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Abstract | Gene Bluestein was a white English professor, musician, folklorist, and social activist. Influenced by the folk music revival, he taught himself to play banjo, performed as a musician, and provided educational programs on folklore and folk music in his classroom, on the stage, and on television. For most of his career, he taught English at California State University, Fresno, where he started and facilitated the Folk Artist in Residence Program. In 1974, while on sabbatical in France, he formed a folk music band with his four children called the Bluestein Family, which performed for over 20 years. The collection consists primarily of materials relating to the folklore and performing career of Gene Bluestein. Included are writings, a small amount of subject files, and field recordings made by Bluestein, Bluestein's educational programs on folk music, recordings of performances by Bluestein and the Bluestein Family, and recordings of other performers. The field recordings are mostly from Bluestein's doctoral research on Appalachian folk music and narrative and feature Cal Owens, Billy Edd Wheeler, Anna Barnett, Buell Kazee, and Fiddlin' Bill Jones, as well as Moses Asch, the founder of Folkways Records. The educational programs on American folk music include lectures, performances, interviews, and television programs. Recordings of the Bluestein Family include solo recordings by family members and in other groups. There are also recordings of a number of other folk musicians in performance, including Mike Seeger's Traveling Folk Festival, featuring Tommy Jarrell, Blanton Owen, Mike Seeger, Dennis McGee, Sady Courville, and Marc Savoy, and participants in the Folk Artist in Residence Program that Bluestein started at California State University, Fresno, including the Balfa Brothers, Bessie Jones, Kenny Hall, Richard Hagopian, Lydia Mendoza, and Jean Ritchie. Other items include recordings of Pete Seeger in concert, 1956 and 1957, and a 1969 benefit concert for playwright and social activist Marvin X (also known as Marvin Jackmon and El Muhajir) by the Fresno Folksong and Poetry Quartet (Gene Bluestein, Philip Levine, Robert Mezey, and Peter Everwine). |
Creator | Bluestein, Gene, 1928-2002. |
Curatorial Unit | Southern Folklife Collection |
Language | English. |
Processed by: Elizabeth Matson, March 2004
Encoded by: Elizabeth Matson, March 2004
Revisions by: Anne Wells, December 2016; Jodi Berkowitz, January 2017; Nancy Kaiser, October 2019
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Gene Bluestein was a white English professor, musician, folklorist, and social activist. He was born 1 May 1928 to Masha and Jack Bluestein, recent immigrants from Bessarabia (now Moldova), at that time part of Romania. He received his B.A. in English and Comparative Literature from Brooklyn College in 1950, his M.A. in English Literature from the University of Minnesota in 1952, and his Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of Minnesota in 1960. With his wife, Ellie, he had four children, Joel, Evo, Jemmy, and Frayda.
Bluestein was introduced to folk music while at college. After seeing Pete Seeger perform, he taught himself to play the banjo and later played the guitar, steel drum, dulcimer, and other instruments. As part of his doctoral work, Bluestein collected folk music in Kentucky and rediscovered Buell Kazee, a legendary banjo player and recording artist of the 1930s. His Kazee recordings were later released on Folkways Records. Bluestein recorded two solo albums in the 1950s, Songs of the North Star State (an album of Minnesota songs) and Songs of the Holidays (an album of Jewish songs). In 1959, he taught at Michigan State University and formed the Bamboushay Steel Band with several West Indian students. From the outset of his teaching career, Bluestein integrated folk music and folklore into his literature classes.
In 1963, Bluestein joined the English faculty at Fresno State College (now California State University, Fresno). In the 1960s and 1970s, the English Department was a political hotbed. Bluestein and his colleagues supported the students during times of controversy over academic control, freedom of speech, and antiwar and civil rights protests. Bluestein assisted in establishing a Black Studies program, helping to bring playwright and social activist Marvin X (also known as Marvin Jackmon and El Muhajir) to campus to teach. He also participated in a benefit concert for Marvin X when he was fired along with many other instructors in an attempt to re-assert political control over the campus radicals. Bluestein helped found the Fresno Folklore Society and was instrumental in starting and facilitating a semester-long Folk Artist in Residence Program at California State University, Fresno. With the assistance of funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, the program brought in artists such as Jean Ritchie, Mike Seeger, Kenny Hall, Dewey Balfa, Bessie Jones, Lydia Mendoza, and Richard Hagopian to teach classes in their specialties and perform in the local schools.
In 1974, while on sabbatical in France, Bluestein formed a folk music band with his four children, Joel, Evo, Jemmy, and Frayda. Known as Les Bluesteins, the family first performed together in public in Paris. After returning to the United States, they continued to perform as the Bluestein Family. They recorded six albums together and toured Japan, China, Israel, Finland, and the United States. Even after the children had grown and mostly moved away, they continued to perform together at annual reunion concerts in California
Gene Bluestein retired from California State University, Fresno, in 1992. He was professor emeritus until his death at 74 on 21 August 2002.
