Music journalists

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Writer and journalist Brian T. Atkinson donated his interviews, research, notes, and drafts for his articles and for his book I’ll Be Here in the Morning: The Songwriting Legacy of Townes Van Zandt. Included in this donation are over 200 audiocassettes that contain interviews with legendary musicians about Townes Van Zandt.

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Archival materials following music critic Brian Atkinson’s career from 1981 to 2015. Included are song lyrics, interview cassette tapes (Kent and Jenni Finlay, Terri Hendrix, James McMurtry, and Harold Eggers, etc.), newspaper articles, manuscripts, and promotion materials for concerts. The folder titles reflect Atkinson’s original descriptions.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Archival material from Austin, Texas author, producer and record label owner Brian T. Atkinson dating 1956-2019. Materials include concert posters, show flyers, photographs, magazines, newspapers, news clippings, correspondence, press releases (albums) song lyric sheets, vinyl LPS, 45rpms, ephemera and artifacts relating to various notable Texas musicians, concert series and music festivals. Included are music magazine and newspaper (reviews) articles written by Atkinson and interviews on...

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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’.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Archival material from Austin, Texas author, producer and record label owner Brian T. Atkinson dating 1956-2019. Materials include concert posters, show flyers, photographs, magazines, newspapers, news clippings, correspondence, press releases (albums) song lyric sheets, vinyl LPS, 45rpms, ephemera and artifacts relating to various notable Texas musicians, concert series and music festivals. Included are music magazine and newspaper (reviews) articles written by Atkinson and interviews on...

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This collection contains materials received from writer Brian Atkinson which includes handwritten lyrics from Townes Van Zandt and Eric Andersen; correspondence pertaining to Ted Hawkin’s tribute album; and a co-written Kent Finlay, Dreamer manuscript by Atkinson and Jenni Finlay with a foreward by George Strait. The folder titles preceding a semicolon reflect Atkinson’s original descriptions, 1957-2016.

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Series V: Ramón Hernández Material, 1972-2017, undated Boxes 178-180

Included are Hernández’s research files, calendar with appointments, hard drive, and oversize material, including a sign for the Hispanic Entertainment Hall of Fame exhibit and a foamcore exhibit display.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Archival material donated by Rae Lewis relating to the life, writing career, and death of Rolling Stone and Texas Monthly journalist, Grover Lewis’ dating 1962-2015. Materials include extensive notes, research materials, correspondence, publishing contracts and manuscript drafts for Lewis’ unpublished memoir, “Goodbye If You Call That Gone” and unpublished novel, “Code of the West”, the posthumous anthology, Splendor in the Short Grass: The Grover Lewis Reader, drafts of unproduced...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Archival material pertaining to the life and career of writier and rock historian, Ed Ward (1948-2021). Materials dating 1962-2019 include interview transcripts (musicians, bands, music industry icons), memorabilia and ephemera pertaining to Ward’s staff positions with Rolling Stone and the Austin American-Statesman, early writings, copies of the Antioch College McDowell Weakly, research materials (including reporter’s notebooks, notepads and index cards) pertaining to music, art, food and...

Series Description From the Series: Series I: Artists Files, 1922-2019, undated Boxes 1-155 Artist Files comprise the bulk of the collection. The files are separated into Male Artist Files and Female Artist Files to maintain Hernández’s original order. Both series are then arranged alphabetically by artist last name or band name. Although the series is titled Artists Files, there are also entrepreneurs, community leaders, promoters, street performers, and many others represented.The material found in...

Series Description From the Series: Series I: Artists Files, 1922-2019, undated Boxes 1-155 Artist Files comprise the bulk of the collection. The files are separated into Male Artist Files and Female Artist Files to maintain Hernández’s original order. Both series are then arranged alphabetically by artist last name or band name. Although the series is titled Artists Files, there are also entrepreneurs, community leaders, promoters, street performers, and many others represented.The material found in...

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This series contains research on various people and places (arranged in alphabetical order), in the form of typewritten notes, photographs, scholarly papers, Tejano Press kits, Abraham’s military records, a Selena Boutique catalog and information on Texas radio stations. Yolanda Saldivar’s folder within this series contains her signed murder confession with the Corpus Christi police. In addition, there is extensive information collected on Tejano music and Tejano stars.

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,...

Series Description From the Series: Series I: Artists Files, 1922-2019, undated Boxes 1-155 Artist Files comprise the bulk of the collection. The files are separated into Male Artist Files and Female Artist Files to maintain Hernández’s original order. Both series are then arranged alphabetically by artist last name or band name. Although the series is titled Artists Files, there are also entrepreneurs, community leaders, promoters, street performers, and many others represented.The material found in...

Series Description From the Series: Series I: Artists Files, 1922-2019, undated Boxes 1-155 Artist Files comprise the bulk of the collection. The files are separated into Male Artist Files and Female Artist Files to maintain Hernández’s original order. Both series are then arranged alphabetically by artist last name or band name. Although the series is titled Artists Files, there are also entrepreneurs, community leaders, promoters, street performers, and many others represented.The material found in...

Series Description From the Series: Series I: Artists Files, 1922-2019, undated Boxes 1-155 Artist Files comprise the bulk of the collection. The files are separated into Male Artist Files and Female Artist Files to maintain Hernández’s original order. Both series are then arranged alphabetically by artist last name or band name. Although the series is titled Artists Files, there are also entrepreneurs, community leaders, promoters, street performers, and many others represented.The material found in...

Series Description From the Series: Series I: Artists Files, 1922-2019, undated Boxes 1-155 Artist Files comprise the bulk of the collection. The files are separated into Male Artist Files and Female Artist Files to maintain Hernández’s original order. Both series are then arranged alphabetically by artist last name or band name. Although the series is titled Artists Files, there are also entrepreneurs, community leaders, promoters, street performers, and many others represented.The material found in...

Series Description From the Series: Series I: Artists Files, 1922-2019, undated Boxes 1-155 Artist Files comprise the bulk of the collection. The files are separated into Male Artist Files and Female Artist Files to maintain Hernández’s original order. Both series are then arranged alphabetically by artist last name or band name. Although the series is titled Artists Files, there are also entrepreneurs, community leaders, promoters, street performers, and many others represented.The material found in...

Series Description From the Series: Series II: Posters and Oversized Materials, 1948-2018, undated Boxes 156-164 and map case drawers 36-44This series can be seen as a continuation of the Artists Files, but with material that does not fit in standard document boxes. There are two exceptions to this: the majority of boxes, including the oversized ones, for Little Joe Hernandez (boxes 33-46) and Selena (boxes 121-142) are housed within Series I: Artists Files due to the sheer quantity of material, but as with all...

Series Description From the Series: Series I: Artists Files, 1922-2019, undated Boxes 1-155 Artist Files comprise the bulk of the collection. The files are separated into Male Artist Files and Female Artist Files to maintain Hernández’s original order. Both series are then arranged alphabetically by artist last name or band name. Although the series is titled Artists Files, there are also entrepreneurs, community leaders, promoters, street performers, and many others represented.The material found in...