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Collection Number: 30023

Collection Title: Southern Folklife Collection Fan Club Newsletters, 1952-1998

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Size Linear Feet: 5.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately Items: 200 items)
Abstract This collection contains fan club newsletters, primarily published by the fan clubs of country music artists. Artists significant in the collection are listed as access points. There are also several publications of the International Council of Fan Clubs and the International Fan Club Organization.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Restrictions to Use
No usage restrictions.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Southern Folklife Collection Fan Club Newsletters #30023, Southern Folklife Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Materials compiled from various sources.
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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Processed by: Library Staff, September 2005

Encoded by: Jason Casden, September 2005

Updated by: Nancy Kaiser, February 2021

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The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

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This collection contains fan club newsletters, primarily published by the fan clubs of country music artists. There are also several publications of the International Council of Fan Clubs and the International Fan Club Organization. The newsletters have been received from various sources.

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Contents list

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57 items.

Arrangement: by folder number.

Folder 1-2

Folder 1

Folder 2

Bill Anderson Fan Club newsletter. Bill Anderson Fan Club. 1968-1981 (some issues missing).

Folder 3

Chet Atkins Club newsletter. Chet Atkins Fan Club. May 1964 Special Journal.

Folder 4

Beehive News. Betty Bee Fan Club. 1967.

Folder 5

Texas Star. Bill Boyd Fan Club. Undated (volume 1, issues 1-3. volume 2, issues 1-3).

Folder 6-7

Folder 6

Folder 7

Sunny Side Sentinel. Carter Family Fan Club. 1955-1974 (some issues missing).

Folder 8

Johnny Cash News. National Johnny Cash Society. 1969?.

The Legend. Johnny Cash Appreciation Society United Kingdom. 1966-1968 (volumes 1-3(.

Folder 9

Strictly Cash. Man in Black. Johnny Cash Appreciation Society United Kingdom. 1967-1983.

Folder 10

Tommy Collins Fan Club newsletter. Tommy Collins Fan Club. 1967.

Folder 11

Branding Iron. Troy Crane Fan Club. 1966-1967.

Folder 12

Bobby Durham Fan Club newsletter. Durham's Country Corral. Durham's Pow Wow. Bobby Durham Fan Club. 1966-1967.

Folder 13

Blake Emmons International Fan Club newsletter. Blake Emmons International Fan Club. 1969-1970.

Folder 14

Golden Notes of a Country Singer. Durward Erwin Fan Club. 1967-1968.

Folder 15

International Council of Fan Clubs Journal. International Council of Fan Clubs. 1968.

Folder 16

International Fan Club Organization newsletter. International Fan Club Organization. 1983-1984.

Folder 17

Bobby Lewis International Fan Club newsletter. Bobby Lewis International Fan Club. 1969-1972.

Folder 18

Loretta Lynn International Fan Club. 1966-1980.

Folder 19

Loretta Lynn International Fan Club. 1980-1988.

Folder 20

Your Friend Loretta. Loretta Lynn International Fan Club. April 1966-August 1968.

Folder 21

Your Friend Loretta. Loretta Lynn International Fan Club. August 1969-April 1971.

Folder 22

Your Friend Loretta. Loretta Lynn International Fan Club. August 1971-March 1974.

Folder 23

Your Friend Loretta. Loretta Lynn International Fan Club. June 1974-Decemeber 1976.

Folder 24

Your Friend Loretta. Loretta Lynn International Fan Club. March 1977-June 1979.

Folder 25

Your Friend Loretta. Loretta Lynn International Fan Club. September 1979-June 1982.

Folder 26

Your Friend Loretta. Loretta Lynn International Fan Club. September 1982-June 1984.

Folder 27

The Sundowner. Billy Martin Fan Club. 1965-1967.

Folder 28

Jimmy Martin Fan Club newsletter. Jimmy Martin Fan Club. December 1972.

Folder 29-34

Folder 29

Folder 30

Folder 31

Folder 32

Folder 33

Folder 34

Jim and Jesse Fan Club newsletter. Jim and Jesse McReynolds Fan Club. 1960-1998.

Folder 35

Country Music Fan Fare. Terry Press. 1961-1962.

Singing Strings. Sho-Bud Hall of Fame. 1964-1965.

Western Corral. Benno Haupl. Undated (volume 2).

Folder 36

International Bill Monroe Fan Club newsletter. International Bill Monroe Fan Club. 1968-1975.

Folder 37

P.M. News. Patsy Montana Fan Club. 1967-1968.

Folder 38

Melba's Musical Memos. Melba Montgomery. October 1965.

Folder 39

Good 'N Country Music. Mountain Music Boys Fan Club. 1970 (volume 1, number 4).

Folder 40

James O'Gwynn Fan Club newsletter. James O'Gwynn Fan Club. 1966-1967.

Folder 41

Country Gossip from Loves Ones. Al Perry Fan Club. 1967-1970.

Folder 42

Pride of Country Music. Charley Pride Fan Club. 1966-1967.

Folder 43

Orval Prophet Fan Club newsletter. Orval Prophet Fan Club. 1967.

Folder 44

Del Reeves Fan Club newsletter. Del Reeves Fan Club. 1965.

Folder 45

Jim Reeves Fan Club newsletter. Jim Reeves Fan Club. 1967-1976.

Folder 46

Fan Club of Tom Rivers and other Country & Western Stars of Television & Records newsletter. Fan Club of Tom Rivers and other Country & Western Stars of Television & Records. 1966-1967.

Folder 47

Texas Jim Robertson Fan Club newsletter. Texas Jim Robertson Fan Club. 1964.

Folder 48

Newsletters. Jimmie Rodgers Society. Jimmie Rodgers Fan Club. Jimmie Rodgers Memorial Association. 1952-1985.

Folder 49

Hank Snow Fan Club News. Hank Snow Fan Club. 1959-1969.

Folder 50-52

Folder 50

Folder 51

Folder 52

Stanley Brothers International Fan Club newsletter. Stanley Brothers International Fan Club. Ralph Stanley International Fan Club. 1965?-1975.

Folder 53

Swingin' on a Stearns Star. June Stearns Fan Club. 1969-1970.

Folder 54

Jim and Lyn Fan Club newsletter. Jim and Lyn Stone Fan Club. September 1967.

Folder 55

The Troubadour. Keeping up with E.T.Ernest Tubb Fan Club. 1966-1980.

Folder 56

Headed West. Dottie West Fan Club. 1966-1967.

Folder 57

On Stage. Carol Wiggins Mt. Boy Fan Club. Undated.

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