Jack Hurst Collection
Scope and Contents
The Jack Hurst Collection contains hundreds of taped interviews of celebrities, country music artists, and music industry leaders. Jack Hurst was a reporter and author who used these recordings for articles on country music in The Tennessean and other publications.
Dates
- Creation: 1970s-1990s
Conditions Governing Access
The physical materials from this collection may be viewed only in the reading room of Vanderbilt’s Special Collections and University Archives. Materials should be requested two to three days in advance to facilitate easier access. Contact specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu to schedule an appointment.
Biographical / Historical
Jack Hurst was born in 1941 and graduated from Vanderbilt in 1964. Hurst began writing about country music in the late 1960s. He was the first full-time music writer for The Tennessean, the first Nashville contributing editor for Country Music Magazine and originated the country music beats at the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Chicago Tribune. He has authored numerous books on country music.
Full Extent
20 Linear Feet (18 flat boxes, 1 Paige box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Jack Hurst Collection contains hundreds of taped interviews of celebrities, country music artists, and music industry leaders. Jack Hurst was a reporter and author who used these recordings for articles on country music in The Tennessean and other publications.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Jack Hurst donated this collection in 2012.
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Jack Hurst Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- revised by Genevieve Kirk
- Date
- revised Summer 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives Repository
Special Collections Library
1101 19th Ave. S.
Nashville TN 37212 United States
specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu
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