Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Edwards, Honeyboy and Gass, Glenn, 1956-
- Abstract:
- Honeyboy Edwards performing live at Indiana University for Professor Glenn Gass's History of Rock Music class, videotaped by the Archives of African American Music and Culture in Ballentine Hall 013.
- Extent:
- 2 Videocassettes (MDV) and 1 Videocassette (VHS)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
David "Honeyboy" Edwards Classroom Performance, SC 11, Archives of African American Music and Culture, Indiana University, Bloomington.
Background
- Biographical / Historical:
Delta blues guitarist and singer David "Honeyboy" Edwards was born June 28, 1915 in Shaw, Mississippi. During the 1930s and 1940s he performed with legendary blues musician Robert Johnson, as well as other leading Mississippi Delta bluesmen of the era. He released his first record in 1951 and enjoyed a long recording career, receiving a Grammy Award in 2008 for the album "Last of the Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen: Live In Dallas" and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010. Other honors included the W. C. Handy Blues Award in 2005 and the Blues Music Award in 2007 for Acoustic Blues Artist. Edwards continued to perform until his death on August 29, 2011 at the age of 96. Edwards' autobiography was published in 1997; he was also featured in several films including the 1991 documentary, "The Search for Robert Johnson," and the 2010 award-winning documentary, "Honeyboy and the History of the Blues."
- Scope and Content:
The collection includes the original videocassette recordings of the performance made on 2 MiniDV tapes as well as a backup copy made to a single VHS tape.
- Acquisition information:
- Performance recorded and deposited by the Archives of African American Music and Culture in 1998.
- Processing information:
Processed by AAAMC staff. Completed in 2022.
- Arrangement:
Arranged in one series:
- Series 1: Performance recording
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- Blues (Music)
Pedagogy (Music)
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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David "Honeyboy" Edwards Classroom Performance, SC 11, 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