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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1916 Collections and/or Records:

8 ½ Souvenirs

 File — Box 2969, Folder: 45
Abstract From the Series:

Additions to the John T. Davis Accessions include his extensive subject files, arranged alphabetically by artist. Contents vary, but typically include promotional photographs, Davis’ writings and interview notes, press releases, newspaper clippings, and other ephemera. Not everything in the folders is listed below, but when they exist, photos, interviews, and select items are noted. Folders titles are Davis’.

Dates: 1980 - 2010

10 unidentified CDs/DVDs

 Item — Box 2754
Abstract From the Series: The archive of musician Terri Hendrix includes correspondence, photographs, programs and flyers, awards, articles about Hendrix, composition notebooks, lyrics, sheet music, recordings, artifacts, and posters. Correspondence includes greeting cards, letters, and fan mail – many from young students. Awards includes her 2016 induction into the San Marcos Women’s Hall of Fame and contains the nomination packet put together by Richard Skanse. The recordings are arranged by format: 2” reel studio...
Dates: 1982 - 2007

10 VHS cassettes, “1A,” “1B,” “2A,” “2B,” “3A,” “3B,” “4A,” “4B,” “5A,” “5B” Possibly Live from Cibolo Creek Country Club

 Item — Box 2757
Abstract From the Series: The archive of musician Terri Hendrix includes correspondence, photographs, programs and flyers, awards, articles about Hendrix, composition notebooks, lyrics, sheet music, recordings, artifacts, and posters. Correspondence includes greeting cards, letters, and fan mail – many from young students. Awards includes her 2016 induction into the San Marcos Women’s Hall of Fame and contains the nomination packet put together by Richard Skanse. The recordings are arranged by format: 2” reel studio...
Dates: 1982 - 2007

11 unidentified CDs/DVDs

 Item — Box 2755
Abstract From the Series: The archive of musician Terri Hendrix includes correspondence, photographs, programs and flyers, awards, articles about Hendrix, composition notebooks, lyrics, sheet music, recordings, artifacts, and posters. Correspondence includes greeting cards, letters, and fan mail – many from young students. Awards includes her 2016 induction into the San Marcos Women’s Hall of Fame and contains the nomination packet put together by Richard Skanse. The recordings are arranged by format: 2” reel studio...
Dates: 1982 - 2007

“12 O’ Clock Whistle” (loose page)

 File — Box 3, Folder: 1
Abstract From the Series: Series I, “Lyrics for Released Albums,” is divided chronologically into sub-series by album, one for each of his studio albums (and one live album) released between 1989 and 2021: Too Long in the Wasteland, Candyland, Where’d You Hide the Body, It Had to Happen, Walk Between the Raindrops, Saint Mary of the Woods, Live in Aught-Three, Childish Things, Just Us Kids, Complicated Game, and The Horses and the Hounds. Within each album sub-series, the lyrics — mostly hand-written on loose notepad...
Dates: 1997

"20 year column", August 1995

 File — Box 1926, Folder: 35
Abstract From the Series:

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.

Dates: August 1995

26 B/W photo prints, photographer and date unknown (mostly “live,” mostly of just McMurtry but some with band); 1 color snapshot dated Jan. 1992, Orange County, Calif. with notation on back: “Termination of the Bottom Line’s ‘In Their Own Words’ Tour’” with James McMurtry, Marshall Crenshaw and six others James McMurtry’s Texas Driver’s License, expired 1997, along with Temporary driver’s permit (stapled together)

 File — Box 9, Folder: 9
Series Description From the Series: Series VI, “Photographs,” contains folders of both black and white prints (“live” shots and publicity photos), plus original color negatives and slides from different photo shoots, personal snapshots, album packaging proofs, a CD longbow for Candyland and an autographed CD cover from the Flatlanders’ album Now Again. Series VII, “Flyers, 1998, undated,” contains concert flyers from various gigs and appearances, and Series VIII, “Press Clippings and Publicity,” contains an assortment of...
Dates: 1984 - 2021

45 rpm Records, 1977 - 1980

 Sub-Series
Series Description From the Series:

This series consists of five subseries: 45rpm Records, Cassette Tapes, Compact Discs, VHS Tapes, and U-Matic Master Tapes.

