal spiral-bound scrapbook. Decorated guest register for an exhibit marking Caffè Lena's 45th anniversary. Three pages of signatures (one is a loose page); only one pages is filled with names and addresses.
BOX 20 Scrapbook without a spine, 2005
Approximately 14 in. x 11 in.
Most of the spine is missing. Contents include programs and documentation from various Caffè Lena theatrical productions, as newspaper articles, correspondence, and seemingly unrelated materials. Approximately 40 pages, with one or more items affixed to one side of each page.
BOX 20 Caffè Lena Theatre scrapbook
Approximately 11 1/2 in. x 11 in.
Three-ring notebook with denim-like cover, containing the playbill, reviews, and photos related to the Caffè Lena production of Juno and the Paycock , by Sean O'Casey (directed by Edward Reich).
BOX 20 Scrapbook celebrating Hattie Austin (Miss Hattie), October-November 1978
8 1/2 in. x 11 in.
Loose pages with clippings, correspondence, and photos honoring Miss Hattie, who founded Hattie's Chicken Shack, a Saratoga Springs institution.
Series 2: Sound Recordings
Digital items received from the donor are not yet processed. The item ID information in the finding aid refers to the physical items, as the digital item IDs are different from the analog item IDs.
The ID number SR479 is not assigned to any item.
Subseries 1: Andy and Bill Spence collection
ITEM_ID AFC 2009/035: SR001 Caffè Lena benefit: Michael Cooney, Sandy and Caroline Paton, Smoke Dawson, Molly Scott, Des and Juliet Rainey, Tom Paxton, Greenbriar Boys, February 1968
1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips, quarter track, mono ; 7 in.
Original item ID: ABS B1 0001. This may be the Sunday night recording.
ITEM_ID AFC 2009/035: SR002 Caffè Lena benefit: Greenbriar Boys, Billy Faier, Happy and Artie Traum, Barbara Dane, Don McLean, Pennywhistlers, Sonya Malkine, February 1968
1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips, quarter track, mono ; 7 in.
Original item ID: ABS B1 0002. This may be the Saturday night recording.
ITEM_ID AFC 2009/035: SR010 Michael Cooney, Bill Vanaver, February 1968
1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 and 3 3/4 ips, quarter track, mono ; 7 in.
Original item ID: ABS B1 0010.
ITEM_ID AFC 2009/035: SR023 Don McLean and other artists, March 8, 1968
1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips and 3 3/4 ips, 1/4 track, mono ; 7 in.
Original item ID: ABS B1 0023. Tape jumps around between artists.
ITEM_ID AFC 2009/035: SR004 Rosalie Sorrels, August 2, 1968
1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips, quarter track, mono ; 7 in.
Original item ID: ABS B1 0004.
ITEM_ID AFC 2009/035: SR005 Lou Killen; parts of Don McLean and Tom Winslow sets, October 26, 1968
1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 and 3 3/4 ips, quarter track, mono ; 7 in.
Original item ID: ABS B1 0005.
ITEM_ID AFC 2009/035: SR007 Hedy West, November 9, 1968
1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips, quarter track, mono ; 7 in.
Original item ID: ABS B1 0007.
ITEM_ID AFC 2009/035: SR008 Jerry Jeff Walker, David Bromberg (1 of 2), December 14, 1968
1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips, quarter track, stereo ; 7 in.
Original item ID: ABS B1 0008.
ITEM_ID AFC 2009/035: SR009 Jerry Jeff Walker, David Bromberg (2 of 2), December 14, 1968
1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips, quarter track, stereo ; 7 in.
Original item ID: ABS B1 0009.
ITEM_ID AFC 2009/035: SR006 Don McLean, December 21, 1968
1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips, mono ; 7 in.
Original item ID: ABS B1 0006.
ITEM_ID AFC 2009/035: SR003 Don McLean; Shirley's 78 rpm records; excerpt of a Michael Cooney set, 1968
1 sound tape reel : analog,, 7 1/2 ips, mono ; 7 in.
Original item ID: ABS B1 0003.
ITEM_ID AFC 2009/035: SR018 Best of Caffè Lena 1968: includes Don McLean, Lou Killen, Rosalie Sorrels, Steve Gillette, Jerry Jeff Walker/David Bromberg, Bill Spence/Jack Hume, Michael Cooney, and Hedy West, 1968
1 sound tape reel : analog ; 7 in.
