American Fencing Magazine, Issue No. 1

American Fencing Magazine, Issue No. 1

After a week’s hiatus, I return to the WCFA with another new story about old stuff!  (And between us, the combination of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival matched with moving house is not a recommendation I can endorse for others who wish to keep both their...
1983 D’Asaro Women’s Foil Final

1983 D’Asaro Women’s Foil Final

The Fencing Center of San Jose, CA, was the brainchild of a group of fencers from Michael D’Asaro’s program at San José State University who enlisted the help of a group of interested adults and parents in the endeavor to create a viable club in the heart of the...
The Fairmont Exhibition, 1958

The Fairmont Exhibition, 1958

The Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco is perched at the top of swanky Nob Hill.  One of the premiere hotels in the city, it opened in 1907 after an extensive refurbishing of the damage done by the 1906 earthquake to the about-to-open Beaux-Arts building.  Famed...
1964 Letterman Open Foil

1964 Letterman Open Foil

Harold Hayes of The Pacific Fencing Club on Alameda Island, Oakland, CA has been a generous contributor of cool things for the Archive.  Among other things, he transferred possession of two long boxes of material he received from Mary “Demi” Huddleson, past editor of...
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