Box 18

Abstract The collecting activity reflected in this collection began in the early 1950s and continued well into the 1970s. After Rueben Powell’s 1968 retirement from work as chief utility engineer at Wright Patterson Airforce Base in Ohio, Powell and his wife Retha started the Renfro Valley Tape Club as a means of sharing the fruits of his collecting with other country music fans. Its appeal was particularly substantial among Powell's contemporaries who were disenchanted with the then newer country...

Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series consists of index card files, which Powell used to locate song titles, performers, radio programs, and other material within his recordings collection. Boxes 20 and 21 were at some point combined with other boxes - no longer exist.