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Series 2. KWKH Radio and W.K. Henderson, 1904-1998 , bulk 1922-1939 , undated | |||||||||||||
Location: RPA 00454-00455 (boxes 1-2); RPD 00018 (box 8) | |||||||||||||
Map case: RPM 00012 (map folder 1) | |||||||||||||
Series 2 includes licenses, broadcast transcripts, newspaper and magazine articles, and ephemera relating to KWKH radio from the time of its founding by W.C. Patterson to its subsequent ownership by W.K. Henderson. Correspondence, articles and publications, and newspaper photocopies provide a vivid account of the legal disputes that highlighted Henderson's career as KWKH owner and broadcaster. These relate especially to the crusade to increase the station's wattage and wavelength frequency. Anti-chain store publications reflect Henderson's strong support of locally owned businesses in Shreveport, Louisiana. Materials in the correspondence files; congressional and Federal Radio Commission records; legal documentation; and files containing licenses, transcripts, chain store booklets, and newspaper articles are predominantly reproductions. | |||||||||||||
Materials were arranged chronologically within content groupings when dates were available. | |||||||||||||
Correspondence, 1922-1938 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 1/7 | 1922-1926 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 1/8 | 1927-1938 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 1/9 | Congressional and Federal Radio Commission records, 1927-1933 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 1/10 | Legal documentation, 1929-1939 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 1/11 | Licenses, 1926-1936 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 1/12 | Transcripts, 1935-1937 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 1/13 | Ephemera, 1904-1985 , bulk 1929-1932 | ||||||||||||
Includes clippings, advertisements, programs, logs, and other assorted material related to KWKH during the W.K. Henderson era. Notable materials include original W.K. Henderson commentaries and transcripts printed in local newspapers, a miniature pilot's log of the KWKH airplane, an illustration showing Chief Kiutus Tecumseh, a map and published images of the Henderson Iron Works, and official advertisements for KWKH radio on local programs and publications. All items are originals. | |||||||||||||
FOLDER map folder 1 | Map of Henderson Iron Works, Shreveport, Louisiana, 1904 | ||||||||||||
ID: RS 13857 G1 | |||||||||||||
Map case: RPM 00012 (map folder 1) | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 8/1 | Radio Digest clippings, 1926 January 2 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 8/1 | Radiologue clipping, 1929 February 17 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 1/14 | Chain store booklets, undated | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 1/15-16 | Articles and publications, 1925-1998 , undated | ||||||||||||
Includes an issue of Shreveport Magazine, June 1925; an article from Shreveport Magazine, November 1979; and an article from The Shreveport Journal, June 28, 1985. Two especially important historical sources included here are Hello World Henderson: the Man Behind the Mike by Margery Land May, 1930, and a first-hand account by W.K. Henderson titled The Story of KWKH, Shreveport, Louisiana. | |||||||||||||
Newspaper photocopies, 1914-1952 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 2/1 | 1914-1924 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 2/2 | 1926-1927 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 2/3 | 1929 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 2/4 | 1930 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 2/5 | 1931 , 1935-1952 | ||||||||||||
Series 3. KWKH Radio and the Louisiana Hayride, 1942-2005 | |||||||||||||
RPA 00455-00456 (boxes 2-3), RPA 00459-00460 (boxes 9-10); RPB 00012-00013 (boxes 6-7); RPD 00018 (box 8); RPU 00033 (box OSU 1) | |||||||||||||
Series 3 documents the Louisiana Hayride era at KWKH radio. This series is rich in original material, including photographs, reproductions and illustrations, correspondence, articles and clippings, posters, postcards, programs, and ephemera. A notable subseries includes photocopied, handwritten Louisiana Hayride program notes with performer lists, song titles, and limited commentary. There are also several folders of photocopied newspaper advertisements from this era at KWKH radio. | |||||||||||||
Materials were arranged chronologically within content groupings when dates were available. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 2/6 | Correspondence, 1956-2004 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 2/7 | Articles and clippings, 1946-2005 , undated | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 2/8 | Postcards, 1942-1960 | ||||||||||||
Posters, 1944 , 1951-1987 , undated | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 2/9 | 1951-1987 , undated | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 8/2 | 1944 , undated | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 2/10-11 | Programs, 1950-1974 , undated | ||||||||||||
Some programs include performer autographs. | |||||||||||||
Ephemera, 1948-1972 , undated | |||||||||||||
Includes KWKH administrative documentation, memorabilia, and an assortment of peripheral material associated with the radio station and its history. Notable items include a KWKH listener appreciation concert ticket stub, a group of official KWKH EKKO radio reception stamps, and a small notebook with autographs of several early Louisiana Hayride performers. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 2/12 | Ephemera, 1948-1972 , undated | ||||||||||||
BOX 7 | Polly Waldron's Open House Cook Book, 1962 August | ||||||||||||
Program notes, 1954-1957 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 2/13 | 1954 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 2/14 | 1955 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 2/15 | 1956 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 2/16 | 1957 | ||||||||||||
