Lewis Deneumoustier Collection

Collection

Identifier: AppMs-0760

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of bluegrass and country music memorabilia created or acquired by Lewis Deneumoustier over a period of several decades. Among the materials are serial publications, song and picture folios, fan club journals, sheet music, photographs, posters, trading cards, and flyers from concerts and festivals. In addition there are materials relating to Deneumoustier’s tenure as the editor of the Disc Collector newsletter.

Dates

1911-2006, undated

Creator

Deneumoustier, Lewis Emil, 1926-2006 (Collector, Person)

Extent

65.5 linear feet (117 legal-size document boxes; 7 records cartons)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in eight series: Series 1, Office Files; Series 2, Bluegrass and Country Music Festivals, Concerts, and Gatherings; Series 3, Publications; Series 4, Promotional Materials; Series 5, Collectibles; Series 6, Photographs; Series 7, Scrapbooks; Series 8, Oversize.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Frances Deneumoustier donated the bulk of the collection in June 2007, accession 2007-050. She contributed additional materials in August 2007 and April 2008, accessions 2007-084 and 2008-025.

Related Materials

Digital Exhibit: Rich-R-Tone Recordings in the Lewis Deneumoustier Collection

Digital Exhibit: Vogue Picture Discs in the Lewis Deneumoustier Collection

Digital Exhibit: Voices of Coal

Separated Materials

The Deneumoustier donation included a music collection of approximately 23,695 bluegrass and country sound recordings in various formats (45s, 78s, cassettes, compact discs, LPs, reel-to-reel audio tapes, and VHS tapes). While these are not listed here, the archives has Deneumoustier's indexes to his recordings and will search for titles and artists on request.

Processing Information

The bulk of the processing was completed by Nathaniel Skaggs in December 2016. Additional processing was completed by Jen Bingham in June 2018.

Subjects

Bluegrass music Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Bluegrass music festivals Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Country music Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Publications (document genre) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Sound recordings Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus