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Collection Overview
Title: Periscope Records, 1993-2014
ID: 12/9/141
Extent: 3.5 cubic feet
Arrangement:
Organized in three series: Series 1, Marci Dodds Professional Papers, 1996-2010; Series 2, Scope Publication Files, 1993-1998; and Series 3, Periscope Business Records, 1990-1997, which has three subseries: Subseries 1, Administrative Materials; Subseries 2, Photographs; and Subseries 3, Sound Recordings.
Subject Files in Series 1 are arranged alphabetically. Floppy disks in Series 2 are arranged by type of material, and chronologically thereunder. Series 3 is arranged chronologically within subseries. All other materials, including the sound recordings in Series 1, are arranged chronologically.
Date Acquired: 03/00/2015. More info below under Accruals.
Subjects: Band Musicians, Business Records, Champaign, Illinois, Interviews, Journalism, Music -- Illinois - Business and Industry, Music business, Music stores, Newsletters, Newspapers, Popular Music--Illinois--Urbana-Champaign, Publications, Retailing, Rock musicians United States
Formats/Genres: Sound Recordings
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Consists of office records, transcriptions, sound recordings, and publications documenting the operations of the Periscope Records music retailer and record label, including editorial files and published issues of the Scope newsletter and the Octopus weekly tabloid newsaper. Of particular interest are recordings and transcriptions of interviews conducted by Marci Dodds for publication in Scope and the Octopus, with interviewees including Belle & Sebastian, Frank Black, Solomon Burke, the Eels, Absinthe Blind, Fu Manchu, the Reverend Horton Heat, Jonathan Pines, Iggy Pop, Smokey Robinson, Todd Rundgren, Matt Talbot, and Dave Wyndorf.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Accruals:
3/31/2016
Acquisition Source:
Marci Dodds and Jon Sokolski
Acquisition Method:
donation
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
[
Series 1: Marci Dodds Professional Papers, 1996-2010],
[Series 2: Scope Publication Files, 1993-1998],
[
Series 3: Periscope Business Records, 1990-1997],
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All]
- Series 2: Scope Publication Files, 1993-1998
- Sub-Series 2.1: Scope Publications, 1993-1998
- Box 9
- Folder 1: Scope, 1993
- Folder includes January and December issues.
- Folder 2: Scope, 1994
- Folder includes February, March, May, June, July, August, October, November, and December issues.
- Folder 3: Scope, 1995
- Folder includes January/February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, and December issues.
- Folder 4: Scope, 1996
- Folder includes January/February, March, April, May, June, July, and August issues.
- Box 8
- Folder 27: Scope, September 6, 1996
- Folder 28: Scope, October 4, 1996
- Folder 29: Scope, November 1, 1996
- Folder 30: Scope, December 6, 1996
- Folder 31: Scope, January/February 1997
- Folder 32: Scope, March 1997
- Folder 33: Scope, April 1997
- Folder 34: Scope, June 1997
- Folder 35: Scope, July 1997
- Folder 36: Scope, August 1997
- Folder 37: Scope, September 1997
- Folder 38: Scope, October 1997
- Folder 39: Scope, November 1997
- Folder 40: Scope, December 1997
- Folder 41: Scope, January 1998
- Folder 42: Scope, March 1998
- Folder 43: Scope, April 1998
- Sub-Series 2.2: Administrative Files, 1994-1998
- Box 1
- Folder 81: Scope music summaries, 1994-1997
- Folder 82: Scope website outline, 1998
- Folder 83: Scope advertising countact sheets, undated
- Folder 84: Scope Notes, October 1996
- Folder 85: Scope Notes, September 1996
- Folder 86: Scope Notes, November 1996
- Folder 87: Scope Notes, December 1996
- Folder 88: Scope Notes, January/February 1997
- Folder 89: Scope Notes, March 1997
- Folder 90: Scope Notes, April 1997
- Folder 91: Scope Notes, May 1997
- Folder 92: Scope Notes, June 1997
- Folder 93: Scope Notes, July 1997
- Folder 94: Scope Notes, August 1997
- Folder 95: Scope Notes, September 1997
- Folder 96: Scope Notes, October 1997
- Folder 97: Scope Notes, November 1997
- Folder 98: Scope Notes, March 1998
- Folder 99: Scope Notes, December 1997-January 1998
- Folder 100: Scope-Subscription forms, ca. 1996
- Folder 101: Scope-Advertisement Art and Minis-Logos, undated
- Box 3
- Item 23: bowie.txt (ascii text), undated
- 3.5in floppy disk.
- Item 24: Scope back-up, February-December 1994
- Label includes: Feb. '94, Mar. '94, Apr. '94, May '94, June '94, July '94, Aug. '94, Sept. '94, Oct. '94, Nov. '94, Dec. '94, Summary '94. 3.5in floppy disk.
- Item 25: Scope 95, March 1995-February 1996
- Label includes: Mar., Apr., May, June, July, Aug., Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec., Jan./Feb. 3.5in floppy disk.
- Item 26: Scope Jan. '95, January 1995
- 3.5in floppy disk.
- Item 27: Scope July '95, July 1995
- 3.5in floppy disk.
- Item 28: Scope backup '96, March 1996-January 1997
- Label includes: March, April, May, June, July, Aug., Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec., Jan. '97. 3.5in floppy disk.
- Item 29: Scope back up disc, March 1997-July 1997
- Label includes: Mar. '97, Apr. '97, May '97, June '97, July '97. 3.5in floppy disk.
- Item 30: Scope-Dec., December-February (unknown year)
- 3.5in floppy disk.
- Item 31: Scope Backups, undated
- Label includes: periscope.scott, Feb., Mar., July, August. 3.5in floppy disk.
- Item 32: Scope, undated
- Label includes: June, July, August, September, October. 3.5in floppy disk.
- Item 33: December Scope, undated
- Label includes: WP 6.0, 1 file (xmas 2), Word 2.0. 3.5in floppy disk.
- Item 34: Scope-March Word 4.0, undated
- Label also includes: May-Word 4.0 (in directory labelled "May"). 3.5in floppy disk.
- Item 35: My Mail Lists backup, August 1995
- Label includes: --customer, --labels, --sub. 3.5in floppy disk.
- Item 36: Old Files WP 5.1, 1995
- Label includes: wpdocs\sean, bmgfll, dontech, house2, memo4, musicmas, newstore, partlist, phonelist, tangpr1, tangpr2, omnium, \business\, indymayo, pscopepo, sonydir, szinsure, szmcleo2, szmcleod, szmemo01, szpo#. 3.5in floppy disk.
- Item 37: Back-up Files and Dead Files, circa 1994
- 3.5 in floppy disk.
- Item 38: QB Backup, undated.
- Label includes: Marc 1, 2/28, 3.5in floppy disk.
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Series 1: Marci Dodds Professional Papers, 1996-2010],
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