Service Men's Arts Center and Contact Bureau of San Francisco creator mixed material monographic eng 300 2 0.8 Card file reflecting the interests of military personnel visiting the center; correspondence from service members around the world received by Charles Cooper, executive director, and his wife, Marie Cooper; guest register of visitors with signatures often including doodles, sketches, and musical notations; poetry; newspaper clippings, bulletins, and programs; and photographs of students and their works. Open to research. Recreational center established as an unofficial club and hospitality center during World War II for military personnel whose civilian professions or avocations included the fine arts. Provided private practice rooms and studios and arranged for private lessons, art supplies, literary agents, and concert performances for military personnel stationed or furloughed near San Francisco, Calif. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010246 Cooper, Charles Correspondence Cooper, Marie Correspondence Arts California San Francisco Canteens (Establishments) California San Francisco Poetry World War, 1939-1945 War work California San Francisco United States Armed Forces mm 82039487 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms010246 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms010246.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010246 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010246.3 Open to research. DLC 820519 20260227111714.0 mm 82039487