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John Lair Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0066 SAA 066
Abstract
The John Lair papers document the life of country music broadcaster, music collector, and community historian John Lee Lair (1894-1985).
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1930-1999
Reuben Powell Early Country Music Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0065 SAA 065
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...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1910-1982