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Ed Pearl, Ash Grove Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2021-022
Abstract This collection contains material belonging to Ed Pearl, founder of the Ash Grove venue. The majority of material related to the Ash Grove includes documents regarding efforts to create a new Ash Grove in the 1980s, as well as in the 1990s on the Santa Monica Pier; and material related to Ash Grove produced events, the Ash Grove Foundation, and Ash Grove music archives project. Also included are documents regarding Pearl's career as a producer for San Francisco Mime Troupe, KPFK-FM radio...
Dates: 1947, 1952-2021; undated; Majority of material found within 1980-1999

Betty Jean Thornton Smith Scrapbook

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SPC-2020-026
Scope and Contents The Betty Jean Thornton Smith Scrapbook collection (1949-1978; 2005; undated) contains one scrapbook that details the life of Betty Jean Thornton Smith, an African American model, actress, teacher, and school principal. Many of the pages are inscribed with "mom" making the scrapbook's most likely compiler, Smith's child. This scrapbook contains mostly clippings and other material that relates to Smith's time at Lincoln University- a HBCU in Jefferson City, Missouri, such as reports on plays,...
Dates: 1949-1978; 2005; undated ; Majority of material found within 1950s-1960s