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MS.351
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Title: Paul Grushkin Papers
Identifier/Call Number: MS.351
Contributing Institution:
University of California, Santa Cruz
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.75 Linear feet
(2) boxes of interview transcripts and associated research materials.
Date (inclusive): 1983-1984
Abstract: This collection consists of interview transcripts and associated research material compiled by Paul Grushkin for his book,
The Art of Rock: Posters from Presley to Punk (New York: Abbeville Press, 1987).
creator:
Grushkin, Paul
The collection is processed and open for research.
Gift of Paul Grushkin, 2010.
The collection is separated into two series, interview transcripts and supporting material, and arranged alphabetically by
narrator (interviewee) or subject within each series.
Paul Grushkin Papers, MS 351. Special Collections and Archives, McHenry Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.
Transcripts were created from cassette tape recordings under the supervision of Grushkin, and some were vetted by the narrator
(interviewee). Some transcripts reflect manuscript emendations and corrections, but errors were not always corrected.
This collection comprises interviews transcripts and associated research materials compiled by Paul Grushkin during his work
on the book
The Art of Rock: Posters from Presley to Punk (1987). Included are interviews with many of the artists and printers responsible for the posters commissioned by the Fillmore
Auditorium, the Avalon Ballroom, and several other venues in San Francisco and other cities in the 1960s and 1970s, along
with several other significant figures associated with rock music during that era.
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and
their heirs. For permission to publish or to reproduce the material, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Interviews
Rock music--Posters