Back to TopThe collection consists primarily of materials relating to the folklore and performing career of Gene Bluestein, a white musician, folklorist, and social activist, and professor of English at California State University, Fresno. Included are writings, a small amount of subject files, and field recordings made by Bluestein, educational programs on folk music by Bluestein, recordings of performances by Bluestein and the Bluestein Family, and recordings of other performers. The field recordings are mostly from Bluestein's doctoral research on Appalachian folk music and narrative and feature Cal Owens, Billy Edd Wheeler, Anna Barnett, Buell Kazee, and Fiddlin' Bill Jones, as well as Moses Asch, the founder of Folkways Records. The educational programs on American folk music include lectures, performances, interviews, and television programs. Recordings of the Bluestein Family include solo recordings by family members and in other groups. There are also recordings of a number of other folk musicians in performance, including Mike Seeger's Traveling Folk Festival, featuring Tommy Jarrell, Blanton Owen, Mike Seeger, Dennis McGee, Sady Courville, and Marc Savoy, and participants in the Folk Artist in Residence Program that Bluestein started at California State University, Fresno, including the Balfa Brothers, Bessie Jones, Kenny Hall, Richard Hagopian, Lydia Mendoza, and Jean Ritchie. Other items include recordings of Pete Seeger in concert, 1956 and 1957, and a 1969 benefit concert for playwright and social activist Marvin X (also known as Marvin Jackmon and El Muhajir) by the Fresno Folksong and Poetry Quartet (Gene Bluestein, Philip Levine, Robert Mezey, and Peter Everwine).
Back to TopArrangement: In order by format as received.
Processing information: FT-20379/11216, FT-20379/12727-12728, FT-20379/12731, FT-20379/12765, FS-20379/7652, and FS-20379/7654 were added to the finding aid in December 2016.
Field recordings conducted by Gene Bluestein. Though many of the tapes are undated, they appear to primarily be from Bluestein's doctoral research on Appalachian folk music and narrative, which took place in the 1950s. The field recordings are primarily of Kentucky musicians, storytellers, and preachers. Cal Owens, Billy Edd Wheeler, Anna Barnett, Buell Kazee, and Fiddlin' Bill Jones are featured. In addition, there are recordings of folk music in Minnesota, including Slovenian music, Native American music, blues, and gospel. There are also several interviews from the 1970s with Moses Asch, founder of Folkways Records. The majority of the field recordings were recorded on open reel tapes. Also included are 2 audiocassettes that are most likely dubs of open reel tapes found in the series, as well as a field note (folder 1) found with a field recording of Cal Owens and Peggy Ward (FT-20379/12765).
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11216 |
Fiddlin' Bill Jones; Malvina Reynolds dubs1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11450 |
Appalachian mixed [church] service in Middlesboro (whooping preacher)1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11451 |
Ony Aminer, Ky. Field Trip1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11452 |
Moses Asch interview. 13 June 19701/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11453 |
Moses Asch interview. 25 June 1970: tape 1 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11454 |
Moses Asch interview. 25 June 1970: tape 2 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11455 |
Mrs. Anna Barnett, age 62. Berea, Ky., 25 October 19551/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11456 |
Anna Barnett1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11457 |
Jack Tale1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11458 |
Fiddlin' Bill Jones. Frakes, Ky., 18 July 19571/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11459 |
Fiddlin' Bill Jones, BK Records interview1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11460 |
Buell Kazee. Lexington, Ky., July 19571/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11461 |
Buell Kazee. Lexington, Ky., July 19571/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11462 |
Jack Tale, Cal and Gibson1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11463 |
The World of Cal Owens1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11464 |
Cal Owens. 23 July 19571/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11465 |
C. H. Owens. July 19571/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11466 |
Cal [Owens], John Smith, and Gibson. 19 July 19571/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11467 |
Native American, Brown Oak Grove, Red Bay, Minn.1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11468 |
Red Lake (M)1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11469 |
Red Lake III, Chalie1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11470 |
Chalie, side one Budapest-Debussy; side two Ravel1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11471 |
Slovanian [Slovenian], Eveleth Kuntara1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11472 |
Stony Fork Train, GB Field Research1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11473 |
Thelma, Blues/Gospel, Minn.1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11474 |
Billy Edd Wheeler and Rev. C. H. Owens. 25 October 19551/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11475 |
Billy Edd Wheeler. Berea, KY, 25 October 1955; Cal Owens. 1955-19571/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/12727 |
Tyna Aakula (Finnish singer and accordionist) field recordings. 19581/4" Open Reel Audio Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/12728 |
Finnish interview. 19681/4" Open Reel Audio Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/12731 |
Yiddish1/4" Open Reel Audio Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/12765 |
Cal Owens and Peggy Ward. 30 October 19551/4" Open Reel Audio Added to finding aid in December 2016 Handwritten tape log found inside original container resides in folder 1. |
Folder 1 |
Field note: FT-20379/12765A handwritten tape log found with FT-20379/12765. The tape log includes song titles and credits. |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20379/7652 |
Anna BarnettAudiocassette Added to finding aid in December 2016 Most likely dub of FT-20379/11456 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20379/7654 |
Fiddlin' Bill Jones and Buell KazeeAudiocassette Added to finding aid in December 2016 Most likely dub, or excerpts, of FT-20379/11458-11461 |
Throughout his career, Gene Bluestein combined his roles as educator and performer in a number of educational programs, which included lectures, performances by Bluestein and/or guest performers, and interviews of guest performers. Two serial programs were recorded by University television stations: The American Folksong aired on University of Minnesota Television in 1958 and Folk Sources in American Culture was taped at California State University, Fresno, in 1986. All of the programs are on American folk music.
