Guide to the David Dodd Grateful Dead Collection
MS.052
Finding aid prepared by M.Carey, Minna Lindgren-Larkin, Mathew Simpson, and Nicholas G. Meriwether.
University of California, Santa Cruz
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1999, 2014
Title: David Dodd Grateful Dead Collection
Identifier/Call Number: MS 52
Contributing Institution:
University of California, Santa Cruz
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
10 document boxes, 1 flat
6.5 Linear feet
Date (bulk): Bulk, 1960-1998
Date (inclusive): 1960-2005
Abstract: This collection contains published periodical and unpublished manuscript material pertaining to the Grateful Dead and their
fans, the Deadheads, compiled during the preparation of Dodd's coauthored book,
The Grateful Dead and the Deadheads: An Annotated Bibliography (Greenwood, 1997), as well as drafts and associated materials used in the preparation of Dodd's coedited book,
The Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics (Free Press, 2005). Some papers were presented at the first meeting of the Grateful Dead area of the Southwest/Texas American
Culture and Popular Culture Association conference, which later became the Grateful Dead Scholars Caucus.
Location: Collection stored off-site at NRLF: Advance notice is required for access.
creator:
Dodd, David G., 1957-
Conditions Governing Access
The collection 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
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Preferred Citation
David Dodd Grateful Dead Collection, MS 52. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California,
Santa Cruz.
Acquisition Information
Gift of David Dodd in 1997. Second accrual donated in 2012.
Biographical History
The David Dodd Grateful Dead collection consists of original and photocopied printed reference material about the Grateful
Dead musical group and their fans, the Deadheads, assembled during the research for Dodd's coathored book,
The Grateful Dead and the Deadheads: An Annotated Bibliography (Greenwood Press, 1997), written with Robert G. Weiner. The collection also includes drafts, correspondence, and materials
pertaining to Dodd's coedited book,
The Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics (Free Press, 2005). David Dodd is also the creator of
The Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics website, which was the precursor to the book of the same name.
Scope and Content of Collection
Items in the David Dodd Grateful Dead collection were selected by the donor and given to the University Library in October
1997, with a second accrual donated in 2012. The collection includes journals, articles and newsletters, theses, conference
papers and reports, concert flyers, tourbooks and catalogs, and book drafts and associated materials.
Related Material
- David G. Dodd and Robert G. Weiner.
The Grateful Dead and the Deadheads: An Annotated Bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997. Available in Special Collections: ML134.5.G73 D6 1997.
- David Dodd.
The Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics (web site). http://artsites.ucsc.edu/GDead/agdl/
- Fredric Lieberman.
Field Work Among the Dead: Portrait of a Marin Rock Band. Brian Duggan, producer-director. [Santa Cruz, CA]: Presentations Unit, Media Services, The University Library, University
of California, Santa Cruz, 1991. 1 videocassette (156 min.) Available at McHenry Library's Media Center: VT1659.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Dodd, David G., 1957-
Grateful Dead (Musical group)
Deadheads (Music Fans)
Correspondence and Articles Series 1
1967-1998
General Physical Description note:
Boxes 1-2
Series Scope and Contents Note
This series contains a small amount of correspondence to David Dodd. The bulk of this series consists of articles collected
from magazines, newspapers, books, and reviews.
Arrangement note
The articles are arranged alphabetically by the source.
Box-folder 1:1
Correspondance (Interlibrary Loan Requests)
Box-folder 2:2
New York Times,
1971-1996
Box-folder 2:8
Lexis/Nexis database list
1983-1985
Annotated Grateful Dead Bibliography & Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics Material Series 2
ca. 1996
General Physical Description note:
Boxes 3-4
Series Scope and Contents Note
The second series consists of bibliography drafts and notes, as well as background notes for
The Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics website designed by David Dodd.
Arrangement note
The material is arranged according to dates assigned by the author (Dodd).
Box-folder 3:1
The Grateful Dead: An Annotated Bibliography, Draft
April 3, 1996
Note
With emendations and annotations.
Box-folder 3:2
The Grateful Dead: An Annotated Bibliography, Furthur Festival Draft,
July 12, 1996
Box-folder 3:3
The Grateful Dead and the Deadheads: An Annotated Bibliography, Review Draft
November 18, 1996
Box-folder 4:1
Notes on the Bibliography
Box-folder 4:2
The Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics: A Web Site [print copy]
Box-folder 4:3
Background Notes for The Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics: A Web Site
Papers and Essays Series 3
1990-1998
General Physical Description note:
Box 5:1-14
Scope and Contents note
The third series contains essays and papers focusing on Grateful Dead or the Deadhead phenomenon. The bulk of the material
dates to 1995-1998.
Arrangement note
The material is arranged alphabetically by author's last name.
Box-folder 5:1
Allen, Stephen. "Across the Lazy River."
