Finding Aids
Finding aids are detailed descriptions of the Center for Popular Music's archival or manuscript collections. Each collection is unique and may include various types of materials, such as personal papers, photographs, scrapbooks, oral histories, interviews, and other unpublished paper, sound, or audio-visual recordings. The finding aid to each collection explains and outlines its contents and location within the archives.
You may search the Center's finding aids in two ways. Keyword search is available at Search Manuscript Collections, or you may browse the alphabetical list below. Please contact us if you need further help with the finding aids.
- A
- ACUFF, CHARLIE
- AFRICAN-AMERICAN EASTER GOSPEL MUSIC PROGRAM
- DENES AGAY PAPERS
- "SINGIN' SAM" AGINS
- AIRCHECKS: GRAND OLE OPRY AND OTHER RADIO SHOWS
- ALABAMA BLACK SACRED HARP
- ALLEN, BOB
- ALL-STAR BENEFIT CONCERT
- AM RADIO: PROGRAMMER'S DIGEST
- ANDERSON, CHARLES B.
- APOLLO CLUB MINSTRELS SCRAPBOOK
- ARCHIE GREEN LECTURE
- ASCAP/BMI WAR SCRAPBOOK.
- ASCAP PAPERS
- AVERY,RAY COLLECTION
- B
- BAILEY, DEFORD HISTORIC MARKER DEDICATION
- BALDWIN, HAROLD - GRAND OLE OPRY COLLECTION
- THE HISTORY OF BAND EIGHT
- BARKER, DANNY
- A BASIE DOZEN
- BENDELL, FLORENCE
- BENSON, LAURENCE
- BESSEMER [ALABAMA] BLACK GOSPEL QUARTETS
- BLAND, NEIL
- BLUES BEFORE SUNRISE
- BLUES FROM MURFREESBORO
- BLUES MUSIC
- BOUCHELL, POLLY ELVIRA
- BOUTWELL, LANE
- BRONZEMEN QUARTET
- BROWN, ROBERT RAY
- BRUINGTON, MCADOO
- C
- CAJUN CULTURE IS ALIVE AND WELL IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
- CAJUN MUSIC AND ZYDECO
- MID-CAROLINA MALE CHORUS
- CARPER'S LIGHTENING GUITAR METHOD
- BILLY CARTER MINSTREL SCRAPBOOK
- CHACON, RUPERTO MARCO AURELIO
- CHARLIE WALKER COLLECTION
- DOC CHEATHAM GRAVESTONE UNVEILING AND CELEBRATION
- LEW CHILDRE TRANSCRIPTIONS
- CHOATE, SGT. GROVER
- CHOO CHOO HOTEL - BESSIE SMITH TRADITIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL
- MUSIC FOR AN OLD-FASHIONED CHRISTMAS
- CHULRUA--TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC
- CINCINNATI, OHIO
- CIVIL WAR
- COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION
- COLERIDGE-TAYLOR, SAMUEL
- AMELIA COLLINS MEMORABILIA COLLECTION
- CONCERT AND ENTERTAINMENT
- EVERETT CORBIN COLLECTION
- COX - GRANT FAMILY TUNE BOOKS
- CHULRUA - IRISH MUSIC PARTY
- CPM LECTURES
- CPM PERFORMANCES
- CPM PHOTOGRAPHS
- CENTER FOR RECORDING ARTS AND SCIENCES OPENING CONCERT
- CREATIVE RADIO NETWORK
- CROOK, JOE
- "CROSSROADS" CONFERENCE
- CROSSWHITE COLLECTION
- CUSIC, DON
- CUSIC, D. F.
- D
- DAVIDSON, BRUCE D.
- DeFord Bailey Jr.
- DELIA - LETTER
- "DeTOQUEVILLE'S AMERICA: MUSIC IN TENNESSEE"
- HAZEL DICKENS COLLECTION
- ROBERT E. "MIKE" DOTY COLLECTION
- 1987 DOVE AWARDS
- DULCIMER: LAWRENCE M. GAMBLE
- DYLAN, BOB
- E
- "ECHOES OF AMERICA"
- ELVIS PRESLEY/JOHN LENNON
- ENG, STEVE
- ENGLISH MANUSCRIPT DANCE MUSIC BOOK
- ETTA BAKER
- F
- FAIRFIELD FOUR
- FARMER, PATRICK W.
- "FARTHER ALONG" CONFERENCE
- FINGERSTYLE GUITAR SEMINAR AND CONCERT
- FIREHOUSE JAZZ BAND
- FLUID OUNCES
- FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL
- FOUR EAGLES GOSPEL SINGERS
- FRANKLIN, LOUIS "RED"
- FREEDOM'S JOURNEY
- FRENCH MANUSCRIPT DANCE MUSIC BOOK
- G
- GANDY DANCER CALLERS
- GAYLEN, DIANA
- GENE JONES COLLECTION
- GERMAN PUBLIC TELEVISION
- GIBSON, T. J.
