Image No. 66-12-19 Mimi Fariña at home on Alta Street San Francisco, June 1966 After Dick Fariña's death in April 1966, Mimi moved to San Francisco, to an apartment on one floor of what had formerly been a private home on Telegraph Hill. In 1974, Mimi founded Bread & Roses, a non-profit organization whose purpose was and is to bring free live entertainment to people in San Francisco Bay Area institutions -- from hospitals to senior centers to prisons. Today, Bread & Roses puts on 500 free shows a year by volunteer performers.

Image No. 66-12-9: Debbie Green and Mimi Fariña Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, June 1966 Debbie Green taught Mimi's sister Joan Baez how to play the guitar beyond the simple strums Joan had learned on her own, and many of the songs that made up Joan's early repertoire. Debbie and Mimi were lifelong friends.

Image No. 68-C2-3: Mimi Fariña and Milan Melvin Big Sur, September 7, 1968 Mimi married her second husband, Milan Melvin, on the morning of the opening day of the 1968 Big Sur Folk Festival, which was held on the grounds of the Esalen Institute.

Image No. 66-1-13 Dancing with waves, no. 2 Carmel, California, January 1966

Image No. 64-12N-42 Mimi Fariña reclining by the pool Viking Hotel, Newport, Rhode Island, July 1964 The Viking Hotel was the preferred hostelry for those who could afford it during the Newport Folk Festivals of the early sixties. The hotel's swimming pool was a popular gathering place for the musicians, away from the press of enthusiastic folk fans.

Image No. 66-1-15 Dancing with waves, no. 3 Carmel, California, January 1966

Image No. 66-1-10 Dancing with waves, no. 1 Carmel, California, January 1966