Mary Katherine Aldin Artist Files, circa 1990-2010

Collection Number: 20485

Collection Title: Mary Katherine Aldin Artist Files, circa 1990-2010

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Size	33 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 2200 items)
Abstract	Mary Katherine Aldin is a freelance independent reissue producer and annotator. She wrote a blues column for the L.A. Weekly for more than 20 years; has contributed essays to several books and magazines on American roots music; and has hosted an American roots music radio show in Los Angeles, Calif. The collection contains files on folk, bluegrass, blues, country, and popular musicians: chiefly publicity photographs, promotional materials, clippings, correspondence, and obituaries.
Creator	Aldin, Mary Katherine
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.

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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 Mary Katherine Aldin Artist Files #20485, Southern Folklife Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information: Received on 22 January 2012 (Acc. 101727).

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Processed by: Al Smith and Amelia Holmes, October 2015

Encoded by: Amelia Holmes, October 2015

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Mary Katherine Aldin has been engaged in preserving, playing, and promoting American traditional music in its various forms since she moved to Southern California in 1962. She is a freelance independent reissue producer and annotator. Aldin worked at The Ash Grove folk club during the 1960s; she ran a record store during the 1970s; and she worked for the booking agency Folklore Productions. She wrote a blues column for the L.A. Weekly for more than 20 years. She has contributed essays to several books and magazines on American roots music and hosted an American roots music radio show in Los Angeles, Calif.

Biographical information taken from "Mary Katherine Aldin Ends Long-Running Radio Show in LA" in AltMusicScene.com

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Files on folk, bluegrass, blues, country, and popular musicians chiefly containing publicity photographs, promotional materials, clippings, correspondence, and obituaries.

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Expand/collapse Mary Katherine Aldin Artist Files circa 1990-2010.

About 2200 items.

Arrangement: Mary Katherine Aldin's orginal arrangement and file titles have been retained. Files are listed alphabetically by artist's name or topic.