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Va. Tech acquires Carter-Cash collection

** FILE ** Musician Johnny Cash is shown in New York in this June 1994 file photo. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)** FILE ** Musician Johnny Cash is shown in New York in this June 1994 file photo. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

BLACKSBURG, Va. — Virginia Tech has acquired a collection of sheet music, memoirs and other memorabilia related to the Carter Family, Johnny Cash and other musicians of the Carter and Cash families.

Virginia Tech said Tuesday that the collection is available for research in the Special Collections department of Newman Library.

The material includes a collection of Carter Family sheet music with a biography written in 1980 by Johnny Cash.

Other items include Maybelle Carter’s hunting and fishing license, programs from performances and festivals, photographs, and newspaper and magazine articles.

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