While an instructor of English at the University of Minnesota, Gene Bluestein recorded a series of 13 television programs called The American Folksong with University of Minnesota Television. The series aired Wednesday nights at 9 p.m. on KTCH-TV, channel 2, from 8 January to 2 April 1958. The collection includes only the study guide for the program written by Gene Bluestein.
Folder 2 |
Study Guide for The American Folksong. 1958 |
An open reel video recording of a 45-minute lecture and demonstration by Gene Bluestein and his son, Evo Bluestein, from Jan Loring's class on 21 November 1979.
Videotape VT-20379/1 |
"On American Folk Poetry and Music." 19791/2" Open Reel Video |
Arrangement: In order as received.
Processing information: VT-20379/15-23 were added to the finding aid in December 2016.
Folk Sources in American Culture is a series of programs hosted by Gene Bluestein and taped at California State University, Fresno, in April 1986. The programs feature the Bluestein Family singing Black spiritual music, Richard Hagopian and folk music of Armenia, Lydia Mendoza and Mexican American folk music, Evo Bluestein on the history and significance of the fiddle in folk music, Nona Beamer and Hawaiian folk music, Jean Ritchie with folk songs in America, and Kenny Hall and his influence on traditional folk music. When the program was recorded, Jean Ritchie was a Resident Folk Artist at California State University, Fresno. The programs were recorded on Betamax video. Some of the programs appear to be duplicates of different combinations of programs, while others appear to be dubs on VHS.
Videotape VT-20379/2 |
Bluestein Family, parts 1 and 2. 1986Betamax Original number: 0750 |
Videotape VT-20379/3 |
Richard Hagopian, parts 1 and 2. 1986Betamax Original number: 0751 |
Videotape VT-20379/4 |
Bluestein Family, parts 1 and 2; Richard Hagopian, parts 1 and 2. 1986Betamax Original numbers: 0750 (Bluestein Family, parts 1 and 2), 0751 (Richard Hagopian, parts 1 and 2) |
Videotape VT-20379/5 |
Lydia Mendoza, parts 1 and 2. 1986Betamax Original number: 0752 |
Videotape VT-20379/6 |
Evo and Gene Bluestein, parts 1 and 2. 1986Betamax Original number: 0753 |
Videotape VT-20379/7 |
Nona Beamer, parts 1 and 2. 1986Betamax Original number: 0754 |
Videotape VT-20379/8 |
Lydia Mendoza, parts 1 and 2; Evo and Gene Bluestein, parts 1 and 2; Nona Beamer, parts 1 and 2. 1986Betamax Original numbers: 0752 (Lydia Mendoza, parts 1 and 2), 0753 (Evo and Gene Bluestein, parts 1 and 2), 0754 (Nona Beamer, parts 1 and 2) |
Videotape VT-20379/9 |
Jean Ritchie, parts 1 and 2. 1986Betamax Original number: 0755 |
Videotape VT-20379/10 |
Kenny Hall, parts 1 and 2. 1986Betamax Original number: 0756 |
Videotape VT-20379/11 |
Jean Ritchie, parts 1 and 2; Kenny Hall, parts 1 and 2. 1986Betamax Original numbers: 0755 (Jean Ritchie, parts 1 and 2), 0756 (Kenny Hall, parts 1 and 2) |
Videotape VT-20379/15 |
Bluestein Family, parts 1 and 2. 1986VHS Added to finding aid in December 2016 Original number: 0750; Likely a copy of Betamax VT-20379/2 |
Videotape VT-20379/16 |
Richard Hagopian, parts 1 and 2. 1986VHS Added to finding aid in December 2016 Original number: 0751; Likely a copy of Betamax VT-20379/3 |
Videotape VT-20379/17 |
Lydia Mendoza, parts 1 and 2. 1986VHS Added to finding aid in December 2016 Original number: 0752; Likely a copy of Betamax VT-20379/5 |
Videotape VT-20379/18 |
Evo and Gene Bluestein, parts 1 and 2. 1986VHS Added to finding aid in December 2016 Original number: 0753; Likely a copy of Betamax VT-20379/6 |
Videotape VT-20379/19 |
Nona Beamer, parts 1 and 2. 1986VHS Added to finding aid in December 2016 Original number: 0754; Likely a copy of Betamax VT-20379/7 |
Videotape VT-20379/20 |
Nona Beamer. 1986VHS Added to finding aid in December 2016 Likely a copy of some or all of contents from Betamax VT-20379/7. Digitized media has been edited for content or length. Unrelated television content has been removed for length. |
Videotape VT-20379/21 |
Jean Ritchie, parts 1 and 2. 1986VHS Added to finding aid in December 2016 Original number: 0755; Likely a copy of Betamax VT-20379/9 |
Videotape VT-20379/22 |
Jean Ritchie. 1986VHS Added to finding aid in December 2016 Likely a copy of some or all of contents from Betamax VT-20379/9. |
Videotape VT-20379/23 |
Kenny Hall, parts 1 and 2. 1986VHS Added to finding aid in December 2016 Original number: 0756; Likely a copy of Betamax VT-20379/10 |
A lecture given by Gene Bluestein on American Folk Music, recorded on open reel audio tape.