Note
Paper given at the nineteenth Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Association conference, Holiday Inn Plaza,
Lubbock, TX, January 29–31, 1998.
Box-folder 5:2
Bawcom, Charles Jay. "Songs of Our Own: Romanticism and the Grateful Dead."
Note
Paper given at the nineteenth Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Association conference, Holiday Inn Plaza,
Lubbock, TX, January 29–31, 1998.
Box-folder 5:3
Boone, Graeme M. "Mirror Shatters: Tonal and Expressive Ambiguity in 'Dark Star."
Note
This is a pre-publication of the chapter by the same name in Graeme Boone and John Covach, eds.,
Understanding Rock: Essays in Musical Analysis (NY: Oxford University Press, 1997).
Box-folder 5:4
Cole, Chris. "Dead on the Wall: Grateful Dead and Deadhead Iconography from 30 Years on the Bus." Huntington Beach Art Center,
Gallery 3, June 29 - September 1, 1996
Note
Exhibition brochure.
Box-folder 5:5
Davis, Seth. "Group Improvisation and Composition in the Grateful Dead's Music."
Note
Paper given at the nineteenth Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Association conference, Holiday Inn Plaza,
Lubbock, TX, January 29–31, 1998.
Box-folder 5:6
Dollar, Natalie J. "Now That the Singer's Gone, Where Will We Go For the Song?"
Note
Paper given at the nineteenth Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Association conference, Holiday Inn Plaza,
Lubbock, TX, January 29–31, 1998.
Box-folder 5:7
Ganter, Granville. "Grateful Dead and the Sound of Enthusiasm."
Note
Paper given at the nineteenth Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Association conference, Holiday Inn Plaza,
Lubbock, TX, January 29–31, 1998.
Box-folder 5:8
Goodenough, Mary. "The Grateful Dead Experience: A Rite of Passage in Modern Society."
Note
Paper given at the nineteenth Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Association conference, Holiday Inn Plaza,
Lubbock, TX, January 29–31, 1998.
Box-folder 5:9
Holt, Joseph. "The Ripple Effect."
Note
Paper given at the nineteenth Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Association conference, Holiday Inn Plaza,
Lubbock, TX, January 29–31, 1998.
Box-folder 5:10
Hunter, Robert. "The Giant's Harp." Unpublished draft, 1996.
Box-folder 5:11
Lane, Philip J. "What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been" : The Grateful Dead, the Deadheads, and the Refiguration of Subculture."
Note
Paper given at the Western Speech Communication Association conference, Sacramento, CA, Feb. 18, 1990. Paper published as
ERIC ED321319, available online at http://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED321319. This draft is incomplete.
Box-folder 5:12
Noe, Jason Robert. "Modernism, Postmodernism, and the Grateful Dead: the Evolution of the Psychedelic Avant-Garde." MA Thesis,
Iowa State University, 1996.
Box-folder 5:13
O'Donnell, Shaugn. "Space, Motion and Other Musical Metaphors."
Note
Paper given at the nineteenth Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Association conference, Holiday Inn Plaza,
Lubbock, TX, January 29–31, 1998.
Box-folder 5:14
Slabicky, Ihor.
The Compleat Grateful Dead Discography. 11th ed. 1993.
Newsletters Series 4
Bulk, 1982-1997
1982-1997
General Physical Description note:
Box 5:15-5:24
Scope and Contents note
The fourth series consists of band newsletters that are devoted to reporting on and following the band.
Arrangement note
The material is arranged alphabetically.
Box-folder 5:15
The Archives: The Newsletter of the Archives
Box-folder 5:15
The Dead by Hank Harrison [Archives Newsletter #4]
Box-folder 5:16
Awesome Comics: The Official Comic Book of the Deadheads [photocopy]
Box-folder 5:17
Deadheads Japan News Letter
Box-folder 5:18
Deadheads Unite Newsletter,
1990
Box-folder 5:19
Dedletter: The Tape Collectors Newsletter, v.1:1
Mar. 1978
Box-folder 5:20
The Golden Owl, v.1:3
[1991]
Box-folder 5:21
Ripple, Dead, v.1
Dec. 2, 1989
Box-folder 5:22
Sunshine Roses, concert flyers,
1983-1987
Box-folder 5:22
Marin,
Halloween Special, no. 1:1-2
1983
Box-folder 5:22
Christmas Special,
Merry Christmas and
Shake It,Shake It Sugaree! no. 1:3-4
1983
Box-folder 5:22
Keep On Dancin'! no. 2
1984
Box-folder 5:22
Marin Civic Center
Mar. 28-Apr. 1, 1984
Box-folder 5:22
China Cat Into Th' New Year
1984
Box-folder 5:22
Cal Expo Special,
King Solomon's Marbles
Jun. 9-10, 1984
Box-folder 5:22
Christmas/New Year's,
When the Drum Solo Comes
1984
Box-folder 5:22
Chinese New Year,
Mr. Myke and Cosmic Chimpout
1985
Box-folder 5:22
Berkeley Community Theatre,
The Dead Okays Voluntary, Prayer at Shows, Thinking Weird Thinks,
Mar. 9-10, 12-13, 1985
Box-folder 5:22
Frost Amphitheatre,
Apr. 27-28, 1985
Box-folder 5:22
Boreal Ridge, "They Love Each Other" with Dancing Bears. "Uncle Dires Mountaineering Tips.",
1985
Box-folder 5:22
H.J. Kaiser Convention Center,
Sep. 1985
Box-folder 5:22
China Cat and His Friends
Box-folder 5:22
Frost Amphitheater Shows,
1986
Box-folder 5:22
Henry J. Kaiser Auditorum,
1987
Box-folder 5:23
KEY-Z Productions, Eugene, OR,
1997
Box-folder 5:23
Author Autographed Grateful Dead Books,
1997
Box-folder 5:23
Hulogosi Catalogue, Eugene, OR
Box-folder 5:23
Dead Art 1984, San Francisco, CA,
1984
Box-folder 5:24
Miscellaneous material: album release and air play announcements, band updates, sketches for movie animation, Grateful Dead
Sound System for Hollywood Bowl, History of the Diga Rhythm Band, etc.
