Restrictions to Access

This collection contains born-digital materials that are accessible only on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Access to born-digital audio materials (DF-20399/18-21) is provided in the Special Collections Research Room at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. For further information about access to these materials, contact Research and Instructional Services staff at Wilsonlibrary@unc.edu.

Access copies of digital photographs (DF-20399/1-17, 22) are available for viewing in the Digital Collections Repository. Downloading of images is not permitted.

Restrictions to Use

Any duplication request for the purpose of publication must be approved by the donor.

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 Daniel Coston Collection #20399, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from Daniel Coston in May 2005 (Acc. 100074), December 2005 (Acc. 100284, 100561), April 2006 (Acc. 100363, 100377), October 2006 (Acc. 100504), December 2007 (Acc. 101210), November 2008 (Acc. 101017), and November 2019 (Acc. 103748).

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.

Processed by: Anne Wells, Miana Breed, Jessica Venlet, November 2019

Encoded by: Anne Wells, November 2019

Revisions by: Nancy Kaiser, Clare Carlson, and Jessica Venlet, March 2020

Archival processing of the Daniel Coston Collection was made possible through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Since August 2017, we have added ethnic and racial identities for individuals and families represented in collections. To determine identity, we rely on self-identification; other information supplied to the repository by collection creators or sources; public records, press accounts, and secondary sources; and contextual information in the collection materials. Omissions of ethnic and racial identities in finding aids created or updated after August 2017 are an indication of insufficient information to make an educated guess or an individual's preference for identity information to be excluded from description. When we have misidentified, please let us know at wilsonlibrary@unc.edu.

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.

Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's online catalog.

• Big Star (Musical group)
• Cale, J. J.
• Carter Family (Musical group)
• Carter, Maybelle, 1909-1978.
• Carter, Sara, 1898-1979.
• Cash, Johnny.
• Cash, June Carter, 1929-2003.
• Cat Power, 1972-
• Coston, Daniel, 1972-
• Country music.
• Dylan, Bob, 1941-
• Earle, Steve.
• Folk music--United States.
• Folk musicians--Photographs.
• Griffith, Andy, 1926-2012.
• MereFest--Photographs.
• Merritt, Tift.
• Moog, Bob (Robert)
• Musicians--Photographs
• Rock concerts--North Carolina--Photographs
• Rock music--United States.
• Rock musicians--Photographs.
• Stanley, Ralph.
• Wilco (Musical group)

Daniel Coston is a white photographer from Charlotte, N.C. who has been documenting musicians across North Carolina, and other parts of the world since 1995. His photographs have been featured in numerous publications, several TV networks, and his list of credits include work with Johnny Cash, the Avett Brothers, Wilco, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Down From The Mountain tour, Maurice Williams, and others. Daniel has also written several books, including North Carolina Musicians: Photographs And Conversations (McFarland Publications, 2013), There Was A Time: Rock & Roll During The 1960s In Charlotte, And North Carolina (Fort Canoga Press, 2014) and Home Of The Blues: A History Of The Double Door Inn (Fort Canoga Press, 2017).

Photographs and audio recordings of musicians created by white North Carolina photographer, Daniel Coston. Photographs consist mostly of digital images, 1996-2007, of live performances by country, folk, and rock musicians, including Big Star, J. J. Cale, Carter Family, Johnny Cash, Cat Power, Bob Dylan, Steve Earle, Andy Griffith, Tift Merritt, Ralph Stanley, and Wilco, among others. Digital images also include documentation of MerleFest, an annual traditional music festival held in Wilkesboro, N.C., as well as a memorial for Robert Moog, inventor of the first commercial synthesizer, the Moog synthesizer. Audio recordings consist of digital copies of live recordings by country musicians, including a 2003 performance by Johnny Cash and a 1975 performance by Sarah and Maybelle Carter.

The Addition of November 2019 consists largely of Coston's photography, 2000-2018, of rock, gospel, and folk musicians performing in North Carolina. Notable among the photographs is a rare image of Jimi Hendrix in Charlotte, N.C. on his 1967 tour with The Monkees. The Jimi Hendrix Experience were the opening act for The Monkees.

• Digital Folders (DF-20399/1-22)