Descriptive Summary | |
Title: Robert Schneider collection of Elephant 6 Recording Co. records | |
Creator: Schneider, Robert, 1971- | |
Inclusive Dates: 1994-2014 | |
Language(s): English | |
Extent: 13 Linear Feet 7 bankers boxes, 5 oversized boxes, 3 rolls, 5 oversized folders, 8 items. | |
Collection Number: ms4387 | |
Repository: Hargrett Library |
The Elephant 6 Collective, or the Elephant 6 Recording Company is a music collective founded in Denver, Colorado by Robert Schneider, Bill Doss, Will Cullen Hart, Jeff Mangum, Jim McIntyre and Hilarie Sidney that later moved to Athens, Georgia.
Robert P. Schneider (1971-) is the lead singer, songwriter and guitarist for the band the Apples in Stereo. In addition, Schneider founded the Elephant 6 Recording collective with friends Bill Doss, Will Cullen Hart, Jeff Mangum, Jim McIntyre and Hilarie Sidney. He has also collaborated on several albums with other bands in the collective including Neutral Milk Hotel and Olivia Tremor Control.
Collection includes photographs, slides, and negatives of Elephant 6 Recording Company members with special attention given to The Apples in Stereo. Photographs document performances, tours, vacations, and personal events. Also included is travel itineraries, tour finances, set lists, posters, song lyric notes, fan mail, drawings, band t-shirts, venue badges, buttons, painted concert backdrops and performance wear for The Apples in Stereo Travelers in Space and Time tour.