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ARC-1276

collection

Gorman Bechard Collection

2011-2021

0.92 (Linear feet) ; 4 (TB)

Gorman Bechard is a filmmaker and writer who co-founded the production company What Were We Thinking Films in 2004. He has directed a number of documentaries, including Color Me Obsessed (2011) and Where Are You, Jay Bennett? (2021). He has also written five novels, including The Second Greatest Story Ever Told (Citadel Press, 1991) and the baseball comedy Balls (Penguin, 1995).

The Gorman Bechard Collection contains undated promotional and digital materials related to Bechard's rock documentaries Color Me Obsessed: a film about The Replacements (2011), What Did You Expect? The Archers of Loaf live at Cat’s Cradle (2012), Every Everything: the music, life & times of Grant Hart (2013), Who is Lydia Loveless? (2016), and Where are you, Jay Bennett? (2021).

: The Gorman Bechard Collection was received by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a gift from Gorman Bechard on February 6, 2018 and October 27, 2022.

: [Identification of Item], Gorman Bechard Collection, Library and Archives, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

: Materials are in English.

: "Where are you, Jay Bennett?" dvd has been transferred to the library.

: Processed by Lyndsey Godwin-Kresge, Audiovisual Archivist. Completed March 30, 2023. Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS and local processing manual. Collection processed through a Museums for America grant from the IMLS.

Collection is open for research. Patrons must sign the Acknowledgment of Legal Responsibilities and Privacy Rights statement on the Researcher Registration Form before using this collection. Consult the Library and Archives in advance of your visit to ensure access to these materials is available.

The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc. For more information, please consult the staff of the Library and Archives.