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Elizabeth Cohen Collection MS.343 http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c86d5w4z No online items Guide to the Elizabeth Cohen Collection MS.343 Finding aid prepared by Nicholas G. Meriwether University of California, Santa Cruz 1156 High Street Santa Cruz, CA, 95064 (831) 459-2547 [email protected] 4/8/2014 Guide to the Elizabeth Cohen MS.343 1 Collection MS.343 Title: Elizabeth Cohen Collection Identifier/Call Number: MS.343 Contributing Institution: University of California, Santa Cruz Language of Material: English Physical Description: 6.0 containers(1) box, documents; (1) box, T-shirts; (1) box, realia; (3) items, over-sized realia Date (bulk): Bulk, 1977-1991 Date (inclusive): 1948 - 2010 creator: Cohen, Elizabeth, (Elizabeth A.) creator: Hart, Mickey creator: Weir, Bob, 1947- Scope and Content of Collection This collection comprises documents, apparel, musical instruments, and equipment used in, or acquired during, Elizabeth Cohen's work with Grateful Dead band members Bob Weir and Mickey Hart on various projects. Biography Dr. Elizabeth Cohen is a physicist who specializes in acoustics. As an undergraduate at Bennington College in Vermont she combined her interest in music and physics, earning degrees in both fields in 1975. She earned her master’s degree in electrical engineering at Stanford after completing a two-year program at Bell Labs, going on to earn her PhD in acoustics from Stanford. She retired as a professor of Film and Information studies at UCLA, where she also served as a board member of UCLA's Moving Image Preservation Program. In addition to her academic appointments at Stanford and UCLA, she founded her own consulting firm, Cohen Acoustical, in 1981, working with an array of clients including the Hollywood Bowl, Dolby Laboratories, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She served as the president of the Audio Engineering Society and was an engineering fellow to the White House National Economic Council. Her work with the Grateful Dead included research with Bob Weir to develop an electric guitar, a collaboration that resulted in a coauthored article, "The Influence of Signal Processing Devices on the Timbre Perception of Electrical Guitars," published in the Journal of Guitar Acoustics, no. 6 (1982). She went on to work with Mickey Hart and UC Santa Cruz music professor Fredric Lieberman on several projects relating to drumming, percussion and rhythm, which informed the books Drumming at the Edge of Magic (1990), Planet Drum (1991), and Spirit into Sound (1999). As one journalist observed, "The effusive Cohen speaks about acoustical technology with a fervor approaching evangelism" (Karen Kaplan, “The Sounds Inside Our Heads,” Los Angeles Times, July 14, 1997). Separated Materials (2) backstage passes, Grateful Dead at Madison Square Garden, Sept. 12, 1991, removed and filed with MS350, Deadhead Contributions, Backstage Passes. Subjects and Indexing Terms Grateful Dead (Musical group) Box 1 Documents Physical Description: 3.0 files Box 1, Folder 1 "Different Drum" Proposal Physical Description: 14.0 pages Box 1, Folder 2 Contract, Copyright Registration Physical Description: 3.0 pages Box 1, Folder 3 Concert Program, Gyoto Tantric Choir, Miles Davis, Philip Glass, Mickey Hart, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City, Dec. 3, 1988 Physical Description: 8.0 pages Box 2 Apparel Physical Description: 21.0 items(18) T-shirts and (4) sweat-shirts Guide to the Elizabeth Cohen MS.343 2 Collection MS.343 Box 2, Object 1 T-shirt (front): "Old & In the Way", ca. 1973. ms0343_obj_0001 Box 2, Object 2 T-shirt (front//back): "Grateful Dead, Mars Hotel" [Stanley Mouse] // "Cinema", ca. 1974. ms0343_obj_0002 Box 2, Object 3 T-shirt (front): "The Gibson" [Stanley Mouse, hand-painted], ca. 