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Music -- Texas

 Subject

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 13423 Collections and/or Records:

Artifacts

 Item
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Jerry Retzloff Collection spans 1973-2012 and documents Texas music, Lone Star Beer, and Willie Nelson. The collection is arranged in nine series: Personal Papers, Lone Star Beer, Photographs, Willie Nelson, Memorabilia, Oversized Materials, Newspapers and Magazines, Clothing, and Posters.

Dates: 1973 - 2012
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Jerry Retzloff Collection

Artifacts and Framed Material

 Series
Series Description Series XII: Artifacts and Framed Material, 1983-1997, undated Arranged alphabetically by artist. The artifacts include Hugo Guerrero’s accordion and instrument cases and a public address speaker signed by Michael Salgado and Isidro “El Indio” Lopez, respectively. There is also a life-size cardboard cut-out Coca-Cola advertisement featuring Selena and two cardboard movie posters for the Selena film. Framed material includes paintings, photographs, and posters. Rosita...
Dates: 1922-2019, undated
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Ramón Hernández Tejano Music Collection

Artifacts: Life size cut-out of Kathy Mattea and Garth Brooks; Typewriter; Iron brand of Austin City Limits logo

 Item — Item Artifacts
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Austin City Limits Collection spans the years from 1974 to 2002. It is a diverse collection that contains material and artifacts documenting Austin City Limits and artists connected with the show. The collection was compiled by Bill Arhos (co-creator, executive producer and program director for Austin City Limits), and also documents the Austin Film Festival and PBS-KLRU/KLRN. The collection includes press clippings, publicity materials, photographs, correspondence, galley...
Dates: 1973-2002, undated
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Bill Arhos Papers / Memorabilia and Artifacts / Artifacts

Artist badge

 Item — Box 4, Folder: 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: 1980-2009, undated
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Jerry Retzloff Collection / Memorabilia / Backstage passes, badges

Artist Development Inc., 1985-1986, undated

 Series
Series Description

This series consists of bank records and a photograph from Joe Nick Patoski's music management business, Artist Development, Inc. This business existed from about 1985 to 1987, and managed several music groups including Joe "King" Carrasco, Dino Lee, and The True Believers. Patoski managed these groups while he was also working full-time at Texas Monthly.

Dates: 1985-1986, undated
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Joe Nick Patoski Papers

Artist Files, 1968-1998, undated

 Sub-Series
Series Description From the Series:

This series of subject files and artist files, made up of newspaper clippings, notes, interviews, photographs and ephemera, illustrates Patoski's many areas of interest and his research methods. Patoski wrote about and published pieces relating to many of the topics and people in the subject and artist files. Of particular note is the large amount on material on Joe "King" Carrasco and his band, who Patoski managed in the 1980s.

Dates: 1968-1998, undated
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Joe Nick Patoski Papers / Research Material

Artist Files, 1922-2019, undated

 Series
Series Description 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...
Dates: 1922-2019, undated
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Ramón Hernández Tejano Music Collection

Artist Files, 1984-2000

 Series
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Cash Edwards and Roger Polson created the 2 linear feet collection of papers for Under the Hat Productions during the company’s sixteen year existence starting in 1984 and ending in 2000. The majority of the papers contained are from the period of 1996 through 1999. The papers include a wide variety of promotional materials for their artist clients as well as a number of market research materials and press clippings. The archivist altered the original order of the collection by alphabetizing...
Dates: 1984-2000
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Under the Hat Productions Collection

Artist information sheet for Tennessee performance, program for the 8th Annual Noche de Gala Presented by Teatro de Artes de Juan Seguin, signed “Ben Valdez” on cover. James Broadway, mariachi student under Ben Valdez under Ben Valdez, pg. 1, 1993, undated

 File — Box 4099, Folder: 31
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Archival materials received from James Broadway, mariachi musician and student of Benjamin Valdez. Materials date from the late 1930s-2021 and are comprised primarily of manuscript copies and research materials for a memoir of Benjamin Valdez, founding member of the seminal music group Los Conquistadores (active late 1930s-1970s) with Jose Morante and Enrique Rodriguez. Materials include handwritten stories, song lyrics, music notation, artifacts, ephemera, photographs of notable...
Dates: 1993, undated
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / James Broadway Accessions / Accession 2023-003

Artist Posters - Female Artists

 Sub-Series
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...
Dates: 1948-2018, undated
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Ramón Hernández Tejano Music Collection / Posters and Oversized Materials

Artist Posters - Male

 Sub-Series
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...
Dates: 1948-2018, undated
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Ramón Hernández Tejano Music Collection / Posters and Oversized Materials

Artist Press Releases, 1978-1980, undated

 Sub-Series
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: 1978-1980, undated
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Sam Kindrick Papers / Action Magazine Records

Artist Profiles by KRLU

 File — Box 1935, Folder: 13
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
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / John T. Davis Accessions / Accession 2010-133 / Austin City Limits: 25 Years of American Music

Artist Promotional Materials and Artist Programs

 File — Box 8, Folder: 3
Contents

Merle Haggard promotional brochure
George Jones promotional book
Willie Nelson 4th of July Picnic 1974 program
D.J. Fontana Remembers Elvis promotional book
Charley Pride promotional book
Charley Pride promotional book
Charley Pride promotional book
Ronnie Milsap promotional book







Dates: 1963-1978
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Panther Hall Collection / Promotional Materials

Artist Reviews, May 2005

 File — Box 1935, Folder: 17
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: May 2005
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / John T. Davis Accessions / Accession 2010-133 / Austin City Limits: 25 Years of American Music

Artist T-Shirts

 Sub-Series
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Austin City Limits Collection spans the years from 1974 to 2002. It is a diverse collection that contains material and artifacts documenting Austin City Limits and artists connected with the show. The collection was compiled by Bill Arhos (co-creator, executive producer and program director for Austin City Limits), and also documents the Austin Film Festival and PBS-KLRU/KLRN. The collection includes press clippings, publicity materials, photographs, correspondence, galley...
Dates: 1973-2002, undated
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Bill Arhos Papers / Memorabilia and Artifacts

Artistas Para La Paz En Centro America, undated

 File — Box 3, Folder: 33
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...
Dates: undated
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Ramón Hernández Tejano Music Collection / Artist Files / Male Artist Files

Artists

 File — Box 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Austin City Limits Collection spans the years from 1974 to 2002. It is a diverse collection that contains material and artifacts documenting Austin City Limits and artists connected with the show. The collection was compiled by Bill Arhos (co-creator, executive producer and program director for Austin City Limits), and also documents the Austin Film Festival and PBS-KLRU/KLRN. The collection includes press clippings, publicity materials, photographs, correspondence, galley...
Dates: 1975-2002, undated
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Bill Arhos Papers / Publicity and Programming / Publicity

Artists

 File — Box 3, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Austin City Limits Collection spans the years from 1974 to 2002. It is a diverse collection that contains material and artifacts documenting Austin City Limits and artists connected with the show. The collection was compiled by Bill Arhos (co-creator, executive producer and program director for Austin City Limits), and also documents the Austin Film Festival and PBS-KLRU/KLRN. The collection includes press clippings, publicity materials, photographs, correspondence, galley...
Dates: 1974-2002
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / Bill Arhos Papers / Photographs

Artists - A (28 photographs) including Keith Adams, Simmons Allison, Anacini (Lawrence Welk), Duke Anthony

 File — Box 1, Folder: 1
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 / Sam Kindrick Papers / Photographs / Action Magazine Photographs