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Grand Ole Opry Collection

1930’s – 1960’s

Collection Number: MSS 178

Size: 2.94 linear feet

Special Collections and University Archives

Jean and Alexander Heard Library

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee

© 2013 Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives [email protected] | (615) 322-2807

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GRAND OLE OPRY COLLECTION

CONTENTS OF BOXES

Outgoing Correspondence Incoming Correspondence - General Incoming Correspondence - Radio Stations Memoranda - [November 1955] - June 1961 News Releases - Grand Ole Opry - History News Releases - Personalities Miscellaneous News Releases, Synopses, Proposals, and Studies Clippings - Personalities, A - H Clippings Personalities, I - P Clippings Personalities, Q - Z Clippings Personalities, Various Clippings Grand Ole Opry Clippings Music Industry, "Nashville Sound" Tabloids

Songbooks, Acuff - Arkansas Songbooks, Arnold - Crumit Songbooks, Daniel - Dickens Songbooks, Flatt and Scruggs - Fowler Songbooks, Haviland - Kuhn Songbooks, Morgan - Sizemore Songbooks, Tony - Tubb, Ernest Songbooks, Tubb, Ernest

Songbooks, Tubb, Ernest Songbooks, Tubb, Justi~ - York Brothers Grand Ole Opry Programs - 1961, 1962 Grand Ole Opry Programs - 1963, 1964 Grand Ole Opry Programs - 1965, 1966 Here's News About WSM' s Grand Ole 2.E.£y

Marketing Presentations Roy Acuff Discographies Souvenir Books, All Star Scrapbook - Country Music Picture Book Souvenir Books, Flatt and Scruggs Souvenir Books, Grand Ole Opry Souvenir Books, Grand Ole Opry Souvenir Books, Hillbilly and Western Scrapbook - Marty Robbins Souvenir Books, Scrapbook - Wilburn Brothers Miscellaneous Programs and Souvenir Books


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4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9


CONTENTS OF BOXES

Outgoing Correspondence Incoming Correspondence - General Incoming Correspondence - Radio Stations Memoranda - [November 1955] - June 1961 News Releases - Grand Ole Opry - History News Releases - Personalities Miscellaneous News Releases, Synopses, Proposals, and Studies Clippings - Personalities, A - H Clippings Personalities, I - P Clippings Personalities, Q - Z Clippings Personalities, Various Clippings Grand Ole Opry Clippings Music Industry, "Nashville Sound" Tabloids

Songbooks, Acuff - Arkansas Songbooks, Arnold - Crumit Songbooks, Daniel - Dickens Songbooks, Flatt and Scruggs - Fowler Songbooks, Haviland - Kuhn Songbooks, Morgan - Sizemore Songbooks, Tony - Tubb, Ernest Songbooks, Tubb, Ernest

Songbooks, Tubb, Ernest Songbooks, Tubb, Justi~ - York Brothers Grand Ole Opry Programs - 1961, 1962 Grand Ole Opry Programs - 1963, 1964 Grand Ole Opry Programs - 1965, 1966 Here's News About WSM' s Grand Ole 2.E.£y

Marketing Presentations Roy Acuff Discographies Souvenir Books, All Star Scrapbook - Country Music Picture Book Souvenir Books, Flatt and Scruggs Souvenir Books, Grand Ole Opry Souvenir Books, Grand Ole Opry Souvenir Books, Hillbilly and Western Scrapbook - Marty Robbins Souvenir Books, Scrapbook - Wilburn Brothers Miscellaneous Programs and Souvenir Books

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CONTENTS OF BOXES

Magazines, Billboard - Country and Western Jamboree Magazines, Count~y Music Life - Country Music World Magazines, Country Song Roundup Magazines, Cowboy Songs - Music Reporter Magazines, Popular Country Stars - Trail

Photographs, Boone - Cooper Photographs, Devine - La Dell Photographs, Macon - Stony Photographs, Thomas - Young Phot6graphs, [Korean Tour, 19531J Poster Fragments Promotional Materials

*Movie Posters Recorded Discs, 45 r.p.m. Recorded Discs, 33 1/3 r.p.m.

**Interview Tapes

* The poster for "Smoky Mountain Melody" is stored in the third drawer of the map case in Vanderbilt Special Collections

** The three taped interviews can be found in five boxes stored with the audio-visual materials in Vanderbilt Special Collections


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CONTENTS OF BOXES

Magazines, Billboard - Country and Western Jamboree Magazines, Count~y Music Life - Country Music World Magazines, Country Song Roundup Magazines, Cowboy Songs - Music Reporter Magazines, Popular Country Stars - Trail

Photographs, Boone - Cooper Photographs, Devine - La Dell Photographs, Macon - Stony Photographs, Thomas - Young Phot6graphs, [Korean Tour, 19531J Poster Fragments Promotional Materials

*Movie Posters Recorded Discs, 45 r.p.m. Recorded Discs, 33 1/3 r.p.m.

**Interview Tapes

* The poster for "Smoky Mountain Melody" is stored in the third drawer of the map case in Vanderbilt Special Collections

** The three taped interviews can be found in five boxes stored with the audio-visual materials in Vanderbilt Special Collections


Provenance

The Grand Ole ~ Collection was donated by Jesse Wills, president of National Life and Accident Insurance Company, the parent company of WSM, Inc. and the Grand Ole Opry. As president, Wills had access to a wide variety of material associated with country music in general and the Grand Ole Opry in particular. A collection of this material was donated by Jesse Wills in May of 1967 with additional items being given in July of 1968. The six boxes of material in the Grand Ole 22!I Collection are complemented by the WSM Radio and TV collection, also donated to Vanderbilt Special Collections by Mr. Wills.

Scope and Content

The collection is composed of a wide variety of items of historical and musical interest. The correspondence dates roughly from the 1950s and 1960s and varies from fan letters to promotional campaigns. Clippings from the same time profile performers and personalities, the Opry, and the music industry in Nashville. The files include a representative collection of country and

. western magaZines.

Songbooks comprise a significant proportion of the collection. Most of them date from the 1930s and 1940s. They include a good, though incomplete, collection of songbooks by Ernest Tubb. Many other performers are also represented.

Grand Ole Opry programs are available from 1961 to 1967 with some gaps. There are a large number of news releases under the title Here's News About WSM's Grand Ole 22!I as well as news releases on a variety of performe;;:-

Photographs highlight the Grand Ole 22!I Collection. Pictures range from publicity shots to candid photographs of performances and tours. The cast of the Grand Ole Opry is recorded in pictures from several decades.

Unique items in the collection include the original layouts for some promotional materials and taped interviews with George D. Hay, Loretta Lynn, and Tex Ritter with Audie Murphy.


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Provenance

The Grand Ole ~ Collection was donated by Jesse Wills, president of National Life and Accident Insurance Company, the parent company of WSM, Inc. and the Grand Ole Opry. As president, Wills had access to a wide variety of material associated with country music in general and the Grand Ole Opry in particular. A collection of this material was donated by Jesse Wills in May of 1967 with additional items being given in July of 1968. The six boxes of material in the Grand Ole 22!I Collection are complemented by the WSM Radio and TV collection, also donated to Vanderbilt Special Collections by Mr. Wills.-

Scope and Content

The collection is composed of a wide variety of items of historical and musical interest. The correspondence dates roughly from the 1950s and 1960s and varies from fan letters to promotional campaigns. Clippings from the same time profile performers and personalities, the Opry, and the music industry in Nashville. The files include a representative collection of country and

. western magaZines.

