Women At Work / Season II / Ep. 9 / Penelope Houston - Punk Archivist
Channel: SFGovTV
Date: 2018-07-20

Penelope Houston , the punk archivist at the San Francisco History Center and founding lady of San Francisco punk  band, The Avengers discusses the importance of collecting and preserving punk rock ephemera from the 1970s. 

Penelope also puts on the SF Punk Film Series at the San Francisco Public Library's Koret Auditorium.

"Ten years after the Summer of Love, punk erupted from the city's dark cellars and dingy underage clubs but was snubbed by local press and radio."

Decades later, the City of San Francisco has come to embrace it's legendary musicians. There is no question the San Francisco punk rock scene changed the landscape and deserves to be preserved alongside the hippie collection.

Anyone can access and donate to the collections at the San Francisco Public Library which currently contains original punk rock flyers by artists like Raymond Pettibone, posters, ticket stubs as well as photographs and zines from the era.

For those interested in donating material to the San Francisco History Center, please email SFHistory@sfpl.org or call 415-557-4567.

Executive Producer: Jack Chin 
Production Supervisor: Derek Fernandez 
Operations Supervisor: Thomas Loftus
Series Creator: Joshua Alexander 
Series and Segment Producer: Aracelli Frias 
Editor and Graphics: Aracelli Frias
Segment Sound: Aracelli Frias 
Photographer: Adriane Starks
Photographer: Christopher Manners
Photographer: Leonardo De Asis, Jr.

Thanks to Joseph Rees and the crew of targetvideo77 , Ruby Ray, Pat Ryan, Timothy Crandle and the staff at the SFPL History Center.

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