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Items about Bob Dylan housed in whats believed to be the nations only research archive devoted to the myth and meaning of Dylan at La Salle Universitys Connelly Library. (Ron Tarver/Staff Photographer) Jeff Gammage, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER Posted: Sunday, November 16, 2014 The question has lingered in song since it was first posed in the 1960s: How many roads must a man walk down - before he becomes the subject of a major university archive devoted to helping researchers discern the meaning of his every move and utterance? The answer, my friends, aint blowin in the wind. The answer is at La Salle University, which runs what it believes to be the nations only academic collection focused on songwriter, poet, and troubadour Bob Dylan. Dylan is coming to Philadelphia this week to perform three shows at the Academy of Music, his first Center City appearance since 1963 If it seems odd to find a Dylan center at La Salle - the Catholic liberal-arts school in the citys Logan section - thats because it is. In fact, its odd for any academic institution. ************************************************** Rare books and manuscripts [departments] at universities are pretty risk-averse of what might be faddish, so they shy from contemporary collections, said John Baky, La Salles director of libraries. But the idea of having a Dylan archive at La Salle, he said with no hint of musical irony, struck a note. The school has embraced modern collecting, including the development of a compilation on the Vietnam War. Dylan is now 73, and in many ways more popular than ever. About 20 y years ago, Baky noticed that the singer wasnt disappearing from the culture. If anything, he was getting more attention with each passing year - unusual for musicians, whose careers often flare and fade. Baky also knew that prices for Dylan-related paraphernalia would only rise. So he began to gather items, accept donations, and buy what he could. Dylan, to me, was a cultural phenomenon, and if we didnt get the material contemporaneously, we were never going to get it, he said. . Read more at philly/philly/news/breaking/20141116_La_Salles_Dylan_collection_getting_notice.html#Wys3vGuXgpCH5ZBv.99
Posted on: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 20:14:38 +0000

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