Musicians -- Texas

Series IX: Promotional Material, 1990-1998, [bulk undated]

Boxes 206-216

This series consists of promotional material from various radio stations, record labels, and other companies such as pens and pencils, keychains, and even maracas. There is also a considerable selection of promotional cups and mugs, many that commemorate concerts and festivals.

Series IX: Promotional Material, 1990-1998, [bulk undated]

Boxes 206-216

This series consists of promotional material from various radio stations, record labels, and other companies such as pens and pencils, keychains, and even maracas. There is also a considerable selection of promotional cups and mugs, many that commemorate concerts and festivals.

This series has been arranged by the type of promotional material: ephemera, artist promotional material, and country music promotional material. Some of the material includes photo books with biographies of Country and Western music artists as well as artist books about Charley Pride, George Jones, and others.

This series contains posters, programs, flyers, product tie-ins, photos, film pressbooks, articles, clippings, T-shirts, and jackets. The material provides a general picture of the marketing done for Nelson and his band. The product tie-ins with such brands as Wrangler jeans and Country Time lemonade make use of Nelson's popularity and country image.

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.

Newspaper articles, SXSW and ACL programs, and drafts for the John T. Davis archive. This collection includes a wide expanse of Davis’s articles from 1980-2010, including articles from Davis’s music review column in the Austin-American Statesman. This collection also contains official SXSW and ACL music and program guides, as well as drafts of Davis’s comprehensive ACL book, Austin City Limits: 25 Years of Music.

Photographs include over 100 images of Marcia Ball, including promotional photographs as well as candid performance shots. Also include are some early passport or photobooth photos of Ball, and a contact sheets of her in a 1960s bowling outfit, possibly for a film.

Photographs include over 100 images of Marcia Ball, including promotional photographs as well as candid performance shots. Also include are some early passport or photobooth photos of Ball, and a contact sheets of her in a 1960s bowling outfit, possibly for a film.

Photographs include over 100 images of Marcia Ball, including promotional photographs as well as candid performance shots. Also include are some early passport or photobooth photos of Ball, and a contact sheets of her in a 1960s bowling outfit, possibly for a film.

Photographs include over 100 images of Marcia Ball, including promotional photographs as well as candid performance shots. Also include are some early passport or photobooth photos of Ball, and a contact sheets of her in a 1960s bowling outfit, possibly for a film.

Photographs include over 100 images of Marcia Ball, including promotional photographs as well as candid performance shots. Also include are some early passport or photobooth photos of Ball, and a contact sheets of her in a 1960s bowling outfit, possibly for a film.

Photographs include over 100 images of Marcia Ball, including promotional photographs as well as candid performance shots. Also include are some early passport or photobooth photos of Ball, and a contact sheets of her in a 1960s bowling outfit, possibly for a film.

Photographs include over 100 images of Marcia Ball, including promotional photographs as well as candid performance shots. Also include are some early passport or photobooth photos of Ball, and a contact sheets of her in a 1960s bowling outfit, possibly for a film.

Newspaper articles, SXSW and ACL programs, and drafts for the John T. Davis archive. This collection includes a wide expanse of Davis’s articles from 1980-2010, including articles from Davis’s music review column in the Austin-American Statesman. This collection also contains official SXSW and ACL music and program guides, as well as drafts of Davis’s comprehensive ACL book, Austin City Limits: 25 Years of Music.

Series VIII: Merchandise, 1987-2018, undated

Boxes 197-205

Arranged alphabetically by artist, the bulk of the series are commemorative t-shirts. There is a small collection of other branded clothing that includes hats, patches, and women’s underwear.

Book manuscripts, screenplays, drafts, cartoons, clippings, correspondence, photographs, ephemera, sound recordings, and regalia documenting Sublett's careers as a rock musician and writer. Many of the drafts of Sublett's writings include handwritten annotations by the author. Copies of certain letters to Richard Holland, then-Curator of the Southwestern Writers Collection, have been retained when they shed light on some phase of Sublett's creative life.

Newspaper articles, SXSW and ACL programs, and drafts for the John T. Davis archive. This collection includes a wide expanse of Davis’s articles from 1980-2010, including articles from Davis’s music review column in the Austin-American Statesman. This collection also contains official SXSW and ACL music and program guides, as well as drafts of Davis’s comprehensive ACL book, Austin City Limits: 25 Years of Music.

Newspaper articles, SXSW and ACL programs, and drafts for the John T. Davis archive. This collection includes a wide expanse of Davis’s articles from 1980-2010, including articles from Davis’s music review column in the Austin-American Statesman. This collection also contains official SXSW and ACL music and program guides, as well as drafts of Davis’s comprehensive ACL book, Austin City Limits: 25 Years of Music.

Newspaper articles, SXSW and ACL programs, and drafts for the John T. Davis archive. This collection includes a wide expanse of Davis’s articles from 1980-2010, including articles from Davis’s music review column in the Austin-American Statesman. This collection also contains official SXSW and ACL music and program guides, as well as drafts of Davis’s comprehensive ACL book, Austin City Limits: 25 Years of Music.