Music -- Country
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
John Rao Jr. Western Entertainers Collection
Collection
Identifier: 1982-017
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...
Dates:
1900 - 1972
Otto Gray and His Oklahoma Cowboys Band Photographs
Collection
Identifier: 1998-012
Abstract
This small collection is made up of 12 photographs, a handbill, and a piece of letterhead for Otto Gray’s Oklahoma Cowboys Band. Most of the images are publicity shots between 1926 and 1930.
Dates:
1900 - 1953