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Series 2. KWKH Radio and W.K. Henderson, 1904-1998 , bulk 1922-1939 , undated (continued) | |||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||
Autographed on front of photograph (quoting the song "Done Rovin'" from the Horton single (Cormac 1193, 1951) and album of the same title): "To Mom and Dad, I'm 'Done Rovin' down that lonesome road. Love & kisses, Johnny Horton." | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 9/3 | Johnny Horton portrait photograph with guitar, circa 1954-1960 | ||||||||||||
1 photographic print : | |||||||||||||
ID: RS 13857 P18 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 9/3 | Johnny Horton and unidentified woman, circa 1954-1960 | ||||||||||||
1 photographic print : | |||||||||||||
ID: RS 13857 P19 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 9/3 | Johnny Horton performing on stage at the Louisiana Hayride, circa 1954-1960 | ||||||||||||
Photographer: McEachern, Langston, 1918-2004 | |||||||||||||
1 photographic print : | |||||||||||||
ID: RS 13857 P20 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 9/3 | David Houston and sixteen-year-old James Burton performing on stage at the Louisiana Hayride, 1956 | ||||||||||||
Photographer: McEachern, Langston, 1918-2004 | |||||||||||||
1 photographic print : | |||||||||||||
ID: RS 13857 P21 | |||||||||||||
Autographed on front by James Burton: "To Joey [Kent]. Peace & [illegible]. God bless." | |||||||||||||
For additional photographs of James Burton, see also Concert to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Elvis Presley's first appearance on the Louisiana Hayride, at the Municipal Auditorium, Shreveport, 2004 October 16 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 9/3 | Van Howard publicity photographs, circa 1950-1956 | ||||||||||||
3 photographic prints : | |||||||||||||
ID: RS 13857 P22–RS 13857 P24 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 9/4 | Louisiana Hayride cast on stage, 1954 August 15 , undated | ||||||||||||
Photographer: McEachern, Langston, 1918-2004 | |||||||||||||
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