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Kathy Rote collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 943
Finding aid note: Request access to this digital material (stored on Fondren Library's nearline / non-public server) by contacting Woodson Research Center staff at woodson@rice.edu. Please use the Identifier number in your request. This material is open for research.

Content Description

This collection consists of audio by Kathy Rote and an oral history with her.

Dates

  • 2000 - 2020

Conditions Governing Access

This material is open for research.

Request access to this digital material (stored on Fondren Library's nearline / non-public server) by contacting Woodson Research Center staff at woodson@rice.edu. Please use the Identifier number in your request. This material is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish from this material must be obtained from Kathy Rote and the Woodson Research Center.

Biographical / Historical

Born in McAllen, Texas, Kathy Rote and her family moved to Houston soon after she was diagnosed with polio. Her family wanted to live near Texas Children's Hospital. At the age of 12, she became entranced with folk music as many of her generation did. Her Dad began taking her to folk music events at the University of Houston, the Jewish Community Center, John A. Lomax, Jr.'s house, and other folk venues around town.

Not long after, Rote began taking guitar lessons from Ed Badeaux. In 1965, she would occasionally perform at the Jewish Community Center, but spent most of her time performing at Sand Mountain Coffee House and at hospitals and nursing homes. She worked a circuit of music venues just outside of Houston with Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark, and others. She also attended gatherings at Peter Gardner's home and played on episodes of his KRBE show "The Sampler."

During her senior year of high school, Kathy Rote moved to Tucson, Arizona. After returning briefly to Houston, she went back to attend the University of Arizona. Growing up in the 50’s and 60’s, she experienced firsthand, the social and physical discrimination that prevented those with disabilities from being equal members of society. In 1979 she joined the Disabilities Rights movement in Berkeley, California. With others, she worked to craft legislation and create social services that supported disabled Americans efforts to live independently and culminated in the Americans w/ Disability Act. All during this time, she continued to play music and wrote her own songs.

Extent

0.467 Megabytes (Nearline access: MS0943aip_001 (0.467 GB))

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Overview

This collection consists of audio by Kathy Rote and an oral history with her.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Kathy Rote in 2019.

Subjects

Record Groups

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Kathy Rote collection, 2000-2020
Status
Completed
Author
Norie Guthrie
Date
2021
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository

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Contact:
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
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Houston Texas 77005 USA

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