Collection ID: SC 160
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Collection context

Summary

Creator:
Draper, Tom
Abstract:
Draper's collection documents the career of an African American music executive and covers his tenures at RCA Records and Warner Bros. Records.
Extent:
2 document case(s) (0.42 linear feet)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

Tom Draper Collection, SC 160, Archives of African American Music and Culture, Indiana University, Bloomington.

Background

Biographical / Historical:

Tom Draper was hired as a salesman by RCA in 1970 while still in business school. He worked his way up to promotions in the company's newly established black music division and eventually became vice president of A&R. In 1975, he was hired to do marketing and promotion for Warner Bros. Records. During his tenure there, from 1975 to 1987, Warner Bros. Records' black artist roster not only flourished but surpassed those of all the other major labels.

Scope and Content:

Draper's collection documents the career of an African American music executive and covers his tenures at RCA Records and Warner Bros. Records. The bulk of the collection consists of 80 publicity photographs taken during music industry events. Also included is correspondence, press clippings, and programs for concerts produced by Draper.

Acquisition information:
Donated by Tom Draper in 2015.
Processing information:

Processed by AAAMC Staff. Completed in 2015.

Arrangement:

Arranged in three series:

Series 1: Correspondence (chronological)
Series 2: Programs and Publicity (chronological)
--- Subseries 2.1: Magazines and Press Clippings 1970-1985
--- Subseries 2.2: Programs, 1970-1989
Series 3: Photographs
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Online content

Access

RESTRICTIONS:

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:

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:

Tom Draper Collection, SC 160, Archives of African American Music and Culture, Indiana University, Bloomington.

CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
Smith Research Center, Rooms 180-181
2805 East 10th Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47408-2601, United States
CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
CONTACT:
812-855-8547
aaamc@iu.edu