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NEWSLETTERS
The DeadHead office produced a series of 25 newsletters, reporting on touring and GD Records, and including many drawings by Garcia.

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DEADHEAD DEFINITIONS
The term "Dead Head" has a rich and long history. These definitions, from dictionaries and other sources, often apply to the fans of the Grateful Dead.

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TICKET ENVELOPE ART
Soon after the band formed their own mail order concert ticket agency, GDTS, ticket buyers began decorating their mail-in envelopes - a treasure trove.

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ORIGINS OF DEADHEADS
The Keeper of the DeadHead Archives provides the history and beginning of the fan club. It is from this archive that much of the material on this site is drawn.

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LETTERS FROM ARCHIVES
Voluminous mail was received from Dead Heads. Topics change, but the reflections of hope and enthusiasm have remained a constant.

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ARCHIVE OF DEAD LORE
Much weird and wonderful information has come in, unclassifiable, randomly retained, connecting domains, more to come . . .

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ANNALS OF HYPNOCRACY
Robert Hunter's Hypnocracy broadsheets were a consistent element of the Newsletters. What is Hypnocracy? No one knows except St. Dilbert, perhaps.

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Instituted with the rise of the internet, and after the Grateful Dead played no more, this wide-ranging forum has become the new medium of information and exchange.
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DEADNET
The website of the Grateful Dead, where also can be found the current activities of band members, and also their new incarnation as The Dead.

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Onward through the net