Fort Griffin Fandangle Collection 1938-2005

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Fort Griffin Fandangle Collection 1938-2005

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Publicity, i.e. newsprint articles, magazine articles, unpublished written articles, programs, brochures, broadsides, photographs, sheet music, business records, ephemera, scrapbooks, and assorted material of marginal relevance documenting the 68 year history of the community produced and performed Fort Griffin Fandangle.

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Robert E. Nail, Jr. Archives

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Alice Reynolds

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Albany Chamber of Commerce

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Robert E. Nail, Jr., 1908-1968

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Graham Crutchfield, 1889-1958

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Fort Griffin Fandangle Association

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The Fort Griffin Fandangle is a historical pageant written, directed, costumed, sung and danced by Albany citizens. Robert E. Nail, Jr. wrote the Fandangle in 1938 while teaching at Albany High School. The historical play was conceived as an outdoor alternative to the traditional senior play. It was originally titled "Dr. Shackelford's Paradise." As the play grew in size, the name was changed as the undertaking incorporated more history than that of the settling of Shackelford County. The Fandan...