The Bob Dylan Archive - The University of Tulsa : Bob Dylan Archives

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The Bob Dylan Archive® highlights the unique artistry and worldwide cultural significance of Bob Dylan. Housed at the University of Tulsa’s Helmerich Center for American Research at Gilcrease Museum, the archive includes decades of never-before-seen handwritten manuscripts, notebooks and correspondence; films, videos, photographs and artwork; memorabilia; personal documents; unrecorded song lyrics and chords.

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THE BOB DYLAN ARCHIVE® IS NOT OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC

Access to The Bob Dylan Archive®

Materials in the archive are available to view exclusively onsite at the Helmerich Center for American Research at Gilcrease Museum, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Due to high demand, access to the archive will only be granted to individuals with qualified research projects, and only by appointment.

If you are interested in conducting research at The Bob Dylan Archive®, please click the “Learn More” button below for detailed research request instructions.

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News

A billionaire’s quirky quest to create a mecca for Bob Dylan fans. In Tulsa, Oklahoma
Washington Post October 12, 2017

Archives open to research proposals March 23, 2017

Inside the Bob Dylan Archive
CBS Sunday Morning December 11, 2016

Bob Dylan, the Musician: America’s Great One-Man Songbook
New York Times October 14, 2016

Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize ‘affirms the importance of the collection’ coming to Tulsa
Tulsa World October 14, 2016

Bob Dylan’s Secret Archive
New York Times March 02, 2016

Quotes

Tulsa, Oklahoma, is about to become the center of the Bob Dylan universe.
Andy Greene – Rolling Stone

The archives are deeper and more vast than even most Dylan experts could imagine,
promising untold insight into the songwriter’s work.
Ben Sisario – New York Times

A new world of Bob Dylan is waiting to be discovered.
Jerry Wofford – Tulsa World

It’s going to start anew the way people study Dylan.
Sean Wilentz – Princeton University

For years rumor circulated among Bob Dylan enthusiasts of a legendary secret archive including notebooks that many hoped would reveal how Dylan wrote some of his most iconic songs. In this case the legend happens to be true.
Denver Nicks – Time Magazine

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Unboxing the Archive

Sketches, writings, handwritten notes, lyrics and chord progressions for unrecorded songs, take a look inside The Bob Dylan Archive®.