Songbooks comprise a significant proportion of the collection. Most of them date from the 1930s and 1940s. They include a good, though incomplete, collection of songbooks by Ernest Tubb. Many other performers are also represented.

Grand Ole Opry programs are available from 1961 to 1967 with some gaps. There are a large number of news releases under the title Here's News About WSM's Grand Ole 22!I as well as news releases on a variety of performe;;:--

Photographs highlight the Grand Ole 22!I Collection. Pictures range from publicity shots to candid photographs of performances and tours. The cast of the Grand Ole Opry is recorded in pictures from several decades.

Unique items in the collection include the original layouts for some promotional materials and taped interviews with George D. Hay, Loretta Lynn, and Tex Ritter with Audie Murphy.

Gf~P.ND OLE OPRY COLLECTION

Incoming Correspondence listed in the original register and found missing in May of 1983. The original folder was probably m<trked 114-11 Correspondence Incoming." It was from Box 1 of the collection.

11 September 1966. Mrs. L.H. to Mr. Williams. Handwritten and signed 31 March 1928. Mrs. G. Banfield to WSM. Handwritten and signed. Fan letter. 28 October 1928. Thomas W. Bentley to Mr. Andrews. Handwritten and signed. Fan letter. 3 July 1961. Patsy Cline to Trudy [Stamper]. Handwritten and signed. 8 April 1960. Irene Hicks to Trudy [Stamper]. Handwritten and signed. No date. Irene HIcks to ? Handwritten and signed. Written on a newspaper. December, ? John Parrish an~ Babe Parrish to Tom Andrews. Handwritten and signed.

Fan letter. 24 May 1965. John Zasoba to Mr. Williams. Handwritten and signed. Fan letter. 23 June-1965. Jimmy Pope to Grand Ole Opry. Handwritten and signed. Fan letter.


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Incoming Correspondence listed in the original register and found missing in May of 1983. The original folder was probably m<trked 114-11 Correspondence -Incoming." It was from Box 1 of the collection.

11 September 1966. Mrs. L.H. to Mr. Williams. Handwritten and signed 31 March 1928. Mrs. G. Banfield to WSM. Handwritten and signed. Fan letter. 28 October 1928. Thomas W. Bentley to Mr. Andrews. Handwritten and signed. Fan letter. 3 July 1961. Patsy Cline to Trudy [Stamper]. Handwritten and signed. 8 April 1960. Irene Hicks to Trudy [Stamper]. Handwritten and signed. No date. Irene HIcks to ? Handwritten and signed. Written on a newspaper. December, ? John Parrish an~ Babe Parrish to Tom Andrews. Handwritten and signed.

Fan letter. 24 May 1965. John Zasoba to Mr. Williams. Handwritten and signed. Fan letter. 23 June-1965. Jimmy Pope to Grand Ole Opry. Handwritten and signed. Fan letter.

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Outgoing Correspondence

1.1 1945

19 October, Les Barnard to Carl Simonson.

17 June, ~ack Harris to Reginald Clough

1955

8 June, Hi Bramham to Sy Weintraub

1958

7 January, W.D. Kilpatrick to "Mr. Fair Secretary" 24 September, Royal McCullough to "Dee Jay"

1960

28 November, [Trudy Stamper] to Patsy [Cline?]

1961 1, i,

16 OctobEr, Robert E. Cooper to [Governor] .JimmY'" Davis [of Louisiana]

1963

11 Narch, Trudy [Stamper] to "Friends"

1964

26 February, Grant TUI nE:r to "Loya I Opry Friends" 4 May, Trudy [Stamper] to Johnny Johnson, Trudy [Stamper] to Ron Kitson,

Trudy (Stamper] to Heinz Rohde, Trudy [Stamper] to Jo~nny Russell; 6 May; Trudy Stamper to J.W. Pollie, Trudy Stamper to Frank C. Murray; 12 May, Trudy Stamper to Erling Norlev

N.D.

[October], Minnie Pearl. Invitation.


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Outgoing Correspondence

1.1 1945

19 October, Les Barnard to Carl Simonson.

1946

17 June, ~ack Harris to Reginald Clough

1955

8 June, Hi Bramham to Sy Weintraub

1958

7 January, W.D. Kilpatrick to "Mr. Fair Secretary" 24 September, Royal McCullough to "Dee Jay"

1960

28 November, [Trudy Stamper] to Patsy [Cline?]

1961 1, i,

16 OctobEr, Robert E. Cooper to [Governor] .JimmY'" Davis [of Louisiana]

1963

11 Narch, Trudy [Stamper] to "Friends"

1964

26 February, Grant TUI nE:r to "Loya I Opry Friends" 4 May, Trudy [Stamper] to Johnny Johnson, Trudy [Stamper] to Ron Kitson,

Trudy (Stamper] to Heinz Rohde, Trudy [Stamper] to Jo~nny Russell;

N.D.

6 May; Trudy Stamper to J.W. Pollie, Trudy Stamper to Frank C. Murray; 12 May, Trudy Stamper to Erling Norlev

[October], Minnie Pearl. Invitation.

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Incoming Corresponde~ce - General

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Blakelv, Rodeo Rick. (To .Io). 31 M::iY 1964. Brissette, A.J. (To Trudy (Stamper]), 2 June 1964.

Clark, Ed. (To Jack [Harris, Assistant Genera) Manager, WSM]), N.D.

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Day, Mark G. (To Len Hensel), 23 March 1965. Delehant, Jim. (To "Friends of Country Husic"),24 September 1965.

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Ferguson, Ken. (To Publicity Director), 31 March 1965.

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Governale, Marilyn. (To Robert Cooper), 22 April 1964; (To Dot Hamilton), 11 May 1964; (To Dot Hamilton), 25 May 1964; (To Dot Hamilton), 2 June 1964; (To Dot Hamilton), 28 August 1964; (To Dot Hamilton), 28 September 1964

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Haller, Jay. (To Grand Ole Opry Stations), N.D. Hawkins, Charles S. (To Grand Ole Opry), 3 July 1951.

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Kirkpatrick, William D. (To Grand Ole Opry), 4 January 1961.

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Mathesen, Marelyn. (To William McDaniel), 11 November 1954.

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Reynolds, Dwight S. (To Robert Cooper), 19 February 1964; (To Rebert Cooper), 26 February 1964; (To Robert Cooper), 10 April 1964; (To All Kroger Grand Ole Opry Stations), 9 April 1964; (To Dot Hamilton), 24 April 1964

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Simonson, Carl. (To Les Barnard), [1945] • .""-


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Incoming Corresponde~ce - General

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Blakelv, Rodeo Rick. (To .Io). 31 M::iY 1964. Brissette, A.J. (To Trudy (Stamper]), 2 June 1964.

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Clark, Ed. (To Jack [Harris, Assistant Genera) Manager, WSM]), N.D.

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Day, Mark G. (To Len Hensel), 23 March 1965. Delehant, Jim. (To "Friends of Country Husic"),24 September 1965.

