The University of California, Santa Cruz obtained the Grateful Dead archive after a professor who taught a music course on the band learned of the need for it to have a permanent home. The archive is a treasure trove containing over 600 linear feet of materials such as posters, tickets, recordings, correspondence, furniture, and stage props. The vision for the archive is to digitize its contents to make them accessible and searchable online as well as housed at the university's library, creating a "Virtual Terrapin Station." Donations are requested to help make the archive's treasures accessible to fans and scholars worldwide.

1. Grateful Dead Archive University of California Santa Cruz May, 2009 library.ucsc.edu/give

2. Grateful Dead Archive How UCSC got the archive Treasure trove The vision YOU can help! www.GratefulDeadArchive.org library.ucsc.edu/give

3. 1. How we got the Archive www.GratefulDeadArchive.org library.ucsc.edu/give

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5. Professor Lieberman Teaches a music course on The Dead Learned of need for a home for archive Many discussions We got the Grateful Dead Archive! www.GratefulDeadArchive.org library.ucsc.edu/give

6. 2. Treasure trove www.GratefulDeadArchive.org library.ucsc.edu/give

7. Tons of treasures www.GratefulDeadArchive.org library.ucsc.edu/give

8. 600 linear feet Posters, t-shirts, caps, stage passes, tickets Complete set commercial recordings Books, journals, videos Correspondence, including miracle envelopes Furniture, stage props, art, gifts www.GratefulDeadArchive.org library.ucsc.edu/give

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13. 3. The vision www.GratefulDeadArchive.org library.ucsc.edu/give

14. The vision: Virtual Terrapin Station Digitized and organized / tagged & findable content On the Web for fans and scholars AND At UCSC’s McHenry Library’s Dead Central www.GratefulDeadArchive.org library.ucsc.edu/give

15. 4. YOU can help! www.GratefulDeadArchive.org library.ucsc.edu/give

16. We need the bread And YOU can help us make our treasure trove accessible to millions of fans and scholars worldwide. www.GratefulDeadArchive.org library.ucsc.edu/give

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18. Keep the Dead Alive! Support the Archive. Library.ucsc.edu/give www.GratefulDeadArchive.org library.ucsc.edu/give

19. Credits Roses & skeletons - Richard Wohlfeiler Ticket images - Grateful Dead Archive Stilt-walking skeleton - Poster by Bob Fried (Grateful Dead Archive) Photographs by Doug Stewart www.GratefulDeadArchive.org library.ucsc.edu/give