p1885 DENNIS ANDERSON: An Inventory of His Bob Dylan Research Collection at the Minnesota Historical Society Finding aid prepared by Frank Hennessy Minnesota Historical Society

St. Paul MN.

Manuscripts Collection

Finding aid encoded by Dennis Meissner October 24, 2003 Finding aid written inEnglish August 2008 Converted from EAD Version 1.0 to Version 2002 by Monica Manny Ralston, Daniel Sher, and Joyce Chapman. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Anderson, Dennis. Bob Dylan research collection. 1963-1982, 1987. Bibliographies, magazine articles and book excerpts (1963-1982), syllabi (1978-1979), chronologies, student papers (1978-1979, 1980-1981), interviews, correspondence (1978-1979), and fan magazines related to the work of a Bob Dylan scholar who taught seminars on Dylan and American culture at German universities during the 1970s and early 1980s. The collection contains English and German language material and provides both American and European commentary on the life and music of Bob Dylan. 1.4 cu. ft. (2 boxes). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. SCOPE AND CONTENTS

The bulk of the collection consists of articles and excerpts taken from English (undated and 1963-1982) and German language (1965-1982, 1987) books and magazines, which reflect both American and European commentary on Bob Dylan. There are also bibliographies related to Dylan and to popular music in general, including a card bibliography on Dylan compiled by Anderson.

A section of materials related to seminars on Dylan taught by Anderson while a member of the Department for American Studies at Universitat Tubingen (Tubingen, Germany) is also included and consists of syllabi, correspondence, English and German reading materials, Dylan chronologies (1941-1979), song lyrics, and student papers written primarily in German. An interview held in Tubingen, Germany with Allen Ginsburg (Dec. 18, 1979) is also included.

The last group of material consists of copies of two Dylan fan magazines: an English language magazine (March 1976-Summer 1979) that appeared as Talkin' Bob Zimmerman Blues (Feb. 1975-Aug. 1976), changed its title to Zimmerman Blues (Winter 1977-Winter 1978), and changed again to Changin' (Summer 1979), and a German language magazine published in Munich and entitled Dylan, (Summer 1977-Fall 1979).

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CATALOG HEADINGS

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Topics: Musicology. Popular culture. Rock musicians -- United States. Persons: Dylan, Bob, 1941- -- Bibliography. Dylan, Bob, 1941- -- Chronology. Dylan, Bob, 1941- -- Criticism and interpretation. Dylan, Bob, 1941- -- Outlines, syllabi, etc. Ginsberg, Allen, 1926- -- Interviews. Organizations: Universitat Tubingen. Abteilung fur Americanistik -- Curricula. Places: Germany (West) -- Popular culture. T�ubingen (Germany). Occupations: Musicologists. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Anderson, Dennis. Bob Dylan Research Collection. Minnesota Historical Society.

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Accession Information:

Accession number: 14,614

Processing Information:

Processed by: Frank Hennessy, May 1992

Catalog ID number: 09-00030895

DETAILED DESCRIPTION P1885 1 Bob Dylan card bibliography, [197-]-[198-]. English language articles, undated and 1963-1982. 3 folders. German language articles, 1965-1981. 5 folders. P1885 2 Seminar materials, 1978-1979. 2 folders. Student papers, 1978-1979, 1980-1981. Ginsberg interview, bibliographies, and miscellaneous papers, undated and 1976-1980, 1987. Talkin' Bob Zimmerman Blues, 1976-1979. Dylan, 1977-1980.