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
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
The Michael McAlpin Collection consists primarily of print materials used in the production of the PBS television documentary Record Row: the Cradle of Rhythm and Blues. Included are production materials and interview transcripts created during Dr. Portia Maultsby's collaboration on the project as AAAMC director as well as VHS tapes of the rough cut, final broadcast version, and local coverage of the documentary.
Content types:
Two-dimensional moving image, Performed music, Spoken word, and Text
Formats:
VHS (including SVHS and VHS-C) and Text document
Extent:
1.5 linear feet (3 boxes) including 3 videocassettes (VHS)
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
The Turmoil Radio Collection documents the world's longest running punk rock and hardcore music radio program. Founded by Steven Kreitzer, it aired on Stony Brook University's campus radio station, WUSB (90.1 FM) on Wednesday evenings (8 to 10 p.m.) from December 1980 through 2004. The collection is comprised of approximately 100 cubic feet of items that document the Turmoil radio program; contents include correspondence, business files, sound recordings, magazines, fanzines, posters, broadsides, ephemera, textiles, and artifacts.
Content types:
Spoken word, Text, Perfomed music, and Still image
Formats:
Photographic print, Text document, Pressed 78rpm disc, Pressed 45rpm disc, Analog audiocassette, and VHS (including SVHS and VHS-C)
KTAO-FM was a free-form radio station in Los Gatos, California, that existed from March, 1969, through June, 1974, and operated at 95.3 FM. The KTAO Aircheck Archives comprise audio collages with instruments played in the studio to be used as taped effects; a "jam" session recorded July 29, 1971; and an interview with Roy Rogers and Dale Evans interviewed in Los Gatos by Geoff Alexander and Don Campau, June 9, 1971, at a residence in Los Gatos, California. In addition, the collection includes images of KTAO operators and musicians in 1974; photographs of the 40th anniversary reunion; original Los Gatos business license (1974); several images of counter-culture posters; letter from Gary R. Dahl to Roger Mann.
Content types:
Performed music, Sounds (Other than music & language), Spoken word, Still image, and Text
Formats:
Digital audio file (including MP3, WAV, AIFF, etc.), Photographic print, and Text document
Dave Sichak is a collector and researcher of country music. His collection consists of a lot of materials related to radio broadcasting such as station produced publications - KMA Guide, KWTO Dial, WIBW Round-Up, and WRVA Dialog, periodicals - Radio Varieties and Rural Radio, and yearbook and souvenir booklets - WLS Family Album. The collection also has sound recordings, books, and photographs.
Content types:
Text, Still image, and Performed music
Formats:
Pressed LP disc, Pressed 78rpm disc, Photographic print, and Text document
Extent:
20 linear feet
Repository/Collector:
Georgia State University Special Collections and Archives