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ARC-0095

collection

Chuck Berry and Derek Van Pelt Correspondence

1972-1979

0.07 (Linear feet)

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Chuck Berry is an American musician and songwriter, who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986.

This collection is dated 1973 and 1979 and consists of a typewritten letter from Derek Van Pelt to Chuck Berry with a handwritten response from Berry, as well as an interview by Derek Van Pelt of Steve Miller.

: The Chuck Berry and Derek Van Pelt Correspondence was received by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a gift from MacPhail on January 30, 2026.

: [Identification of Item], Chuck Berry and Derek Van Pelt Correspondence, Library and Archives, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

: Materials are in English.

: Processed by Crystal Matjasic, Technical Services Archivist. Completed March 26, 2026. Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS and local processing manual.

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