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Country music

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3294 Collections and/or Records:

Photographs of Willie Nelson [Includes candid snapshots, picture of Nelson with Lone Star beer and talking to reporter, Nelson in studio after listening to Red Headed Stranger recording, promotional portrait from RCA]

 File — Box 2, Folder: 9
Series Description From the Series:

Photographs are arranged by subject, featuring Retzloff with various performers, Willie Nelson, and other musicians performing and off-stage. Oversized photographs are in boxes 9 and 12.

Dates: 1976-1986, undated
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-113, Jerry Retzloff Collection / Photographs / Willie Nelson

Photographs – Ray Benson, family and others, three (3) color photographs, undated

 File — Box 3503, Folder: 88
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Ray Benson's archive contains materials documenting his entire career, featuring records, photographs, instruments, wardrobe, awards and other memorabilia dating from 1951-2018.

Dates: undated
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / UPWC-18025, Ray Benson Accessions / Accession 2020-075

Photographs without Kindrick (23 photographs), 1975 - 2010

 File — Box 17, Folder: 8
Series Description From the Series: The photographs are arranged alphabetically, and notable artists and personalities include Asleep at the Wheel, Moe Bandy, Johnny Bush, Johnny Cash, Hondo Crouch, Joe Ely, Freddy Fender, Kinky Friedman, John Lee Hooker, Waylon Jennings & Jessie Colter, Steve Jordan, Augie Meyers, Willie Nelson, Johnny Rodriguez, Leon Russell, Doug Sahm, Billy Joe Shave, Jimmy Spacek, and Jerry Jeff Walker. The Willie Nelson photographs are substantial in number, and of note are some images of his father,...
Dates: Other: 1975 - 2010
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-134, Sam Kindrick Papers / Photographs / Sam Kindrick Personal Photographs

Photos and flyer for the Cowboys for Indians concert, including photos of Charlie Hill, Kris Kristofferson, Bobby Bridger, and Rambling Jack Elliot, 1987

 File — Box 2829, Folder: 57
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Archival materials relating to the career and personal life of musician/playwright/author, Bobby Bridger from 1944-2018. Included are photographs (including a photo of Bridger with Lady Bird Johnson); promotional material for A Ballad of the West; handwritten lyrics such as Heal in the Wisdom; and Bridger’s vinyl records of Merging of our Minds, And I Wanted to Sing for the People, and Heal in the Wisdom. Also, included in the collection is a screenplay for Shakespeare and the Indians.

Dates: 1987
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / UPWC-18087, Bobby Bridger Accessions / Accession 2018-087

Photos and flyer from Desert Dance, 1979

 File — Box 2829, Folder: 73
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Archival materials relating to the career and personal life of musician/playwright/author, Bobby Bridger from 1944-2018. Included are photographs (including a photo of Bridger with Lady Bird Johnson); promotional material for A Ballad of the West; handwritten lyrics such as Heal in the Wisdom; and Bridger’s vinyl records of Merging of our Minds, And I Wanted to Sing for the People, and Heal in the Wisdom. Also, included in the collection is a screenplay for Shakespeare and the Indians.

Dates: 1979
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / UPWC-18087, Bobby Bridger Accessions / Accession 2018-087

"Photos - AP Wide World 1962 Ft. Lauderdale-others"; Anne Edwards 35mm color slides (5) of Jerry Jeff Walker on railroad tracks in Oneonta, Jerry Jeff Walker Spring Break Ft. Lauderdale B/W 8x10 photograph 4x6 reprint of Jerry Jeff Walker's mother in Oneonta singing group, photocopies of Fayetteville, Arkansas High School yearbook- Jerry Jeff Walkers first professional gig, Faces of Austin brochure, Texas Monthly magazine -Jerry Jeff Walker cover, pg. 78, People magazine - Jerry Jeff Walker and family, pg. 81, 1962, 1965, 1987, 1995, undated

