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By Scott Schwartz and Rory Grennan
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Collection Overview
Title: Hammerhead Records Business Records, 1992-2000![Add to your cart. Add to your cart.](themes/library_web/images/addtocart.gif)
ID: 12/9/130
Primary Creator: Hammerhead Records (1993-2000)
Extent: 2.5 cubic feet
Arrangement: Organized in 4 series: Series 1, Organizational Records, 1993-2000; Series 2, Recording Artists Files, 1993-1999; Series 3, Artifacts and Sound Recordings, 1993-2000; and Series 4, Oversize Materials, 1992-1997.
Date Acquired: 04/01/2013
Subjects: Music business, Music Publishers, Popular Music--Illinois--Urbana-Champaign, Rock Music
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Consists of contracts, photographs, promotional materials, test pressings, correspondence, audio recordings, news clippings, reviews, press kits, and posters documenting the activities of the Hammerhead Records record label in Champaign, IL.
Biographical Note
Hammerhead Records was founded in Champaign, IL in 1993 by Paxton, IL native Todd Thorstenson (MBA '93, Duke University). Between 1993 and 2000, Hammerhead Records promoted and funded recordings for musical artists in and around Champaign and Urbana, Illinois, representing a variety of music genres including rock, funk, metal, and pop.
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Administrative Information
Repository:
The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Acquisition Source:
Todd Thorstenson
Acquisition Method:
Gift
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
[Series 1: Administrative Records],
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Series 2: Recording Artists Files],
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Series 3: Sound Recordings],
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- Series 1: Administrative Records
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- Box 1
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- Folder 1: Album Art, 1996, undated
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- Folder 2: Correspondence, 1994-98
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- Folder 3: Forms, Letterhead, Logos, undated
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- Folder 4: Hammerhead Records Festival, July 2, 1998
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- Folder 5: Handbills and Tickets, ca. 1997-98
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- Folder 6: Invoices, 1998-2000
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- Folder 7: Mail Order Catalog, ca. 1994
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- Folder 8: Notebooks, ca. 1993-96
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- General label activities; includes notebooks on Caines Fabel and Third Stone
- Folder 9: Photographs, undated
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- Folder 10: Press, 1993-98
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- Folder 1 of 8; see also Oversized Materials, Box 5 and 6
- Folder 11: Press, 1993-98
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- Folder 2 of 8; see also Oversized Materials, Box 5 and 6
- Folder 12: Press, 1993-98
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- Folder 3 of 8; see also Oversized Materials, Box 5 and 6
- Box 2
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- Folder 1: Press, 1993-98
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- Folder 4 of 8; see also Oversized Materials, Box 5 and 6
- Folder 2: Press, 1993-98
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- Folder 5 of 8; see also Oversized Materials, Box 5 and 6
- Folder 3: Press, 1993-98
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- Folder 6 of 8; see also Oversized Materials, Box 5 and 6
- Folder 4: Press, 1993-98
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- Folder 7 of 8; see also Oversized Materials, Box 5 and 6
- Folder 5: Press, 1993-98
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- Folder 8 of 8; see also Oversized Materials, Box 5 and 6
- Folder 6: Receipts, 1995-2000
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- Folder 7: Recording Sessions, 1994-97
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- Folder 8: Submissions to Label, 1995, undated
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- Folder 9: T-Shirts & Promotional Items, 1993-96
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- Folder 10: Uncharted Waters (newsletter), Spring 1995
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- Folder 11: Video Production, 1994-95
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- Box 4
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- Item 1: Third Stone "The Stuff" canvas bag, ca. 1993
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- Item 2: Third Stone button, ca. 1994
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- Item 3: Hammerhead Productions crew badge, undated
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- Item 4: VIP bracelet, the Metro, Chicago, IL, undated
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- Box 5
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- Folder 1: Press - Magazines, 1993-97
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- Folder 2: Press - Magazines, 1993-97
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- Folder 3: Press - Magazines, 1994-98
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- Box 6
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- Folder 3: Press - Newspapers, 1995
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- Folder 4: Transparencies - Original Logos and Illustrations, undated
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- Folder 5: Posters, ca. 1993-97
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Browse by Series:
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Series 2: Recording Artists Files],
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Series 3: Sound Recordings],
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