Jubilee: Harvest of the Arts Records - Accession 1463

The Jubilee: Harvest of the Arts Festival Records document the planning, promotion, and operation of the annual Jubilee: Harvest of the Arts festival held in Rock Hill, South Carolina. The festival celebrated visual and performing arts, crafts, and music and featured outdoor gallery exhibitions, theatrical performances at Winthrop University, arts and crafts vendors, and a quilt show. Over time, the event evolved into what later became the Rock Hill Blues & Jazz Festival, reflecting the city’s growing emphasis on musical heritage, particularly blues and jazz. The collection includes planning and administrative records such as committee files, steering committee documentation, budgets, meeting materials, and correspondence. Promotional and outreach materials form a significant portion of the collection and include programs, brochures, flyers, advertisements, press releases, paid and unpaid advertising scripts, and mock-ups of festival letterhead. Also included are materials related to featured performers and participants, such as press information for singer-songwriter Billy Jonas. Additional materials include photographs documenting festival events, souvenir and merchandise information, newspaper clippings covering the festival from local media, and five VHS cassette tapes containing television coverage and promotional demo recordings. Together, these records provide a comprehensive view of the organization, cultural significance, and public presentation of one of Rock Hill’s prominent arts festivals during the late 1990s and early 2000s.