Dates: 1977 - 1980

“69 T-top Vette” (loose pages)

 File — Box 6, Folder: 26
Series Description From the Series:

Series II, “Lyrics for Singles, Unrecorded Songs, and Unidentified Songs,” contains 94 folders of lyrics for released as singles or that have yet to be recorded or released. Songs are separated into their own folders, and labeled either by song title (if known) or by a key phrase or line that either “opens” the song or appear to be thematically significant.

Dates: undated

“1970s-Press 1975 Old No.1-RCA, 1976 Texas Cookin’-RCA, and 1978 Guy Clark-Warner Bros.”, Guy Clark’s Biographies and Music Reviews, 1975- 1977, undated; Old No. 1 Reviews and song listing, 1981 - 1986

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

This series documents Saviano's extensive research for her biography of Guy Clark, Without Getting Killed or Caught. It contains five subseries: Interviews/Interview Questions, Research Files, Photographs, Magazines, and Correspondence

Dates: 1981 - 1986

“1980-1984 Press, 1981 The South Coast of Texas-Warner Bros., 1983 Better Days-Warner Bros.”; Music reviews and media information, 1981 - 1983

 File — Box 3, Folder: 6
Series Description From the Series:

This series documents Saviano's extensive research for her biography of Guy Clark, Without Getting Killed or Caught. It contains five subseries: Interviews/Interview Questions, Research Files, Photographs, Magazines, and Correspondence

Dates: 1981 - 1983

“1985-1989 Press, 1989-Old Friends-Sugar Hill”; Music reviews from Rolling Stone and publicity for “Old Friends", 1988 - 1989

 File — Box 3, Folder: 7
Series Description From the Series:

This series documents Saviano's extensive research for her biography of Guy Clark, Without Getting Killed or Caught. It contains five subseries: Interviews/Interview Questions, Research Files, Photographs, Magazines, and Correspondence

Dates: 1988 - 1989

1988-1989 Haigood and Campbell Wholesale Retail Calendar, Archer City, TX and Windthorst, TX, Illustrated by Ace Reid (“The Original Cowpokes”); and “Pinche Bush” political button

 File — Box 10, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The archives of Texas singer-songwriter James McMurtry include a career-spanning (from 1984 up to and including his 2021 album, The Horses and the Hounds) collection of personal papers and original song lyrics, press clippings, photographs, master audio recordings, and video cassettes. The collection is divided into nine series, with Series I-VIII comprising all of the papers, notepads and photographs (and some small personal items) and Series IX all of the audio and video recordings. ...
Dates: 1984 - 2021

“1990-1994 Press, Boats to Build 1992 Asylum”; News clippings , articles and reviews for albums and performances, 1990 - 1999

 File — Box 3, Folder: 8
Series Description From the Series:

This series documents Saviano's extensive research for her biography of Guy Clark, Without Getting Killed or Caught. It contains five subseries: Interviews/Interview Questions, Research Files, Photographs, Magazines, and Correspondence

Dates: 1990 - 1999

1990 ASCAP Country Award, Honors Susanna Clark, writer of “Come from the Heart", October 10, 1990

 Item — Box 8
Series Description From the Series:

This series is composed of five subseries: Correspondence, Personal Materials, Photographs, Artwork, and Awards.

Dates: October 10, 1990

“1990 Chronicle Stories, 1991 Too”

 File — Box 1925, Folder: 14
Abstract From the Series:

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.

Dates: 1980 - 2009

“1995-1999 Press, Dublin Blues 1995, Keeper 1997, Cold Dog Soup 1999”; various news clippings including “Old Friends” album, 1995 - 1997

 File — Box 4, Folder: 1
Series Description From the Series:

This series documents Saviano's extensive research for her biography of Guy Clark, Without Getting Killed or Caught. It contains five subseries: Interviews/Interview Questions, Research Files, Photographs, Magazines, and Correspondence

Dates: 1995 - 1997

“2000-2004 Press, 2002-The Dark”; Reviews and publicity, 2002 - 2003

 File — Box 4, Folder: 2
Series Description From the Series:

This series documents Saviano's extensive research for her biography of Guy Clark, Without Getting Killed or Caught. It contains five subseries: Interviews/Interview Questions, Research Files, Photographs, Magazines, and Correspondence

Dates: 2002 - 2003

“2001 Articles”

 File — Box 1927, Folder: 36
Abstract From the Series:

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.

Dates: 1980 - 2009

“2003 Articles, Some 2002 Articles Also”

 File — Box 1931, Folder: 3
Abstract From the Series:

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.

Dates: 1980 - 2010