urn:taro:utexas.cah.02584 A Guide to the Steve Sucher Collection, [ca. 1991]-2004 Original EAD encoding by Laurel Rozema according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. April 2011 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Sucher, Steve Sucher, Steve, collection [ca. 1991]-2004 Materials are written in English. 2007-050 1 in. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Comprised of newspaper clippings, a letter, a brochure, a program, and portfolios, the Steve Sucher Collection, [ca. 1991]-2004, documents the history of jazz and jazz musicians in America. Biographical/Historical Note

Formerly a reporter and editor for the Houston Press, jazz enthusiast Steve Sucher joined the University of Houston-Downtown as a university-wide development officer in 1998, becoming director of development for the College of Business in 2006.

Source:

Development Activities College of Business UHD. College of Business, University of Houston-Downtown. Last updated September 22, 2010. http://www.uhd.edu/academic/colleges/business/make_a_gift/development_activites.htm

 Scope and Contents

Comprised of newspaper clippings, a letter, a brochure, a program, and portfolios, the Steve Sucher Collection, [ca. 1991]-2004, documents the history of jazz and jazz musicians in America. A July 7, 1995, letter from Harold Dessler of New York City, New York, to Steve Sucher of Houston, Texas, discusses the decline of newspapers, national politics, jazz music, international trips, and Sucher’s job hunting. Newspaper clippings from the New York Times, [ca. 1995], include biographies and obituaries of jazz musicians, information about music collections and auctions, and reviews of musical performances and recordings, among other topics. The collection also includes a program for the 2004 conference The Joint Is Jumpin’: A Celebration of Fats Waller’s Centennial, a 2002 brochure for the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University, and two portfolios for Jim Marshall’s photography, [ca. 1991], depicting jazz and rock musicians primarily during the 1960s and 1970s.

 Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research use.

 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Sucher, Steve -- Archives. Dessler, Harold. Marshall, Jim, 1936-2010. Subjects (Organizations) Rutgers University. Institute of Jazz Studies. Subjects Jazz. Jazz musicians -- United States. Rock musicians -- United States. Preferred Citation

Steve Sucher Collection, [ca. 1991]-2004, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

 Processing Information

Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s “History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light project,” 2009-2011.

 Detailed Description of the Papers Inventory 2.325/A161 Papers, [ca. 1991]-2004