Melissa Ziobro, curator for the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music and adjunct professor of public history, recently published "A Glimpse Inside the Collection of the Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music at Monmouth University" in BOSS: The Biannual Online-Journal of Springsteen Studies (Vol. 6, 2024).

The article highlights The Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music at Monmouth University, which serves as the official repository for Springsteen's songs and other written works, plus photographs, periodicals, oral histories, recordings, films, and artifacts related to Bruce and the E Street Band. Additionally, Ziobro discusses the Center's museum exhibitions, seminars and educational workshops, concerts, and other public programs that explore the many forms of American music and their impact on our culture and national identity.

BOSS: The Biannual Online-Journal of Springsteen Studies aims to publish scholarly, peer-reviewed essays pertaining to Bruce Springsteen. This open-access journal seeks to encourage consideration of Springsteen's body of work primarily through the political, economic, and socio-cultural factors that have influenced his music and shaped its reception. BOSS welcomes broad interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary approaches to Springsteen's songwriting and performance. The journal aims to secure a place for Springsteen Studies in the contemporary academy.

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