Popular music -- Writing and publishing
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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1916 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence, Farm Aid fact sheet, summary organizations funded by Farm Aid, Farm Aid, Inc. matching grant program summary (draft), clippings, request for exemption sent to Internal Revenue Service, copies of disbursement checks, 1986
File — Box 4, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
In 1985, Nelson, alarmed by reports of failing family farms, decided, with the help of other performers, to stage concert benefits. The proceeds were to be channeled to provide assistance to needy agricultural families. Bill Wittliff served as an adviser to the project. His wife, Sally Wittliff, recommended the Massachusetts social activist, Carolyn Mugar, to administer the project. The first Farm Aid concert was held September 25, 1985 in Champaign, Illinois. By 1995, Nelson had done...
Dates:
1986
Correspondence, Farmers’ Legal Action Group, Inc. Quarterly Report to Farm Aid, report entitled “FmHA Farmer Borrowers, New and Complex Problems,” and copies of disbursement checks., December 1986
File — Box 6, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
In 1985, Nelson, alarmed by reports of failing family farms, decided, with the help of other performers, to stage concert benefits. The proceeds were to be channeled to provide assistance to needy agricultural families. Bill Wittliff served as an adviser to the project. His wife, Sally Wittliff, recommended the Massachusetts social activist, Carolyn Mugar, to administer the project. The first Farm Aid concert was held September 25, 1985 in Champaign, Illinois. By 1995, Nelson had done...
Dates:
December 1986
Correspondence, financial documents, Farm Aid general program guidelines, press release, newsletters, official proclamation of Departmental sponsorship of Farm Aid II by Jim Hightower, Texas Commissioner of Agriculture, map, event schedule, Farm Aid Congress Statement of Purpose, April-May 1986
File — Box 5, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
In 1985, Nelson, alarmed by reports of failing family farms, decided, with the help of other performers, to stage concert benefits. The proceeds were to be channeled to provide assistance to needy agricultural families. Bill Wittliff served as an adviser to the project. His wife, Sally Wittliff, recommended the Massachusetts social activist, Carolyn Mugar, to administer the project. The first Farm Aid concert was held September 25, 1985 in Champaign, Illinois. By 1995, Nelson had done...
Dates:
April-May 1986
Correspondence from Betty L. Shaughnessy, 1991
File — Box 2, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series is composed of material relating to Nelson's career as a singer, songwriter and performer. It contains Nelson's own song compositions, scripts for possible movie projects, letters to Nelson suggesting songs and other projects, and Nelson's tour itineraries. Of interest are Nelson's handwritten lyrics, some scribbled on paper scraps, napkins, and hotel stationery.
Dates:
1991
Correspondence (general letters, notes, email print-outs)
File — Box 2736, Folder: 3-4
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
Correspondence, grant applications, memorandum of agreement relating to 1986 concert, ticket proposal from Shamrock Ticket Service, minutes of the organizational meeting of the Farmers’ Legal Action Group, Inc. and the group’s articles of incorporation and bylaws , 1986
File — Box 4, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
In 1985, Nelson, alarmed by reports of failing family farms, decided, with the help of other performers, to stage concert benefits. The proceeds were to be channeled to provide assistance to needy agricultural families. Bill Wittliff served as an adviser to the project. His wife, Sally Wittliff, recommended the Massachusetts social activist, Carolyn Mugar, to administer the project. The first Farm Aid concert was held September 25, 1985 in Champaign, Illinois. By 1995, Nelson had done...
Dates:
1986
Correspondence: Letters, cards, postcards, invitations, and fax, including a wedding reception invitation from Rosanne Cash and Rodney Crowell, 1979 - 1998
File — Box 5, Folder: 9
Series Description
From the Series:
This series is broken down into three subseries: Correspondence, Personal Materials, and Photographs.
Dates:
1979 - 1998
Correspondence, newsletters, rejection letters, Farmers’ Legal Action Group, Inc. Final Report, list of organizations receiving Farm Aid grants, 1988-1989
File — Box 8, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
In 1985, Nelson, alarmed by reports of failing family farms, decided, with the help of other performers, to stage concert benefits. The proceeds were to be channeled to provide assistance to needy agricultural families. Bill Wittliff served as an adviser to the project. His wife, Sally Wittliff, recommended the Massachusetts social activist, Carolyn Mugar, to administer the project. The first Farm Aid concert was held September 25, 1985 in Champaign, Illinois. By 1995, Nelson had done...
Dates:
1988-1989
Correspondence, report on the distribution and use of Farm Aid funds, clippings, Farm Aid stress grid (state-level data), press release, United Farmer and Rancher Congress schedule of activities, and budget information, July 1986
File — Box 5, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
In 1985, Nelson, alarmed by reports of failing family farms, decided, with the help of other performers, to stage concert benefits. The proceeds were to be channeled to provide assistance to needy agricultural families. Bill Wittliff served as an adviser to the project. His wife, Sally Wittliff, recommended the Massachusetts social activist, Carolyn Mugar, to administer the project. The first Farm Aid concert was held September 25, 1985 in Champaign, Illinois. By 1995, Nelson had done...
Dates:
July 1986
Correspondence, research report prepared by Prairiefire Rural Action, Inc. entitled “The Continuing Crisis in Rural America, Fact vs. Fiction,” income statement of Farm Counseling Services, Inc., newsletters, rejection letters, plans, and contracts concerning Farm Aid II concert, Farmers’ Legal Action Group Inc. Quarterly Report to Farm Aid, memo concerning Coleman v. Lyng national class-action suit, and copies of disbursement checks, May-July 1987
File — Box 7, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
In 1985, Nelson, alarmed by reports of failing family farms, decided, with the help of other performers, to stage concert benefits. The proceeds were to be channeled to provide assistance to needy agricultural families. Bill Wittliff served as an adviser to the project. His wife, Sally Wittliff, recommended the Massachusetts social activist, Carolyn Mugar, to administer the project. The first Farm Aid concert was held September 25, 1985 in Champaign, Illinois. By 1995, Nelson had done...
Dates:
May-July 1987
Correspondence with Doe Coover Agency, 1995
File — Box 1932, Folder: 11
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:
1995
Corsicana, TX (DVD), May 28, 2005
Item — Box 2750
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:
May 28, 2005
Cotton, James – 2 photographs; press packet, 1986
File — Box 2969, Folder: 15
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:
1986
Country All-Timers, 60 Songs Best in Country and Top Country Hits of 1977
File — Box 2737, Folder: 21
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
County Line. DND Performance, 2004
Item — Box 2750
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:
2004
Court Yard Hounds – interview notes with Emily Robinson, Marty Maguire, and Lloyd Maines, 2013
File — Box 2969, Folder: 16
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:
2013
Cowboy
Item — Box 2753
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
Cowboy in Texas, March 10, 2005
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:
March 10, 2005
Cowboy Ruff, February 10, 2005
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:
February 10, 2005
“Crazy Wind” (notepad, also includes lyrics for other unknown songs and notes)
File — Box 1, Folder: 2
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:
1989
University Archives
Room 580, Alkek Library
601 University Drive
San Marcos Texas 78666 USA
UnivArchives@txstate.edu
Room 580, Alkek Library
601 University Drive
San Marcos Texas 78666 USA
UnivArchives@txstate.edu
The Wittliff Collections
7th Floor, Alkek Library
601 University Drive
San Marcos Texas 78666 USA
Wittliff_Ref@txstate.edu
7th Floor, Alkek Library
601 University Drive
San Marcos Texas 78666 USA
Wittliff_Ref@txstate.edu