Kenneth H. Sparnon Collection

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Kenneth H. Sparnon Collection

1912-1961

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Kenneth Sparnon, entertainer, musician and arranger was also an orchestra leader and musical director of radio station WSYR in Syracuse and WHEC in Rochester, New York. This collection includes scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, photographs of himself and other performers, advertising, programs, some correspondence, and broadcast transcriptions (acetate).

0.5 Cubic feet (3 boxes)

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Archives Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 11662254

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Archives Center

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Sparnon, Kenneth H., 1895-1972

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National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Community Life.

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The Division of Community Life was created by the National Museum of History and Technology in 1978 from the former Division of Ethnic and Western Cultural History. The Division studied the American community, urban life, and popular culture, including education, immigration, and labor movements. In 1995 it was merged into a new Division of Cultural History. Staff included Richard E. Ahlborn, Curator, 1978-1994; Carl H. Scheele, Curator, 1978-1987; Spencer R. Crew, Curat...