Rhoda Haas Goldman Stern Grove Festival Archives Museum of Performance + Design

Rhoda Haas Goldman Stern Grove Festival Archives

Introduction

Provenance

San Francisco Performing Arts Library & Museum (now Museum of Performance + Design) became the archive and repository for the Stern Grove Festival Association on October 12, 1992

Restrictions

Contracts, financial records and minutes are restricted and require permission of the Stern Grove Festival Association

Publication Rights

Size

25 linear ft.

Rhoda Haas Goldman Stern Grove Festival Archives Museum of Performance + Design

History

Since 1938, the Stern Grove Festival Association has presented the Stern Grove Festival, a free, summer performance series at Sigmund Stern Grove in San Francisco. The Grove was purchased in 1931 by Rosalie M. Stern and given as a gift to the city of San Francisco in memory of her husband Sigmund Stern. Rosalie Stern worked with architects Gardiner Dailey, Bernard Maybeck and his assistant William Gladstone on developing the property which included tennis courts, a bowling lawn, and a lake. Maybeck also designed a music pavilion, and on June 19, 1932, the San Francisco Symphony gave the first performance there under the direction of Gaetano Merola. In 2004, Stern Grove underwent a $15 million renovation, designed by renowned landscape architect, Lawrence Halprin. The renovation was completed in June of 2005.

The Festival has presented more than 800 performances for more than six million concert-goers. In keeping with Mrs. Stern’s original vision, the Festival has continued to offer admission-free performances by some of the world’s greatest artists and companies including Kronos Quartet, Isaac Stern, San Francisco Ballet, Opera and Symphony, Diana Krall, Miriam Makeba, Nancy Wilson, Arrested Development, Dr. John, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Ozomatli, Lucinda Williams, Los Lobos, Roberta Flack, Joan Baez, and many more.

In addition to the summer concerts, Stern Grove Festival presents interactive community outreach programs for audiences of all ages. Among these are Kids Days, KidStage, and pre-concert Artist Talks.

Rhoda Haas Goldman Stern Grove Festival Archives Museum of Performance + Design

Container Listing

Series I: Programs / Flyers

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SGF 1 1. Season 1938 (Xeroxed copies of the programs). 2. Season 1942. 3. Season 1944. 4. Season 1948 (has clippings attached to the program). 5. Season 1949. 6. Season 1952. 7. Season 1953. 8. Season 1955. 9. Season 1962. 10. Season 1963. 11. Season 1964. 12. Season 1965. 13. Season 1966. 14. Season 1967. 15. Season 1968. 16. Season 1969. 17. Season 1970. 18. Season 1971. 19. Season 1972. 20. Season 1973. 21. Season 1974. 22. Season 1975. 23. Season 1976. 24. Season 1977. 25. Season 1978. 26. Season 1979. 27. Season 1980. 28. Season 1981. 29. Season 1982. 30. Season 1983. 31. Season 1984. 32. Season 1985. 33. Season 1986. 34. Season 1987 (50th Anniversary). 35. Season 1988. 36. Season 1989.

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SGF 2 1. Season 1990. 2. Season 1991. 3. Season 1992. 4. Season 1994. 5. Season 1995. 6. Season 1996. 7. Season 1997. 8. Season 1998. 9. Season 1999. 10. Season 2000. 11. Season 2001. 12. Season 2002. 13. Season 2003. 14. Season 2004. 15. Season 2005.

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SGF 3 1. Season 2006.

