Box 6
Container
Contains 115 Results:
Grave marker for Patsy Cline, c., 1963
Item — Box: 6, Folder: 1, Item: 16
Identifier: spc-mss0178-s08-i0016
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection is composed of a wide variety of items of historical and musical interest. The correspondence dates roughly from the 1950s and 1960s and varies from fan letters to promotional campaigns. Clippings from the same time profile performers and personalities, the Opry, and the music industry in Nashville. The files include a representative collection of country and western magazines.Songbooks comprise a significant proportion of the collection. Most of them date from the...
Dates:
1963
Coca-Cola promotion - Young people holding up bottles of Coke, 12 May 1961
Item — Box: 6, Folder: 1, Item: 17
Identifier: spc-mss0178-s08-i0017
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection is composed of a wide variety of items of historical and musical interest. The correspondence dates roughly from the 1950s and 1960s and varies from fan letters to promotional campaigns. Clippings from the same time profile performers and personalities, the Opry, and the music industry in Nashville. The files include a representative collection of country and western magazines.Songbooks comprise a significant proportion of the collection. Most of them date from the...
Dates:
12 May 1961
Stoney Cooper, Wilma Lee Cooper, Johnny Clark, 1959
Item — Box: 6, Folder: 1, Item: 18
Identifier: spc-mss0178-s08-i0018
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection is composed of a wide variety of items of historical and musical interest. The correspondence dates roughly from the 1950s and 1960s and varies from fan letters to promotional campaigns. Clippings from the same time profile performers and personalities, the Opry, and the music industry in Nashville. The files include a representative collection of country and western magazines.Songbooks comprise a significant proportion of the collection. Most of them date from the...
Dates:
1959
Stoney Cooper, Johnny Clark, and Wilma Lee Cooper, 1959
Item — Box: 6, Folder: 1, Item: 19
Identifier: spc-mss0178-s08-i0019
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection is composed of a wide variety of items of historical and musical interest. The correspondence dates roughly from the 1950s and 1960s and varies from fan letters to promotional campaigns. Clippings from the same time profile performers and personalities, the Opry, and the music industry in Nashville. The files include a representative collection of country and western magazines.Songbooks comprise a significant proportion of the collection. Most of them date from the...
Dates:
1959
Hank Garland-guitar, Floyd “Lightnin”’ Chance-bass, 1958
Item — Box: 6, Folder: 2, Item: 23
Identifier: spc-mss0178-s08-i0023
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection is composed of a wide variety of items of historical and musical interest. The correspondence dates roughly from the 1950s and 1960s and varies from fan letters to promotional campaigns. Clippings from the same time profile performers and personalities, the Opry, and the music industry in Nashville. The files include a representative collection of country and western magazines.Songbooks comprise a significant proportion of the collection. Most of them date from the...
Dates:
1958
The La Dell Sisters, 1958?
Item — Box: 6, Folder: 2, Item: 34
Identifier: spc-mss0178-s08-i0034
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection is composed of a wide variety of items of historical and musical interest. The correspondence dates roughly from the 1950s and 1960s and varies from fan letters to promotional campaigns. Clippings from the same time profile performers and personalities, the Opry, and the music industry in Nashville. The files include a representative collection of country and western magazines.Songbooks comprise a significant proportion of the collection. Most of them date from the...
Dates:
1958?
Unknown woman, Ron Piggott, Minnie Pearl, 1957
Item — Box: 6, Folder: 3, Item: 36
Identifier: spc-mss0178-s08-i0036
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection is composed of a wide variety of items of historical and musical interest. The correspondence dates roughly from the 1950s and 1960s and varies from fan letters to promotional campaigns. Clippings from the same time profile performers and personalities, the Opry, and the music industry in Nashville. The files include a representative collection of country and western magazines.Songbooks comprise a significant proportion of the collection. Most of them date from the...
Dates:
1957
Ray Pillow-guitar, T. Tommy Cutrer, 1961
Item — Box: 6, Folder: 3, Item: 40
Identifier: spc-mss0178-s08-i0040
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection is composed of a wide variety of items of historical and musical interest. The correspondence dates roughly from the 1950s and 1960s and varies from fan letters to promotional campaigns. Clippings from the same time profile performers and personalities, the Opry, and the music industry in Nashville. The files include a representative collection of country and western magazines.Songbooks comprise a significant proportion of the collection. Most of them date from the...
Dates:
1961
Uncle Jimmy Thompson, c. 1925
Item — Box: 6, Folder: 4, Item: 49
Identifier: spc-mss0178-s08-i0049
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection is composed of a wide variety of items of historical and musical interest. The correspondence dates roughly from the 1950s and 1960s and varies from fan letters to promotional campaigns. Clippings from the same time profile performers and personalities, the Opry, and the music industry in Nashville. The files include a representative collection of country and western magazines.Songbooks comprise a significant proportion of the collection. Most of them date from the...
Dates:
c. 1925
York Brothers [Found in Folio of Songs], 1943
Item — Box: 6, Folder: 4, Item: 56
Identifier: spc-mss0178-s08-i0056
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection is composed of a wide variety of items of historical and musical interest. The correspondence dates roughly from the 1950s and 1960s and varies from fan letters to promotional campaigns. Clippings from the same time profile performers and personalities, the Opry, and the music industry in Nashville. The files include a representative collection of country and western magazines.Songbooks comprise a significant proportion of the collection. Most of them date from the...
