Goldenrod Music Records
Scope and Contents
The Goldenrod Music Records consists of a full run of newsletters from 1987 to 2009, catalogues, and press kits for musicians like Cris Williams and Margie Adam.
Dates
- Creation: 1987-2010
Conditions Governing Access
Property rights to the physical objects belong to the June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or heir for permission to publish where the June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives do not hold the copyright.
Conditions Governing Use
There are no restrictions on the collection. The collection is open for research.
Historical Note
Goldenrod Music (also known as Goldenrod Distribution Inc.) started in 1975 in Michigan by Terry Grant. It was a women's music distribution company that sold CDs by artists like Holly Near, Cris Williamson, Margie Adam and more.
They are a wholesale distributor of independent women's music and also sells records at concerts and festivals like Michigan Womyn's Music Festival.
Extent
1 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Goldenrod Music (also known as Goldenrod Distribution Inc.) started in 1975 in Michigan by Terry Grant. The collection consists of newsletters, catalogs, and press kits and headshots for musicians.
Other Finding Aids
Terry Grant donated the full organizational records to Michigan State University in December of 2015:
https://findingaids.lib.msu.edu/repositories/4/resources/5913
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Records were donated by Goldenrod Music on August 17, 2025.
- Title
- Guide to the Goldenrod Music Records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Alisha Graefe
- Date
- 2025
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives Repository