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Lawrence
Welk Collection
In 1992 North Dakota
State University and Welk Group, Inc. of Santa Monica, California
entered into a formal agreement establishing NDSU as the repository
for the Lawrence Welk Collection. In February 1993 the initial
gift by Welk Group, Inc. was received, consisting primarily of
some 10,000 musical arrangements, a series of scrapbooks on Welk's
career, and several pieces of furniture. The NDSU Libraries was
given responsibility for the administration of the collection
and the Institute for Regional Studies staff provides public access
and reference assistance to the collection.
Collecting Areas
Sound recordings A copy of every phonograph
record, cassette, 8-track, and CD issued by Lawrence Welk or a
member of his musical family is collected.
Publications A copy of all books and periodicals
relating to Welk and members of his musical family are collected.
They are cataloged and added to a separate publications collection
within the Institute Research Room.
Artifacts Donation of Welk related memorabilia
is welcome. Clothing items are transferred to NDSU's Emily Reynolds
Historic Costume Collection.
Correspondence Personal letters to or from
Lawrence Welk are accepted. (His personal papers and fan mail
were not kept by the Welk organization.)
Articles, newspaper clippings, newsletters, etc.
Individual items or collections of such material are preserved
as part of a collection of Welk related items.
Conditions
Donations to the Lawrence
Welk collection are welcome, provided they are not duplicated
already in the collection. Budget restrictions prevent the acquisition
of items through purchase.
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