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Katie Beisel Hollenbach studies popular music, technological mediation, reception, fandom, and particularly American music culture during World War II. Her work has appeared in *Music Moving Image* and *Journal of Popular Music Studies*. Her book, *Business Bobbysoxers: Cultural Production in 1940s Frank Sinatra Fandom* (Oxford University Press, 2024), reconsiders the story of American popular music and celebrity fan behavior in the context of World War II, focusing on 'bobbysoxers.' This work documents the intimate practices of wartime Sinatra fan clubs, revealing a new perspective on the familiar story of American history through the lens of the bobbysoxer experience. Hollenbach has served as a Trustee for the Ladies Musical Club of Seattle (LMC), Seattle's longest-running classical music organization, which was founded in 1891. Her responsibilities included researching and documenting the public use of LMC’s long and varied history, which includes the International Artist Series (1900-1995) and various music schools programs.
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