Magazines and Newspapers Series 5
1972-1998
General Physical Description note:
Boxes 6-8
Scope and Contents note
The fifth series holds a collection of more widely distributed magazine and newspaper issues focusing on, or citing Grateful
Dead. Bulk of the material dates to 1995-1998.
Arrangement note
The material is arranged first by format and then alphabetically; magazines and newspapers by title.
Box-folder 6:1
Acoustic Guitar, no. 32
Aug. 1995
Box-folder 6:2
Acoustic News Issue, no.5
Summer 1996
Box-folder 6:3
American Libraries, v.27:8
Sep. 1996
Box-folder 6:5
Special Commorative Issue,
Aug 1995
Box-folder 6:6
George, Inaugural Issue,
Oct/Nov 1995
Box-folder 6:7
Guitar for the Practicing Musician, , v.3:4
Feb. 1986
Box-folder 6:8
Guitar World, v.8:9
Dec. 1987
Box-folder 6:9
Guitar World Acoustic, no.17
1996
Box-folder 6:10
Interview, v.21:7
Jul. 1991
Box-folder 6:11
Keyboard, v.17:3, (no.179)
Mar. 1991
Box-folder 6:13
Musician, no.215
Oct. 1996
Box-folder 6:15
The Nose, Fourth One
1990
Box-folder 6:16
Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Assoc.,
Box-folder 7:1
Special Issue,
Sep/Oct 1995
Box-folder 7:2
Playbill: The National Theatre Magazine, v.87:10,
Oct. 1987
Box-folder 7:3
Playboy, v.191:3,
Mar. 1972
Box-folder 7:4
Psychedelic Illuminations, no.8,
Winter 1995/96
Box-folder 7:5
Rock! , v.2:12,
Nov. 1985
Box-folder 7:6
Rock 'N' Roll Comics, no.46,
Dec. 1993
Box-folder 7:7
no.724/725
Dec. 28, 1995-Jan.11, 1996
Box-folder 7:9
San Francisco Examiner Magazine,
May 25, 1997
Box-folder 7:10
Schwann Spectrum, v.7:4
Fall 1996
Box-folder 7:11
Program, 19th Annual Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Association Conference, Jan. 29-31, 1998.
Box-folder 7:12
Time, v.148:5
July 22, 1996
Box-folder 8:1
Express: The East Bay's Free Weekly, v.18:11
Dec. 22, 1995
Box-folder 8:2
v.22:17 (no.419)
Aug. 16, 1996
Box-folder 8:3
Looking Ahead: Music & Arts Newspaper, no. 10
Sep. 1995
Box-folder 8:4
San Francisco Chronicle, Section A, pp.1-12
Jan. 6, 1995
Box-folder 8:5
UR: University Reporter, Spring Break Edition, Colorado State University
Feb. 1996
The Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics Series 6
Series Scope and Content
This series consists of drafts, notes, correspondence, page proofs, and other material for the book,
The Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics, edited by Alan Trist and David Dodd (Free Press, 2005).
Arrangement
The material in this series is arranged by placement in the book and chronologically.
Box-folder 9:3
Typescript Draft, undated
Box-folder 10:1
April 17, 2005 Draft Work
Box-folder 10:2
May 10, 2005 Outstanding Issues
Box-folder 10:4
June 6, 2005 Front Matter Draft
Box-folder 10:5
June 13, 2005 Draft, Trist Edit
Box-folder 11:2
July 11, 2005 Final Draft
Box-folder 11:3
July 19, 2005 Page Proofs
