The archives will be part of the new Johnny\u00a0Cash\u00a0Learning Center at Belmont University’s Mike Curb College of Entertainment & Music Business.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n
Johnny Cash Learning Center at Belmont University, featuring the Johnny Cash Family Archives\/Cash Family “Mark the Moment” at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee July 16, 2026. <\/span><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSam Simpkins \/ Courtesy Belmont University<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n \n\tA collection of late Country Music Hall of Famer Johnny Cash\u2019s personal archives is set to have a permanent home at Nashville\u2019s Belmont University.<\/p>\n \n\tA partnership among the Cash family, the John R. Cash Revocable Trust and Belmont University allows the collection to serve as the anchor for the new Johnny Cash Learning Center at Belmont\u2019s Mike Curb College of Entertainment & Music Business\u2019s upcoming Music Row-located building. The collection is from the late singer-songwriter\u2019s children, Rosanne Cash, Kathy Cash Tittle, Cindy Cash, Tara Cash Schwoebel and John Carter Cash. The $8.6 million acquisition was made possible in part through the support of Scott and Sandi Borchetta, Mike and Linda Curb and the Harper House Music Foundation.<\/p>\n \n\tThe archives collection includes some of Cash\u2019s personal correspondence with fellow artists, family and other public figures, as well as personal notes, photographs, scrapbooks, handwritten lyrics, cassette tapes and more. Belmont also begin a digitization process to catalog and preserve the collection prior to the opening of the Cash Learning Center. That digitization effort will be spearheaded by Dr. Mary Ellen Pethel, who will serve as director of the Johnny Cash Learning Center, in partnership with\u00a0Belmont\u00a0University Special Collections.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tExplore\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n \t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n See latest videos, charts and news<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \n\tThe Johnny Cash Learning Center will also include space for archival research, digital and physical exhibits, and educational programming integrated into\u00a0Belmont\u2019s curriculum.\u00a0The space will also include a secure reading room to allow appointment-based access for researchers, while an open digital collection allow the archival materials to be available to the public online. <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cWe are thrilled that our father\u2019s archive has found a home at\u00a0Belmont\u00a0University. An enormous body of his work, including unpublished writings, will now be available for scholars and students to more intimately connect with the foundational elements of his artistry for years to come,\u201d the Cash family said in a statement.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cJohnny Cash was one of the greatest storytellers in American music,\u201d added\u00a0Belmont\u00a0University President\u00a0Greg\u00a0Jones. \u201cAt\u00a0Belmont, his archives will bring those stories to life for students across every discipline. We are humbled that the Cash family chose us as the permanent home for this legacy, and deeply grateful to everyone who made it possible.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cThere is no parallel for what this means for our students and scholars,\u201d said Brittany Schaffer, Dean, Mike Curb College of Entertainment & Music Business.\u00a0\u201cDirect access to the personal papers and lyrics of one of the most important artists in American history is something most institutions can only dream of.\u00a0The Johnny Cash Learning Center will be a place where his story is not just preserved but experienced.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cAs Trustee, it\u2019s been an honor and pleasure to work with the family to find a home for this archive,\u201d said Catherine Sullivan of the John R. Cash Revocable Trust. \u201cAs a lifelong resident of Nashville, Tennessee, I\u2019m proud to know that generations of\u00a0Belmont\u00a0students will be able to study Johnny\u2019s legacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \t![\"Entertainment](\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Johnny-Cash-Archives-Belmont.jpg?w=942&h=628&crop=1\")
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