KPFA (Radio station : Berkeley, Calif.) (original ) (raw )KPFA-FM
KPFA-FM in Berkeley was an influential participant in the development of the Bay Area as a national center for new music. It gained an international reputation for its music programming early on, after being founded in 1949. Up until 1992, its Music Directors were always composers or critics in the classical music field. From 1969-1992, composer Charles Amirkhanian (Executive & Artistic Director of Other Minds) served as Music Director for KPFA. During his tenure the station initiated a number of unusual series, one of which was then the longest-running continuous program on avant-garde music in American radio history (Ode to Gravity, 1970-1995). Aside from the contemporary music programming the station was known for, it also broadcast a variety of programs focusing on bluegrass, opera, world music, jazz, folk, pop, and gospel; many recordings of which are also contained within the collection.
Other Minds
Other Minds (OM) is a non-profit organization in San Francisco dedicated to the encouragement and propagation of contemporary music in all its forms through multiple outlets including a yearly festival, an artist residency program, a record label, preservation project, and a radio program on KALW, San Francisco.
From the guide to the KPFA-FM Music Dept. audio collection, 1949-1995, (Other Minds Archives)
Archival Resources
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Gleason, Ralph J. Ralph J. Gleason letters to Alexander P. Hoffman, 1963.
UC Berkeley Libraries
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KPFA radio demonstration fliers [graphic].
UC Berkeley Libraries
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Mandel, William M. William M. Mandel papers, circa 1940s-2000s.
UC Berkeley Libraries
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Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966. Buster Keaton : an interview : typescript / by Herbert Feinstein, 1961.
UC Berkeley Libraries
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Pacifica Foundation Records, 1946-1991, 1950-1980
University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
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The Moldenhauer Archives at Harvard University: Correspondence, literary manuscripts, sound recordings, and other material, 1873-2001.
Houghton Library
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Day, James, 1918-2008. [Interview with James Day] [sound recording] / James Day ; [interviewed by] Les Brown, 6-20-96 and 6-21-96.
Syracuse University
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Pacifica Foundation. Pacifica Foundation records, 1949-1987.
Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
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Moore, Richard O. [Interview with Dick Moore] [sound recording] / Dick Moore ; [interviewed by] James Day, Point Arena, Calif., January 13, 199-
Syracuse University
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Thompson, Elsa Knight. Elsa Knight Thompson papers, 1935-1987.
UC Berkeley Libraries
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Hassid, Lila B., 1898-1971. Lila B. Hassid papers, 1959-1971.
Judah L. Magnes Memorial Museum, Rabbi Morris Goldstein Library
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Briones, John H. Recollections of John Muir : oral history transcript / tape recorded interviews conducted 1964 by John M. Jencks and Ernest Lowe for the Regional Oral History Office, the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, California, 1971 : and related material, 1964-1971.
UC Berkeley Libraries
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Condon, Robert. [Interview concerning his career as a congressman from Contra Costa and Solano counties.
UC Berkeley Libraries
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Zold, Edward, 1970-2009. Edward Zold papers, 1993-1997.
Gay and Lesbian Historical Society of Northern California
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Fabilli, Mary,. Mary Fabilli correspondence with Dorothy and Robert Hawley, 1969-2011.
UC Berkeley Libraries
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Pacifica Foundation. Publicity brochures and papers, 1949-1984.
Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
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Kevin Burke sound recordings, 1975-1979
The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society.
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Pacifica Foundation Records, 1946-1991, 1950-1980
University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
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Gore Vidal papers, 1850-2020 (inclusive), 1936-2008 (bulk)
Houghton Library
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Rudolf Kolisch papers, 1886-1978.
Houghton Library
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McKinney, Eleanor. KPFA history miscellany : photocopy typescripts, 1960-1969.
UC Berkeley Libraries
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ARS Audiotape Collection, 1900-1991
Archive of Recorded Sound
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KPFA-FM Music Dept. audio collection, 1949-1995
Other Minds Archives
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KPFA (Radio station : Berkeley, Calif.). Lawrence Teeter : attorney for Sirhan Sirhan / Bonnie Faulkner, 2005.
University of Michigan
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The Mel Powell Papers, 1942-1991, inclusive
Irving S. Gilmore Music Library
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Webb, Catherine J. Interviews with Catherine J. Webb : transcripts, 1973-1974.
UC Berkeley Libraries
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Mandel, William M. William M. Mandel papers, 1942-1995.
Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
Bibliographic and Digital Archival Resources
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Burke, Kevin
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Condon, Robert.
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Day, James, 1918-2008.
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Fabilli, Mary,
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Faulkner, Bonnie.
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Gleason, Ralph J.
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Hassid, Lila B., 1898-1971.
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Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966.
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Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
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Kolisch, Rudolf, 1896-1978
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Mahko, Yarrow.
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Mandel, William M.
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McKinney, Eleanor.
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Mel Powell
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Moldenhauer, Hans, collector.
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Moore, Richard O.
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Other Minds (organization)
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Pacifica Foundation.
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Sirhan, Sirhan Bishara, 1944-
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Thompson, Elsa Knight.
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Vidal, Gore, 1925-
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Webb, Catherine J.
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Zold, Edward, 1970-2009.
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