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11476 |
"American Folk Music," side 1-part one, side 2-part three1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11477 |
"American Folk Music," side 1-part two, side 3-part four1/4" Open Reel Audio |
A lecture with musical performance by Gene Bluestein on the music of the American frontier, recorded on open reel audio tape.
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11478 |
"Frontier Music"1/4" Open Reel Audio |
Arrangement: By format.
Processing information: FT-20379/12737-13755, FS-20379/7656, FS-20379/7661, FS-20379/7663, FS-20379/15088, and VT-20379/24 were added to the finding aid in December 2016.
From his early days of teaching, Gene Bluestein combined singing and playing the banjo with his lectures. At home, he often played and sang with his four children, Joel, Evo, Jemmy, and Frayda. It was not until 1974, however, when the family was living in France during Bluestein's sabbatical there, that he formed a folk music band with his children. They first performed together in public in Paris and quickly became known as Les Bluesteins. They later recorded six albums together as the Bluestein Family and toured Japan, China, Israel, Finland, and the United States. Even after the children had grown and several had moved from the area, they continued to perform together at an Annual Reunion Concert (sometimes referred to as an Annual Farewell Reunion Concert) in California. This series encompasses performances by the Bluestein Family in concert; on commercially produced albums, CDs, and video; and at recording sessions. It also includes performances and recordings by members of the family individually, in smaller combinations, or in other groups. Occasionally the recordings include other performers, most notably Jean Ritchie. Also included are field notes (folder 3) found with select outtake recordings of Evo Bluestein (FT-20379/12753-12755).
Arrangement: In order as received.
Processing information: FT-20379/12737-13755 added to finding aid in December 2016.
The open reel recordings include the earliest recordings of the Bluestein Family and of individual family members. Of particular note is a recording of Gene Bluestein at Alview School in 1967 and one of a Les Bluesteins concert in France in the 1970s. The Bluestein Family Annual Reunion Concerts are represented with recordings from 1980, 1984, 1985, and 1986. There are several tapes of the Bluestein Family recording for a record, including an undated recording of California's a Garden of Eden, which is marked as "an early attempt at recording an LP," as well as appearances by the Bluestein Family and family members on radio station KVPR.
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11479 |
Gene Bluestein, Alview School. Madera Co., 26 January 19671/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11480 |
Les Bluesteins, farewell concert. August 1970s1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11481 |
Gene in concert. October 19721/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11482 |
Gene, Joel, Evo, Jemmy Bluestein. November 19741/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11483 |
Bluestein Family (Gene, Evo, Jemmy, Frayda), Wild Blue Yonder. 22 August 1975: tape 1 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11484 |
Bluestein Family concert, Wild Blue Yonder. 22 August 1975: tape 2 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11485 |
Bluestein Family on KPFA. Berkeley, Calif., November 19751/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11486 |
Gene and Evo Bluestein, Brooklyn College. 1978: tape 1 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11487 |
Gene and Evo Bluestein, Brooklyn College. 1978: tape 2 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11488 |
Gene, Evo, Jemmy Bluestein, KVPR Radio. November 19781/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11489 |
Bluestein Family, 4th Farewell Reunion. 2 January 19801/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11490 |
Bluestein Family, Farewell Reunion. November 1984, tape 1 of 31/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11491 |
Bluestein Family, Farewell Reunion. November 1984, tape 2 of 31/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11492 |
Bluestein Family, Farewell Reunion. November 1984, tape 3 of 31/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11493 |
Bluestein Family, concert, Fresno Metropolitan Museum. Fresno, Calif., 2 June 19851/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11494 |
Bluestein Family, 9th Annual Farewell Reunion Concert. 8 May 19861/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11495 |
Bluestein Family, California's a Garden of Eden: tape 1 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11496 |
Bluestein Family, California's a Garden of Eden: tape 2 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11497 |
Bluestein Family, KVPR (record)1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11498 |
Bluestein Family, recording session1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11499 |
Gene Bluestein singing with children1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11500 |
Bluestein Family1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11501 |
Bluestein Family for a record #11/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11502 |