- GLOBAL SATELLITE NETWORK
- GOLDSTEIN, KENNETH S. BROADSIDES
- GOLDSTEIN, KENNETH S. SONGSTERS
- GOLDSTEIN, KENNETH S. SONG FOLIOS
- GOOD, JOHN
- GOSPEL ARTS DAY (1989)
- GOSPEL SOUNDS OF SPRINGFIELD [MA]
- GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS (1986)
- WALLER, G[EORGE] PLATT
- GRATEFUL DEAD
- GREAT EXPECTATIONS QUARTET
- GROSBAYNE, B.
- GRUPO INSTRUMENTAL Y VOCES USB
- "ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC, BY GEORGE WASHINGTON DIXON" BROADSIDE
- H
- HALEY, JAMES EDWARD (ED) AND FAMILY
- HANEY, C. L. (LES)
- "A HARD DAY'S NIGHT"
- BILL HARRISON COLLECTION
- HENDERSON, GORDON
- HERRON, JOEL S.
- HINSON, RAY
- MURFREESBORO HIP-HOP COLLECTION
- HOLSINGER, GEORGE B.
- "HOME OF THE HEROES"
- HOBSON, W.B. "HOP"
- VIRGINIA HORNPIPE FIDDLERS
- HOUSTON, SONNY
- HOWE, ELIAS
- HOWSE, WILLIAM AND PEARSON, JACK
- HUTCHINSON FAMILY SINGERS
- I
- PHOTOGRAPHIC (ICONOGRAPHIC) COLLECTION
- BRUCE IGLAUER
- ISLEY, CHRISTINE
- J
- JASEN, DAVID A.
- JESSE AUSTIN MORRIS COLLECTION
- JIMMY E. RANEY
- JOHN JACKSON
- JOHNSON, GUY BENTON
- JON FITZGERALD LECTURE
- K
- KACHAMBA, DONALD
- KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE
- KUBIK, GERHARD LECTURE
- KUBIK, GERHARD
- L
- LABAJ, STACY
- LOUISIANA LIGHTING
- LEADBELLY
- "JOHNNY LEIGHMAN'S SUPERIOR MINSTRELS" PAPERS
- LETHAM, DANIEL
- "LETTER FROM AMERICA"
- LOUISIANA LIGHTNING
- LEWIS, LISA A.
- LEWIS, LISA A. RESEARCH VIDEOS
- LOVELL, MAXINE
- LUDLOWS, H.F.
- M
- MAGNESS, TOMMY
- MARTIN, MRS. ELLIS SHANKLIN
- MARTIN, ODELL
- MARTIN WILLIAMS LECTURES
- MARX, JOSEPH
- MAXIMUM ROCK AND ROLL RADIO PROGRAM
- MCA-NASHVILLE "WHAT IT IS"
- MCA RECORDS
- MCCRARY, SAMUEL
- McCUEN, BRAD INTERVIEW
- BRAD McCUEN COLLECTION
- McCUSKER, KRISTINE
- McLEAN, FRANCESCA
- "MENTO YARD"
- METHENY, PAT
- MID-SOUTH MUSIC AND HERITAGE FESTIVAL
- MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS
- MISCELLANEOUS MANUSCRIPT MUSIC
- HURT, MISSISSIPPI JOHN
- JOHN S. MITCHELL COLLECTION OF TENNESSEE MUSIC
- MOFFAT, ALFRED
- MONROE, BILL: FUNERAL
- MONROE, BILL
- THE DOUGLAS MOORE COLLECTION
- OREFIELD, TONY
- "MORNINGS ON FIVE"
- MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE COLLEGE PERFORMING ARTISTS
- "MUSIC BIZ"
- "MUSICIANERS AND SONGESTERS" SEMINAR
- MUSIC P0STCARD
- "MUSIC IN THE SOUTH"
- N
- NAFF, MRS. L.C.
- NAPOLEONVILLE, LA CHURCH SERVICE
- NATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL 1993
- NATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL 1994
- NEIL ROSENBERG LECTURE
- JERRY GARCIA
- NEW ORLEANS [LA] FIELD RECORDINGS
- NORMAN COHEN LECTURE
- NEW YORK, NEW YORK RADIO STATION PLAY LISTS
- O
- OAKLEY, I.D.
