The Grateful Dead Archive is an

archive An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located. Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual ...

of materials related to music from

The Grateful Dead The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California. The band is known for its eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, country, jazz, bluegrass, blues, rock and roll, gospel, reggae, world music, ...

. The archive was officially donated in April 2008, by band members

Bob Weir Robert Hall Weir ( ; né Parber, born October 16, 1947) is an American musician and songwriter best known as a founding member of the Grateful Dead. After the group disbanded in 1995, Weir performed with The Other Ones, later known as The Dead ...

and

Mickey Hart Mickey Hart (born Michael Steven Hartman, September 11, 1943) is an American percussionist. He is best known as one of the two drummers of the rock band Grateful Dead. He was a member of the Grateful Dead from September 1967 until February 19 ...

. The Archive contains material related to the individual members, its live performances, productions, and business. The materials span a three-decade career that ran from 1965–1995 and included numerous albums and thousands of live performances.

Materials

* Documents * Clippings * Media * Articles * Memorabilia * Artwork Recordings date from 1965 to 1995.

Access

Visit the Archive

Artifacts from the permanent collection and themed exhibits featuring selected works are displayed in the Brittingham Family Foundation's Dead Central Gallery on the second floor of McHenry Library at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC). The Dead Central exhibit space is open during all library business hours and is subject to change during academic and intersessions. The collection can be browsed in UCS
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Electronic finding aids are available through the Online Archive of California. While advance notice is required to use some material, researchers are encouraged to contact Special Collections in advance for all the material they wish to see.

Grateful Dead Archive Online (GDAO)

The Grateful Dead Archive Online (GDAO) is a socially constructed collection of over 45,000 digitized items drawn from the UCSC Library's extensive Grateful Dead Archive (GDA) and from digital content submitted by the community and global network of Grateful Dead fans. Digitized content—including concert hotline recordings, decorated fan envelopes, fanzines, photographs, posters, radio interviews, tickets, T-shirts, and videos—can be found on the GDA), as well as web resources, such as David Dodd's "The Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics" website and the fan recordings of concerts archived by the Internet Archive. These materials reflect the range of materials collected, managed, preserved and made available by the UCSC Library's Special Collections and Archives department to support teaching, learning and research.

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