grateful dead archive presentation
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Grateful Dead Archive
University of CaliforniaSanta Cruz
May, 2009
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Grateful Dead Archive
1. How UCSC got the archive
2. Treasure trove
3. The vision
4. YOU can help!
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1. How we got the Archive
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Professor Lieberman
• Teaches a music course on The Dead
• Learned of need for a home for archive
• Many discussions
• We got the Grateful Dead Archive!
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2. Treasure trove
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Tons of treasures
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600 linear feet
• Posters, t-shirts, caps, stage passes, tickets
• Complete set commercial recordings
• Books, journals, videos
• Correspondence, including miracle envelopes
• Furniture, stage props, art, gifts
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3. The vision
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The vision:Virtual Terrapin Station
• Digitized and organized / tagged & findable content
• On the Web for fans and scholars AND
• At UCSC’s McHenry Library’s Dead Central
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4. YOU can help!
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We need the bread
And YOU can help us make our treasure trove accessible to millions of fans and scholars worldwide.
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Keep the Dead Alive!
Support the Archive.
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Credits
• Roses & skeletons - Richard Wohlfeiler
• Ticket images - Grateful Dead Archive
• Stilt-walking skeleton - Poster by Bob Fried (Grateful Dead Archive)
• Photographs by Doug Stewart
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