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Southern Folklife Collection Artist Name File, 1940-2005

Title: Southern Folklife Collection Artist Name File, 1940-2005

The materials in this collection were compiled from various sources by Southern Folklife Collection staff, with the goal of creating a reference resource to aid in research. Artist name files contain correspondence, booklets, obituaries, press releases, discographies, promotional materials, and other items relating to many of the artists whose work is relevant to the Southern Folklife Collection as a whole.

ArchivalResource: Items: About 3,200; Linear Feet: 21.0

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Ferguson, Joe Frank, 1914-. Oral history interview with Joe Frank Ferguson, 1996 November 9.

Title: Oral history interview with Joe Frank Ferguson, 1996 November 9.

Interview with Joe Frank Ferguson, musician and vocalist, concerning his experiences as a musician/vocalist with Bob Will's "Texas playboys" and the "Light Crust Doughboys" western swing bands, 1936-42; comments about Bob Willis and band members Marvin Montgomery, Kenneth Pitts, Al Stricklin, "Smokey" Dacus, "Knocky" Parker, Leon McAuliffe, Eldon, Shamblin; forming his own groups and playing the Fort Worth, Texas, night club circuit, 1950-70; comments about western swing, big band, and pop music.

ArchivalResource: 93 leaves ; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/259473046 View

Jim Halsey Company. Jim Halsey Company poster collection 1973-1984.

Title: Jim Halsey Company poster collection 1973-1984.

A collection of twenty posters created by the Jim Halsey Company, which was advertised as the "Exclusive Representative for a World of Entertainment". The Jim Halsey Company brought such musicians as Arlo Guthrie, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Freddy Fender, Roy Clark, Johnny Lee Wills, Barbara Mandrell, Hoyt Axton, Joe Venuti and Eldon Shamblin to Tulsa in the 70s and 80s. These advertisement posters were created for those events.

ArchivalResource: 20 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/226988990 View

Texas Western Swing Hall of Fame Collection, 1930-1990.

Title: Texas Western Swing Hall of Fame Collection, 1930-1990.

Photographs, costumes, posters, awards, clippings dating from 1930s-1990s and featuring members of the Texas Western Swing Hall of Fame comprise the bulk of this collection. Items of note include Bob Wills' hat and fiddle he reportedly played, and Laura Lee McBride's fringed leather costume.

ArchivalResource: 6 boxes (8 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48981549 View