Society orchestra and family papers 1880's-[19--].

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Society orchestra and family papers 1880's-[19--].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53863184

The Meyer Davis collection reflects the career of a society orchestra leader. Included are day books or press books (of news clippings and publicity), photo albums, artifacts, letters, and other materials about the Davis family and the orchestra.

85 flat boxes (102 linear feet)

Raymond H. Fogler Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7671754

Raymond H. Fogler Library

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Davis, Hilda, 1895-1995

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Davis family.

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Meyer Davis Orchestra.

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Davis, Meyer.

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Meyer Davis was born in Elliott City, Md. in 1893. He started his first band while in high school after being rejected by the school orchestra. His band played for Woodrow Wilson and for every President since then until Gerald Ford. His orchestra played at the inaugural balls of Coolidge, Hoover, Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy. The Davis Orchestra also played for weddings, debutante balls, including that for Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, and on luxury liners. At the height of h...