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Box 2494-007

 Container

Contains 9 Collections and/or Records:

Index draft

 Item — Box: 2494-007, Folder: 1
Identifier: Series 13:
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of the research done by Dr. James M. Salem, Professor Emeritus at the University of Alabama, for his book, The Late Great Johnny Ace and the Transition from R and B to Rock and Roll. Materials include audio recordings, correspondence, research notes and documents, that relate not only to Johnny Ace specifically, but to the larger context of African American Popular Culture in the 1950s. Included in the collection are various 33 1/3, 78,...
Dates: 1929-2003

Photograph proofs, 1998 October 28

 Item — Box: 2494-007, Folder: 2
Identifier: Series 13:
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of the research done by Dr. James M. Salem, Professor Emeritus at the University of Alabama, for his book, The Late Great Johnny Ace and the Transition from R and B to Rock and Roll. Materials include audio recordings, correspondence, research notes and documents, that relate not only to Johnny Ace specifically, but to the larger context of African American Popular Culture in the 1950s. Included in the collection are various 33 1/3, 78,...
Dates: 1998 October 28

The Late Great Johnny Ace and the Transition from R&B to Rock 'n' Roll, 1998 October 9

 Item — Box: 2494-007, Folder: 3
Identifier: Series 13:
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of the research done by Dr. James M. Salem, Professor Emeritus at the University of Alabama, for his book, The Late Great Johnny Ace and the Transition from R and B to Rock and Roll. Materials include audio recordings, correspondence, research notes and documents, that relate not only to Johnny Ace specifically, but to the larger context of African American Popular Culture in the 1950s. Included in the collection are various 33 1/3, 78,...
Dates: 1998 October 9

Manuscript draft edited July 15, 1996

 Item — Box: 2494-007, Folder: 4
Identifier: Series 13:
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of the research done by Dr. James M. Salem, Professor Emeritus at the University of Alabama, for his book, The Late Great Johnny Ace and the Transition from R and B to Rock and Roll. Materials include audio recordings, correspondence, research notes and documents, that relate not only to Johnny Ace specifically, but to the larger context of African American Popular Culture in the 1950s. Included in the collection are various 33 1/3, 78,...
Dates: 1929-2003

"Pledging My Love": Johnny Ace and the Memphis Transition

 Item — Box: 2494-007, Folder: 5
Identifier: Series 13:
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of the research done by Dr. James M. Salem, Professor Emeritus at the University of Alabama, for his book, The Late Great Johnny Ace and the Transition from R and B to Rock and Roll. Materials include audio recordings, correspondence, research notes and documents, that relate not only to Johnny Ace specifically, but to the larger context of African American Popular Culture in the 1950s. Included in the collection are various 33 1/3, 78,...
Dates: 1929-2003

Manuscript draft beginning with "Prologue"

 Item — Box: 2494-007, Folder: 6
Identifier: Series 13:
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of the research done by Dr. James M. Salem, Professor Emeritus at the University of Alabama, for his book, The Late Great Johnny Ace and the Transition from R and B to Rock and Roll. Materials include audio recordings, correspondence, research notes and documents, that relate not only to Johnny Ace specifically, but to the larger context of African American Popular Culture in the 1950s. Included in the collection are various 33 1/3, 78,...
Dates: 1929-2003

The Late Great Johnny Ace: The Transition of Rhythm and Blues to Rock and Roll

 Item — Box: 2494-007, Folder: 7
Identifier: Series 13:
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of the research done by Dr. James M. Salem, Professor Emeritus at the University of Alabama, for his book, The Late Great Johnny Ace and the Transition from R and B to Rock and Roll. Materials include audio recordings, correspondence, research notes and documents, that relate not only to Johnny Ace specifically, but to the larger context of African American Popular Culture in the 1950s. Included in the collection are various 33 1/3, 78,...
Dates: 1929-2003

Miscellaneous Notes

 Item — Box: 2494-007, Folder: 8
Identifier: Series 13:
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of the research done by Dr. James M. Salem, Professor Emeritus at the University of Alabama, for his book, The Late Great Johnny Ace and the Transition from R and B to Rock and Roll. Materials include audio recordings, correspondence, research notes and documents, that relate not only to Johnny Ace specifically, but to the larger context of African American Popular Culture in the 1950s. Included in the collection are various 33 1/3, 78,...
Dates: 1929-2003

Thornton A and B

 Item — Box: 2494-007, Folder: 9
Identifier: Series 13:
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of the research done by Dr. James M. Salem, Professor Emeritus at the University of Alabama, for his book, The Late Great Johnny Ace and the Transition from R and B to Rock and Roll. Materials include audio recordings, correspondence, research notes and documents, that relate not only to Johnny Ace specifically, but to the larger context of African American Popular Culture in the 1950s. Included in the collection are various 33 1/3, 78,...
Dates: 1929-2003