Title Page | Collection Summary | Arrangement | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content
Collection Summary
| Title | Caffè Lena collection, 1960-2013 |
|---|---|
| Inclusive Dates | 1960-2013 |
| Call No. | AFC 2009/035 |
| Creator | Caffè Lena Board of Directors |
| Extent | 5552 items |
| Extent (sound recordings) | 42 sound tape reels : analog ; 10 in. |
| Extent (sound recordings) | 46 sound tape reels : analog ; 7 in. |
| Extent (sound recordings) | 5 sound tape reels : analog ; 5 in. |
| Extent (sound recordings) | 1 sound tape reel : analog ; 3 in. |
| Extent (sound recordings) | 381 sound cassettes : analog and digital. |
| Extent (sound recordings) | 13 videocassettes (VHS) : sound only ; 1/2 in. |
| Extent (sound recordings) | 1 sound microcassette : analog. |
| Extent (sound recordings) | 36 sound discs : digital. |
| Extent (moving images) | 1 videocassette (U-matic) : sound, color. |
| Extent (moving images) | 14 videocassettes (VHS) : sound, color. |
| Extent (moving images) | 2 videodiscs (DVD-R): digital. |
| Extent (moving images) | 1 film reel (1100 feet) : analog. |
| Extent (graphic images) | approximately 1540 photographs : black and white, color ; various sizes. |
| Extent (manuscripts) | 3504 items. |
| Extent (artifacts) | 3 items. |
| Language | In English. |
| Location | American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
| Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/eadafc.af017006 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2013655527 |
| 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). |