Dates:
1943
Admission tickets, “WSM Grand Ole Opry’s 40th Birthday Celebration,”, October 21-22-23, 1965
Item — Box: 6, Folder: 7
Identifier: spc-mss0178-s09-i0005
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection is composed of a wide variety of items of historical and musical interest. The correspondence dates roughly from the 1950s and 1960s and varies from fan letters to promotional campaigns. Clippings from the same time profile performers and personalities, the Opry, and the music industry in Nashville. The files include a representative collection of country and western magazines.Songbooks comprise a significant proportion of the collection. Most of them date from the...
Dates:
October 21-22-23, 1965
“Music City U.S.A.” layout of map for “WSM’s 7th Annual National DJ Festival Celebrating the Grand Ole Opry’s 33rd Birthday”, 1958
Item — Box: 6, Folder: 7
Identifier: spc-mss0178-s09-i0008
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection is composed of a wide variety of items of historical and musical interest. The correspondence dates roughly from the 1950s and 1960s and varies from fan letters to promotional campaigns. Clippings from the same time profile performers and personalities, the Opry, and the music industry in Nashville. The files include a representative collection of country and western magazines.Songbooks comprise a significant proportion of the collection. Most of them date from the...
Dates:
1958
“Nashville Scrapbook, by R. Goffo, ‘Uncle Dave Macon, The Dixie Dewdrop’” layout., November 15, 1960
Item — Box: 6, Folder: 7
Identifier: spc-mss0178-s09-i0012
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection is composed of a wide variety of items of historical and musical interest. The correspondence dates roughly from the 1950s and 1960s and varies from fan letters to promotional campaigns. Clippings from the same time profile performers and personalities, the Opry, and the music industry in Nashville. The files include a representative collection of country and western magazines.Songbooks comprise a significant proportion of the collection. Most of them date from the...
Dates:
November 15, 1960
Movie posters
Series — Box: 6, Folder: 8
Identifier: spc-mss0178-s10
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection is composed of a wide variety of items of historical and musical interest. The correspondence dates roughly from the 1950s and 1960s and varies from fan letters to promotional campaigns. Clippings from the same time profile performers and personalities, the Opry, and the music industry in Nashville. The files include a representative collection of country and western magazines.Songbooks comprise a significant proportion of the collection. Most of them date from the...
Dates:
1930s-1960s
Recorded Discs - 45 r.p.m.
Series — Box: 6, Folder: 9
Identifier: spc-mss0178-s11
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection is composed of a wide variety of items of historical and musical interest. The correspondence dates roughly from the 1950s and 1960s and varies from fan letters to promotional campaigns. Clippings from the same time profile performers and personalities, the Opry, and the music industry in Nashville. The files include a representative collection of country and western magazines.Songbooks comprise a significant proportion of the collection. Most of them date from the...
Dates:
1930s-1960s
Recorded Disc 33 1/3 r.p.m.
Series — Box: 6, Folder: 10
Identifier: spc-mss0178-s12
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection is composed of a wide variety of items of historical and musical interest. The correspondence dates roughly from the 1950s and 1960s and varies from fan letters to promotional campaigns. Clippings from the same time profile performers and personalities, the Opry, and the music industry in Nashville. The files include a representative collection of country and western magazines.Songbooks comprise a significant proportion of the collection. Most of them date from the...
Dates:
1930s-1960s
Pat Boone
Item — Box: 6, Folder: 1, Item: 1
Identifier: spc-mss0178-s08-i0001
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection is composed of a wide variety of items of historical and musical interest. The correspondence dates roughly from the 1950s and 1960s and varies from fan letters to promotional campaigns. Clippings from the same time profile performers and personalities, the Opry, and the music industry in Nashville. The files include a representative collection of country and western magazines.Songbooks comprise a significant proportion of the collection. Most of them date from the...
Dates:
1930s-1960s
Margie Bowes
Item — Box: 6, Folder: 1, Item: 2
Identifier: spc-mss0178-s08-i0002
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection is composed of a wide variety of items of historical and musical interest. The correspondence dates roughly from the 1950s and 1960s and varies from fan letters to promotional campaigns. Clippings from the same time profile performers and personalities, the Opry, and the music industry in Nashville. The files include a representative collection of country and western magazines.Songbooks comprise a significant proportion of the collection. Most of them date from the...
Dates:
1930s-1960s
Composite, three frames: Rod Brasfield, Red Foley, Rod Brasfield
Item — Box: 6, Folder: 1, Item: 3
Identifier: spc-mss0178-s08-i0003
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection is composed of a wide variety of items of historical and musical interest. The correspondence dates roughly from the 1950s and 1960s and varies from fan letters to promotional campaigns. Clippings from the same time profile performers and personalities, the Opry, and the music industry in Nashville. The files include a representative collection of country and western magazines.Songbooks comprise a significant proportion of the collection. Most of them date from the...
Dates:
1930s-1960s
Rod Brasfield-jumping
Item — Box: 6, Folder: 1, Item: 4
Identifier: spc-mss0178-s08-i0004
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection is composed of a wide variety of items of historical and musical interest. The correspondence dates roughly from the 1950s and 1960s and varies from fan letters to promotional campaigns. Clippings from the same time profile performers and personalities, the Opry, and the music industry in Nashville. The files include a representative collection of country and western magazines.Songbooks comprise a significant proportion of the collection. Most of them date from the...
Dates:
1930s-1960s
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