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2. Lee Bailey Collection
- Description:
- The collection consists primarily of audio tapes of two radio programs produced by Bailey Broadcasting Services: The Hip Hop Countdown & Report (1991-1998) and RadioScope: The Entertainment Magazine of the Air (1990-1996). Press releases for RadioScope broadcasts are also included.
- Content types:
- Performed music, Spoken word, Still image, and Text
- Formats:
- Analog audiocassette, Text document, Photographic print, and Photographic negative
- Extent:
- 654 audiocassettes : analog ; 1 7/8 ips + 5 photographs (black & white), 3 boxes
- Repository/Collector:
- Archives of African American Music and Culture
- Online finding aid:
- View on webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu
3. Ed Castleberry Collection
- Description:
- The collection consists of personal papers, photographs, and a video documenting the career Ed Castleberry, a pioneering black radio disc jockey and newscaster.
- Content types:
- Two-dimensional moving image, Still image, and Text
- Formats:
- VHS (including SVHS and VHS-C), Photographic print, and Text document
- Extent:
- 1 document case (.25 linear feet), including 26 photographs and 1 videocassette (VHS)
- Repository/Collector:
- Archives of African American Music and Culture
- Online finding aid:
- View on webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu
4. Travis Gardner Collection
- Description:
- Black radio photograph collection documenting events and personnel, including photos with rhythm and blues musicians, at Houston station KCOH in the 1960s and 1970s. Photographs were copied from the personal collection of Gardner. Accompanied by a transcription of an interview with Gardner which includes descriptions of each photograph.
- Content types:
- Still image
- Formats:
- Photographic print and Photographic negative
- Extent:
- 12 photographs : black & white ; 8 x 10 in. + 11 negatives (black & white : 4 x 5 in.)
- Repository/Collector:
- Archives of African American Music and Culture
- Online finding aid:
- View on webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu
5. Skipper Lee Frazier Collection
- Description:
- Photographs documenting the career of Houston deejay Skipper Lee Frazier, copied from his personal collection. Additional photo descriptions with biographical information transcribed from an interview with Frazier are available in accession folder. The collection consists of 12 b&w photographs with negatives primarily documenting Skipper Lee Frazier's activities in connection with KCOH in Houston during the 1970s and '80s.
- Content types:
- Still image
- Formats:
- Photographic print and Photographic negative
- Extent:
- 12 photographs : black & white ; 8 x 10 in. + 12 negatives (black & white : 4 x 5 in.)
- Repository/Collector:
- Archives of African American Music and Culture
- Online finding aid:
- View on webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu
6. Rick Roberts Collection
- Description:
- Collection consists primarily of materials related to Roberts's work at KYOK-AM in the 1960s and '70s including images of KYOK sponsored events such as the "We Love You" concert and associated publicity materials, a beauty pageant, radio contests, and on-site broadcasts throughout Houston. Also included are photographs of KYOK radio personalities and staff as well as candid and publicity photographs of visiting R&B artists.
- Content types:
- Still image
- Formats:
- Photographic print and Photographic negative
- Extent:
- 60 photographs : black & white ; 8 x 10 in. + 60 negatives (black & white ; 4 x 5 in.)
- Repository/Collector:
- Archives of African American Music and Culture
- Online finding aid:
- View on webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu
7. Katherine Lewis Collection
- Description:
- Collection consists of materials related to Lewis's work at the WERD radio station in the 1950s and '60s. Founded by Jesse B. Blayton, Sr. in October 1949 in Atlanta, Georgia, WERD was the first black owned and operated radio station in the United States. The collection materials comprise 7 black and white and 7 color photographs documenting WERD's early history. Content includes the exterior of the WERD studio building, publications related to WERD such as photographs of an issue of The Printed WERD, and a portrait of J.B. Blayton Sr.
- Content types:
- Still image
- Formats:
- Photographic print and Photographic negative
- Extent:
- 7 photographs : black & white ; 8 x 10 in. + 7 photographs (color ; 3 x 5 in.), 2 negatives (black & white ; 4 x 5 in.)
- Repository/Collector:
- Archives of African American Music and Culture
- Online finding aid:
- View on webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu
8. Karen Shearer Collection
- Description:
- Collection consists primarily of interview transcripts, program transcripts, and artist publicity materials used in the production of the Westwood One Radio programs Special Edition, That's Country Music, Rock Chronicles, My Top Ten, and History of Rock 'n Roll. It also contains materials from various specials including programs on Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix, and the Rolling Stones.
- Content types:
- Still image and Text
- Formats:
- Text document and Photographic print
- Extent:
- 67 boxes
- Repository/Collector:
- Archives of African American Music and Culture
- Online finding aid:
- View on webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu
9. Jocko Henderson Collection
- Description:
- Doug "Jocko" Henderson was a pioneering "rapping" deejay primarily associated with Philadelphia radio station WDAS in the 1970s. Collection primarily documents Henderson's Get Ready company, which published materials to be used in schools to teach American history, spelling, and the dangers of drug abuse using rap lyrics. Also included is material documenting Henderson's bid for a seat in the United States House of Representatives in Pennsylvania. Materials include audiocassettes, teaching manuals, correspondence, photographs, business cards, press clippings, flyers, and other memorabilia.
- Content types:
- Performed music, Spoken word, Still image, and Text
- Formats:
- Analog audiocassette, Text document, and Photographic print
- Extent:
- 1 document case (.5 linear feet) + 8 audiocassettes : analog
- Repository/Collector:
- Archives of African American Music and Culture
- Online finding aid:
- View on webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu
10. Jack Gibson Collection
- Description:
- Jack "The Rapper" Gibson was a pioneer in Black radio, as well as an innovator, a leader, and a mentor to many in the radio and music industries. His work as a Black radio deejay spanned the early days of Black radio in the 1940s through the Civil Rights Movement, and included stints at WERD-Atlanta, WLOU-Louisville, WMBM-Miami, WCIN-Cincinnati, and WABQ-Cleveland. After retiring from radio in 1961, he became a successful music industry executive working for Motown, Decca, and Stax Records. In 1976, he launched the industry magazine Jack the Rapper, the oldest Black trade publication targeted to radio, and for the next twenty years organized the annual "Jack the Rapper’s Family Affair," a Black music convention drawing generations of performers and music industry executives. His professionalism, continuous fight for racial equality and justice, and endearing human qualities made him a legend in the industry. This collection documents his long career in radio and music through personal correspondence, clippings, memorabilia, photographs, publicity materials, airchecks, interviews, lecture materials, and over 500 issues of his trade magazine "Jack the Rapper's Mellow Yellow."
- Content types:
- Two-dimensional moving image, Performed music, Spoken word, Still image, and Text
- Formats:
- Analog audiocassette, Open reel tape (unknown material), VHS (including SVHS and VHS-C), Optical disc (Including CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, VCD), Text document, and Photographic print
- Extent:
- 19 boxes (13 linear feet)
- Repository/Collector:
- Archives of African American Music and Culture
- Online finding aid:
- View on webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu