Grateful Dead Records: Decorated Envelopes, 1983-1996
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Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Grateful Dead Productions
- Abstract:
- This series includes decorated No.10 business envelopes sent to the Grateful Dead Ticket Service by fans when requesting tickets.
- Extent:
- 30 Linear Feet 28 boxes
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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Grateful Dead Records: Decorated Envelopes. MS 332 Ser. 11. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This series includes decorated No.10 business envelopes sent to the Grateful Dead Ticket Service by fans when requesting tickets. Decorated envelopes date from 1983 to 1996.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Grateful Dead were an American rock band that formed in 1965 in Northern California. They came to fame as part of author Ken Kesey's Acid Tests, a series of multimedia happenings centered around then-legal LSD. Famed for their concerts, the band performed more than 2,300 shows over thirty years, disbanding after the death of lead guitarist Jerry Garcia in August 1995. Although their only Top 10 hit, "Touch of Grey," charted in 1987, their popularity was based on concerts, and in their last decade they consistently placed in the top five tours every year. Known for the range of their repertoire and the caliber of their compositions, the Dead's songbook has been covered by a wide range of other musicians, from Bob Dylan to Jane's Addiction. They released thirteen studio albums and nine contemporary live albums during their career, and more than 100 live releases since then. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Grateful Dead Productions, 2008. The first accural was received in 2008. Second accural was received in June 2012.
- Arrangement:
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With the exception of two short runs in Box 1 and the oversize envelopes in Box 28, the envelopes are arranged chronologically.
- Physical location:
- Stored offsite at NRLF: Advance notice is required for access to the papers.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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This series is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights for this collection reside with the University of California. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. The publication or use of any work protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use for research or educational purposes requires written permission from the copyright owner. Responsibility for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user. For more information on copyright or to order a reproduction, please visit guides.library.ucsc.edu/speccoll/reproduction-publication.
- Preferred citation:
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Grateful Dead Records: Decorated Envelopes. MS 332 Ser. 11. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.
- Location of this collection:
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Special Collections and Archives, University Library1156 High StreetSanta Cruz, CA 95064, US
- Contact:
- (831) 459-2547