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Ferguson, Ken. (To Publicity Director), 31 March 1965.

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Governale, Marilyn. (To Robert Cooper), 22 April 1964; (To Dot Hamilton), 11 May 1964; (To Dot Hamilton), 25 May 1964; (To Dot Hamilton), 2 June 1964; (To Dot Hamilton), 28 August 1964; (To Dot Hamilton), 28 September 1964

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Haller, Jay. (To Grand Ole Opry Stations), N.D. Hawkins, Charles S. (To Grand Ole Opry), 3 July 1951.

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Kirkpatrick, William D. (To Grand Ole Opry), 4 January 1961.

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Mathesen, Marelyn. (To William McDaniel), 11 November 1954.

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Reynolds, Dwight S. (To Robert Cooper), 19 February 1964; (To Rebert Cooper), 26 February 1964; (To Robert Cooper), 10 April 1964; (To All Kroger Grand Ole Opry Stations), 9 April 1964; (To Dot Hamilton), 24 April 1964

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Simonson, Carl. (To Les Barnard), [1945] •


Incoming Correspondence - General

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Weintraub, Sy. (To William McDaniel), 26 November 1954; (To William McDaniel), 14 March 1955; (To Hi Bramham ), 9 June 1955'

Williams, Cohen T. (To Trudy Siamper), 11 November 1963.

Incoming Correspondence - Radio Stations1.3

CFGM - Richmond Hill, Ontario (Ron Kitsqn), 29 April 1964 CHAB - Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan (Ted Kelly), 21 May 1964,

(Dick Bourne), 27 May 1964 CJBQ - Belleville, Ontario (Frank C. Murray), 5 May 1964 CJET - Smiths Falls, Ontario (J.W. Pollie), 20 April 19~4

CKNX - (John Langridge), [1964?J

KFHA - Tacoma, Washington (Johnny Johnson), 22 April 1964 KIEM - Eureka, California (Johnny Russell), 29 April 1964

WCNO - Canton, Ohio (Frank Le Barba), 8 May 1964 WDVA - Danville, Virginia (Ralph Hess, Jr.) 28 May 1964 WOW _. Omaha, Nebraska (Heinz Rohde), 24 Apri 1 1964 WYAM - Birmingham, Alabama (David A. Binns), 29 May 1964

? - Evansville, Indiana (Clyde M. Ricketts), 21 April 1964

1.4 Memoranda

1955

[~ovemberJ To: Sponsors of Country Music Programs on WSM From: William R. McDaniel, Director of Public Relations, WSM Re: Fourth Annual National Disc Jockey Festival

1957

May 14 To: Mr. Powell Stamper From: W.D. Kilpatrick Re: Agreements signed by Opry Artists for

May 24 To:Mr. Powell Stamper From: W.D. Kilpatrick Re: Agreements signed by Opry Artists for

use of their pict~res by National Life

use of their pictures by Nat.ional Life


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Incoming Correspondence - General

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1.3

1.4

Weintraub, Sy. (To William McDaniel), 26 November 1954; (To William McDaniel), 14 March 1955; (To Hi Bramham ), 9 June 1955'

Williams, Cohen T. (To Trudy Siamper), 11 November 1963.

Incoming Correspondence - Radio Stations

CFGM - Richmond Hill, Ontario (Ron Kitsqn), 29 April 1964 CHAB - Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan (Ted Kelly), 21 May 1964,

(Dick Bourne), 27 May 1964 CJBQ - Belleville, Ontario (Frank C. Murray), 5 May 1964 CJET - Smiths Falls, Ontario (J.W. Pollie), 20 April 19~4 CKNX - (John Langridge), [1964?J

KFHA - Tacoma, Washington (Johnny Johnson), 22 April 1964 KIEM - Eureka, California (Johnny Russell), 29 April 1964

WCNO - Canton, Ohio (Frank Le Barba), 8 May 1964 WDVA - Danville, Virginia (Ralph Hess, Jr.) 28 May 1964 WOW _. Omaha, Nebraska (Heinz Rohde), 24 Apri 1 1964 WYAM - Birmingham, Alabama (David A. Binns), 29 May 1964

? - Evansville, Indiana (Clyde M. Ricketts), 21 April 1964

Memoranda

1955

[~ovemberJ To: Sponsors of Country Music Programs on WSM

1957

From: William R. McDaniel, Director of Public Relations, WSM Re: Fourth Annual National Disc Jockey Festival

May 14 To: Mr. Powell Stamper From: W.D. Kilpatrick Re: Agreements signed by Opry Artists for use of their pict~res by National Life

May 24 To:Mr. Powell Stamper From: W.D. Kilpatrick Re: Agreements signed by Opry Artists for use of their pictures by Nat.ional Life


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1961

June 20 To: [Trudy] Stamper From: Dot Crowell Re: Personal appearances - Grand Ole Opry stars in 1960

1962

January 18 To: ? From: Bob Cooper Re: Grand Ole Opry attendance in 1961

1.5 News Releases, Grand Ole Opry - History

1.6 News ReleasEs, Personalities

Bare, Bobby Boone, Pat Brasfield, Rod (telegram) Cline, Patsy Cline, Patsy and Hamilton, George IV Gibson, .Don Jamup and Honey Kincaid, Bradley Old Timer's Quartet (Claude Sharpe, Fred Waller, Joseph MacPherson,

and Luther Heatewole) Reeves, Jim Russell, Don Smith, Beasley

1.7 Miscellaneous News Releases, Synopses, Proposals, and Studies

1.8 Clippings, Personalities, A - H 1.9 Clippings, Personalities, I - P 1 .10 Clippings, Personalities, Q - Z

1.11 Clippings, Personalities, Various 1.12 Clippings, Grand Ole Opry 1.13 Clippings, Music Industry, "Nashville Sound"

1.14 Tabloids The Greenville News, April 14. 1967 Music City News, Vol. 2, no. 5 (November 1964) Pickin t and Singint News, Vol. 2, no. 8 (April 23, 1954)

Vol. 2, no. 9 (May 8, 1954) Vol. 2, no. 24 (December 30, 1954)


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1961

June 20 To: [Trudy] Stamper From: Dot Crowell Re: Personal appearances - Grand Ole Opry stars in 1960

1962

January 18 To: ? From: Bob Cooper Re: Grand Ole Opry attendance in 1961

1.5 News Releases, Grand Ole Opry - History

1.6 News ReleasEs, Personalities

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1.11 1.12 1.13

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Bare, Bobby Boone, Pat Brasfield, Rod (telegram) Cline, Patsy Cline, Patsy and Hamilton, George IV Gibson, . Don Jamup and Honey Kincaid, Bradley Old Timer's Quartet (Claude Sharpe, Fred Waller, Joseph MacPherson,

and Luther Heatewole) Reeves, Jim Russell, Don Smith, Beasley

Miscellaneous News Releases, Synopses, Proposals, and Studies

Clippings, Personalities, A - H Clippings, Personalities, I - P Clippings, Personalities, Q - Z

Clippings, Personalities, Various Clippings, Grand Ole Opry Clippings, Music Industry, "Nashville Sound"

Tabloids The Greenville News, April 14. 1967 Music City News, Vol. 2, no. 5 (November 1964) Pickin' and Singin' News, Vol. 2, no. 8 (April 23, 1954)

