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Size | 9.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 1500 items) |
Abstract | The Jefferson Holt Collection consists of materials compiled by Jefferson Holt, a white band manager and founder of Dog Gone Records label. Holt is the former band manager for R.E.M. and Pylon. The collection documents these bands and the alternative rock music scenes in Chapel Hill, N.C. and Athens, Ga. There are audiovisual recordings; publicity materials, including press clippings, flyers, posters, and photographs; Pylon fan mail; t-shirts; and concert ephemera. Other bands documented in the collection are the Flat Duo Jets, The Squalls, Snatches of Pink, Die Monster Die, Vibrating Egg, Calling Sounds, The Dangtrippers, The Remanz, The Kamikazees, Chris Stamey, and Yo La Tengo. Audio and video recordings found in the collection consist of demos, pre-releases, test pressings, interviews, live performances, and music videos of R.E.M., Pylon, and others. |
Creator | Holt, Jefferson. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Nancy Kaiser and Patrick Cullom, June 2019
Encoded by: Nancy Kaiser, June 2019
Updated by: Anne Wells and Meredith Kite, October 2019; Anne Wells, Clare Carlson, and Jessica Venlet, February 2020
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Jefferson Holt is a white band manager and founder of Dog Gone Records label. He is the former band manager for R.E.M. and Pylon. In an earlier period of his life he shelved books at Davis Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Back to TopJefferson Holt is the former band manager for R.E.M. and Pylon. The collection documents these bands and the alternative rock music scenes in Chapel Hill, N.C. and Athens, Ga. from the 1970s to 2000s. There are audiovisual recordings; publicity materials, including press clippings, flyers, posters, and photographs; Pylon fan mail; t-shirts; and concert ephemera. Other bands documented in the collection are the Flat Duo Jets, The Squalls, Snatches of Pink, Die Monster Die, Vibrating Egg, Calling Sounds, The Dangtrippers, The Remanz, The Kamikazees, Chris Stamey, and Yo La Tengo. Audio and video recordings found in the collection consist of demos, pre-releases, test pressings, interviews, live performances, and music videos by R.E.M., Pylon, and other bands from the alternative rock music scenes in Chapel Hill, N.C. and Athens, Ga. Audio recordings are on audiocassette, 1/4" open reel audio, digital audio tape (DAT), Betacam, LP record, 12" stampers, and born-digital files, while video recordings are on VHS, Betacam, U-Matic, and 1" open reel video.
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Box 1 |
Pylon fan mail, 1990 |
Box 2 |
Pylon and REM materialsEphemera, publicity, management related materials. |
Box 3-4
Box 3Box 4 |
Publicity bindersPress clippings, flyers, photographs for Flat Duo Jets, The Squalls, Snatches of Pink, Die Monster Die, Vibrating Egg, Calling Sounds, The Dangtrippers, The Remanz, The Kamikazees. Also includes loose materials related to Dog Gone Records, Sky Records, and Flat Duo Jets found with audiovisual materials. |
Image Box IB-20564/1 |
PhotographsLoose publicity shots and negatives removed from binders. |
Oversize Image Folder OP-PF-20564/1 |
Vanessa Briscoe Hay |
Oversize Box OB-20564/1 |
Oversize papersNewspaper issues, LP sleeves, open reel boxes, posters relating to Jefferson Holt and bands he managed. |
Oversize Box OB-20564/2 |
T-shirts |
Oversize Box OB-20564/3 |
Concert ephemera |
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-20564/1-3
OPF-20564/1OPF-20564/2OPF-20564/3 |
Posters |
Arrangement: Audio recordings are listed first, followed by video recordings.
Processing information: Titles compiled from original containers. Loose paper materials related to Dog Gone Records, Sky Records, and Flat Duo Jets found with audiovisual materials reside in Box 4 in series 1.
Demos, pre-releases, test pressings, interviews, live performances, and music videos by R.E.M., Pylon, and other bands from the alternative rock music scenes in Chapel Hill, N.C. and Athens, Ga. Audio recordings are on audiocassette, 1/4" open reel audio, digital audio tape (DAT), Betacam, LP record, 12" stampers, and born-digital files, while video recordings are on VHS, Betacam, U-Matic, and 1" open reel video.
Arrangement: Alphabetical by artist or title.
Arrangement: Alphabetical by artist or title.