Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Gardner, Travis
- Abstract:
- Black radio photograph collection documenting events and personnel, including photos with rhythm and blues musicians, at Houston station KCOH in the 1960s and 1970s. Photographs were copied from the personal collection of Gardner. Accompanied by a transcription of an interview with Gardner which includes descriptions of each photograph.
- Extent:
- 12 photographs (black & white ; 8 x 10 in.) and 12 negatives (black & white ; 4 x 5 in.)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
Travis Gardner Collection, SC 96, Archives of African American Music and Culture, Indiana University, Bloomington.
Background
- Biographical / Historical:
Affiliated with KCOH radio in Houston since 1961, Gardner worked as an announcer before moving into management. As of 2004 he was the VP Operations Manager, Program Director, and Music Director. Gardner was part-owner of KCOH with Tom Petrizzo and Judson Robinson prior to its sale in 2012.
- Scope and Content:
Black radio photograph collection documenting events and personnel, including photos with rhythm and blues musicians, at Houston station KCOH in the 1960s and 1970s. Photographs were copied from the personal collection of Gardner. Accompanied by a transcription of an interview with Gardner which includes descriptions of each photograph.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift from Travis Gardner in 1991.
- Processing information:
Processed by AAAMC staff. Completed in 2012.
- Arrangement:
Arranged in one series:
- Series 1: Photographs
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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Use of time-based media materials (audio and video) may require production of listening or viewing copies.
Access to streaming audio, moving image, and full resolution digital image materials may currently be restricted to researchers who can authenticate with an IU account or who are physically present on campus. Remote streaming to individual researchers may be allowed with the completion of applicable forms.
For further information about access to online audiovisual materials, contact AAAMC staff at aaamc@indiana.edu.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, including but not limited to the Indiana Public Records Act (5-14-3-2 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which Indiana University assumes no responsibility.
Copyright is retained by the creators/authors of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. All requests for copying and publishing materials must be submitted in writing to the Archives of African American Music and Culture, and may require the written permission of the creator(s)/author(s) or donor(s).
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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Travis Gardner Collection, SC 96, Archives of African American Music and Culture, Indiana University, Bloomington.
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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Smith Research Center, Rooms 180-1812805 East 10th StreetBloomington, Indiana 47408-2601, United States
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- CONTACT:
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812-855-8547aaamc@indiana.edu