Descriptive Summary
Austin City Limits Oral
History Project
Austin City
Limits Oral History Project records
2007
Materials are written in English.
2011-158
5 in.
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The
University of Texas at Austin
Comprising subject files, DVDs, and a
CD, the Austin City Limits Oral History Project
Records, 2007, document the efforts of Dr. Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez’s students in the
University of Texas at Austin’s Department of Journalism as part of the project to
chronicle the stories of individuals associated with the television program Austin City Limits. Interviewees include Terry Lickona,
Bill Arhos, Eddie Wilson, Emily Joyce, and Joe Nick Patoski, among other show staff,
music journalists and photographers, and musical performers who appeared on Austin City Limits.
Historical Note
In the spring of 2007, Dr. Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez’s oral history course in the
University of Texas at Austin (UT)’s Department of Journalism collaborated with the
UT Center for American History (now the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History)
and PBS affiliate KLRU-TV on the
Austin City Limits
Oral History Project. Rivas-Rodriguez’s students conducted interviews with
individuals responsible for creating and giving rise to
the [second] longest-running live music series [Austin
City Limits] in television history and resulting cultural impact in
Austin, Texas.
Created by KLRU-TV (then KLRN-TV) program director Bill Arhos in 1974,
Austin City Limits is a television program devoted to
performances of various American musical styles. Originally drawing from the Austin
country music scene, the show has expanded to include blues, folk, rock, and other
styles and performers, such as Emmylou Harris, B. B. King, Willie Nelson, and Sonic
Youth.
Source:
Arhos, Damon.
Austin City Limits.
Handbook of Texas Online. Accessed June 3, 2011.
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/xmaqa.
Scope and Contents
Comprising subject files and audiovisual material, the
Austin
City Limits Oral History Project Records, 2007, document the efforts of
Dr. Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez’s students in the University of Texas at Austin’s
Department of Journalism as part of the project to chronicle the stories of
individuals associated with the television program Austin
City Limits. Arranged alphabetically by interviewee, subject files,
2007, contain interview fact sheets, biographical and historical material, topic
indexes for the interviews, and articles written by journalism students using the
interviews. Audiovisual material, 2007, comprises DVDs and a CD of interviews
conducted by the journalism students. Interviewees include Terry Lickona, Bill
Arhos, Eddie Wilson, Emily Joyce, and Joe Nick Patoski, among other show staff,
music journalists and photographers, and musical performers who appeared on Austin City Limits.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research use.
Use Restrictions
KLRU-TV maintains copyright of audio and video.
Index Terms
Subjects (Persons)
Arhos, Bill.
Bailey, Ed.
Lickona, Terry.
Subjects (Organizations)
Austin City Limits Oral History Project --
Archives.
KLRU (Television station : Austin, Tex.)
University of Texas at Austin. Center for American
History.
University of Texas at Austin. Dept. of
Journalism.
Subjects
Austin city limits (Television program).
Television programs -- Texas -- Austin.
Music -- Texas -- Austin.
Places
Austin (Tex.) -- History -- 20th
century -- Sources.
Preferred Citation
Austin City Limits Oral History Project Records, 2007,
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
Related Material
See also Austin City
Limits Collection.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Laurel Rozema, June 2011.
Detailed Description of the Papers
Inventory
2.325/AA21
Interviewee files, 2007
2.325/AA21
Interview tape tracking
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Bill Arhos, 001
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Bruce Scafe, 002
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Craig Hillis, 003
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Crew Panel, 004
[empty folder]
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David Hough, 005
2.325/AA21
Ed Bailey, 006
2.325/AA21
Eddie Wilson, 007
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Emily Joyce, 008
2.325/AA21
Jeff Peterson, 009
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Joe Nick Patoski, 010
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Leslie Nichols, 011
2.325/AA21
Ray Benson, 012
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Scott Newton, 013
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Susan Caldwell, 014
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Terry Lickona, 015
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Vickie Claiborne, 016
[empty folder]
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CD, Bruce Scafe, director, The Session, Phone interview by Talor
Schaddalee, 4/20/07
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DVDs, 2007
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Bill Arhos, ACL Founder, Interview by Talor Schaddelee,
4/21/07
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Craig Hillis, Artist, Interview by Kim Ho & Treyci
Bautista, 4/11/07
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Crew Panel Interview: David Hough, Audio Director; David
Kuipers, Chief Engineer; Sharon Cullen, Audio Supervisor; Raymond
Lucero, Floor Manager, 2/13/07
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David Hough, Audio Technician, Interview by Margarita
Jiminez, 4/16/07
2.325/AA21
Ed Bailey, Vice President of Branding, Group Interview,
2/27/07
2.325/AA21
Ed Bailey, VP Branding for ACL, Interview by Emily Cox,
4/18/07
2.325/AA21
Eddie Wilson, owner, Armadillo World HQ, Interview by Thomas
Fawcett and Jazmin Cavazos, 4/12/07
2.325/AA21
Emily Joyce, Associate Producer, Interview by Jessica
El-Khoury, 4/26/07
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Jeff Peterson, Co-Producer, Interview by EJ Urbanczyk,
4/23/07
2.325/AA21
Joe Nick Patoski, Music Journalist, Interview by Thomas
Fawcett and Jazmin Cavazos, 4/21/07
2.325/AA21
Leslie Nichols, Associate Producer, Interview by Emily
Wilkinson, 4/10/07
2.325/AA21
Ray Benson, Asleep at the Wheel, Artist, Interview by
Stephanie Brown, 4/5/07
2.325/AA21
Scott Newton, Photographer, Interview by Chris Reichman,
4/13/07
2.325/AA21
Susan Caldwell, Interview by Debi Martin,
4/8/07
2.325/AA21
Terry Lickona, Producer, Group Interview,
3/1/07
2.325/AA21
Terry Lickona, Producer, Interview by Zach Patton &
Jocelyn Ehnstrom, 4/4/07
2.325/AA21
Terry Lickona, Producer, Interview by Jackie Vega,
4/23/07
2.325/AA21
Vickie Claiborne, Lighting Designer, Group Interview,
2/22/07