Woody Hite collection, circa 1919-1988

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Woody Hite collection, circa 1919-1988

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Photographs, clippings, posters, and ephemera documenting Woody Hite and his big band, musicians active in northwestern Oregon from the 1930s and 1940s. The band was revived in the early 1970s by Hite's brother Don HIte.

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Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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