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Finding-Aid for the Sandra Lieb Collection(MUM00357) in the Blues Archive. The Department of Archives and Special Collections. The University of Mississippi Libraries

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Finding-Aid for the Sandra Lieb Collection(MUM00357) in the Blues Archive.

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Descriptive Summary

Scope and Contents Note

Restrictions

Container List

Descriptive Summary

PURL:

http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00357/

Creator:

Lieb, Sandra

Title:

Sandra Lieb Collection in the Blues Archive

Inclusive Dates:

1973-1983

Materials in:

English

Abstract:

Collection composed of materials pertainingto blues-related projects: a film, Maxwell Street Blues
(1980), and a book, Mother of the Blues: A Study of Ma Rainey
(University of Massachusetts Press, 1981.) Included are photocopies of research materials about classic blues singer Gertrude “Ma” Rainey (1886 1939), four notebooks of research notes, negatives of illustrations used in the hook, transcriptions of song lyrics, and information concerning copyright registrations and renewals. Also included are taped interviews about Ma Rainey with musicians Clyde Bernhardt, Thomas Dorsey, Sam Chatmon, and Sunnyland Slim.

Quantity:

4 Boxes

Number:

MUM00357

Location:

Blues L-7 and L-8

Repository :

The University of Mississippi
J.D. Williams Library
Department of Archives and Special Collections
P.O. Box 1848, University, MS 38677-1848, USA
Phone: 662.915.7408
Fax: 662.915.5734
E-Mail: archive@olemiss.edu
URL: https://www.olemiss.edu/depts/general_library/archives/

Cite as:

Sandra Lieb Collection(MUM00357) in the Blues Archive. The Department of Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi.

Scope and Contents Note

Collection composed of materials pertaining to blues-related projects: a film, Maxwell Street Blues
(1980), and a book, Mother of the Blues: A Study of Ma Rainey
(University of Massachusetts Press, 1981.) Included are photocopies of research materials about classic blues singer Gertrude “Ma” Rainey (1886 1939), four notebooks of research notes, negatives of illustrations used in the hook, transcriptions of song lyrics, and information concerning copyright registrations and renewals. Also included are taped interviews about Ma Rainey with musicians Clyde Bernhardt, Thomas Dorsey, Sam Chatmon, and Sunnyland Slim.

An addition to the collection received in 1987 consists of papers related to the writing and publication of Mother of the Blues. These include correspondence with other blues authorities (among them: R.M.W. Dixon, Karl Gert zur Heide, Bernard Klatzko and Rosetta Reitz) and with granting agencies and prospective publishers. Correspondence with the University of Massachusetts Press, which published the book in 1981, concerns editorial matters and the production and marketing of the book. Lieb actively assisted the press with marketing, and the papers include her notes and correspondence concerning publicity tours to Denver, San Francisco and New York in 1981 and to Chicago in 1982. Tape recordings include dubs of Ma Rainey’s records
obtained for research purposes from collectors, and radio interviews with Lieb concerning Ma Rainey and the hook. One folder contains materials related to a possible reissue of Ma Rainey songs by VJM. (A research cassette of some of the tapes is shelved in Box 1)

Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Open.

Use Restriction

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be “used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship or research.” If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of “fair use”, that user may be liable for copyright infringement.

Container List

Box 1: Taped Interviews
Tapes:

Tape 1: Clyde Bernhardt Interview, December 31, 1974

Tape 2: Clyde Bernhardt Interview, continued

Tape 3: Sam Chatmon Interview and music (undated)

Tape 4: Sam Chatmon music, continued

Tape 5: Thomas Dorsey Interview, March 14, 1976

Tape 6: Sunnyland Slim Interview, September 17, 1975

Tape 7: Bernie Adams Interview, April 26, 1978

Tape 8: Jimmy Rogers Interview, February 25, 1978

Tape 9: Coot Playboy Venson Interview, undated

Transcriptions:
Folder 1: Clyde Bernhardt Interview: transcription

Folder 2: Sam Chatmon Interview: summary

Folder 3: Thomas Dorsey Interview: transcription

and summary

Folder 4: Sunnyland Slim Interview: transcription and

summary

Box 2: Research Materials
Notebook 1: 1973-1974 (general notes; indexed inside

back cover)

Notebook 2: undated (general notes; indexed)

Notebook 3: undated (notes on Chicago Defender, 1924)

Notebook 4 [numbered 5]: 1977-1978 (includes notes on

Chicago Defender 1925-1931)

Folder 1: Ma Rainey: Discographies and bibliographies

Folder 2: Ma Rainey: Photocopies

Folder 3: Ma Rainey: Transcriptions of song lyrics

Folder 4: Ma Rainey: Library of Congress lead sheets

Folder 5: Ma Rainey: Records of copyright searches

Folder 6: Ma Rainey: Notes on copyright searches

Folder 7: Ma Rainey: Photocopies of copyright

transfers

Folder 8: Copyright office circulars

Folder 9: Maxwell Street Blues: Mileage 1978

Folder 10: Miscellaneous research materials on blues

and jazz

Folder 11: Miscellaneous research materials (undated)

Folder 12: Miscellaneous research materials:

bibliographies and discographies

Folder 13: Negatives of illustrations (1)

Folder 14: Negatives of illustrations (2)

Box 3:
Folder 15: Book Abstract (2 copies)

Folder 16: Grant proposals 1974-1979

Folder 17: Correspondence 1978

Folder 18: Correspondence 1979

Folder 19: Correspondence 1980

Folder 20; Correspondence 1981

Folder 21: Correspondence 1982

Folder 23: Correspondence 1983 and undated

Folder 24: Correspondence with University of Illinois

Press, 1975-1976

Folder 25: Correspondence with University of

California Press, 1977-1979

Folder 26: Correspondence with the University of

Massachusetts Press, 1979-1980

Folder 27: Correspondence, University of Massachusetts

Press, January-August 1981

Folder 28: Correspondence, University of Massachusetts

Press, September-December 1981

Folder 29: Correspondence, University of Massachusetts

Press, 1982-1983

Folder 30: University of Massachusetts Press Publicity

Questionnaire, April 1981

Folder 31: Public Relations: complimentary copies and

lists of prospective customers

Folder 32: Public Relations: Mailing list for review copies

Folder 33: Public Relations: tours 1981

Folder 34: Public Relations: tour 1982

Notebooks: No. 1: Publicity, Summer 1981

No. 2: Publicity, June-December 1981

No. 3: Publicity, December 1981-1982

Box 4: Reel-to-Reel tapes:
Tape 1: Dubs of Records by Ma Rainey and Ma Rainey II (Lillie Mae Glover) from Jim O’Neal

Tape 2: Dub of Georgia Cake Walk from Bernard Klatzko (5″ reel)

Tape 3: unlabeled reel [duplicate of tape 7?)

Tape 4: VJM reissue v. 1 (7″ reel)

Tape 5: VJM reissue v. 2 (7″ reel)

Tape 6: Dubs of women blues singers from JEMF (7″ reel)

Tape 7: Ma Rainey songs for radio airplay

Tape 8: Dubs of country blues singers from Bernard Klatzko (7″ reel)

Cassettes:

1: Dubs of Ma Rainey records from Jerry Valburn

2: Dubs of Paramount 12419 from Jerry Valburn

3: Radio interview: Studs Turkel with Sandra Lieb, WMFT (Chicago)

January 12, 1982

4: Radio interview: KJAZ (San Francisco) 1981

Folder 35: Papers concerning VJM reissue project