Country music
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Thomas Fensch Collection
The collection contains numerous document formats all pertaining to Country and Western music. The contents date from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s, with only a few exceptions.
Grand Ole Opry Collection
This collection, donated in 1967 by Jesse Wills, is composed of a wide variety of items of historical and musical interest, including songbooks, correspondence, photographs, and other unique items. As president of National Life and Accident Insurance Company, the parent company of WSM, Inc. and the Grand Ole Opry, Wills had access to a wide variety of material associated with country music in general and the Grand Ole Opry in particular.
Rissi Palmer Collection
The Rissi Palmer Collection, 1984-2021, consists of songwriting notebooks, photographs, CDs, and outfits from African-American country music artist Rissi Palmer, b. 1981.
"The Tender Lovin' Country Sound of Wilma Burgess" (Decca Records), June 1968
University Press
The University Press record group, 1910-2023, consists of manuscripts, published books, photographs, correspondence, and administrative records of Vanderbilt's University Press.
WSM Radio and Television Collection
The WSM Radio & Television Collection, 1928-1966, is composed of correspondence, photographs, scripts of the Grand Ole Opry and other radio programs, promotional material, and business papers of radio station WSM, 1925-present.
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