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1. Caffè Lena collection, 1960-2013

   7767 items. 28 containers. 12 linear feet. 42 sound tape reels : analog ; 10 in.. 46 sound tape reels : analog ; 7 in.. 5 sound tape reels : analog ; 5 in.. 1 sound tape reel : analog ; 3 in.. 381 sound cassettes : analog and digital.. 13 videocassettes (VHS) : sound only ; 1/2 in.. 1 sound microcassette : analog.. 36 sound discs : digital.. 1942 audio files : digital, aiff, mp3, wav. 1 videocassette (U-matic) : sound, color.. 14 videocassettes (VHS) : sound, color.. 2 videodiscs (DVD-R): digital.. 1 film reel (1100 feet) : analog.. 12 video files : digital, mov, mp4. approximately 1540 photographs : black and white, color ; various sizes.. 3504 pages.. 261 files : digital, pdf, doc. 3 objects.. -- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Collection of more than 500 audio recordings, plus digital audio files, video recordings, film, photographs, papers, and ephemera documenting the history of the Caffè Lena coffeehouse, a folk music club and theater in Saratoga Springs, New York, founded by Lena Spencer and Bill Spencer in 1960. The collection includes a large number of live concert performance recordings by folk musicians and singer-songwriters, as well as some theater, storytelling, and poetry performances. The collection also includes folk music radio programs produced from Caffè Lena concerts by Robert Durand and others. Some materials were gathered by Jocelyn Arem while conducting research on the history of Caffè Lena, and the collection includes drafts and page proofs of Arem's book, Caffè Lena: Inside America's Legendary Folk Music Coffeehouse (2013).

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2. Christopher Moore collection of Indian Neck Folk Festival and other recordings, 1959-1982

   203 items. 1 container. .5 linear feet. 1 folder (39 sheets). 164 sound tape reels : analog ; 7 in.. -- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Collection of audio recordings of performances at the Indian Neck Folk Festival from about 1965-1972, as well as at concerts and informal folk music events in Connecticut, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the 1968 Old-Time Fiddlers Contest in Craftsbury Common, Vermont. Bulk of the recordings were made from 1964 to 1975, a few in 1982.