Vol. 2, no. 9 (May 8, 1954) Vol. 2, no. 24 (December 30, 1954)

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SONG BOOKS

Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Songs, 1943 Roy Acuff Songbook The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, 1938 Arkansas (Arkie) Woodchopper: Square Dance Calls, 1940, 2 copies

Eddy Arnold Folio of Songs You Love, 1944 Gene Autry's Sensational Collection of Famous Original

Cowboy Songs and Mountain Ballads, 1932 Bailes Brothers Folio, no. 1 [1945] Original Songs £! Zeke Clements,The Dixie Yodeler, 1942 Back in Baby's Arms, recorded by Pat~ Cline, 1963, sheet music Songs Cowboy Copas Sings, 1949 Frank Crumit's Book of Favorite Songs, undated

John Daniel Quartet Grand Ole QE.Ex. Specials, undated Joe Davis Entertainment and Minstrel Folio, 1931 Delmore Brothers' Folio of Native American Melodies, no. 1, 1940 "Little" Jimmy Dic~Song Folio Number ~, 1951

Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs: Folk Music with an Overdrive, 1962 Red Foley's Cowboy Songs; Mountain Ballads Wally Fowler's Oak Ridge Quartet Song Book Number One, 1949 Wally Fowler: Nation Wide Hit Songs, 1950 Pray, Pray, Pray for the U.S.A., by Wally Fowler, 1950, sheet music

Haviland's Good Ole Tunes, Number Two, undated Paul Howard's Cotton Pickin' Songs, undated Harmonies of the Hill Country Number Two, by Grandpa Jones Fightin' Son of ~ Gun, by Casper B. Kuhn, Sr., 1944, sheet music

George Morgan's Songs for Home Folks, 1949 Pie Plant Pete and Bashful Joe's Favorite Old Time Songs,

Song Book Number Three, 1941 The Radio Rube's Song Book, 1933 Claude Sharpe's Old Hickory Quartet Song Book, undated Shelton Brothers' Collection of Record Songs Hits, 1939 Shc.rt Brothers' Radio Song Folio Number One, undated Asher Sizemore and LIttle Jimmie's Family CiI-cle Songs, 1938

Tony, Juanita and Buddy's Album of Mountain and Cowboy Songs, 1939 Er Tubb Radio Song Book Number One, undated Ernest Tubb Radio Song Book Number Two, undated Ernest Tubb Radio Song Book Number Three, undated Ernest Tubb Folio of Recorded Hits Number Two, 1950


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SONG BOOKS

Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Songs, 1943 Roy Acuff Songbook The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, 1938 Arkansas (Arkie) Woodchopper: Square Dance Calls, 1940, 2 copies

Eddy Arnold Folio of Songs You Love, 1944 Gene Autry's Sensational Collection of Famous Original

Cowboy Songs and Mountain Ballads, 1932 Bailes Brothers Folio, no. 1 [1945] Original Songs £! Zeke Clements,The Dixie Yodeler, 1942 Back in Baby's Arms, recorded by Pat~ Cline, 1963, sheet music Songs Cowboy Copas Sings, 1949 Frank Crumit's Book of Favorite Songs, undated

John Daniel Quartet Grand Ole QE.Ex. Specials, undated Joe Davis Entertainment and Minstrel Folio, 1931 Delmore Brothers' Folio of Native American Melodies, no. 1, 1940 "Little" Jimmy Dic~Song Folio Number ~, 1951

Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs: Folk Music with an Overdrive, 1962 Red Foley's Cowboy Songs; Mountain Ballads Wally Fowler's Oak Ridge Quartet Song Book Number One, 1949 Wally Fowler: Nation Wide Hit Songs, 1950 Pray, Pray, Pray for the U.S.A., by Wally Fowler, 1950, sheet music

Haviland's Good Ole Tunes, Number Two, undated Paul Howard's Cotton Pickin' Songs, undated Harmonies of the Hill Country Number Two, by Grandpa Jones Fightin' Son of ~ Gun, by Casper B. Kuhn, Sr., 1944, sheet music

George Morgan's Songs for Home Folks, 1949 Pie Plant Pete and Bashful Joe's Favorite Old Time Songs,

Song Book Number Three, 1941 The Radio Rube's Song Book, 1933 Claude Sharpe's Old Hickory Quartet Song Book, undated Shelton Brothers' Collection of Record Songs Hits, 1939 Shc.rt Brothers' Radio Song Folio Number One, undated Asher Sizemore and LIttle Jimmie's Family CiI-cle Songs, 1938

Tony, Juanita and Buddy's Album of Mountain and Cowboy Songs, 1939 Er Tubb Radio Song Book Number One, undated Ernest Tubb Radio Song Book Number Two, undated Ernest Tubb Radio Song Book Number Three, undated Ernest Tubb Folio of Recorded Hits Number Two, 1950

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SONGBOOKS

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2.8 Ernest Tubb Folio of Recorded Hits Number Three, 1953 Ernest Tubb Folio of 'Recorded Hits Number Four, 1956 The Mountain Broadcast Prairie Recorder, no. 1, September 1944

Sect one of two sections on Ernest Tubb

3.1 Ernest Tubb Song Folio of Sensational Successes Number One, 1941 Ernest Tubb Song Folio of Sensational Successes Number Two, 1942

Tubb Song Fo io of Sensational Successes Number Three, 1943 Ernest Tubb Song Folio Sensational Successes Number Four, 1948

3.2 Justin Tubb Song Folio of Recorded Hits Number One, 1956 Warner Brothers Song Fo io, Second Edition, 1939 York Brothers Famous Folio of Songs to Remember, 1943 York Brothers Famous Fo io of Songs to Remember 1943, copy 2 ~A Soldier for Jesus,undated, by the sheet music

3.3 Grand Ole Opry Programs August 19, 1961 - October 7, 19t1; October 21, 1961 - December 30, 1961 January 13, 1962 - March 3, 1962; March 17, 1962 - December 29, 1962

3.4 Grand Ole Opry Programs January 5, 1963 - December 28, 1963 January 4, 1964 - February 8, 1964; February 22, 1964 - March 7, 1964; March 21, 1964; April 11, 1964 - June 27, 1964; July 11, 1964 December 26, 1964

3.5 Grand Ole Opry Programs January 9, 1965 - January 30, 1965; February 13, 1965; April 24, 1965 - October 9, 1965; October 23, 1965 - November 6, 1965; November 27, 1965 - December 18, 1965; January 8, 1966; February 5, 1966 - February 12, 1966; March 19, 1966 April 9, 1966; May 21, 1966 - June 18, 1966; July 9, 1966 November 26, 1966; December 10, 1966 - April 29, 1967.

