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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
11. George Nelson Collection
- Description:
- Collection consists of black and white photographs from the 1950s through the early 1980s related to KYOK in Houston. Including are images documenting the activities of KYOK's deejays in the studio and surrounding communities, particularly in connection with listener contests and station-sponsored events such as dances and the "We Love You" concert. Also included are photographs of KYOK publicity materials and publicity photographs of many of the rhythm and blues artists, jazz, and blues artists featured on the station.
- Content types:
- Still image
- Formats:
- Photographic print and Photographic negative
- Extent:
- 98 photographs : black & white ; 8 x 10 in. + 97 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
12. Tom Draper Collection
- Description:
- Draper's collection documents the career of an African American music executive and covers his tenures at RCA Records and Warner Bros. Records.
- Content types:
- Still image and Text
- Formats:
- Text document and Photographic print
- Extent:
- 2 boxes
- Repository/Collector:
- Archives of African American Music and Culture
- Online finding aid:
- View on webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu
13. Nelson George Collection
- Description:
- The collection consists primarily of materials collected during research for Nelson George's book Where Did Our Love Go?: The Rise and Fall of the Motown Sound (St. Martin's Press, 1985). This includes interviews (audiocassettes and transcripts), photographs, newspaper clippings, magazines, photocopies of legal documents, manuscripts, and correspondence.
- Content types:
- Spoken word, Still image, and Text
- Formats:
- Analog audiocassette, Text document, and Photographic print
- Extent:
- 8 document cases (5 linear ft.), including 137 photographs + 24 audiocassettes
- Repository/Collector:
- Archives of African American Music and Culture
- Online finding aid:
- View on webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu
14. Portia K. Maultsby Collection
- Description:
- Series G, "Music Industry Interviews," consists of transcripts and audiocassettes of interviews primarily conducted by Portia K. Maultsby between 1981-1986 as part of her research on the Black music industry. The remainder of the series in this collection are still in the process of being accessioned and are unavailable for general research and public use.
- Content types:
- Performed music, Spoken word, Still image, and Text
- Formats:
- Analog audiocassette, Optical disc (Including CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, VCD), Text document, and Photographic print
- Extent:
- 169 audiocassettes : analog, stereo + 5 document cases
- Repository/Collector:
- Archives of African American Music and Culture
- Online finding aid:
- View on webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu
15. Michael Lydon Collection
- Description:
- Collection includes audiocassette recordings of interviews about Ray Charles for Lydon's book Ray Charles : Man and Music (2004), a radio series about Ray Charles based on Lydon's book, complete or partial transcripts for many of the interviews organized loosely into book chapters, interviews with and about other African American musicians, class lectures given by Lydon at Indiana University and related publicity materials, and original music performed by Lydon.
- Content types:
- Performed music, Spoken word, Still image, and Text
- Formats:
- Analog audiocassette, Optical disc (Including CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, VCD), Text document, and Photographic print
- Extent:
- 93 audiocassettes : analog, stereo + 7 audio discs (digital, stereo ; 4 3/4) + 1 document case
- Repository/Collector:
- Archives of African American Music and Culture
- Online finding aid:
- View on webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu
16. Mort Crim Papers
- Description:
- Papers and recordings of radio personality and anchorman Mort Crim, known popularly as the inspiration for the Will Ferrell character in the Anchorman film. Crim was an alumnus of Anderson University and left his personal papers, recordings, and scripts to the University archives, where they are stored.
- Content types:
- Performed music, Sounds (Other than music & language), Spoken word, and Text
- Formats:
- Pressed LP disc, Pressed 78rpm disc, Pressed 45rpm disc, Optical disc (including CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, VCD), Analog audiocassette, 8-track cassette, VHS (including SVHS and VHS-C), Betamax, Betacam (including Betacam SP), U-matic (including U-matic S), Open reel video, Photographic print, and Text document
- Extent:
- 47 linear feet
- Repository/Collector:
- Anderson University & Church of God Archives
- Online finding aid:
- View on library.anderson.edu