Series II: Photographs

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SGF 4 0. Seasons: 1932 1. Seasons: 1939: Audiences. 2. Seasons: 1940’s: Audiences. 3. Seasons: 1940’s: Individuals: Merola, Gaetano. 4. Seasons: 1940: Individual: Merola, Gaetano. 5. Seasons: 1942: Audiences. 6. Seasons: 1943: Audiences. 7. Seasons: 1944: Audiences. 8. Seasons: 1948: Audiences. 9. Seasons: 1948: Individual: Merola, Gaetano. 10. Seasons: 1948: Performance: Midsummer Music Festival. 11. Seasons: 1948: Performance: La Traviata. 12. Seasons: 1949: Audience. 13. Seasons: 1949: Performer: Madam Flagstad: October 9, 1949. 14. Seasons: 1950: Individual: Merola, Gaetano. 15. Seasons: 1950: Performances: Pagliacci: August 6, 1950. 16. Seasons: 1952: Audiences. Rhoda Haas Goldman Stern Grove Festival Archives Museum of Performance + Design 17. Seasons: 1953: Individual: Merola, Gaetano. 18. Seasons: 1954: Companies: Pacific Opera Company: July 11, 1954. 19. Seasons: 1960-1980: Audiences. 20. Seasons: 1960-1980: Individual: Fiedler, Arthur. 21. Seasons: 1961: Audiences. 22. Seasons: 1963: Audiences. 23. Seasons: 1963: Individual: Adams, Ansel. 24. Seasons: 1966: Audiences. 25. Seasons: 1966: Individual: Adler, Kurt. 26. Seasons: 1968: Companies: ACT: Midsummer Nights’ Dream: June 30, 1968. 27. Seasons: 1974: Companies: Caribben Revelers Steel Band: July 14, 1974. 28. Seasons: 1981: Individual: Adler, Kurt. 29. Seasons: 1982: Audiences. 30. Seasons: 1982: Companies: Golden Jubilee Symphony: August 22, 1982. 31. Seasons: 1982: Companies: San Francisco Ballet: Vilzak Variations: August 8, 1982. 32. Seasons: 1982: Companies: The Singing Brass. 33. Seasons: 1982: Individuals: De Waart, Edo. 34. Seasons: 1983: Companies: Pacific Northwest Ballet: July 3, 1983. 35. Seasons: 1983: Performances: Midsummer Mozart Festival: July 10, 1983. 36. Seasons: 1984: Companies: San Francisco Ballet: July 1, 1984. 37. Seasons: 1984. Performances: Of Thee I Sing: July 15, 1984. 38. Seasons: 1986: Audiences. 39. Seasons: 1987: Audiences. 40. Seasons: 1992: Audiences. 41. Seasons: 1994: Audiences. 42. Seasons: 1996: Audiences. 43. Seasons: Performances: The Mikado. 44. Seasons: Unidentified.

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SGF 5 1. Negatives: Adams, Ansel. 2. Negatives: Conductors. 3. Negatives: General / History. 4. Negatives: San Francisco Ballet. 5. Negatives: Stern Family. 6. Directors: Mclaren, John. 7. Directors: Moys, Patricia. 8. Individuals: Henry, John. 9. Individuals: Paterson, Bill.

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10. Miscellaneous: 1997. 11. Performance: Stars and Stripes. 12. Portraits: Jarvi, Nemme. 13. Portraits: Melikian, Zevan. 14. Portraits: Van Den Burg, William. 15. Portraits: Webster, Kate. 16. Promotion Photos: Amazing Grace. 17. Promotion Photos: Back in the Saddle. 18. Promotion Photos: Chamber Symphony of San Francisco: 1985. 19. Promotion Photos: Chamber Symphony of San Francisco: 1988. 20. Promotion Photos: Cleve, George. 21. Promotion Photos: Getz, Stan. 22. Promotion Photos: The Lamplighters. 23. Promotion Photos: Let the Good Times Roll. 24. Promotion Photos: Mostly Modern. 25. Promotion Photos: ODC / San Francisco. 26. Promotion Photos: Opera a la Carte. 27. Promotion Photos: Preservation Hall Jazz Band: 1982. 28. Promotion Photos: Preservation Hall Jazz Band: 1985. 29. Promotion Photos: San Francisco Opera. 30. Promotion Photos: San Francisco Strings Art Ensemble. 31. Promotion Photos: Scofield, John. 32. Promotion Photos: Vaness, Carol. 33. Promotion Photos: Walker, Joe Louis. 34. Promotion Photos: Women’s Philharmonic. 35. Stern Family: Goldman, Rhoda. 36. Stern Family: Haas, Elise. 37. Stern Family: Stern, Rosalie. 38. Stern Family: Stern, Sigmund.

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SGF 24 Photo Album and Oversize photos

Series III: Press Releases and Public Service Announcements

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SGF 6 1. Press Releases: 1972. 2. Press Releases: 1973. 3. Press Releases: 1977. 4. Press Releases: 1980. 5. Press Releases: 1981. 6. Press Releases: 1982. 7. Press Releases: 1983. Rhoda Haas Goldman Stern Grove Festival Archives Museum of Performance + Design 8. Press Releases: 1984. 9. Press Releases: 1985. 10. Press Releases: 1986.

11. Press Releases: 1987. 12. Press Releases: 1988. 13. Press Releases: 1989. 14. Press Releases: 1990. 15. Press Releases: 2001. 16. Public Service Announcements: 1983. 17. Public Service Announcements: 1984. 18. Public Service Announcements: 1985. 19. Public Service Announcements: 1986. 20. Public Service Announcements: 1987. 21. Public Service Announcements: 1988. 22. Public Service Announcements: 1989.

Series IV: Administrative Records & Clippings

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SGF 7 1. Administrative Records: 50th Anniversary: Birthday party. 2. Administrative Records: 50th Anniversary: Budget. 3. Administrative Records: 50th Anniversary: Catering. 4. Administrative Records: 50th Anniversary: Correspondence. 5. Administrative Records: 50th Anniversary: Correspondence from Patrons. 6. Administrative Records: 50th Anniversary: Correspondence: Marketing. 7. Administrative Records: 50th Anniversary: Designers. 8. Administrative Records: 50th Anniversary: Press Conference. 9. Administrative Records: 50th Anniversary: Promotion Letters. 10. Administrative Records: 50th Anniversary: PSA Correspondence. 11. Administrative Records: 50th Anniversary: Public Relations. 12. Administrative Records: 50th Anniversary: Raffle. 13. Administrative Records: Committee Minutes: 1969. 14. Administrative Records: Committee Minutes: 1971. 15. Administrative Records: Committee Minutes: 1972. 16. Administrative Records: Computerization Plan. 17. Administrative Records: Midsummer Festival Report: 1972. 18. Administrative Records: Operations & Records Lists. 19. Administrative Records: Season Report: 1968 20. Administrative Records: Season Report: 1969. 21. Clippings: Unidentified. 22. Clippings: 1930’s. Rhoda Haas Goldman Stern Grove Festival Archives Museum of Performance + Design 23. Clippings: 1940’s. 24. Clippings: 1950’s. 25. Clippings: 1960’s. 26. Clippings: 1973. 27. Clippings: 1975. 28. Clippings: 1976. 29. Clippings: 1977. 30. Clippings: January – June 1978. 31. Clippings: July – December 1978. 32. Clippings: January – June 1979. 33. Clippings: July – December 1979. 34. Clippings: January – June 1980. 35. Clippings: July – December 1980. 36. Clippings: January – June 1981. 37. Clippings: July – December 1981. 38. Clippings: 1982. 39. Clippings: 1983. 40. Clippings: January – June 1984. 41. Clippings: July – December 1984. 42. Clippings: 1985. 43. Clippings: 1987. 44. Clippings: 1988. 45. Clippings: 1989. 46. Clippings: 1990.

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1. 50th Anniversary Planning: 1986 2. Annual Report: 1984 3. Application for Employment: 1987 4. Arts in the Parks #1: 1989-1992 5. Arts in the Parks #2: 1989-1992 6. Audience & Donors Letters and Comments 1981-82 7. Audience & Donors Letters and Comments:1985 8. Audience & Donors Letters and Comments:1986 9. Audience & Donors Letters and Comments: 1987 10. Audience Letters:1988 11. Audience Letters: 1989 12. Audience Letters: 1990 13. Board of Directors 1987 14. Board of Directors Solicitation, 1986-89 15. Board meeting: 1987 16. Board (Prog/Fin) 1990 17. Brochure List 1991 18. Budget: 1982 Rhoda Haas Goldman Stern Grove Festival Archives Museum of Performance + Design 19. Budgets 1987-88 20. Budgets 1988-89 21. Business/Foundation Solicitation: 1986 22. Cal Arts Council 1985-86 23. Cal Arts Council 1986-87 24. Cal Arts Council 1987-88 25. Cal Arts Council 1988-89 26. Cal Arts Council 1989-90 27. Comments from the Media 1985 28. Community/Audience Outreach: 1989 29. Contracts: 1980 30. Contracts 1981 31. Contracts: 1982 32. Contracts: 1983 33. Contracts: 1986 34. Contracts: 1987 35. Contracts 1988 36. Contracts 1989 37. Contracts 1990 38. Corporate Proposals (refused) 1986 39. "Dear Friend of Stern Grove" letter 1986 40. Democratic Convention PR - 1984 41. Direct Mail 1983 42. Event of the Year: SF Arts Ed. Foundation, 1990 43, Event 1991, May - "Circo della Terra 44. Finance Committee: 1980 45. Finance Committee: 1982 46. Finance Committee: 1983 47. Finance Committee: 1985 48. Finance Committee: 1986 49. Finance Committee: 1987

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SGF 13 Financial Reports – Mini-Concert

