Burnette, Smiley (Lester Allen), 1911-1967

Abstract Gene Autry sound recording discs, movie/publicity photographs, book covers, and clippings, ca. 1940s-ca. 1970s, compose the majority of holdings within the John Rao Jr. collection. Rare sound recording discs from Gene Autry’s earliest recordings and a multitude of publicity photographs underscore the collection’s significance. The collection also includes sound recording discs of Smiley Burnette, Jimmie Rodgers, Eddie Dean, and Tex Ritter dating from 1927 through the 1970’s. A collection of...

Abstract

This collection contains photographs and emphemera related to actor and performer Smiley Burnette.