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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. 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
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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