- ODELL MARTIN DAY
- OSBOURNE, OZZY
- OSMOND FAMILY COLLECTION
- OSTERBURG [PENNSYLVANIA] CORNET BAND
- "THE OTHER MUSIC CITY"
- OVERSTAKE, EVELYN COLLECTION
- P
- PAUL OLIVER LECTURE
- PAUL WELLS LECTURE
- PHILLIPS, DEWEY "RED, HOT AND BLUE"
- "PLAYED IN THE USA" TELEVISION SERIES
- POLLOCK'S CORNET BAND
- POPLIN'S CROSSROADS, TN
- IANA CHRISTIAN
- PRESLEY, ELVIS
- PUIRT A BAROQUE
- PAUL WELLS
- R
- RAGER, MOSE
- RAGLAND, MARGARET GROOMS
- RCA VICTOR POPULAR ALBUM CLUB
- "RIDERS RADIO THEATER" COLLECTION
- "THE RECORDING INDUSTRY: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES"
- RECORDING INDUSTRY MANAGEMENT LECTURE SERIES
- RODEHEAVER, RUTHELLA FEASTER
- ROGER HOWELL MEMORY COLLECTION
- "ROOTS OF AMERICAN POPULAR MUSIC"
- ROSENSTIHL, WILLIAM
- RUEBUSH-KIEFFER COMPANY CORPORATE COLLECTION
- RUPPRECHT, NANCY
- S
- SANTANGELO, JOHN
- SATHERLEY, ARTHUR
- SCALES' 78 rpm PHONOGRAPH RECORDS
- SCOTT, "DOC" TOMMY
- THEATER PLAYBILL SCRAPBOOK
- COLLECTION OF NEGRO HARMONY SINGING
- BLACK GOSPEL DISC COLLECTION
- MASTER TAPES OF NEGRO QUARTET SINGING
- DOUG SEROFF COUNTRY MUSIC COLLECTION
- DOUG SEROFF AFRICAN AMERICAN GOSPEL QUARTET COLLECTION
- DOUG SEROFF FILM COLLECTION
- JOSEPH SHABALALA
- "SHADES AT MIDNIGHT: CONVENTIONS OF THE WHITE BLUES PLAYER" MANUSCRIPT
- SOUTH UNION SHAKER QUARTET
- SHANNON, REV. F.B.
- PROFESSIONAL SHEET BOOK COLLECTION
- SHREFFLER, ROGER
- SHRODE, JOHN
- SINGING SCHOOL COLLECTION
- "SINGING IN TWO WORLDS"
- HERBERT SMITH MINSTREL COLLECTION
- W.O. SMITH
- "SOUTHERN SONGBIRDS"
- SONG SLAM: MURFREESBORO UNPLUGGED
- SONNECK SOCIETY
- SOUTHERN GOSPEL CONVENTION SINGING COLLECTION
- SPROUT BROOK BAND
- SQUARE DANCE COLLECTION
- SQUARE DANCE VIDEO
- STANLEY JORDAN LECTURE
- STERLING JUBILEE SINGERS/BIRMINGHAM SUNLIGHTS
- STEVENS, CHARLES G.
- STILLHOUSE REELERS
- STONE AND BEDILL
- STROHMAN, ANNA J.
- T
- TENNESSEE BANJO INSTITUTE COLLECTION
- TENNESSEE BANJO INSTITUTE RECORDS & PHOTOGRAPHS
- TED JARRETT
- "TENNESSEE STRINGS" LECTURE AND PERFORMANCE
- SISTER OLA MAE TERRELL
- TIPTON, CARL
- TIPTON, CARL VIDEO TAPES
- TENNESSEE FOLKLORE RADIO SERIES
- TOMMY THOMAS
- TENNESSEE VALLEY OLD TIME FIDDLERS COMPETITION
- U
- UNCLE DAVE MACON DAYS PHOTOGRAPHS A
- UNCLE DAVE MACON DAYS RECORDS
- UNCLE DAVE MACON DAYS PHOTOGRAPHS B
- UNIDENTIFIED BOOK A
- UNIDENTIFIED BOOK B
- V
- VIRGINIA HORNPIPE FIDDLERS
- VAUGHAN, STEVIE RAY DEATH REPORTS
- VOICES OF LOVE
- W
- WALBERT, JAMES D.
- WARD ALLEN COLLECTION
- WARDLOW, GAYLE DEAN
- PAUL WELLS/DAVY CROCKETT FIDDLE AND FIFE TUNES
- MASTERMEN QUARTET/WESTVIEW QUARTET
- HANK WILLIAMS FUNERAL
- WILLIAMSON, SONNY BOY HISTORIC MARKER DEDICATION
- WILLIAMS, WILLIAM MCKINLEY LECTURE
- WILLS, BOB
- WOBURN FIFE BOOK
- CHARLES WOLFE
- CHARLES WOLFE AUDIO TAPES
- WOLFMAN JACK BEATLES RADIO SHOW
- WOMACK, BILLY
- "WOMEN IN COUNTRY MUSIC" PRESS CONFERENCE
- WOMEN IN AMERICAN MUSICAL LIFE SYMPOSIUM
- WOOD, RON
- WOODARD, M. H.
- WORK, JOHN WESLEY III COLLECTION
- WORK, JOHN WESLEY III SOUND RECORDINGS AND PAPERS
- WORLD PEACE JUBILEE
- Y
- "YES SIR, MR BONES"
- YORK, ALVIN C.
- YOUNG, HENRY