Grateful Dead Records: Decorated Envelopes MS.332.Ser. 11
Special Collections & Archives Processing Unit
University of California, Santa Cruz
2011
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz 95064
speccoll@library.ucsc.edu
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
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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
box 1
#0200-0224; # 0713-0714; #01001-01650, 22345
1983 - 1993
box 2
#01651-02300, 22344
1986 - 4/28/1987
box 3
#02301-02900, 22343
4/28/1987 - 1/14/1988
box 4
#02901-03500, 22342
1/12/1988 - 8/8/1988
box 5
#03501-04050, 22341
8/8/1988 - 1/24/1989
box 6
#04051-04600, 22340
1/24/1989 - 7/13/1989
box 7
#04601-05200, 22339
7/13/1989 - 11/1/1989
box 8
#05201-05800, 22338
11/1/1989
box 9
#05801-06400, 22337
11/1/1989 - 4/23/1990
box 10
#06401-07000, 22336
4/23/1990 - 10/22/1990
box 11
#07001-07600, 22335
10/22/1990
box 12
#07601-08200, 22334
10/22/1990 - 1/3/1991
box 13
#08201-08800, 22333
1/3/1991 - 4/16/1991
box 14
#08801-09400, 22332
4/16/1991 - 10/29/1991
box 15
#09401-10000, 22331
10/29/1991
box 16
#10001-10600, 22330
10/29/1991 - 1/15/1992
box 17
#10601-11300, 22329
11/15/1992 - 4/14/1992
Scope and Contents note
[No envelopes #10780-10879]
box 18
#11301-12100, 22328
4/14/1992 - 11/2/1992
Scope and Contents note
[No envelopes #11430-11629]
box 19
#12101-12700, 22327
11/2/1992 - 3/22/1993
box 20
#12701-13300, 22326
3/22/1993 - 6/24/1993
box 21
#13301-13900, 22325
6/24/1993 - 1/19/1994
box 22
#13901-14500, 22324
1/19/1994 - 4/29/1994
Scope and Contents note
[No envelopes #14420-14429]
box 23
#14501-15012, 22323
4/29/1994 - 1/3/1995
box 24
#15013-15600, 22322
1/3/1995 - 4/24/1995
box 25
#15601-16200, 22321
4/17/1995 - 5/3/1995
box 26
#16201-16800, 22320
5/12/1995 - Date illegible
box 27
#16801-17212, 22319
Various and illegible dates
box 28
Oversize envelopes, 22318
Various dates