Ken Griffis collection, 1930-2003.

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Ken Griffis collection, 1930-2003.

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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.

ca. 950 items (1.0 linear feet)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 6821897

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Hamblen, Stuart, 1908-1989

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Singer, songwriter, recording artist, and music publisher. Born October 20, 1908. Died March 8, 1989. Full name, Carl Stuart Hamblen. Career most active 1930s-1950s. Popular Los Angeles area radio performer and program host. Original member of the popular 1930s music group, the Beverly Hill Billies. Wrote several classic songs, including "Texas Plains," "It Is No Secret," and "This Ole House." Member, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. From the description of Oral history interview ...

James, Jesse, 1847-1882

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Hansen, Aleth.

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Griffis, Ken

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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 hillbilly 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), Ashle...

KMPC (Radio station : Los Angeles, Calif.)

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Manners, Zeke

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Beverly Hillbillies (Musical group)

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Quirk, Charles E., 1933-

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