Bluestein Family for a record #21/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11503 |
Gene Bluestein with Ed Stanford's Kids (dub of Sholem Aleichem on side 2)1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/12737 |
Bluestein Family concert. 1 August 19751/4" Open Reel Audio Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/12738 |
Les Bluesteins farewell concert II. 18 August 19761/4" Open Reel Audio Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/12739 |
The Motherless Children, Jemmy, Frayda, and Evo. 20 May 19781/4" Open Reel Audio Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/12740 |
The Roundtown Boys, KUPR (Radio Comes Alive). 1 November 19781/4" Open Reel Audio Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/12741 |
Anthology of Fresno Folklore Society Musicians:Kenny Hall, The Bluestein Family, The Roundtown Boys, Kent and Mary Steadman, Daniel Bradbury. 1 April 19791/4" Open Reel Audio Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/12742 |
Bluestein Family 5th annual farewell reunion. 15 January 1981: tape 1 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/12743 |
Bluestein Family 5th annual farewell reunion. 15 January 1981: tape 2 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/12744 |
Bodie Wagner, Evo and Jemmy Bluestein concert at Wild Blue Yonder. Fresno, Calif., 19 January 1986: tape 1 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/12745 |
Bodie Wagner, Evo and Jemmy Bluestein concert at Wild Blue Yonder. Fresno, Calif., 19 January 1986: tape 2 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/12746 |
Bluestein Family 10th reunion concert. 9 May 19871/4" Open Reel Audio Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/12747 |
Bluestein Family, California's a Garden of Eden1/4" Open Reel Audio Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/12748 |
The Bluestein Family, Bay Records Travelin' Blues outtakes1/4" Open Reel Audio Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/12749 |
The Roundtown Boys at Allen's Studio1/4" Open Reel Audio Added to finding aid in December 2016 Includes Evo Bluestein (fiddle), Jemmy Bluestein (mandolin) with David Bradbury (banjo) and Terry Barrett (guitar) |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/12750 |
The Roundtown Boys1/4" Open Reel Audio Added to finding aid in December 2016 Includes Evo Bluestein (fiddle), Jemmy Bluestein (mandolin) with David Bradbury (banjo) and Terry Barrett (guitar) |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/12751 |
Bluestein Family on NPR1/4" Open Reel Audio Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/12752 |
Jemmy and Evo Bluestein, dance demo; Bodie Wagner1/4" Open Reel Audio Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/12753 |
Evo Bluestein, dance demo #3 outtakes1/4" Open Reel Audio Added to finding aid in December 2016 Typed tape log found inside original container resides in folder 3. |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/12754 |
Evo Bluestein, #4 outtakes1/4" Open Reel Audio Added to finding aid in December 2016 Handwritten tape log found inside original container resides in folder 3. |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/12755 |
Evo Bluestein, Garden Song outtakes and blank feed1/4" Open Reel Audio Added to finding aid in December 2016 Handwritten tape log found inside original container resides in folder 3. |
Folder 3 |
Field notes: FT-20379/12753-12755Typed and handwritten tape logs found with FT-20379/12753-12755. Tape logs include song titles, playback speed, and track configuration. |
All of the LPs are commercial recordings by the Bluestein Family or by family members in other groups. Evo and Jemmy Bluestein, in particular, performed as professional musicians outside of the family group. In this series, they are recorded as part of the Roundtown Boys (with Daniel Bradbury and Terry Barrett) as well as the Bluestein Family.
Audiodisc FC-20379/14247 |
Roundtown Boys, Deadheads and Suckers, Swallow Records. 1978LP |
Audiodisc FC-20379/14248 |
Bluestein Family, Sowing on the Mountain, Philo Records. 1979LP |
Audiodisc FC-20379/14249 |
Bluestein Family, Let the Dove Come In, Philo Records. 1981LP |
Audiodisc FC-20379/14250 |
Bluestein Family, Travelin' Blues, Swallow Records. 1983LP |
Audiodisc FC-20379/14251 |
Bluestein Family, Where Does Love Come From?, Greenhays Recordings. 1986LP |
Arrangement: In order as received.
Processing information: FS-20379/7656, FS-20379/7661, FS-20379/7663, and FS-20379/15088 were added to the finding aid in December 2016.
Audiocassette recordings of the Bluestein Family as well as of individual family members in performance. Evo and Jemmy Bluestein, in particular, performed as professional musicians outside of the family group. They performed together on Strange Affair (1988), a recording produced for commercial sale, and in concert at Alta Sierra in 1995. Evo Bluestein also made a few individual recordings as well, including one of an autoharp concert in the Mosenberg, Germany, Music Fest in 1993. The Bluestein Family Annual Reunion Concerts (sometimes referred to as Annual Farewell Reunion Concerts) are represented in recordings of the 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, and 1990 performances. The 1984 Reunion Concert is particularly noteworthy for the inclusion of Jean Ritchie. The Bluestein Family tour of China is represented in a recording of a concert at the University of Changsha, Hunan, in 1989.
