Gretsch Collection of Slingerland Drum Company

Authors

Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

Files

Scope and Content

This collection consists of catalogs, correspondence, clippings, administrative papers, and published materials that were either produced by Slingerland Drum Co. or were participated in by the Slingerland Drum Company from the late 1920s through 2003. The bulk of the materials are from the period of time immediately following the Slingerland family selling the company in 1970 until it was bought by Fred Gretsch in the late 1980s.

Start Date

1928

End Date

2003

Keywords

Slingerland Drum Co., Slingerland Banjo Co., Slingerland Drums, Drum, Drum -- History, Drum -- Catalogs and collections, Marching Band, Manufacturing, Trade Shows, Band Instruments, Fred W. Gretsch, 1946-, Dinah Gretsch, Gretsch Company, Musical Instrument

Disciplines

History | Music

Extent

2 boxes (1.42 linear feet)

Acquisitions Information

Materials were transferred to Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections between 2022-2024 as a part of the Gift Agreement between the Gretsch Company and Georgia Southern University, 2021 January 21.

Recommended Citation

Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections, "Gretsch Collection of Slingerland Drum Company" (2021). Finding Aids. 246.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/finding-aids/246