Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Seymour, Craig
- Abstract:
- The collection consists of articles, clippings, and interviews compiled during research for Seymour's book, Luther: The Life and Longing of Luther Vandross (2004), and subsequent research on topics related to R&B musicians, black music genres, the black gay community and gay musicians. Also included are audiocassettes containing interviews conducted by Seymour with Luther Vandross, various R&B musicians and record company personnel, as well as a large collection of mixtapes and commercial CDs.
- Extent:
- 7 document cases (2.94 linear feet), 126 Audiocassettes, 1 microcassette, 1 Audio Disc (CD), and 36 Audio Discs (CD-R)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
Craig Seymour Collection, SC 144, Archives of African American Music and Culture, Indiana University, Bloomington.
Background
- Biographical / Historical:
Author, photographer, and academic Craig Seymour holds a Ph.D from University of Maryland at College Park, is Associate Professor of Journalism at Northern Illinois University, and has taught writing at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth. He has written two books, the memoir All I Could Bare: My Life in the Strip Clubs of Gay Washington, D.C. and a biography of Luther Vandross, Luther: The Life and Longing of Luther Vandross. The materials in this collection pertain to Seymour's book on Vandross and include materials he used to research this book, including articles, interviews, clippings, and mixtapes.
- Scope and Content:
The collection consists of articles, clippings, and interviews compiled during research for Seymour's book, Luther: The Life and Longing of Luther Vandross (2004). The collection is divided into six series. Series 1 includes files, arranged chronologically, pertaining specifically to Luther Vandross. Materials include press clippings and releases, articles, and programs. Series 2 includes articles, press clippings, and notes about various artists, arranged in alphabetical order. Many of these artists are referenced in the Vandross biography. Series 3 includes subject files, primarily about various black music genres, arranged alphabetically. Some files also reference the black gay community and gay musicians. Series 4 includes audiocassettes containing interviews conducted by Seymour [and others?] with Luther Vandross, various R&B musicians and record company personnel, and about black gay culture and discrimination.
- Acquisition information:
- Donated by Craig Seymour in 2008.
- Processing information:
Processed by AAAMC staff.
- Arrangement:
Arranged in six series:
- Series 1: Luther Vandross research files (chronological)
- Series 2: Artist clippings
- Series 3: Subject files
- Series 4: Interviews
- Series 5: Mixtapes and miscellaneous media
- Series 6: Magazines
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed Terms
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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Craig Seymour Collection, SC 144, 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