00546 A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION: An Inventory of Printed Material at the Minnesota Historical Society Finding aid prepared by Bonnie Palmquist Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul MN.

Manuscripts Collection

 Finding aid encoded by Dennis Meissner April 16, 2002Finding aid written inEnglish August 2008Converted from EAD Version 1.0 to Version 2002 by Monica Manny Ralston, Daniel Sher, and Joyce Chapman. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society A Prairie Home Companion. Prairie Home Companion printed material. 1974-1987. Printed materials relating to Minnesota Public Radio's program, A Prairie Home Companion, starring Garrison Keillor. The collection contains posters and programs, promotional material, sheet music, Garrison Keillor's speaking itineraries, a performance script, and miscellaneous material. 0.5 cu. ft. (1 box, and 1 additional folder). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. RELATED MATERIALS

Audio material can be found in the Sound and Visual Collections.

Artifacts relating to Keillor and to Prairie Home Companion can be found in the Museum Collections.

 CATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics: Music -- Manuscripts. Radio programs -- Minnesota. Persons: Keillor, Garrison. Organizations: Minnesota Public Radio. Titles: <emph render="italic">A Prairie home companion.</emph> Document Types: Scripts (documents). ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Prairie Home Companion Printed Material. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples

 Accession Information:

Accession number: 13,942

 Processing Information:

Processed by: Bonnie Beatson Palmquist, January 1992

Catalog ID number: 09-00030925

DETAILED DESCRIPTION 142.G.13.4F-1 Posters, broadsides, and related print materials, [197-]-1986. Programs and related print materials, 1975-1986. Press kit for the commencement of national distribution, May 3, 1980. Script from unidentified program, [197-].

Typescript rough draft of Keillor's spoken portions.

 "Hello Love" lyric sheet, [1974]. Photocopies.

Handwritten by Keillor, with a "Biscuit Theme" chord progression chart. Originals are filed as Res. 21.

 PHC postcards, [198-]. 6 items. PHC clippings file, 1975-1976.

A representation of some of the early newspaper coverage of PHC.

 T-shirt transfer, [197-]. Peabody Award to Minnesota Public Radio, 1980.

Printed material concerning the award that MPR received for the PHC program.

 Announcements and programs from Keillor speaking engagements, 1982-1985. Music used by Garrison Keillor and Vern Sutton during the final broadcast segment: "Songs of Parting," June 13, 1987. 2 binders. Res. 21 "Hello Love" lyric sheet, [1974].

Lyrics for the PHC opening theme song, handwritten by Keillor and accompanied by a "Biscuit Theme" chord progression chart. This is the original of the copy found in the first container.