All of the CD recordings were commercially produced for sale. Recordings include the Bluestein Family as well as family members by themselves or in other groups. Evo and Jemmy Bluestein, in particular, performed as professional musicians outside of the family group. Evo Bluestein is represented in an individual recording, Evoharp, which was a re-release of an earlier album called Evo's Autoharp, and in the groups Lyquid Amber (with Hannsjoerg Scheid, Nino Moschella, and Kevin Hill) and Bad Boys Zydeco. Jemmy Bluestein was also a member of Bad Boys Zydeco, along with Mike Baloian, Sean Alderette, and Ben Leon. The Bluestein Family CDs consist of two recordings for children and a retrospective sampler of their earlier albums.
Music Compact Disc CD-4145 |
Bluestein Family, Good Mornin' Blues: Folk Songs for Children, Doghill. 1988CD |
Music Compact Disc CD-4146 |
Bluestein Family, A Horse Named Bill and Other Children's Folksongs, Doghill. 1988CD |
Music Compact Disc CD-4147 |
Evo Bluestein, Evoharp, Doghill. 2000CD |
Music Compact Disc CD-4148 |
Lyquid Amber, Drops of Rain, Datura Moon Records. 2002CD |
Music Compact Disc CD-4149 |
Bad Boys Zydeco, Step in the Right Direction, Owl BabyCD |
Music Compact Disc CD-4150 |
Bluestein Family, Shut Up and Sing! A Bluestein Family Sampler, Greenhays RecordingsCD |
Arrangement: In order as received.
Processing information: VT-20379/24 was added to finding aid in December 2016.
Bluestein Family videos include two programs recorded at California State University, Fresno, and a commercially produced recording of one of the Annual Reunion Concerts. The two U-Matic tapes recorded at California State University, Fresno, by the university television station in 1977 and 1978 were presumably for television play. The Bluestein Family Reunion Concert recorded on VHS in 1997 is particularly noteworthy as it was a tribute concert for Gene Bluestein and the first time he was unable to perform with his children, Joel, Jemmy, Evo, and Frayda. Jean Ritchie joined the Bluestein Family as a special guest for this concert.
Videotape VT-20379/12 |
Bluestein Family Music, Program A, 8 p.m. Magazine, CSUF-ITV. September 1977U-Matic |
Videotape VT-20379/13 |
Bluestein Family Music, Program B, CSUF-ITV. December 1978U-Matic |
Videotape VT-20379/14 |
The Bluestein Family Reunion Concert, Doghill Productions. 1997VHS |
Videotape VT-20379/24 |
Bluestein Family on Hiroshima TelevisionVHS Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
Processing information: FT-20379/16542-16543, FT-20379/12729-12730, FT-20379/12732, FT-20379/12734, FT-20379/12756-12760, FT-20379/12762-12764, FT-20379/12766-12770, FS-20379/15089 FS-20379/7651, FS-20379/7653, FS-20379/7657-7660, FS-20379/7662, FS-20379/7664-7670, FS-20379/15090-15093, and VT-20379/25-27 were added to the finding aid in December 2016.
Gene Bluestein recorded a number of other folk musicians in performance.
Arrangement: In order by format as received.
Processing information: FT-20379/12756, FS-20379/7665-7668, and FS-20379/15089 were added to the finding aid in December 2016.
Mike Seeger's Traveling Folk Festival performed in Santa Barbara, Calif., and Fresno, Calif., during 1975 and 1976 and possibly on a few other occasions. Tommy Jarrell, Blanton Owen, Mike Seeger, Dennis McGee, Sady Courville, Marc Savoy, Martin, Bogan, and Armstrong, the Rising Star Fife and Drum Band, John Jackson, Lily Mae Ledford, and the Balfa Brothers gave workshops and performed during these festivals that were recorded on open reel tape. Also included are audiocassettes that are likely dubs of open reel tapes found in the series.
Arrangement: In order by format as received.
Processing information: FT-20379/12757-12760, FT-20379/12762-12763, and FS-20379/7669-7670 were added to the finding aid in December 2016.
While teaching English at California State University, Fresno, Gene Bluestein started and oversaw the Folk Artist in Residence Program. Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, the program brought in a variety of well-known folk artists to perform, teach courses in their specialties, and visit local schools. The recordings in this series feature the Balfa Brothers, Bessie Jones, Kenny Hall, Richard Hagopian, Lydia Mendoza, and Jean Ritchie. Of particular interest is a Maestro-Apprentice final concert with Kenny Hall and Terry Barrett and an interview with Kenny Hall. Other artists joining in on some of the recordings include the Bluestein Family, Jemmy and Frayda Bluestein with Jean Ritchie, and Aly Bain and Cathal McConnell with Kenny Hall. With the exception of 7 open reel tapes, all the recordings are on audiocassette.
