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| Series 1: Manuscripts (continued) | |||||||||||||
| Subseries 1: History and activities (continued) | |||||||||||||
| Jocelyn Arem's Caffè Lena project updates and related documentation, 2004-2010 (continued) | |||||||||||||
| Letters to the Caffè Lena Board, meeting notes, project goals, etc. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 1/13 | Caffè Lena history project: oral history questionnaire, 2005-2006 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 2/1 | Caffè Lena history project: planning stages, 1999-2006 | ||||||||||||
| Includes names, lists, correspondence, and other documentation. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 2/2 | Caffè Lena history exhibit project plan and related documentation, 2004-2009; undated | ||||||||||||
| Includes both plans and Jocelyn Arem's research on other exhibits. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 2/3 | Caffè Lena Community Drum Circle | ||||||||||||
| 1 flyer, giving the statement of intent, rules, etc. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 2/4 | Great Saratoga Music Hall | ||||||||||||
| Photocopies of articles about the reopening of the hall, and related materials. Lena Spencer was one of three people who leased the hall when it reopened. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 2/5 | "The Commandant of Auschwitz" (Caffè Lena Theatre production) | ||||||||||||
| A one-page program/summary for the production. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 2/6 | "Every drop of water: voices from the Caffè Lena poetry stage," vol. 1, 2008 | ||||||||||||
| A professionally-printed compilation of poems. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 2/7 | "Monday is the opposite of Batman," 2011 | ||||||||||||
| Poetry written as part of a workshop held at Caffè Lena in 2011. | |||||||||||||
| Subseries 2: Honors | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 2/8 | Skidmore College commencement exercises program, May 9, 1987 | ||||||||||||
| Skidmore College granted Lena Spencer an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters in 1987. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 2/9 | Lena Spencer Award | ||||||||||||
| 1 promotional flyer. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 2/10 | Caffè Lena Day (May 22, 2010) | ||||||||||||
| Two copies of the proclamation, in presentation folders. | |||||||||||||
| Subseries 3: Media coverage, press kits, and publicity | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 2/11 | Media coverage (folder 1 of 20), 1960-1976 | ||||||||||||
| Includes Caffè Lena newsletters from 1961 and 1962, as well as media coverage regarding performers and the venue itself. A letter to Lena Spencer from Kenneth E. King (commissioner of public safety), dated January 24, 1968, is included. No materials for 1963-1964 and 1969-1970. All materials are photocopies or thermofaxes. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 2/12 | Media coverage (folder 2 of 20), 1977-1988 | ||||||||||||
| Includes media coverage for performers and the venue, as well such materials as programs (e.g., "The Mousetrap," staged in 1978, a typed letter from Lena Spencer requesting financial support from friends of Caffè Lena, sent in 1981, a color photocopy of a proclamation declaring May 19, 1985 as Lena Spencer Day in Saratoga Springs, New York, etc.). No materials for 1982. All materials are photocopies. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 2/13 | Media coverage (folder 3 of 20), 1989 | ||||||||||||
| Includes media coverage for performers and the venue, as well such materials as a mock-up for the cover of the brochure "Caffè Lena: the second thirty years," and numerous tributes to Lena Spencer. Almost all materials are photocopies, except a few original articles. An original issue of "Eye on Saratoga" has been relocated to box 17 (a photocopy remains in this folder). | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 3/1 | Media coverage (folder 4 of 20), 1990-1997 | ||||||||||||
| Includes media coverage for performers and the venue, as well such materials as copies of the brochure "Caffè Lena: the second thirty years" and a letter to friends of Caffè Lena announcing it would be sold to a non-profit organization (1990), an original flyer for the 4th annual Caffè Lena Folk-A-Thon (1993), an original issue of Bluegrass (magazine), with an article on Caffè Lena (1993), a copy of the minutes of a 1995 meeting (printed on orange paper), and photocopies of Board meeting minutes (1995). A significant majority of the materials are photocopies. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 3/2 | Media coverage (folder 5 of 20), 1998 | ||||||||||||
| Includes tickets, programs, brochures, and other materials, and documentation and publicity related to the fund-raising campaign to buy the building, etc. Contents are a combination of original and duplicated materials. Two ads for the fund-raising event, created on film, have been relocated to Series 3. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 3/3 | Media coverage (folder 6 of 20), 1998 | ||||||||||||
| Includes newspaper articles (photocopies and printouts). | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 3/4 | Media coverage (folder 7 of 20), 1999 | ||||||||||||
| Includes copies of a fax sent to Bernice Johnson Reagon from Abigail Reid, the faxed response from Reagon, photocopies of newspaper clippings, and related materials. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 3/5 | Media coverage (folder 8 of 20), 2000 | ||||||||||||
| Includes newspaper clippings (original and photocopies), plus related documentation of Caffè Lena's history, and a printed, general thank you to Caffè Lena supporters. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 3/6 | Media coverage (folder 9 of 20), 2001 | ||||||||||||
| Includes newspaper clippings (original and photocopies), a tribute to Alfredo Lombardi, etc. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 3/7 | Media coverage (folder 10 of 20), 2002 | ||||||||||||
| Includes newspaper clippings (original and photocopies), a certificate naming Caffè Lena as the best coffeehouse in the Capital Region for 2002, etc. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 3/8 | Media coverage (folder 11 of 20), 2003 | ||||||||||||
| Includes newspaper clippings (original and photocopies), etc. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 3/9 | Media coverage (folder 12 of 20), 2004 | ||||||||||||
| Includes newspaper clippings (original and photocopies), etc. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 3/10 | Media coverage (folder 13 of 20), 2005 | ||||||||||||
| Includes newspaper clippings (original and photocopies), a laminated menu, a flyer for the production of Two Gentlemen of Verona , etc. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 3/11 | Media coverage (folder 14 of 20), 2006 | ||||||||||||
