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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Sue Meyer Design Collection #70099, Southern Folklife Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Transferred from the D. Kent Thompson Collection (20479) in the Southern Folklife Collection in the Louis Rould Wilson Special Collections Library in May 2021.

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Until May 2021, the materials in the Sue Meyer Design Collection were described as part of the D. Kent Thompson Collection (20479).

Encoded by: Laura Smith

Updated by Rebecca Stubbs and Laura Smith, February 2022

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• Adkins, Hasil.
• Algonquin Books.
• Graphic Design (Typography)
• Museum of Life and Science.
• Southern Culture on the Skids.
• Sugar Hill Records.
• Thompson, Sue Meyer.

Donor provided the following biographical information*:

Sue Meyer holds a BFA in drawing from the College of Design, Art, Architecture, and Planning at the University of Cincinnati (1980). She started Sue Meyer Design in 1995 after working as Art Director at the NC Museum of Life & Science in Durham.

The majority of her work has been for music labels and musicians, designing and illustrating hundreds of CD packages over the years. Her other work includes logo design, illustration, collateral, and marketing support for museums; cultural, heritage, and arts organizations; conservation groups; publishers.

• * Winner of four International Bluegrass Association Best CD Design Awards, and nominated eight times.
• * Included in PRINT Magazine's Regional Design Annual three times.
• * Featured in: Step By Step Design magazine twice; an Atlanta Journal Constitution article about innovative CD package design; a Raleigh News & Observer article about the IBMA nomination.
• * Recognized by AFIM, DesignOne, Strathmore, PICA, among other design competitions.

*Original text was lightly edited to conform with the style guide in use.

Design work for publications by Southern Culture on the Skids, Hasil Adkins, Sugar Hill Records, the Museum of Life and Science, and Algonquin Books. Materials consist of design and print mechanicals, production mockups, package design, book jacket design, printed promotional posters and a printed catalog.

• Oversize paper folders (OPF-70099/1-5)
• Image folder (PF-70099/1)
• Digital folders (DF-70099/1-5)