 File — Box 3661, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Archival materials received from journalist and former CNN senior vice president, Earl Casey. Casey, a longtime friend of Jerry Jeff and Susan Walker, served as the chief researcher and writer/consultant on Jerry Jeff Walker’s autobiograpy, Gypsy Songman, 1999. The bulk of the material in this collection dates 1964-1990 and consists of research documents and taped interviews with transcipts conducted with Jerry Jeff Walker, Walker’s family, friends and other musicians for the book Gypsy...
Dates: 1962, 1965, 1987, 1995, undated
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / UPWC-21094, Earl Casey Accessions / Accession 2021-094

Photos from when Bridger worked a month each year as a cowboy at High Island Ranch, Wyoming, 1992 - 2002

 File — Box 2829, Folder: 75
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Archival materials relating to the career and personal life of musician/playwright/author, Bobby Bridger from 1944-2018. Included are photographs (including a photo of Bridger with Lady Bird Johnson); promotional material for A Ballad of the West; handwritten lyrics such as Heal in the Wisdom; and Bridger’s vinyl records of Merging of our Minds, And I Wanted to Sing for the People, and Heal in the Wisdom. Also, included in the collection is a screenplay for Shakespeare and the Indians.

Dates: 1992 - 2002
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / UPWC-18087, Bobby Bridger Accessions / Accession 2018-087

“Photos – October 1993”; Four (4) B/W 8 x 10 photographs of Asleep at the Wheel and two (2) B/W Polaroids of Ray Benson, 1993

 File — Box 3503, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Ray Benson's archive contains materials documenting his entire career, featuring records, photographs, instruments, wardrobe, awards and other memorabilia dating from 1951-2018.

Dates: 1993
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / UPWC-18025, Ray Benson Accessions / Accession 2020-075

Photos of Austin Texas and the Blues, September 4, 1987

 File — Box 8, Folder: 4
Series Description From the Series:

Series II: Stevie Ray Vaughan, includes numerous slides by photographer Sky Kaly of Vaughans's second tour with Double Trouble, 1985-1986, as well as other images of the Blues performer. Posters, concert tickes, clippings, and other memorabilia round out the series. Of note are the reports relating to Vaughan's tragic death in a helicopter crash in Wisconsin in 1990

Dates: September 4, 1987
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC 129, New Braunfels Museum of Art and Music Collection / Stevie Ray Vaughan / Printed and Published Material

Photos of Clay Blaker, undated

 File — Box 9, Folder: 1
Series Description From the Series:

Series III: Clay Blaker relates to the Country music songwriter and includes photos, LPs and cassettes, posters, and a Platinum sales award. There is also a Texas Ranger baseball jersey signed by Blaker.

Dates: undated
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC 129, New Braunfels Museum of Art and Music Collection / Clay Blaker

Photos of others

 File — Box 3, Folder: 3-5
Series Description From the Series:

Photographs are arranged by subject, featuring Retzloff with various performers, Willie Nelson, and other musicians performing and off-stage. Oversized photographs are in boxes 9 and 12.

Dates: 1976-1986, undated
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-113, Jerry Retzloff Collection / Photographs

Photos of Stevie Ray Vaughan (5), University of Massachusetts, 1984

 File — Box 7, Folder: 17
Series Description From the Series:

Series II: Stevie Ray Vaughan, includes numerous slides by photographer Sky Kaly of Vaughans's second tour with Double Trouble, 1985-1986, as well as other images of the Blues performer. Posters, concert tickes, clippings, and other memorabilia round out the series. Of note are the reports relating to Vaughan's tragic death in a helicopter crash in Wisconsin in 1990

Dates: 1984
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC 129, New Braunfels Museum of Art and Music Collection / Stevie Ray Vaughan

Photos of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, 1986

 File — Box 7, Folder: 13
Series Description From the Series:

Series II: Stevie Ray Vaughan, includes numerous slides by photographer Sky Kaly of Vaughans's second tour with Double Trouble, 1985-1986, as well as other images of the Blues performer. Posters, concert tickes, clippings, and other memorabilia round out the series. Of note are the reports relating to Vaughan's tragic death in a helicopter crash in Wisconsin in 1990