1. Financial Reports 1991 2. Financial Statements: 1981 3. Financial Statements: 1982 4. Financial Statements & Reports: 1982-1986 5. Funders 1985-1987 6. Funding Letters 1985 7. Fundraising Appeal: 1986 8. Fundraising Appeal: 1987 9. General Committee: 1979 Rhoda Haas Goldman Stern Grove Festival Archives Museum of Performance + Design 10. General Committee: 1981 11. General Committee: 1982 12. General Committee: 1984 13. General Committee: 1985 14. General Committee: 1986 15. General Committee: 1987 16. General Committee: 1988 17. General File: 1980 18. General File: 1981 19. General File: 1982 20. General File: 1983 21. General File: 1984 22. General File: 1985 23. General File: 1986 24. General File: 1988 25. Greeting Card, Post Card Project: 1984 26. Highlights of 1985 Festival 27. Hood & Strong CPA's 1980-1985 28. Hood & Strong CPA's Organization Exempt from Income Tax: 1985 29. Hosts 1987 30. Hosts 1988 31. Hosts 1989 32. Hosts 1990 33. Hosts 1991 34. Hotel Tax 1987-88 35. Hotel Tax 1988 36. Hotel Tax 1989 37. Individual Donors: 1977-1991 38. KQED Christmas Celebration Jean Palmer Leaflet / Higgins: 1991 39. Letter of Agreement: 1986 40. Levi Strauss & Co. Lease: 1981-1983 41. M. Schwarting 1983-1986 42. Major Donors, Corporate & Foundations 1985-86 43. Major Donors, Corporate & Foundations 1986-87 44. Mini Concert Series 1983-1990

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SGF 14 MIST - Wine

1. Music in Schools Today (MIST) '91-'92 2. Nea - Inter-Arts 3. Negative Responses 1986-86 4. Opera in the Park 1990 5. Possible Programs 1991 6. Program Committee: 1982 Rhoda Haas Goldman Stern Grove Festival Archives Museum of Performance + Design 7. Program Committee: 1983 8. Program Committee: 1984 9. Program Committee: 1985 10. Program Committee: 1986 11. Program Committee 1987 Planning for 50th Anniversary Season, 12. Revenue Reports 1987 13. Sample Donation Letters: 1984 14. Senior and Handicapped Transportation 15. Solicitations 1989 16. Solicitations 1990 17. Solicitations 1991 18. Sponsorships 1990 19. Sponsorships 1991 20. Staff Change Memo: 1992 21. Stern Grove Picnics - to 1987 22. Stern Grove Picnics - to 1989 23. Stock Correspondence: 1988-1989 24. Suzanne Irwin-Wells: 1985-1988 25. Table Reservations 1986 26. Table Reservations 1987 27. Table Reservations 1988 28. Table Reservations 1989 29. Table Reservations 1990 30. Table Reservations 1991 31. Telecast - KQED 1990 32. Trocadero Talks 1988-89 33. Trocadero Talks 1990 34. Trocadero Talks 1991 35. Trocadero Talks 1992 36. Wine: 1989-1990

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SGF 19 Solicitation Letters: 1970s, 1980-1989

Series V: General, History & Personal Papers

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SGF 8 1. Financial Records: 1971. 2. Financial Records: 1972. 3. General: California Historical Society. 4. General: Committee Bi-Laws. 5. General: Deed of Gift of Stern Grove Land. 6. General: Festival of Arts: 1966. Rhoda Haas Goldman Stern Grove Festival Archives Museum of Performance + Design 7. General: Photocopies: 1996. 8. History: 25th Anniversary: 1963. 9. History: Encore: 1987. 10. History: Fact Sheets: 1968. 11. History: Season Reports. 12. Personal Papers: Goldman, Rhoda H. 13. Personal Papers: Stern, Alex: Illustrations. 14. Personal Papers: Stern Family.

SGF 25 Blueprints - Stern Grove 1969 plan for stage reconstruction

Series VI: Correspondence

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SGF 9 1. Correspondence: 1966. 2. Correspondence: 1967. 3. Correspondence: 1968. 4. Correspondence: 1969. 5. Correspondence: 1970. 6. Correspondence: 1971. 7. Correspondence: 1972. 8. Correspondence: 1973. 9. Correspondence: 1974. 10. Correspondence: 1975. 11. Correspondence: 1976. 12. Correspondence: 1977. 13. Correspondence: 1978. 14. Correspondence: 1979. 15. Correspondence: 1980. 16. Correspondence: 1981. 17. Correspondence: 1982. 18. Correspondence: 1983. 19. Correspondence: 1984. 20. Correspondence: 1985. 21. Correspondence: 1986. 22. Correspondence: 1987. 23. Correspondence: 1988. 24. Correspondence: 1990. 25. Correspondence: 1991. 26. Correspondence: 1993. 27. Correspondence: Film Project: 1978. 28. Correspondence: Film Project: 1979. 29. Correspondence: Film Project: 1980. 30. Correspondence: Fund Raising. 31. Correspondence: Fund Raising. Rhoda Haas Goldman Stern Grove Festival Archives Museum of Performance + Design 32. Correspondence: Performing Arts Archives. 33. Correspondence: Sample Solicitation Letters. 34. Correspondence: San Francisco Chamber of Commerce. 35. Correspondence: San Francisco Recreation and Parks. 36. Correspondence: Special Audiences.