Original item ID: ABS B1 0018. Compilation of previously transferred tapes.
ITEM_ID AFC 2009/035: SR015 Patrick Sky; Paul Geremia (Side B), April 26, 1969
1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips, quarter track, mono ; 7 in.
Original item ID: ABS B1 0015.
ITEM_ID AFC 2009/035: SR014 Happy and Artie Traum, June 14, 1969
1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips, quarter track, mono ; 7 in.
Original item ID: ABS B1 0014.
ITEM_ID AFC 2009/035: SR013 Jean Ritchie (2nd set), September 20, 1969
1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips, mono ; 7 in.
Original item ID: ABS B1 0013. First set described in engineer's transfer notes as "not available."
ITEM_ID AFC 2009/035: SR011 Ray Bierl, Alan Stowell (guest set: Frank Dubin, Andy Cohen, Kurt Anderson, Bill Hinkley), September 28, 1969
1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips, quarter track, mono ; 7 in.
Original item ID: ABS B1 0011.
ITEM_ID AFC 2009/035: SR012 Fran and Gilles (with Gary Pouge, Willie Dobson, Nano Riley, Alan Stowell), November 6 or 9, 1969
1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips, two track, stereo ; 7 in.
Original item ID: ABS B1 0012. The date is unconfirmed.
ITEM_ID AFC 2009/035: SR028 Steve Gillette, November 16, 1969
1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips, quarter track, mono ; 7 in.
Original item ID: ABS B1 0028.
ITEM_ID AFC 2009/035: SR022 Kate McGarrigle and Roma Baron; various artists. Side B features Woody Guthrie tribute, including Lena Spencer, Michael Cooney, Don McLean, February 22, 1970
1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips, quarter track, mono ; 7 in.
Original item ID: ABS B1 0022.
ITEM_ID AFC 2009/035: SR021 Sorry Muthas, Bill Spence with Alan Stowell and Bill Hinkley, July 19, 1970
1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips, two track, stereo ; 7 in.
Original item ID: ABS B1 0021.
ITEM_ID AFC 2009/035: SR017 Guy Carawan, Saul Broudy (with Alan Stowell and Kurt Anderson), April 14, 1970
1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips, quarter track, mono ; 7 in.
Original item ID: ABS B1 0017.
ITEM_ID AFC 2009/035: SR016 Bill Vanaver, April 18, 1970
1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips, quarter track, mono ; 7 in.
Original item ID: ABS B1 0016.
ITEM_ID AFC 2009/035: SR024 Don McLean, Frank Wakefield (four instrumentals, with Don on backup guitar), August 22, 1970
1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips, mono ; 7 in.
Original item ID: ABS B1 0024
ITEM_ID AFC 2009/035: SR025 Don McLean, September 19, 1970
1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips, mono ; 7 in.
Original item ID: ABS B1 0025. Recorded at an unidentified venue in Albany, New York.
ITEM_ID AFC 2009/035: SR026 Jeff Guthrie, Buster Jackson, Arlo Guthrie, John Pilla, Frank Wakefield, October 11, 1970
1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips, quarter track, mono ; 7 in.
Original item ID: ABS B1 0026. Guest vocals by Lena Spencer.
ITEM_ID AFC 2009/035: SR029 At Caffè Lena: Side A: David Bromberg and his Fabulous Torpedos (Steve Berg, bass; Will Scarlett, harmonica). Side B: Gordon Bok, December 5, 1970 (Side A); November 14, 1970 (Side B)
1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips, quarter track, mono ; 10 in.
Original item ID: ABS B1 0029. The log for ABS B2 0001 matches the information for this recording.
ITEM_ID AFC 2009/035: SR027 Mike Seeger, Rosalie Sorrels, Bill Spence, March 21, 1971
1 sound tape reel : analog, 3 3/4 ips, quarter track, mono ; 7 in.
Original item ID: ABS B1 0027. The tape box also credits Sara Grey.
ITEM_ID AFC 2009/035: SR035 Hedy West, Rosalie Sorrels, Frank Wakefield, Ray Burrell, and two unidentified artists, November 20, 1971 (Side A); November 28, 1971 (Side B)
1 sound tape reel : analog, 3 3/4 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.
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