1978. ms0343_obj_0003 Box 2, Object 4 T-shirt, long-sleeved (front//back): "Grateful Dead | Blues Borthers | NRPS" // "New Years Eve | Winterland | December 31, 1978 | Breakfast Served At Dawn". ms0343_obj_004 Box 2, Object 5 Sweat-shirt (front//back): "Northern Stage Co." // "The Grateful Dead | Alaska | 1980". ms0343_obj_0005 Box 2, Object 6 T-shirt (front): "High Noon" [Stanley Mouse], 1981. ms0343_obj_006 Box 2, Object 7 T-shirt (front//back): "Dance For Disarmament" [Stanley Mouse] // "Dance For Disarmament | Joan Baez | Jerry Garcia | Mickey Hart | Phil Lesh | Bob Weir | and | High Noon | San Mateo County | Fairgrounds | December 12, 1981 | Presented by Humanitas". ms0343_obj_007 Box 2, Object 8 Sweat-shirt, sleeveless (front//back): "Bobby & the Midnites" / "BOBBY | & the | MIDNITES | BOBBY WEIR | BILLY COBHAM | BOBBY COCHRAN | DAVE GARLAND | KENNY CRADNEY", ca. 1981. ms0343_obj_008 Box 2, Object 9 T-shirt (front): "Bobby and the Midnites" [Victor Moscoso], 1982. ms0343_obj_0009 Box 2, Object 10 T-shirt, long-sleeved (front//back): "Grateful Dead" [Dead Set illustration by Dennis Larkins] // "1982". ms0343_obj_0010 Box 1, Object 11 T-shirt (front//back): GD graphic [Rick Griffin]// "Grateful Dead | Fall Tour '82". ms0343_obj_0011 Box 1, Object 12 Sweat-shirt (front): "Grateful Dead" [David Lundquist], 1984. ms0343_obj_0012 Box 2, Object 13 T-shirt, long-sleeved (front//back): Grateful Dead logo [Owsley/Thomas variant] // "Spring |Tour | 1985 | Grateful Dead". ms0343_obj_0012 Box 2, Object 14 T-shirt (front): "The Gyuto Tantric Monastery | Multiphonic Choir | Berkeley Community Theatre | May 18, 1985". ms0343_obj_0014 Box 2, Object 15 T-shirt (front): Modified Grateful Dead logo, "Feb. 8, 9, 11, 12, 14", [fan-made], ca. 1986. ms0343_obj_0015 Box 2, Object 16 T-shirt, sleeveless (front//back): "Grateful Dead" [Rick Griffin]// "Summer Tour | 1986". ms0343_obj_0016 Box 2, Object 17 Sweat-shirt (front): "Planet Drum", ca. 1991. ms0343_obj_0017 Box 2, Object 18 T-shirt (front): Planet Drum / Steal-Your-Face logo, 1999. ms0343_obj_0018 Box 2, Object 19 Sweat-shirt (front): "Grateful Dead | madison sq. garden", n.d. ms0343_obj_0019 Box 2, Object 20 T-shirt (front): "Seva | A Solution in Sight", n.d. ms0343_obj_0020 Box 2, Object 21 T-shirt (front): "My Lightning Too", n.d. ms0343_obj_0021 Box 3 Realia Physical Description: 1.0 item Box 3, Object 22 African-style thumb piano (kalimba). ms0343_obj_0022 Instrument Note: This African-style thumb piano (or kalimba) was made for Dr. Cohen by Santa Cruz luthier and instrument builder Jim Loveless ca. 1979-1980, as part of her work with Mickey Hart and UCSC music professor Fredric Lieberman on the books Drumming at the Edge of Magic (1990) and Planet Drum (1991). Oversize 1, Electric guitar in case. ms0343_obj_023 Object 23 Instrument Note: This Modulus Graphite guitar prototype was designed by Jeff Hasselberger, Bob Weir, and Elizabeth Cohen. Created by Jeff Gould, it was used by Dr. Cohen during her work with Weir and Hasselberger that produced their article, "The Influence of Signal Prcoessing Devices on the Timbre Perception of Electric Guitars," Journal of Guitar Acoustics 6 (Sept. 1982): 123-126. Oversize 2, Fender Modified Pro-Amp 5D5 Tweed Tube Amplifier, 1948. ms0343_obj_0024 Object 24 Item Note: This very early Fender instrument amplifier was used by Dr. Cohen during her work with Bob Weir and Jeff Hasselberger to develop an electric guitar prototype. Guide to the Elizabeth Cohen MS.343 3 Collection MS.343 Oversize 3, Halliburton "Zero" model aluminum briefcase, decorated. ms0343_obj_0025 Object 25 Item Note: This briefcase is one of only a few prototypes made by Halliburton Corp. for the Grateful Dead and a few of their friends and colleagues. Guide to the Elizabeth Cohen MS.343 4 Collection MS.343.
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