3.6 Here' News About WSM's Grand Ole 2£!y, all copies undated


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SONGBOOKS

Ernest Tubb Folio of Recorded Hits Number Three, 1953 Ernest Tubb Folio of 'Recorded Hits Number Four, 1956 The Mountain Broadcast Prairie Recorder, no. 1, September 1944

Sect one of two sections on Ernest Tubb

Ernest Tubb Song Folio of Sensational Successes Number One, 1941 Ernest Tubb Song Folio of Sensational Successes Number Two, 1942 ______ Tubb Song Fo io of Sensational Successes Number Three, 1943 Ernest Tubb Song Folio Sensational Successes Number Four, 1948

Justin Tubb Song Folio of Recorded Hits Number One, 1956 Warner Brothers Song Fo io, Second Edition, 1939 York Brothers Famous Folio of Songs to Remember, 1943 York Brothers Famous Fo io of Songs to Remember 1943, copy 2 ~A Soldier for Jesus,undated, by the sheet music

Grand Ole Opry Programs August 19, 1961 - October 7, 19t1; October 21, 1961 - December 30, 1961 January 13, 1962 - March 3, 1962; March 17, 1962 - December 29, 1962

Grand Ole Opry Programs January 5, 1963 - December 28, 1963 January 4, 1964 - February 8, 1964; February 22, 1964 - March 7, 1964; March 21, 1964; April 11, 1964 - June 27, 1964; July 11, 1964 -December 26, 1964

Grand Ole Opry Programs January 9, 1965 - January 30, 1965; February 13, 1965; April 24, 1965 - October 9, 1965; October 23, 1965 - November 6, 1965; November 27, 1965 - December 18, 1965; January 8, 1966; February 5, 1966 - February 12, 1966; March 19, 1966 -April 9, 1966; May 21, 1966 - June 18, 1966; July 9, 1966 -November 26, 1966; December 10, 1966 - April 29, 1967.

Here' News About WSM's Grand Ole 2£!y, all copies undated

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Marketing Presentations

Schlappi, Elizabeth. Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys, Discography, Country Research Series, Disc Collector #23. Cheswold, Delaware: Disc Collector Publications, 1966.

Schlappi, Elizabeth. Alphabetical List of Roy Acuff's Recordings as of September '66. Manuscript.

Schlappi. Elizabeth. Alphabetical List of Roy Acuff's Recordings (As of Mid-1970). Manuscript, xeroxed.

Souvenir Books All Star Scrapbook Cousin Jody and Odie Photo Album, [195?] Country and Western Scrapbook, 12 edition, 1962 Country and Western Show Souvenir Book, [1955] Country and Western Souvenir Pictu~lbum, 1963 Country Music Picture Album, 1955

Lester Flatt [and] Earl Scruggs and the ~ Mountain Boys Radio and TV Album and Songbook, no. 2

Lester Flatt ~ Ecrl Scruggs Picture Album and Song Book, 1964 Lester Flatt ~ Earl Scruggs, 1962. Lester Flatt ~ Earl Scruggs and the ~ Mountain ~,

Picture Album - Song Book, [1959?]

Grand Ole Opry - Souvenir Books Backstage at WSM's Grand Ole ~, [1961?], 2 copies Blue Jeans and Calico -~, 1940~· Grand Ole ~ Souvenir Program, [195?] Grand Ole ~ WSM Picture - History Book, 50th Anniversary Issue

Volume 6, Edition 1, 1975. The Martha White - Pet Milk Grand Ole ~ Show, Souvenir Program

Picture Album, [1960?] Purina's Grand Ole ~ and Checkerboard Fun-Fest Souvenir Album,

[1945?]

WSM's Official Grand Ole ~ History-Picture Book, Vol. 1, no. 1 1957.

WSM's Official Grand Ole ~ History-Picture Book, Vol. 1, no. 3, [1961? ]

WSM Grand Ole ~ Official ~ History~Picture Book, Vol. 3 edition 1, lS66


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Marketing Presentations

Schlappi, Elizabeth. Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys, Discography, Country Research Series, Disc Collector #23. Cheswold, Delaware: Disc Collector Publications, 1966.

Schlappi, Elizabeth. Alphabetical List of Roy Acuff's Recordings as of September '66. Manuscript.

Schlappi. Elizabeth. Alphabetical List of Roy Acuff's Recordings (As of Mid-1970). Manuscript, xeroxed.

Souvenir Books All Star Scrapbook Cousin Jody and Odie Photo Album, [195?] Country and Western Scrapbook, 12 edition, 1962 Country and Western Show Souvenir Book, [1955] Country and Western Souvenir Pictu~lbum, 1963 Country Music Picture Album, 1955

Lester Flatt [and] Earl Scruggs and the ~ Mountain Boys Radio and TV Album and Songbook, no. 2

Lester Flatt ~ Ecrl Scruggs Picture Album and Song Book, 1964 Lester Flatt ~ Earl Scruggs, 1962. Lester Flatt ~ Earl Scruggs and the ~ Mountain ~,

Picture Album - Song Book, [1959?]

Grand Ole Opry - Souvenir Books Backstage at WSM's Grand Ole ~, [1961?], 2 copies Blue Jeans and Calico -~, 1940~· Grand Ole ~ Souvenir Program, [195?] Grand Ole ~ WSM Picture - History Book, 50th Anniversary Issue

Volume 6, Edition 1, 1975. The Martha White - Pet Milk Grand Ole ~ Show, Souvenir Program

Picture Album, [1960?] Purina's Grand Ole ~ and Checkerboard Fun-Fest Souvenir Album,

[1945?]

WSM's Official Grand Ole ~ History-Picture Book, Vol. 1, no. 1 1957.

WSM's Official Grand Ole ~ History-Picture Book, Vol. 1, no. 3, [1961? ]

WSM Grand Ole ~ Official ~ History~Picture Book, Vol. 3 edition 1, lS66

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Souvenir Books Hillbilly and Western Scrapbook, 1957 edition Parade of Stars Souvenir Scrapbook, [19587] The "Pop" Scrapbook, 1953 George Morgan, Grand Ole 2EEY Pictures, Biographies, Current Recordings of Your Favorite

countr, and Hillbilly Recording Artists [Capitol Records] [19547

RCA Victor Country and Western Caravan Special Recording Artists [19537J

Marty Robbins, Mr. Teardrop, 1955

Scrapbook of Hillbilly ~ Western Stars, lS53 Souvenir Picture Album, Special Fair Edition, undated !;. Story of the Grand Ole 2EEY by George D. Hay, 1945 The Porter Wagoner Show, undated The Porter Wagoner Show, Vol. 2 [1967] The Porter Wagoner Show, Vol. 3 [1967] The Wilburn Brothers Show, Folio no. 1

Miscellaneous Programs and Souvenir Books Grand Ole 2EEY This is Gran~. Ole 2EEY Day at the Ill. State Fair,

August 15. 1959. The Washington Coliseum [Washington, D.C.] Saturday, October 3

[19647] Kroger Presents Grand Ole 2EEY Country and Folk Music Fa 11

Festival, Souvenir Program Cobo Hall, Detroit Michigan, Oc t. 20 , 1963.


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Souvenir Books Hillbilly and Western Scrapbook, 1957 edition Parade of Stars Souvenir Scrapbook, [19587] The "Pop" Scrapbook, 1953 George Morgan, Grand Ole 2EEY Pictures, Biographies, Current Recordings of Your Favorite

countr, and Hillbilly Recording Artists [Capitol Records] [19547

RCA Victor Country and Western Caravan Special Recording Artists [19537J

Marty Robbins, Mr. Teardrop, 1955

Scrapbook of Hillbilly ~ Western Stars, lS53 Souvenir Picture Album, Special Fair Edition, undated !;. Story of the Grand Ole 2EEY by George D. Hay, 1945 The Porter Wagoner Show, undated The Porter Wagoner Show, Vol. 2 [1967] The Porter Wagoner Show, Vol. 3 [1967] The Wilburn Brothers Show, Folio no. 1

Miscellaneous Programs and Souvenir Books Grand Ole 2EEY This is Gran~. Ole 2EEY Day at the Ill. State Fair,

August 15. 1959. The Washington Coliseum [Washington, D.C.] Saturday, October 3

[19647] Kroger Presents Grand Ole 2EEY Country and Folk Music Fa 11

Festival, Souvenir Program Cobo Hall, Detroit Michigan, Oc t. 20 , 1963.

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MAGAZINES

Billboard, The World of Country Music, 1963-1964 edition. (November 2, 1963)

Country and Western Jamboree, January 1957 Country and Western Jamboree, June 1957 Country and Western Jamboree, July 1957 Country and Western Jamboree, lq59 Yearbook

Country Music Life, December 1965 Country Music Life, February 1966 Country Music Life, March 1966 Country Music Life, May 1966 Country Music Life, August 1966 Country Music Review, September 1965 Country Music World and Yearbook, Volume 1, 1964

Country Song Roundup, Vol. 18, no. 95 (August 1966 Country Song Roundup, Vol. 18, no. 96 (October 1966) Country Song Roundup, Vol. 18, no. 97 (December 1966) Country Song Roundup, Vol. 19, no. 99 (April 1967) Country Song Roundup, Vol. 19., no. 102 (October 1967) Country Song Roundup Annual, Winter 1965

Cowboy Songs, no. 54 Folk and Country Songs, Vol. 3, no. 12 (July 1958) International Musician, Vol. 62, no. 10 (April 1964) Music Reporter, Vol. 8, no. 5 (August 31, 1963) Mus~c Reporter, Vol. 8, no. 14 (November 2, 1963)

Popular Country Stars, Vol. 1, no. 1 (October 1960) Rustic Rhythm, Vol. 1, no. 6 (September 1957) Sing Out!, Vol. 13, no. 1 (February - March 1963) Sound Format, Vol. 2, no. 8 (June 30, 1966) Tennessee Folklore Society Bulletin, Vol. 27, no. 1 (March 1961) Trail, Vol. 1, no. 3 (May - June 1958) Trail, Vol. 1, no. 7 (January - February 1959)


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Billboard, The World of Country Music, 1963-1964 edition. (November 2, 1963)

Country and Western Jamboree, January 1957 Country and Western Jamboree, June 1957 Country and Western Jamboree, July 1957 Country and Western Jamboree, lq59 Yearbook

Country Music Life, December 1965 Country Music Life, February 1966 Country Music Life, March 1966 Country Music Life, May 1966 Country Music Life, August 1966 Country Music Review, September 1965 Country Music World and Yearbook, Volume 1, 1964

Country Song Roundup, Vol. 18, no. 95 (August 1966 Country Song Roundup, Vol. 18, no. 96 (October 1966) Country Song Roundup, Vol. 18, no. 97 (December 1966) Country Song Roundup, Vol. 19, no. 99 (April 1967) Country Song Roundup, Vol. 19., no. 102 (October 1967) Country Song Roundup Annual, Winter 1965

Cowboy Songs, no. 54 Folk and Country Songs, Vol. 3, no. 12 (July 1958) International Musician, Vol. 62, no. 10 (April 1964) Music Reporter, Vol. 8, no. 5 (August 31, 1963) Mus~c Reporter, Vol. 8, no. 14 (November 2, 1963)

Popular Country Stars, Vol. 1, no. 1 (October 1960) Rustic Rhythm, Vol. 1, no. 6 (September 1957) Sing Out!, Vol. 13, no. 1 (February - March 1963) Sound Format, Vol. 2, no. 8 (June 30, 1966) Tennessee Folklore Society Bulletin, Vol. 27, no. 1 (March 1961) Trail, Vol. 1, no. 3 (May - June 1958) Trail, Vol. 1, no. 7 (January - February 1959)

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Photographs

1) Pat Boone 2) Margie Bowes 3) Composite, three frames: Rod Brasfield, Red Foley, Rod Brasfield 4) Rod Brasfield-jumping 5) Rod Brasfield-with lamp 6) Rod Brasfield-with pipe 7) Rod Brasfield-lighting cigarette with lamp 8) Carnegie Hall, November 1961 - People viewing poster 9) Carnegie Hall, November 1961

Front row: Vito Pellettieri (Opry stage manager); Minnie Pearl; Mayor Wagner of New York City; Grandpa Jones Back row: Faron Young; Bill Williams, journalist; Patsy Cline; unknown man, unknown woman, unknown man, Bill Monroe

10) Carnegie Hall, November 1961 Grandpa Jones, Minnie Pearl, Faron Young, Bill Monroe, Patsy Cline Woolworth Building in background

11) Starting lower left, going clockwise: Grandpa Jones, Patsy Cline, MInnie Pearl, Jim Reeves, Faron Young, and Bill Monroe. New York Airport

12) CarRegie Hall, November 1961. Patrons for the Grand Ole Opry Show in lobby

13) Carnegie Hall, November 1961. Marty Robbins performing 14) Patsy Cline. Autographed. 15) Patsy Cline 16) Grave marker for Patsy Cline, c. 1963 17) Coca-Cola promotion - Young people holding up bottles of

Coke, 12 May 1961 18) Stoney Cooper, Wilma Lee Cooper, Johnny Clark, 1959 19) Stoney Cooper, Johnny Clark, and Wilma Lee Cooper, 1959 20) Dill, Devine, [PeteJ Drake, Harris. [Wake Island Post

OfficeJ, [195?J 21) Composite, three frames: Red Foley in all three 22) Composite, six frames:

Top row: Red Foley; Minnie Pearl; Red Roley, Minnie Pearl, and Rod Brasfield Bottom Row: unknown guitarist, Red Foley; Red Foley; Rod Brasfield

23) Hank Garland-guitar, Floyd "Lightnin fI' Chance-bass [1958 J 24) Hank Garland-guitar, Margie Bowes-singing 25) "Purina's Grand Ole Opry," Picture of Grand Ole Opry cast

2 copies 26) Grand Ole Opry cast, [194?J 27) Grand Ole Opry cast, composite, postcard 28) "Stars of the Grand Ole Opry," composite of 48 portraits


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Photographs

1) Pat Boone 2) Margie Bowes 3) Composite, three frames: Rod Brasfield, Red Foley, Rod Brasfield 4) Rod Brasfield-jumping 5) Rod Brasfield-with lamp 6) Rod Brasfield-with pipe 7) Rod Brasfield-lighting cigarette with lamp 8) Carnegie Hall, November 1961 - People viewing poster 9) Carnegie Hall, November 1961

Front row: Vito Pellettieri (Opry stage manager); Minnie Pearl; Mayor Wagner of New York City; Grandpa Jones Back row: Faron Young; Bill Williams, journalist; Patsy Cline; unknown man, unknown woman, unknown man, Bill Monroe

10) Carnegie Hall, November 1961 Grandpa Jones, Minnie Pearl, Faron Young, Bill Monroe, Patsy Cline Woolworth Building in background

