In more Dylan news, the Bob Dylan Archive here in Oklahoma is now open for researchers. It won’t be open to the public for another two years. It will then be housed in the Woody Guthrie Museum in Tulsa. (Read our earlier post on how Oklahoma got Dylan’s archives.)
But the collection has been sufficiently organized and curated to give researchers access to the more than 6,000 manuscripts, tapes, instruments, memorabilia, and unreleased songs.
An article about the opening, including information on how to gain access to the collection, is after the jump.
From Brandy McDonnell, Bob Dylan Archive opens in Tulsa for researchers | News OK:
The Bob Dylan Archive has officially opened its doors to qualified groups and individuals who wish to access the archive’s wealth of elements spanning nearly 60 years of Bob Dylan’s extraordinary life and career.
The opening was announced today by Ken Levit, executive director of the George Kaiser Family Foundation, and Dr. Gerard Clancy, president of The University of Tulsa.
In addition, the foundation has issued a request for qualifications from agencies interested in submitting proposals for the Bob Dylan Center, which will be dedicated to the study and appreciation of Dylan and located in Tulsa’s downtown Brady Arts District. . . .
For further information regarding access to The Bob Dylan Archive, visit www.bobdylanarchive.com/archive-access.
The Bob Dylan Center will be the primary public venue for The Bob Dylan Archive, curating and exhibiting a priceless collection of more than 6,000 items spanning nearly 60 years of Dylan’s singular career.
As previously reported, the archive’s priceless contents include handwritten manuscripts, notebooks and correspondence; films, videos, photographs and artwork; memorabilia and ephemera; personal documents and effects; unreleased studio and concert recordings; musical instruments and many other elements. Agencies interested in submitting proposals for the center should visit www.gkff.org/bobdylancenter to read and download a copy of the RFQ document.
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See also this article for plans for the public exhibit at the Woody Guthrie Museum in two years.
Photo of Bob Dylan and Joan Baez credit: This work was obtained from the now defunct United States Information Agency. In 1999 the agency was merged into the Bureau of Public Affairs which is part of the United States Department of State. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States Federal Government under the terms of 17 U.S.C. § 105
In more Dylan news, the Bob Dylan Archive here in Oklahoma is now open for researchers. It won’t be open to the public for another two years. It will then be housed in the Woody Guthrie Museum in Tulsa. (Read our earlier post on how Oklahoma got Dylan’s archives.)
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