Black History Month Resources: African-American Inductees

These books can be used within the Library and Archives. For a full list of inductee related books in our catalog, go here.

The following databases are useful for popular music research and are available to visitors in the Library and Archives facility.

These links take you to the artist biography pages on the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Website.

These links take you to the artist biography pages on the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Website.

African American inductees are well-represented in our archival collections. Below are a few types of materials that you can search for, with links to select collections.

Collections of interest:

• ARC-0023 Alan Light Papers
• ARC-0043 Jimi Hendrix Lyrics
• ARC-0047 Four Tops Collection
• ARC-0048 Specialty Records Collection
• ARC-0057 James Bernard Papers 
• ARC-0067 Curtis Mayfield Collection
• ARC-0087 LL Cool J Notebook
• ARC-0088 B.B. King Setlist
• ARC-0111 Datwon Thomas Collection
• ARC-0140 Otis Redding Collection
• ARC-0148 Collection on George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic

Artist files can be found in these collections:

• ARC-0004 Mo Ostin Collection
• ARC-0024 Michael Ochs Collection
• ARC-0027 Ray Topping Papers
• ARC-0037 Jeff Gold Collection
• ARC-0093 Sue Cassidy Clark Collection
• ARC-0114 Rolling Stone Records
• ARC-0254 David Hinckley Papers

Live recordings can be found in these collections:

• ARC-0029 Herb Staehr Collection
• ARC-0036 Bomp! Records Collection
• ARC-0045 James Brawley Collection

   

Posters and handbills can be found in these collections:

• ARC-0037 Jeff Gold Collection
• ARC-0060 Martha Radosevich Posters
• ARC-0084 Bluefield Auditorium Posters
• ARC-0324 Robert and Margo Roth Collection of Handbills, Postcards, and Posters

Photographs can be found in these collections:

• ARC-0061 Anastasia Pantsios Photographs
• ARC-0161 Jimmy Baynes Collection
• ARC-0213 Collection on Erline Harris
• ARC-0412 Ton-E Watson Photographs
• RG-0008 Photograph File (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Records--Curatorial Division)

These audio resources can be used onsite at the Library & Archives.  To search the catalog for additional audio resources pertaining to inductees, click here and select Search in = Library and Material = Music recording.