11) Starting lower left, going clockwise: Grandpa Jones, Patsy Cline, MInnie Pearl, Jim Reeves, Faron Young, and Bill Monroe. New York Airport

12) CarRegie Hall, November 1961. Patrons for the Grand Ole Opry Show in lobby

13) Carnegie Hall, November 1961. Marty Robbins performing 14) Patsy Cline. Autographed. 15) Patsy Cline 16) Grave marker for Patsy Cline, c. 1963 17) Coca-Cola promotion - Young people holding up bottles of

Coke, 12 May 1961 18) Stoney Cooper, Wilma Lee Cooper, Johnny Clark, 1959 19) Stoney Cooper, Johnny Clark, and Wilma Lee Cooper, 1959 20) Dill, Devine, [PeteJ Drake, Harris. [Wake Island Post

OfficeJ, [195?J 21) Composite, three frames: Red Foley in all three 22) Composite, six frames:

Top row: Red Foley; Minnie Pearl; Red Roley, Minnie Pearl, and Rod Brasfield Bottom Row: unknown guitarist, Red Foley; Red Foley; Rod Brasfield

23) Hank Garland-guitar, Floyd "Lightnin fI' Chance-bass [1958 J 24) Hank Garland-guitar, Margie Bowes-singing 25) "Purina's Grand Ole Opry," Picture of Grand Ole Opry cast-

2 copies 26) Grand Ole Opry cast, [194?J 27) Grand Ole Opry cast, composite, postcard 28) "Stars of the Grand Ole Opry," composite of 48 portraits

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30) Crowd lined up for Opry. Nashville, Tennessee, in front of Ryman Auditorium. Postcard.

31) Gully Jumpers 32) Unknown-guitar, Hawkshaw Hawkins,unknown-bass 33) At microphone: Faron Young, T. Tommy Cutrer

Middle row: Gordon Stoker(Jordanaire), Neil Matthews(Jordanairej [Hoyt HawkinsJ(Jordanaire), unidentified Jordanaire, Chet Atkins-guitar, Lew Childre-dobro, unidentified man Back row: 4 unknown men in plaid shirts [The Deputies, Faron Young's band?J

34) The La Dell Sisters [1958?J

6.3 35) Uncle Dave Macon 36) Unknown woman, Ron Piggott, Minnie Pearl, 1957 37) Minnie Pearl, Rod Brasfield as Santa Claus 38) Composite, six frames. Prince Albert Show, [194?J

Minnie Pearl; Minnie Pearl; Rod Brasfield; Minnie Pearl; .~ Minnie Pearl; Red Foley

39) Pet Milk Promotion, children at dispenser 40) Ray Pillow-guitar, T. Tommy Cutrer [1961J 41) 4 unknown men, Grant Turner, Cowboy Copas, unknown' man,

Don Helms, Rusty Gabbard-seated with guitar, Jack Stapp 42) Jim Reeves 43) Marty Robbins, unknown man, T. Tommy Cutrer 44) Sarah and Sally [Edna Wilson and Margaret Waters, mid-1930sJ 45) Claude Sharpe's Old Hickory Singers [1952J. Two frames 46) Stony Mountain Cloggers 47) Female members of Stony Mountain Cloggers

6.4 48) Cliff Thomas, 4 Michigan beauty queens, T. Tommy Cutrer 49) Uncle Jimmy Thompson [c. 1925J 50) Unknown man-ukelele, Hank Snow, Ernest Tubb 51) Ernest Tubb 52) Ernest Tubb 53) "Justin Tubb and His Pony" 54) Kitty Wells 55) Slim Whitman, Tom Perryman 56) York Brothers [Found in Folio of Songs, 1943J 57) Six unknown men in white jackets [bluegrass band?J,

Faron Young, T. Tommy Cutrer

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29) Crowd lined up for Opry. Nashville, Tennessee. Ryman Auditorium in background. [195?J

30) Crowd lined up for Opry. Nashville, Tennessee, in front of Ryman Auditorium. Postcard.

31) Gully Jumpers 32) Unknown-guitar, Hawkshaw Hawkins,unknown-bass 33) At microphone: Faron Young, T. Tommy Cutrer

Middle row: Gordon Stoker(Jordanaire), Neil Matthews(Jordanairej [Hoyt HawkinsJ(Jordanaire), unidentified Jordanaire, Chet Atkins-guitar, Lew Childre-dobro, unidentified man Back row: 4 unknown men in plaid shirts [The Deputies, Faron Young's band?J

34) The La Dell Sisters [1958?J

35) Uncle Dave Macon 36) Unknown woman, Ron Piggott, Minnie Pearl, 1957 37) Minnie Pearl, Rod Brasfield as Santa Claus 38) Composite, six frames. Prince Albert Show, [194?J

Minnie Pearl; Minnie Pearl; Rod Brasfield; Minnie Pearl; Minnie Pearl; Red Foley

39) Pet Milk Promotion, children at dispenser 40) Ray Pillow-guitar, T. Tommy Cutrer [1961J 41) 4 unknown men, Grant Turner, Cowboy Copas, unknown' man,

Don Helms, Rusty Gabbard-seated with guitar, Jack Stapp 42) Jim Reeves 43) Marty Robbins, unknown man, T. Tommy Cutrer 44) Sarah and Sally [Edna Wilson and Margaret Waters, mid-1930sJ 45) Claude Sharpe's Old Hickory Singers [1952J. Two frames 46) Stony Mountain Cloggers 47) Female members of Stony Mountain Cloggers

48) Cliff Thomas, 4 Michigan beauty queens, T. Tommy Cutrer 49) Uncle Jimmy Thompson [c. 1925J 50) Unknown man-ukelele, Hank Snow, Ernest Tubb 51) Ernest Tubb 52) Ernest Tubb 53) "Justin Tubb and His Pony" 54) Kitty Wells 55) Slim Whitman, Tom Perryman 56) York Brothers [Found in Folio of Songs, 1943J 57) Six unknown men in white jackets [bluegrass band?J,

Faron Young, T. Tommy Cutrer

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Photographs -[Korean Tour, 1953?]

58) Troops watching performance 59) Troops ··watching performance on hill outside 60) [Marines?] watching performance 61) Troops watching performance. Woman in audience. 62) Hank Snow signing autograph for soldier 63) Hillous Buttram-bass, Hank Snow-guitar, unknown man-guitar 64) Texas Troubadors: Billy Byrd-guitar, Dickie Harris-pedal steel 65) Jack Drake-bass, Ernest Tubb 66) Ernest Tubb and the Texas Troubadors performing for troop. 61) Ernest Tubb-guitar, Billy Byrd-guitar,Dickie Harris-pedal steel 68) Unknown man-fiddle, Jack Drake-bass, Hank Snow, Denise