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11513 |
Jean Ritchie and the Bluestein Family. Fresno, Calif., 3 May 19791/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/12757 |
The Roundtown Boys with Kenny Hall. 15 January 19791/4" Open Reel Audio Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/12758 |
Jean Ritchie and The Bluestein Family. Fresno, Calif., 3 May 19791/4" Open Reel Audio Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/12759 |
Kenny Hall solo concert. 18 March 19741/4" Open Reel Audio Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/12760 |
Kenny Hall solo concert1/4" Open Reel Audio Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/12762 |
Georgia Sea Island Singers and Bessie Jones at California State University. Fresno, Calif.1/4" Open Reel Audio Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/12763 |
Boys of the Lough at California State University. Fresno, Calif.1/4" Open Reel Audio Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20379/6973 |
Balfa Brothers, California State University. Fresno, Calif.Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20379/6974 |
Balfa Brothers, California State University. Fresno, Calif.Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20379/6975 |
Bessie JonesAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20379/6976 |
Bessie Jones in classAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20379/6977 |
Bessie Jones, California State University. Fresno, Calif.Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20379/6978 |
Bessie Jones. Fresno, Calif.Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20379/6979 |
Bessie Jones VAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20379/6980 |
Bessie Jones, noon concert. Fresno, Calif.Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20379/6981 |
Bessie JonesAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20379/6982 |
Bessie Jones. Fresno, Calif.Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20379/6983 |
Bessie Jones. Fresno, Calif., 14 May 1977Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20379/6984 |
Bessie Jones in classAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20379/6985 |
Bessie JonesAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20379/6986 |
Kenny Hall I, California State University. Fresno, Calif.Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20379/6987 |
Kenny Hall and Terry Barrett, Maestro-Apprentice final concertAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20379/6988 |
Kenny Hall interviewAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20379/6989 |
Kenny Hall, Aly Bain, Cathal McConnell at Bluestein homeAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20379/6990 |
Lydia Mendoza, Kenny Hall, Dr. Pena at Bluestein'sAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20379/6991 |
Lydia Mendoza, La Pena. 1980Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20379/6992 |
Jean Ritchie with Jemmy and Frayda Bluestein on "Cool of the Day." Fresno, Calif.Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20379/6993 |
Jean Ritchie. 1977Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20379/6994 |
Jean Ritchie, Richard Hagopian, City College. 4 April 1979Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20379/6995 |
Jean Ritchie and The Bluestein Family in concert. 3 May 1979Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20379/6999 |
Bessie Jones II, California State University. Fresno, Calif. [missing]Audiocassette Audiocassette is missing |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20379/7669 |
Bessie Jones class, Resident Folk Artist, CSUF: tape 3 of 4Audiocassette Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20379/7670 |
Bessie Jones class, Resident Folk Artist, CSUF: tape 4 of 4Audiocassette Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
Arrangement: In order by format as received.
Processing information: FS-20379/7651, FS-20379/7653, FS-20379/7657-7660, FS-20379/7662, FS-20379/7664, FS-20379/15090-15093, FT-20379/12729-12730, FT-20379/12732, FT-20379/12734, FT-20379/12759-12761, FT-20379/12764, FT-20379/12766-12770, FT-20379/16541-16543, VT-20379/25-27 added to finding aid in December 2016.
Recordings of other performers. Though these recordings are presumed to have all been made by Gene Bluestein, there is not enough information to determine whether some of them might be field recordings or part of the Folk Artist Program at California State University, Fresno. Of particular note are the Pete Seeger concerts from 1956 and 1957, during the time of Bluestein's doctoral research on folk music and narrative. There are also several recordings from the California State University, Fresno, including a 1969 benefit concert by the Fresno Folksong and Poetry Quartet (Gene Bluestein, Philip Levine, Robert Mezey, and Peter Everwine) for playwright and social activist Marvin X (also known as Marvin Jackmon and El Muhajir). Though most of the recordings appear to be of live performances, some of them may be dubs of other recordings. The recordings are on open reel tapes and audiocassettes. Also included are field notes (folder 4) found with an audio recording (FT-20379/16541) of Cajun music compiled by Mike Seeger for his lecture at California State University in Fresno, Calif.