Series VII. Press Books & Scrapbooks

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SGF 23 Press Books: 1985-1991

SGF 20 Scrapbooks: 1982

SGF 21 Scrapbooks: 1983

Series VIII. Artists Proposals & Weekly Reports

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SGF 10 1. Artists Proposals refused 2. Artists Proposals refused 3. Weekly Reports: 1968 4. Weekly Reports: 1969 5. Weekly Reports: 1971 – 1977 6. Weekly Reports 1977 7. Contracts: 1977 8. Weekly Reports: 1978 9. Contracts: 1978 10. Weekly Reports: 1979 11. Season Report: 1980 12. Season Report: 1981 13 – 24. Weekly Reports: 1982 25 – 33. Weekly Reports: 1983 34 – 47. Weekly Reports: 1984

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SGF 11 1-12. Weekly Reports: 1985 13 – 18. Weekly Repots: 1986 19 – 26. Weekly Reports: 1987 27 – 29. Weekly Reports: 1988 30. Proposals: 1989 31. Public Service: 1989 32. Weekly Reports:1989 33. Proposals: 1990 Rhoda Haas Goldman Stern Grove Festival Archives Museum of Performance + Design 34. Public Service: 1990 35. Weekly Reports: 1990 36. Proposals: 1991 37. Weekly Reports: 1991 38. Proposals: 1992

Series IX. Financial Records

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SGF 15 Payroll Records: 1982-1988

SGF 16 Bank Deposits; Bills Paid: 1982-1988

SGF 17 Bank Records: 1978-1983

SGF 18 Bank Records: 1983-1989

Series X. Video Recordings

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SGF 26 1. SF Symphony: Wild Shots; Beethoven 6th (3/4”) 6/22/86 2. SF Symphony: Wild Shots; Beethoven 6th (3/4”) 6/22/86 3. Preservation Hall (3/4”) 6/29/86 4. Preservation Hall (3/4”) 6/29/86 5. Preservation Hall KPIX (3/4”) 6/29/86 6. Kurt Herbert Adler (3/4”) 7/13/86 7. Kurt Herbert Adler (3/4”) 7/13/86 8. Kurt Herbert Adler (3/4”) 7/13/86 9. Kurt Herbert Adler (3/4”) 7/13/86 10. Merola Opera Program "COSI" (3/4”) 7/20/86 11. Ballet (3/4”) 8/2/86 12. Ballet (3/4”) 8/2/86 13. Ballet (3/4”) 8/2/86 14. Ballet (3/4”) 8/2/86 15. Ethnic Dance KPIX-5 (3/4”) 7/17/86 16. Ethnic Dance KPIX-5 (3/4”) 7/17/86 17. Music/Voice (3/4”) 18. Music/Voice (3/4) 19. Rough Cut Master (3/4”) 20. 50th Anniversary PSA's (3/4’) Stern Grove 28 min.16mm

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SGF 27 21. 50th Anniversary PSA's (3/4”) 22. 50th Anniversary PSA's (3/4”) 23. 50th Anniversary PSA's (3/4”) 24. 50th Anniversary PSA's (1" video) 25. 50th Anniversary PSA's (1" video) 26. 50th Anniversary PSA's (1" video) 27. Evening Magazine 28. Evening Magazine 29. Evening Magazine 30. 50th Anniversary PSA's (1" video) 31. 50th Anniversary PSA's (1" video) 32. 50th Anniversary PSA's (1" video) 33. 50th Anniversary PSA's (1" video)

Series XI: Audio Recordings

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SGF 27 1. Stern Grove PSA's 7 1/2 ips 2-track stereo 2. Stern Grove 50th Anniversary 15 ips 2-track stereo + extra dubs @ 7 1/2 ips 3. Commedia Carvahal 77 4. Kobialka Opus 1 "Secret Silence" 5. Stern Grove Interview "bits" (taped Summer 1986) – Marilyn Mercer Audio Cassette