Webber-flight attendant, Billy Byrd-guitarist, unknown man 69) [Koreans?] at barbed wire fence . 10) Encampment with troops 11) Unknown man- lap steel. [Member of Hank Snow's band] 72) Banner,"Grand Ole Opry," on Elmer E. Fryer building 73) Banner, "Grand Ole OPry," on Elmer E. Fryer building 74) Banner,"Hank Snow - Grand Ole Opry - Ernie Tubb" 75) Hank Snow-guitar, unknown comedian 76) Hank Snow and Korean youngster 71) Ernest Tubb singing autograph for soldier 78) Unknown comedian, Hank Snow-guitar, Hillous Butram-guitar,

unknown steel luitar player 79) Unknown group performing for troops 80) 2 unknown men standing before [Quad Lightning?] sign 81) Unknown man checking parcels in front of plane 82) 2 unknown men standing before [Quad Lightning?] sign 83) 2 unknown men in uniform 84) Troops watching Hank Snow and band outside 85) Unknown man in suit near bridge 86) Unknown comedian and unknown man [members of Hank Snow's band]


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Webber-flight attendant, Billy Byrd-guitarist, unknown man 69) [Koreans?] at barbed wire fence . 10) Encampment with troops 11) Unknown man- lap steel. [Member of Hank Snow's band] 72) Banner,"Grand Ole Opry," on Elmer E. Fryer building 73) Banner, "Grand Ole OPry," on Elmer E. Fryer building 74) Banner,"Hank Snow - Grand Ole Opry - Ernie Tubb" 75) Hank Snow-guitar, unknown comedian 76) Hank Snow and Korean youngster 71) Ernest Tubb singing autograph for soldier 78) Unknown comedian, Hank Snow-guitar, Hillous Butram-guitar,

unknown steel lui tar player 79) Unknown group performing for troops 80) 2 unknown men standing before [Quad Lightning?] sign 81) Unknown man checking parcels in front of plane 82) 2 unknown men standing before [Quad Lightning?] sign 83) 2 unknown men in uniform 84) Troops watching Hank Snow and band outside 85) Unknown man in suit near bridge 86) Unknown comedian and unknown man [members of Hank Snow's band]

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Poster Fragments "Patsy Cline of Decca Records - Manager and Booker Randy Hughes"

Picture of Patsy Cline

"Welcome D.J.' s and Sincere Thanks"

"Opry Stars and Band"

Admission tickets, "WSM Grand Ole Opry's 40th Birthday Celebration," October 21-22-23, 1965

"Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys at the Grand Ole Opry" Leaf from picture book

"WSM's 10th Annual Country Music Festival," November 3 and 4, [1961J Flyer with pictures of performers

"Music City U.S.A." layout of map for "WSM's 7th Annual National DJ Festival Celebrating the Grand Ole Opry's 33rd Birthday" [1958J

"The Grand Ole Opry ••• " reproduction of advertisement from March 24,[1957J issue of Tennessean.

"Hear the Grand Ole Opry" Grand Ole Opry advertisement for WOAY radio, Oak Hil~West Virginia. Newspaper clipping.

"Every week new G-E live-color cameras ••• " General Electric advertisement for Grand Ole Opry television show.

"Nashville Scrapbook, by R. Goffo, 'Uncle Dave Macon, The Dixie Dewdrop'" layout. November 15, 1960

Original Old Guard (National Life). List of people in a 1922 photograph of the Original Old Guard during a convention in Nashville.

Flyer with pictures of Cowboy Copas, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Patsy Cline, Randy Hughes, and Jack Anglin

Movie posters '~i, Neighbor~ 2 placards "0, My Darling Clementine" 1 placard "Second Fiddle to a String Guitar" advertising campaign "Smoky Mountain Melody" poster, stored in map case in

Vanderbilt Special Collections

Recorded Discs - 45 r.p.m. Pet Milk's Grand Ole Opry SO-325/26 [Side 1J "Pet Milk's Grand Ole Opry Connnercials" (3) [Side 2J "Pet Milk's Grand Ole Opry Talent Contest, Special

Message to Pet Milk Salesman [sicJ by T. Tonnny"


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Poster Fragments "Patsy Cline of Decca Records - Manager and Booker Randy Hughes"

Picture of Patsy Cline

"Welcome D.J.' s and Sincere Thanks"

"Opry Stars and Band"

Admission tickets, "WSM Grand Ole Opry's 40th Birthday Celebration," October 21-22-23, 1965

"Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys at the Grand Ole Opry" Leaf from picture book

"WSM's 10th Annual Country Music Festival," November 3 and 4, [1961J Flyer with pictures of performers

"Music City U.S.A." layout of map for "WSM's 7th Annual National DJ Festival Celebrating the Grand Ole Opry's 33rd Birthday" [1958J

"The Grand Ole Opry ••• " reproduction of advertisement from March 24,[1957J issue of Tennessean.

"Hear the Grand Ole Opry" Grand Ole Opry advertisement for WOAY radio, Oak Hil~West Virginia. Newspaper clipping.

"Every week new G-E live-color cameras ••• " General Electric advertisement for Grand Ole Opry television show.

"Nashville Scrapbook, by R. Goffo, 'Uncle Dave Macon, The Dixie Dewdrop'" layout. November 15, 1960

Original Old Guard (National Life). List of people in a 1922 photograph of the Original Old Guard during a convention in Nashville.

Flyer with pictures of Cowboy Copas, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Patsy Cline, Randy Hughes, and Jack Anglin

Movie posters '~i, Neighbor~ 2 placards "0, My Darling Clementine" 1 placard "Second Fiddle to a String Guitar" advertising campaign "Smoky Mountain Melody" poster, stored in map case in

Vanderbilt Special Collections

Recorded Discs - 45 r.p.m. Pet Milk's Grand Ole Opry SO-325/26 [Side 1J "Pet Milk's Grand Ole Opry Connnercials" (3) [Side 2J "Pet Milk's Grand Ole Opry Talent Contest, Special

Message to Pet Milk Salesman [sicJ by T. Tonnny"

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Recorded Discs 45 r.p.m. Starday 708 Cowboy Copas [Side lJ "Black Eyed Susie" by L. Copas/T. Hill [Side. 2] "Won't YOu Ride in My Little Red Wagon"

by Rex Griffin

Recorded Disc 33 1/3 r.p.m. Republic RLP 904 "Del Wood Encores; Del Wood at the fiano"

Interview Tapes (Interview Tapes are stored in the audio-visual area of Vanderbilt Special Collections)

1) George D. Hay, "10 Stories" - 3 tapes 2) Loretta Lynn and Loyd[sic] Evans, KGBX Springfield, Missouri,

5:40 a.m. - 1 tape 3) Tex Ritter and Audie Murphy with Harreld Heft!'y "at the end

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Recorded Discs 45 r.p.m. Starday 708 Cowboy Copas [Side lJ "Black Eyed Susie" by L. Copas/T. Hill [Side. 2] "'Won't YOu Ride in My Little Red Wagon"

by Rex Griffin

Recorded Disc 33 1/3 r.p.m. Republic RLP 904 "Del Wood Encores; Del Wood at the fiano"

Interview Tapes (Interview Tapes are stored in the audio-visual area of Vanderbilt Special Collections)

1) George D. Hay, "10 Stories" - 3 tapes 2) Loretta Lynn and Loyd[sic] Evans, KGBX Springfield, Missouri,

5:40 a.m. - 1 tape 3) Tex Ritter and Audie Murphy with Harreld Heft!'y "at the end

of tape" 3 May 1967 - 1 tape IIA,J:!.<'" -I-t'.e-:-V'S:LE'> .....

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