Dates: 1986
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC 129, New Braunfels Museum of Art and Music Collection / Stevie Ray Vaughan

Photos of Stevie Ray Vaughan in New Port Rhode Island and Rochester, New York, 1985

 File — Box 7, Folder: 15
Series Description From the Series:

Series II: Stevie Ray Vaughan, includes numerous slides by photographer Sky Kaly of Vaughans's second tour with Double Trouble, 1985-1986, as well as other images of the Blues performer. Posters, concert tickes, clippings, and other memorabilia round out the series. Of note are the reports relating to Vaughan's tragic death in a helicopter crash in Wisconsin in 1990

Dates: 1985
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC 129, New Braunfels Museum of Art and Music Collection / Stevie Ray Vaughan

“Picnic” This cassette is hard to categorize. There are multiple voices talking, one sounds like Jody. There are discussions of spirit guides and angelic hosts and some visualization/meditation exercises., undated

 Item — Box 4
Series Description From the Series: These audio cassettes primarily feature Willie Nelson, though there are several of other recording artists. The cassettes are in varying condition, some have been recorded over multiple times and the labels are not always descriptive of what is on the tape. The series of audio recordings has been divided into 5 subseries; Jody Fischer recordings, Willie Nelson studio recordings, Willie Nelson dated live recordings, Willie Nelson undated live recordings, and other recording artists. The...
Dates: undated
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-103, Jody Fischer Collection of Willie Nelson / Audio Cassette Tapes / Jody Fischer Tapes

Pierce, Conrad (5 photographs)

 File — Box 13, Folder: 6
Series Description From the Series: The photographs are arranged alphabetically, and notable artists and personalities include Asleep at the Wheel, Moe Bandy, Johnny Bush, Johnny Cash, Hondo Crouch, Joe Ely, Freddy Fender, Kinky Friedman, John Lee Hooker, Waylon Jennings & Jessie Colter, Steve Jordan, Augie Meyers, Willie Nelson, Johnny Rodriguez, Leon Russell, Doug Sahm, Billy Joe Shave, Jimmy Spacek, and Jerry Jeff Walker. The Willie Nelson photographs are substantial in number, and of note are some images of his father,...
Dates: 1975-2018
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-134, Sam Kindrick Papers / Photographs / Action Magazine Photographs

Pilgrimage Band, 1978 - 1978

 Item — Box 19, Folder: 12
Series Description From the Series:

These series relates to Action Magazine itself and includes some artist press releases, advertising files, some layout pages, a wire newspaper stand, and a near-complete run of the newspaper from 1975-2018

Dates: Other: 1978 - 1978
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-134, Sam Kindrick Papers / Action Magazine Records / Artist Press Releases

Pineywoods Country Festival, April 6 & 7, no year. [8.5" x 11"]

 Item — Box 10, Folder: 7
Series Description From the Series:

The Oversized Materials series contains larger format photographs, Lone Star Beer articles and advertisements, posters (including several for Willie Nelson concerts), album covers, and a scrapbook.

Dates: 1974-2002, undated
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-113, Jerry Retzloff Collection / Oversized Materials / Willie Nelson Posters

Pins and buttons, 1980 - 2006

 Sub-Series
Series Description From the Series:

Memorabilia includes a wide array of music ephemera including ticket stubs, backstage passes, badves, bumper stickers, pins and buttons, belt buckles, matchbooks, guitar picks, audio cassettes, and more.

Dates: 1980 - 2006
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-113, Jerry Retzloff Collection / Memorabilia

Plain buckle

 Item — Box 7
Series Description From the Series:

Memorabilia includes a wide array of music ephemera including ticket stubs, backstage passes, badves, bumper stickers, pins and buttons, belt buckles, matchbooks, guitar picks, audio cassettes, and more.

Dates: 1975, 1986, undated
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-113, Jerry Retzloff Collection / Memorabilia / Belt buckles