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Archival processing of the Thomas Goldsmith Collection was made possible through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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Collection Overview
| Size | 10 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 2000 items) |
| Abstract | Audiovisual materials and papers compiled by journalist and musician, Thomas Goldsmith. Audiovisual materials consist mostly of audio interviews conducted by Goldsmith with prominent bluegrass, folk, and country musicians, including Chet Atkins, Alan Jackson, Alison Krauss, Bill Monroe, Tammy Wynette, and Trisha Yearwood. Papers consist of artist and subject files, clippings, ephemera, printed materials featuring articles by Goldsmith and others, and working files for The Bluegrass Reader, for which Goldsmith served as editor. |
| Creator | Goldsmith, Thomas, 1952- |
| Language | English |
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Subject Headings
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Biographical Information
Journalist Thomas Goldsmith is the generations reporter for the NC Health News in Raleigh, N.C. Previous positions include Wake County editor for the Raleigh (N.C.) News and Observer and assistant managing editor for local news for the Nashville (Tenn.) Tennessean. Goldsmith edited the The Bluegrass Reader, which was published in 2004 by the University of Illinois Press. He is also a record producer, musician, singer, and songwriter.
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Scope and Content
Audiovisual materials and papers compiled by journalist and musician, Thomas Goldsmith. Audiovisual materials consist mostly of audio interviews conducted by Goldsmith with prominent bluegrass, folk, and country musicians, including Chet Atkins, Alan Jackson, Alison Krauss, Bill Monroe, Tammy Wynette, and Trisha Yearwood. Papers consist of scattered subject files, clippings, ephemera, and printed materials featuring articles by Goldsmith. Subject files include materials related to bluegrass-country singer, Alison Krauss, and materials related to Goldsmith's liner notes for the 1997 Edgar Meyer, Bela Fleck, and Mike Marshall release, Uncommon Ritual. Printed materials include issues of Acoustic Guitar, Bluegrass Unlimited, Country, The Journal of Country Music, and a copy of the publication, Flatt on Victor Plus More.
The Addition of January 2018 contains audiovisual materials compiled by Thomas Goldsmith, including audio and video recordings of interviews, commercially produced live recordings, promotional releases, and television programs featuring prominent country, pop, and rock musicians. Audio recordings are on audiocassette, while video recordings are on VHS. The Addition also contains papers, including artist files, subject files, and working files related to the The Bluegrass Reader publication. Artist and subject files, much of which appears to date from Goldsmith's time at the Nashville Tennesseean, contain transcripts of interviews with musicians, reporter notebooks, publicity photographs, press clippings, and printed materials. The Bluegrass Reader materials consist of correspondence with authors and publishers, reprints and copies of articles about bluegrass music and musicians, and drafts of text written by Goldsmith for the publication.
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Series 1. Audiovisual Materials, 1985-1998 and undated.
Arrangement: In order as received.
Processing information: Titles compiled from original containers.
Audio recordings that consist mostly of interviews conducted by Goldsmith with prominent bluegrass, folk, and country musicians, including Chet Atkins, Alan Jackson, Alison Krauss, Bill Monroe, Tammy Wynette, and Trisha Yearwood. Also includes a promotional copy of a Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, and Mark O'Connor release and a recording featuring the American actor, James "Jimmy" Stewart, as well as a one-page tape inventory created by Goldsmith. Recordings are on audiocassette.
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Series 1A. Audiovisual Materials, 1983-1996 and undated (Addition of January 2018).
Acquisitions Information: Accession 103310
Arrangement: Alphabetical by artist or program title.
Processing information: Titles compiled from original containers.
Audio and video recordings compiled by Thomas Goldsmith. Includes interviews, commercial live recordings, promotional releases, and television programs featuring prominent country, pop, and rock musicians. Audio recordings are on audiocassette, while video recordings are on VHS. Also includes a press release found with the Warner Reprise video release, Music of the West: A Tribute to the Singing Cowboys (VT-20474/3).
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Series 2. Papers, 1991-2001 and undated.
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Scattered subject files, clippings, ephemera, and printed materials featuring articles by Goldsmith. Subject files include materials related to bluegrass-country singer, Alison Krauss, and materials related to Goldsmith's liner notes for the 1997 Edgar Meyer, Bela Fleck, and Mike Marshall release, Uncommon Ritual.
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Series 2A. Papers, circa 1980s-2004 (Addition of January 2018).
Acquisitions Information: Accession 103310
Files contain transcripts of interviews with musicians, reporter notebooks, publicity photographs, press clippings, and printed materials. Much of this material appears to date from Goldsmith's time at the Nashville Tennesseean.
Files contain correspondence with authors and publishers, reprints and copies of articles about bluegrass music and musicians, and drafts of text written by Goldsmith for The Bluegrass Reader.
| Box 15-20 |
The Bluegrass Reader #20474, Series: " The Bluegrass Reader Working Files, circa 1990s-2004 " Box 15-20Digital media removed from box 20 in April 2018 is closed pending curatorial review. |
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Items Separated
Processed by: Anne Wells, October 2017
Encoded by: Anne Wells, October 2017
Updated by: Laura Hart, Anne Wells, and Emma Evans, April 2018
Archival processing of the Thomas Goldsmith Collection was made possible through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Diacritics and other special characters have been omitted from this finding aid to facilitate keyword searching in web browsers.
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