Ken Griffis, best known for his work on documenting the Sons of the Pioneers, an early country music group, also researched and documented an earlier group known as the Beverly Hillbillies, a music group created by Glen Rice and the first music group to achieve widespread acclaim, beginning in 1930 on radio station KMPC Los Angeles. In its most popular configuration, the group consisted of Jimmy Baker (Elton Britt), Marjorie Bauersfield (Mirandy), Harry Blaeholder (Hank Skillet), Ashley Dees (Jad Scroggins), Aleth Hansen (Lem Giles), Leo Mannes (Zeke Manners, Zeke Craddock), Cyprian Paulette (Ezra Longnecker), and Charles Quirk (Charlie Slater, Charlie Skillet). hillbilly This collection includes music transcriptions, papers, photographic materials, and audiocassettes relating to Griffis's research documenting the Beverly Hillbillies. Music transcriptions are of songs performed by the Beverly Hillbillies. Papers include journal articles, newspaper clippings, posters and flyers, discographies, facsimiles of record albums, letters sent to the Beverly Hillbillies, transcripts of interviews Griffis conducted with members of the group, research correspondence, and research notes. Photographic materials are primarily promotional photographs of the group with and without autograph signatures, but also included is a photograph of a horse purported to have belonged to Jesse James. Audiocassettes consist of noncommercial recordings of interviews Griffis conducted with members of the group, including Aleth Hansen, Stuart Hamblen, Leo Mannes, and Charles Quirk.
