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Acquisition Information
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History
Scope and Content of Collection
Arrangement
Other Grateful Dead Records Finding Aids
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
University of California, Santa Cruz
Title: Grateful Dead Records: Decorated Envelopes
creator:
Grateful Dead Productions
Identifier/Call Number: MS.332.Ser. 11
Physical Description:
30 Linear Feet
28 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1983-1996
Abstract: This series includes decorated No.10 business envelopes sent to the Grateful Dead Ticket Service by fans when requesting tickets.
Physical Location: Stored offsite at NRLF: Advance notice is required for access to the papers.
Access
This series is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
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
Grateful Dead Records: Decorated Envelopes. MS 332 Ser. 11. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University
of California, Santa Cruz.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Grateful Dead Productions, 2008. The first accural was received in 2008. Second accural was received in June 2012.
Alternative Forms of Material Available
History
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.
Scope and Content of Collection
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.
Arrangement
With the exception of two short runs in Box 1 and the oversize envelopes in Box 28, the envelopes are arranged chronologically.
Other Grateful Dead Records Finding Aids
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Series 1: History
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Series 2: Business
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Series 3: Show Files
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Series 4: Press
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Series 5: Correspondence
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Series 6: Photographs
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Series 7: Media
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Series 8: Posters
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Series 9: Artwork
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Series 10: Realia
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Series 12: Back Stage Passes, Tickets and Laminates
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Deadheads (Music Fans)
Concert tours
Grateful Dead (Musical group)
Grateful Dead Productions