| Includes newspaper clippings (photocopies), promotional materials for various companies, etc. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 3/12 | Media coverage (folder 15 of 20), 2007 | ||||||||||||
| Includes newspaper clippings and publications (original and photocopies). | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 3/13 | Media coverage (folder 16 of 20), 2008 | ||||||||||||
| Includes newspaper clippings (original and a photocopy). | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 3/14 | Media coverage (folder 17 of 20), 2009 | ||||||||||||
| Includes a copy of a magazine article, two copies of the Poetry Festival program, and two copies of the Chowderfest Chanty Sing. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 3/15 | Media coverage (folder 18 of 20), 2010 | ||||||||||||
| Includes articles (one original and one photocopy), a membership flyer for Caffè Lena, and a flyer for a poetry festival. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 4/1 | Media coverage (folder 19 of 20), undated | ||||||||||||
| Includes newspaper clippings (photocopies and one original). | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 4/2 | Media coverage (folder 20 of 20), 2009-2013, undated | ||||||||||||
| Includes original clippings from magazines and newspapers on the 50th anniversary of Caffè Lena. One subfolder of photocopies, submitted to Jocelyn Arem by Joan Kosby and Paul Mercer, have a variety of dates. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 4/3 | Publicity materials, circa 1970s | ||||||||||||
| Includes publicity materials for various artists. Photos have been relocated to Series 3; photocopies are in this folder. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 4/4 | Quotations and miscellaneous writings, 1972-2007; undated | ||||||||||||
| Includes quotations compiled for publicity as well as writings by people paying tribute both to Lena Spencer and to Caffè Lena. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 4/5 | Publicity: meetings, notes, etc. (folder 1 of 2), 1996 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 4/6 | Publicity: meetings, notes, etc. (folder 2 of 2), circa 1990s | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 4/7 | Caffè Lena, Inc., 1989-1990, undated | ||||||||||||
| Various promotional items, plus a letter to New York Telephone (phone company) informing them of Lena Spencer's death. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 4/8 | Lena Spencer's accident and Caffè Lena's future: media coverage (folder 1 of 2), 1989-1991 | ||||||||||||
| Newspaper clippings (original and photocopies). Oversized materials have been relocated to box 17. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 4/9 | Lena Spencer's accident and Caffè Lena's future: media coverage (folder 2 of 2), 1989-1991 | ||||||||||||
| See note for 3/8. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 4/10 | Caffè Lena's future and the Trust Fund, 1980s, undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 4/11 | Memorial service for Lena Spencer, 1989 | ||||||||||||
| Documentation of some parts of the planning phase, plus an announcement flyer, draft of the program, final program, and various notes. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 5/1 | Articles written by Jocelyn Arem, 2008 | ||||||||||||
| Two articles, in the original published format: "Lena's Legacy: the lasting power of Caffè Lena, America's oldest continuously running folk coffeehouse," North Carolina Folklore Journal , 55, no. 1 (Spring-Summer 2008): 17-31, and "Forty-seven Years at 47 Phila Street: America's oldest continuously running folk coffeehouse," Voices: the Journal of New York Folklore , 34, nos. 1-2 (Spring-Summer 2008): 12-18. Jocelyn Arem is the historian for Caffè Lena. | |||||||||||||
| Subseries 4: Caffè Lena: Inside America's Legendary Folk Music Coffeehouse | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 5/2 | Book project overview | ||||||||||||
| Spiral-bound and index-tabbed; includes mock-ups, book and exhibit proposal, etc. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 5/3 | Caffè Lena's history (folder 1 of 2), 2008-2011 | ||||||||||||
| Includes early proposals and drafts, revisions, etc. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 5/4 | Caffè Lena's history (folder 2 of 2), 2008-2011 | ||||||||||||
| See note for folder 1/17. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 5/5 | Mock-ups (folder 1 of 2), 2010-2013 | ||||||||||||
| Also includes Jocelyn Arem's handwritten notes. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 5/6 | Mock-ups (folder 2 of 2), 2010-2013 | ||||||||||||
| See note for folder 1/19. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 5/7 | Page proofs (folder 1 of 2) | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 5/8 | Page proofs (folder 2 of 2) | ||||||||||||
| Subseries 5: Artist files | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 6/1 | Ad-At | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 6/2 | Austin, Hattie | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 6/3 | Ba-Bro | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 6/4 | Bruchac, Joe | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 6/5 | Bu | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 6/6 | C | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 6/7 | D | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 6/8 | E | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 6/9 | F | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 6/10 | G | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 6/11 | H | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 6/12 | K | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 6/13 | L | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 6/14 | McKenney, Al | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 7/1 | McLean, Don | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 7/2 | M | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 7/3 | N-O | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 7/4 | Phillips, Utah | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 7/5 | P | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 7/6 | Reagon, Bernice Johnson | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 7/7 | Robbins, Gil (Tim and David) | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 7/8 | R | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 7/9 | Sorrels, Rosalie | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 7/10 | Spencer, Lena (folder 1 of 2) | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 7/11 | Spencer, Lena (folder 2 of 2) | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 8/1 | S | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 8/2 | T | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 8/3 | U-V | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 8/4 | Ward, George | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 8/5 | W | ||||||||||||
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