Skip to Content

Country Music: A Look at the Men Who've Made It

Photographs by Cynthia Farah, Interviews by Marina Nickerson

Country Music

Accession 2012-116

Cynthia Farah Haines

 

Date received: 8/21/2012

 

Description: Archival material related to the publication of the book Country Music: A Look at the Men Who’ve Made It - quotations from interviews by Marina Nickerson; photographs by Cynthia Farah. The material includes proof sheets, prints, published interviews, publicity, 16 audio tapes of interviews with country music performers, a copy of the book signed by 18 artists and over 2,000 negatives. 

 

Archival Inventory

[note that access to unprocessed collections is granted on a case-by-case basis. Please contact the archivist for further information.]


Box 1511 (1 of 8)

[Folders left in their original order as arranged by Haines, original folder titles are in quotation marks]

1511/1 Invoice book

1511/2 Albuquerque Monthly April 1989 [article by Haines]

1511/3 “Fan Fair / Music City News Awards”

1511/4 “Hoyt Axton”

1511/5  “Razzy Bailey”

1511/6 “Moe Bandy”

1511/7 “Johnny & June Carter Cash”

1511/8 “John Conlee”

1511/9 “Barbara Fairchild”

1511/10 “David Frizzell & Shelly West”

1511/11 “Larry Gatlin”

1511/12 “Mickey Gilley”

1511/13 “Emmy Lou Harris”

1511/14 “Ferlin Husky”

1511/15 “Jana Jae”

1511/16 “Johnny Lee”

1511/17 “Brenda Lee / Charlie Pride”

1511/18 “Barbara Mandrell”

1511/19 “Ronnie Milsap”

1511/20 “Michael Murphey and Hank Thompson”

1511/21 “Dolly Parton”

1511/22 “Johnny Paycheck”

 

Box 1512 (2 of 8)

1512/1 “Ray Price”

1512/2 “Eddie Rabbitt”

1512/3 “Marty Robbins”

1512/4 “Johnny Rodriguez”

1512/5 “Kenny Rogers”

1512/6 “Linda Ronstadt”

1512/7 “Cal Smith”

1512/8 “Joe Stampley”

1512/9 “Red Steagall”

1512/10 “Gary Stewart”

1512/11 “Mel Tillis”

1512/12 “Ernest Tubb”

1512/13 “Conway Twitty”

1512/14 “Jerry Jeff Walker”

1512/15 “Jackie Ward”

1512/16 “Gene Watson”

1512/17 “Freddy Weller”

1512/18 “Don Williams (Mel Tillis)”

1512/19 “Hank Williams Jr.”

1512/20 “Leona Williams (Mrs. Merle Haggard)”

 

Box 1513 (3 of 8)

1513/1 Signed copy of Country Music: A Look at the Men Who’ve Made It, signed by eighteen of the country singers featured in the book

1513/2 Country Rhythms magazine: Sept. 1981, Dec. 1981, Feb. 1982, and March 1982

1513/3 Country Rhythms magazine: April 1982, June 1982, Aug. 1982, and Oct. 1982

1513/4 Country Rhythms magazine: Dec. 1982, Jan. 1983, Feb. 1983, and April 1983

1513/5 Country Rhythms magazine: May 1983, June 1983, and July 1983

1513/6 Kountry Korral magazine March 1982

1513/7 Country Style magazine: Jan. 1981, May 1981

1513/8 Inside Country Music magazine: Dec. 1982, Jan. 1983, and June 1983

1513/9 Country Music Special magazine Spring 1982, and Country Fever magazine June 1981

1513/10 Country Song Roundup magazine: July 1982, and Sept. 1982, plus Country Music People magazine: Jan. 1982, March 1982, and June 1982

1513/11 Country Gazette April 1982, The Best of Country Music, and Country Music Sept. 1981

1513/12 Copy of Country Music: A Look at the Men Who’ve Made It signed by Marina Nickerson and Cynthia Farah

1513/13 “Mariana Yampolsky / Graciela Iturbide”

1513/14 “Waylon Jennings”

1513/15 “George Jones”

1513/16 “Willie Nelson (See Kristoff)”

1513/17 “Kris Kristofferson & Willie Nelson”

1513/18 “Johnny Duncan”

1513/19 “Freddy Fender”

1513/20 “Faron Young”

1513/21 “John Anderson”

1513/22 “Merle Haggard”

1513/23 “John Denver”

1513/24 “Country Music Clubs”

1513/25 “‘Country Music’ Signed Releases”

1513/26 “CM Publishing Documents”

1513/27 “‘Country Music’ Expenses”

1513/28 “‘Country Music’ Correspondence”

1513/29 “‘Country Music’ Nickerson/Farah Photos (book cover photos)”

1513/30 ‘“Country Music: A Look at the Men…’ Publicity”

 

Box 1514 (4 of 8)

1514/1 The 109 prints that Cynthia Farah Haines made for Country Music: A Look at the Men Who’ve Made It.

 

Box 1515 (5 of 8)

16 Cassette tapes of interviews with country music performers by Marina Nickerson Lee:

 

Gary Stewart, 9/80

Leona Williams, 2/6/81

John Denver, 7/17/80

John Anderson, 2/83

Gatlin Bros, 4/9/80

Hank Thompson, 8/21/80

Charley Pride, 7/10/82

Joe Stampley, 10/88

Willie Nelson, 11/16/1981 plus Conway Twitty, 2/18/82

Freddy Fender, 10/21/80

Ferlin Husky, 5/16/81

Eddie Rabbit, 9/12/81

Stephen Pride, 9/80

Merle Haggard, 1/22/82

Lawrence Welk, 2/29/80

Razzy Bailey, 9/20/80

 

Box 1516 (6 of 8)

This box contains various magazines, newspapers, and clippings with contributions by or about Marina Nickerson Lee and Cynthia Farah Haines. This box also contains a color print and black and white transparency of the front cover image for the book Country Music: A Look at the Men Who’ve Made It. (1 of 2)

 

Box 1517 (7 of 8)

This box contains various magazines, newspapers, and clippings with contributions by or about Marina Nickerson Lee and Cynthia Farah Haines. (2 of 2)

 

Box 1518 (8 of 8)

This box contains issues of Music City News. These issues reflect the time period of the country music scene that Marina Nickerson Lee and Cynthia Farah Haines were covering for their book.