Wray Raphael Herring Collection, 1942-1945, 2001-2005

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Wray Raphael Herring Collection, 1942-1945, 2001-2005

1942-2005

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/special/ead/findingaids/0810

Collection (1942-1945) of materials belonging to Wray Raphael Herring, a member of the U.S. Navy B-1 Band which was the first all-African American Navy Band during World War II. Included are programs, clippings, and sound recordings of radio broadcasts (78 RPM vinyl radio transcription discs) relating to the U.S. Navy B-1 Band; and official correspondence, programs, printed forms, sheet music signed by members of the U.S. Navy B-1 Band, a poem and other printed materials relating to Herring's service in the U.S. Navy B-1 Band, the U.S. Navy Pre-Flight School Band and Orchestra ("The Cloudbuster Band") at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and the Manana Ridge Band (while at the Manana Barracks in Hawaii).

0.589 Cubic feet, 2 archival boxes, consisting of pamphlets, programs, correspondence, radio transcription discs, sheet music, and clippings

eng, Latn

East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11617470

East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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Albright, Alex

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Alex Albright is a native of Graham, NC. He earned a BA in English/journalism from UNC-CH in 1972. In 1981, Albright joined the English faculty at East Carolina University. Albright was the founding editor of the North Carolina Literary Review. Albright lives in Fountain, NC....

Gilmer, John, 1925-2014

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John Samuel Gilmer was born March 14, 1925 in Greensboro, N.C. He was the only child of John H. and Anna Smith Gilmer. Gilmer attended Dudley High School in Greensboro and graduated early to enlist in the United States Navy during World War II. Gilmer was asssigned to the United States Navy B-1 Band, the first all-African American Navy Band. Gilmer played clarinet in the band and was known by his nickname "Gus," to his fellow bandmates. Following the war, he attended North Carolina A&T Universi...

United States Navy B-1 Band

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The United Statess Navy B-1 Band was the first all-African American Navy Band during World War II. In 1942, the best African American musicians from the state of North Carolina were assembled and the band was formed in Raleight on May 27. The recruits became the "first blacks to serve in the navy in anything other than galley positions" (Albright, A., 1986). The band was stationed in Chapel Hill, N.C. and their talent was offered to help relieve the stress of pilot trainees learning combat flyin...

Herring, Wray Raphael, 1926-2010

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Wray Raphael Herring (1926-2010) was born in Parkersburg, Sampson County, North Carolina on January 31, 1926. Herring moved to Greensboro, N.C. and joined the United States Navy during World War II. Herring was a part of U.S. Navy Pre-Flight School Band and Orchestra, the U.S. Navy B-1 Band, and the Manana Ridge Band in which he played trombone and sang. Herring died November 2, 2010 in Newport News, Virginia. ...