Grateful Dead Records: Decorated Envelopes
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University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, California, 95064
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Grateful Dead Records: Decorated Envelopes
Collection number: MS 332 Ser.11
The University Library
Special Collections and Archives
University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, California
- Processed by:
- Special Collections and Archives Processing Unit.
- Date Completed:
- June 2012
- Encoded by:
- Archives Processing Unit staff
© 2011 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Grateful Dead Records: Decorated Envelopes
Dates: 1983-1996
Collection number: MS 332 Ser.11
Collector:
Grateful Dead Productions
Collection Size:
28 boxes
Repository:
University of California, Santa Cruz. University Library.
Special Collections and Archives
Santa Cruz, California 95064
Abstract: 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.
Physical location: Stored in Special Collections and Archives: Advance notice is required for access to the papers.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Access
This series is open for research. Please contact the Grateful Dead Archivist at: grateful@ucsc.edu for further information.
Publication Rights
Property rights to the physical objects reside with the University of California. To inquire about the copyright of material
in this series, please contact the Grateful Dead Archivist at: grateful@ucsc.edu.
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
Alternative Forms of Material Available
Selected images may be viewed at the Grateful Dead Archive Online (GDAO) at: www.gdao.org .
Accurals
The first accural was received in 2008. Second accural was received in June 2012. Additional accurals are expected.
Processing Information
The series is being processed using MPLP which means materials were refoldered, rehoused and very minimally processed.
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.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Grateful Dead (Music Group)--Archives
Grateful Dead Productions
Deadheads (Music Fans)
Concert Tours
Other Grateful Dead Records Finding Aids
Related Collections
-
MS 52 David Dodd Grateful Dead Collection
-
MS 224 Stu Nixon Collection
- MS 333 Dick Latvala Papers - in process
- MS 334 Herb Greene Photographs - in process
- MS 335 Teresa Garcia Memorial Collection - in process
- MS 336 Dennis McNally Papers - in process
- MS 339 Acid Test Poster Modern Variant Reprints - in process
- MS 340 David Singer Posters - in process
- MS 342 Nicholas G. Meriwether Poster Collection - in process
- MS 343 Elizabeth Cohen Collection - in process
- MS 344 Susana Millman Slide Collection - in process
- MS 345 John R. Dwork Papers - in process
- MS 346 Grateful Dead Bean Bears Collection - in process
- MS 350 Deadheads Contributions - in process
- MS 420 Grateful Dead Scholars Caucus Papers - in process
Container List
box 1
#0200-0224; # 0713-0714; #01001-01650,
1983 - 1993
box 2
#01651-02300,
1986 - 4/28/1987
box 3
#02301-02900,
4/28/1987 - 1/14/1988
box 4
#02901-03500,
1/12/1988 - 8/8/1988
box 5
#03501-04050,
8/8/1988 - 1/24/1989
box 6
#04051-04600,
1/24/1989 - 7/13/1989
box 7
#04601-05200,
7/13/1989 - 11/1/1989
box 9
#05801-06400,
11/1/1989 - 4/23/1990
box 10
#06401-07000,
4/23/1990 - 10/22/1990
box 12
#07601-08200,
10/22/1990 - 1/3/1991
box 13
#08201-08800,
1/3/1991 - 4/16/1991
box 14
#08801-09400,
4/16/1991 - 10/29/1991
box 16
#10001-10600,
10/29/1991 - 1/15/1992
box 17
#10601-11300,
11/15/1992 - 4/14/1992
Scope and Content Note
[No envelopes #10780-10879]
box 18
#11301-12100,
4/14/1992 - 11/2/1992
Scope and Content Note
[No envelopes #11430-11629]
box 19
#12101-12700,
11/2/1992 - 3/22/1993
box 20
#12701-13300,
3/22/1993 - 6/24/1993
box 21
#13301-13900,
6/24/1993 - 1/19/1994
box 22
#13901-14500,
1/19/1994 - 4/29/1994
Scope and Content Note
[No envelopes #14420-14429]
box 23
#14501-15012,
4/29/1994 - 1/3/1995
box 24
#15013-15600,
1/3/1995 - 4/24/1995
box 25
#15601-16200,
4/17/1995 - 5/3/1995
box 26
#16201-16800,
5/12/1995 - Date illegible
box 27
#16801-17212,
Various and illegible dates
box 28
Oversize envelopes,
Various dates
