Coplin, Nancy

Abstract

The archives of Austin music impresario Nancy Coplin comprises three boxes of personal papers, photographs, press clippings, event programs, posters, and awards, most spanning the early ’80s up to 2020. The accession documents Coplin’s four decades of service working behind the scenes to promote not just the Austin music scene but Austin tourism as a whole, including her role in Austin adopting its official slogan as the “Live Music Capital of the World.”

Collection Overview From the Collection: Small Manuscript Collections consists of material acquired by the Wittliff either through gift or purchase that are not part of larger collections. They are often indiidual items or small groups of items relating to a particular author, musician, photographer, or topic. Types of material include: manuscripts; letters; photographs; ephemera such as pamphlets, brouchures or cataloges; reports; historical documents; and other printed material. Each item or group of items is assigned a unique...