Brittany Newberry

Brittany serves as the curator of the music and popular culture collections held in Special Collections & Archives including the Johnny Mercer Collection. In this role, she acquires and preserves materials documenting 20th century and 21st century American music and culture, makes them available for research, and provides outreach to university, scholarly, and local communities. She works closely with the School of Music to put on a biennial Johnny Mercer Tribute concert and supervises graduate students using the Mercer collections to create curriculums for k-12 students.