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11514 |
Pete Seeger, Carleton concert. November 1956; Hillel and Aviva, Songs of Canaan1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11515 |
Pete Seeger, Unitarian Concert. October 1957; dub of children's album1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11516 |
Centennial Folk Music concert. 22 October 1958: tape 1 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11517 |
Centennial Folk Music concert. 22 October 1958: tape 2 of 21/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11518 |
Marvin X Benefit Concert, Fresno Folksong and Poetry Quartet, California State University. Fresno, Calif., 19691/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11519 |
Highwoods Concert Square Dance, California State University. Fresno, Calif., May 19751/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11520 |
Malvina and Harry Liedstrand, Folk Forum1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11521 |
Peter Everwine introduces Otis Pierce1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11522 |
Center1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11523 |
Robeson, Songs of Democracy, Songs of Israel1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11524 |
Suomi Chorus directed by Jack V. Anderson, Virginia1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/11525 |
Top 100/Piano1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/12729 |
Music from Trinidad, 13 February 19721/4" Open Reel Audio Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/12730 |
Festival of American Folklife, Children's Area including interview with Bessie Jones. 8 July 19741/4" Open Reel Audio Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/12732 |
Tommy Jarrell field recording1/4" Open Reel Audio Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/12734 |
Cuban Bolero Trio, possible field recording1/4" Open Reel Audio Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/12735 |
Songs of the North Star State series, KUOM-TV, University of Minnesota. late 1950s1/4" Open Reel Audio Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/12736 |
Charles Seeger lecture at California State University. Fresno, Calif., mid 1960s1/4" Open Reel Audio Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/12759 |
Kenny Hall solo concert. 18 March 19741/4" Open Reel Audio Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/12760 |
Kenny Hall solo concert1/4" Open Reel Audio Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/12761 |
Hawks and Eagles live. Fresno Calif., 26 June 19781/4" Open Reel Audio Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/12764 |
Cafe Midi concerts1/4" Open Reel Audio Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/12766 |
Brute Force Steel Band of Antigua, B.W.I.1/4" Open Reel Audio Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/12767 |
Miriam Maheba, Zebra, Pete Seeger, Clancy Brothers, Gary Davis1/4" Open Reel Audio Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/12768 |
Brownie McGee and Sonny Terry, Calypso1/4" Open Reel Audio Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/12769 |
Earl Robinson, A Country Called Puget Sound1/4" Open Reel Audio Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/12770 |
Alfonso Cruz Jimenez, Buell Kazee, Tom Lehrer1/4" Open Reel Audio Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/16541 |
Mike Seeger: Cajun Music Lecture Tape. Fresno, Calif., 19741/4" Open Reel Audio Added to finding aid in December 2016 Four-track tape of Cajun music compiled by Mike Seeger for his lecture on Folk Song Style (Eng 175 T) at California State University in Fresno, Calif. Materials found inside the original container reside in folder 4. |
Folder 4 |
Field notes: FT-20379/16541Track listing, catalog card, and library slip from the Fresno State College library, number MS-12. |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/16542 |
IWW Free Speech Fight. Fresno, Calif., 1910-19111/4" Open Reel Audio Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20379/16543 |
Doc Evans "Folk Origins of Jazz." 31 December 1958; Thelma Buckner; Cantor Nosowsky1/4" Open Reel Audio Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20379/6996 |
Jim Ringer, Mary McCaslin, WBY. 1978Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20379/6997 |
Joe Holley, Frank Hicks, Paul Anastasio, Rip Van Winkle. 11 February 1982Audiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20379/6998 |
Jim Ringer and Mary McCaslin, live concert, Cafe MidiAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20379/7651 |
Tynna Aakula, Finnish Musician in MinnesotaAudiocassette Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20379/7653 |
Billy Ed Wheeler. 1955; Jack Tale, Cal Owens. 1955-1957Audiocassette Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20379/7655 |
Canray Fontanot. 27 November 1985Audiocassette Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20379/7657 |
American Folksong and PoploreAudiocassette Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20379/7658 |
California Arts Council presentation of Fresno Folklore Society. 11 June 1987: tape 1 of 2Audiocassette Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20379/7659 |
California Arts Council presentation of Fresno Folklore Society. 11 June 1987: tape 2 of 2Audiocassette Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20379/7660 |
Bluestein Family Concert. 13 January 1978Audiocassette Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20379/7662 |
The Motherless Children, AEA House Concert. 7 July 1983Audiocassette Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20379/7664 |
Gen Je Gan Jue Zhou, Chinese University concert; Fresno Folklore Society CampoutAudiocassette Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20379/7671 |
Kenny Hall and The Roundtown Boys, #139. 15 January 1979Audiocassette Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20379/7672 |
Pete Seeger interviewAudiocassette Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20379/7673 |
Alma Concert, Augustin Lira and Patricia Wells Solarzano. 27 March 1992Audiocassette Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20379/7674 |
Wright Bros. 29 March 1992Audiocassette Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20379/7675 |
Brother LeslieAudiocassette Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20379/7676 |
Gene Bluestein, California State University Fresno FoundationAudiocassette Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20379/15090 |
Richard Hagopian, CSUF. 10 May 1977Audiocassette Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20379/15091 |
Jean Ritchie, WBAI. 29 August 1987Audiocassette Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20379/15092 |
Richard Hagopian. 15 March 1992Audiocassette Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20379/15093 |
Cal Owens; Bill Harlan; Seeger Troupe, Carl Martin, Ted Bogan, and Howard ArmstrongAudiocassette Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
Videotape VT-20379/25 |
Cal Arts Council Wright Brothers concert. 1992: tape 1 of 3VHS Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
Videotape VT-20379/26 |
Cal Arts Council Wright Brothers concert. 1992: tape 2 of 3VHS Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
Videotape VT-20379/27 |
Cal Arts Council Wright Brothers concert. 1992: tape 3 of 3VHS Added to finding aid in December 2016 |
Folder 5 |
Celebrating the Folk Music of a Community program, 1992A guide accompanying the Folk Roots Fresno series of events at California State University, Fresno of which Gene Bluestein was the project director. Added to finding aid in January 2017. |
Acquisitions Information: Accession 100235
The addition of October 2005 chiefly consists of subject files that include correspondence, writings, newspaper clippings, event flyers, articles, offprints, and other printed materials.
Acquisitions Information: Accession 100338
The addition of March 2006 consists of various manuscript states of Bluestein's writings.