Collection context
Summary
- Abstract:
- This collection contains poetics scholar James "Jaime" Nicolopulos's research files on Mexican and Tejano border music. Nicolopulos was a professor of American Literature and Spanish at the University of Texas at Austin. He was a frequent collaborator of Chris Strachwitz of Arhoolie Records, with whom he authored Lydia Mendoza: A Family Autobiography. The collection includes interviews, music recordings, lectures, and notes pertaining to Nicolopulos's scholarship on corridos.
- Extent:
- 9 Linear Feet
- Language:
- English , Spanish; Castilian .
- Preferred citation:
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Item title, James Nicolopulos Corrido Research Files (AF-007). Arhoolie Foundation.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection comprises Nicolopulos's scholarly research, writings, and teaching materials on Mexican and Tejano border music. The collection contains audio and video recordings, digital materials, research files, and books pertaining to these musical traditions. The audio and digital materials include Nicolopulos's original work, such as lectures, research, interviews, and recordings.
- Biographical / historical:
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James "Jaime" Nicolopulos received his doctorate from UC Berkeley and began his career as a professor of American Literature and Spanish at the University of Texas at Austin in 1992. Through his scholarship on corridos, Nicolopulos became a frequent collaborator of Arhoolie Records founder Chris Strachwitz. Together, they conducted interviews and recordings of Mexican and Tejano musicians and wrote a biography of singer Lydia Mendoza, Lydia Mendoza: A Family Autobiography. Nicolopulos assisted with the creation of the Arhoolie Foundation's Frontera Collection of Mexican and Mexican American Recordings, and produced two albums for Arhoolie Records: Flaco's Amigos and Tex-Mex Conjuntos.
Source: "James Nicolopulos Obituary." Austin American-Statesman, December 6, 2010.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of James Nicolopulos.
- Processing information:
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This collection was minimally processed to facilitate access. Boxes are arranged by type of material.
- Arrangement:
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Series 1: Audiovisual Tapes Series 2: Digital Materials
Subseries 1: Born Digital Files Subseries 2: Compact Discs
Subseries 3: Floppy Disks Series 3: Research Materials
- Accruals:
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No additions to the collection are anticipated.
- Physical location:
- Please consult repository.
- Material specific details:
- Audio and Video Recordings, Digital Materials, Research Materials
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection open for research.
- Terms of access:
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All requests for permission to reproduce or to publish must be submitted in writing to the Arhoolie Foundation.
- Preferred citation:
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Item title, James Nicolopulos Corrido Research Files (AF-007). Arhoolie Foundation.
- Location of this collection:
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10341 San Pablo Ave.El Cerrito, CA 94530, US
- Contact:
- (510) 525-7471