Newspaper advertisements, 1960-1967 | |||||||||||||
Photocopies. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 2/17 | 1960-1963 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 2/18 | 1964-1967 | ||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 8/3 | Johnny Cash advertisement, The Billboard's Popularity Charts, 1956 July 7 | ||||||||||||
BOX 10 | The Louisiana Hayride: the glory years, 1948-60: a compilation of newspaper articles, pictures, and advertisements, compiled by Robert Gentry, 1998 | ||||||||||||
Photographs, 1942–circa 1980s , undated | |||||||||||||
Louisiana Hayride, primary run, 1926, 1942-1969 , undated | |||||||||||||
Photographs predominantly show performers and hosts from the Louisiana Hayride country music show. Also represented are various individuals and events associated with this period of KWKH radio history. | |||||||||||||
Individual performers and performing groups, 1942 , 1950-1969 , undated | |||||||||||||
Publicity photographs, snapshots, and performance images. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 9/1 | Gene Autry at Municipal Auditorium, 1951 | ||||||||||||
LSU-Shreveport Archives | |||||||||||||
1 photographic print : | |||||||||||||
ID: RS 13857 P1 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 9/1 | Linda Brannon performing on stage at the Louisiana Hayride, 1958 | ||||||||||||
1 photographic print : | |||||||||||||
ID: RS 13857 P2 | |||||||||||||
Autographed. | |||||||||||||
Johnny Cash photographs, circa late 1950s–1969 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 9/1 | Johnny Cash and Johnny Horton, circa late 1950s | ||||||||||||
2 photographic prints : | |||||||||||||
ID: RS 13857 P3; RS 13857 P4 | |||||||||||||
One of the photographs is credited to Graham's Studio, Shreveport. | |||||||||||||
For additional photographs of Johnny Horton, see also Johnny Horton photographs, circa 1954-1960 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 9/1 | Johnny Cash with unidentified man at the Louisiana State Fair, 1969 | ||||||||||||
Photographer: Paul Ambrico Photography | |||||||||||||
1 photographic print : | |||||||||||||
ID: RS 13857 P5 | |||||||||||||
Autographed. | |||||||||||||
Jimmie Davis photographs, circa 1926-1929 , 1942 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 9/1 | Professor J.H. Davis, Dodd College portrait photograph, between 1926 and 1929 | ||||||||||||
1 photographic print : | |||||||||||||
ID: RS 13857 P6 | |||||||||||||
Biography: Davis taught history and social studies at the Dodd College for Girls in Shreveport for one year in the late 1920s. | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 9/1 | Jimmie Davis in performance at KWKH, 1942 | ||||||||||||
1 photographic print : | |||||||||||||
ID: RS 13857 P7 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 9/1 | Louisiana governor Jimmie Davis sits at a piano while Norm Bale, [Horace Logan?], and a group of musicians look on, at Davis's home, 1953 | ||||||||||||
Film Arbor Studio | |||||||||||||
1 photographic print : | |||||||||||||
ID: RS 13857 P8 | |||||||||||||
For additional photographs of Norm Bale, see also Norm Bale photographs, 1950s | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 9/2 | Sonny Frommel, Ray Leckie, Dickie French, Fats Povis, and Frankie Miller posing with their instruments, California, 1952 | ||||||||||||
1 photographic print : | |||||||||||||
ID: RS 13857 P9 | |||||||||||||
Handwritten on back of photographic print: "The band Sonny and I played with when we were in the army." | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 9/2 | Harold Gay, Frankie Miller, and Felton Pruitt performing on stage, circa 1960 | ||||||||||||
Graham's Studio | |||||||||||||
Graham's Studio , Shreveport, Louisiana | |||||||||||||
1 photographic print : | |||||||||||||
ID: RS 13857 P10 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 9/2 | Dale Hawkins performing on stage, 1958 | ||||||||||||
LSU Shreveport Archives | |||||||||||||
1 photographic print : | |||||||||||||
ID: RS 13857 P11 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 9/2 | Tommy Hill, Hank Williams, "Socko" Sokolowski, and Johnny Horton, 1949-1953 | ||||||||||||
1 photographic print : | |||||||||||||
ID: RS 13857 P12 | |||||||||||||
For additional photographs of Hank Williams, see also Hank Williams photographs, 1952, undated. For additional photographs of Johnny Horton, see also Johnny Horton photographs, circa 1954-1960 | |||||||||||||
Johnny Horton photographs, circa 1954-1960 | |||||||||||||
see also Johnny Cash and Johnny Horton, circa late 1950s and Tommy Hill, Hank Williams, "Socko" Sokolowski, and Johnny Horton, 1949-1953 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 9/2 | Johnny Horton and Frank Page snapshot, circa 1954-1960 | ||||||||||||
1 photographic print : | |||||||||||||
ID: RS 13857 P13 | |||||||||||||
For additional photographs of Frank Page, see also Frank Page with Louisiana Hayride performers and hosts, [between 1948 and 1958?] | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 9/2 | Johnny Horton portrait snapshots, circa 1954-1960 | ||||||||||||
2 photographic prints : | |||||||||||||
ID: RS 13857 P14; RS 13857 P15 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 9/2 | Johnny Horton seated in automobile, [between 1955 and 1960?] | ||||||||||||
1 photographic print : | |||||||||||||
ID: RS 13857 P16 | |||||||||||||
Duplicate of original photographic print with handwriting on front:
"His car he was killed in, November 5th, 1960." This image appears on the cover of Horton's album Done Rovin' (Briar 104, 1966). |
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BOX-FOLDER 9/3 | Johnny Horton portrait photograph with mirror, circa 1954-1960 | ||||||||||||
1 photographic print : | |||||||||||||
ID: RS 13857 P17 | |||||||||||||
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