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Renfro Valley Country Store 1950 (Two 15 Minute Programs): Claude Sweet / Roy Davidson / Wayne Turner / Emory Martin / Ray Sosby / Jerry Behrens / Coon Creek Girls / Slim Miller TWJ-CT-001.

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Renfro Valley Gatherin' 11-13-60. Russ and Jonell Fisher, Farmer Sisters. (Seems not to be duplicated in the Reuben Powell Collection)

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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...

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Tom Wood's early 1950s Renfro Valley broadcast recordings - Two Country Store audition programs. [Country Store No 3, 1949 - First theme song later replaced] [Country Store No 4, 1950 - One of first broadcasts used]

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Tom Wood's early 1950s Renfro Valley broadcast recordings - One Country Store program.[Country Store No 9 (1950)]

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Radio Programs: WLW Seven Pinex Merrymakers 1938. Dubbed to DAT by Ed Dooley from his private collection.

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John Young Brown speech from St. Matthews, Kentucky, 07-30-1936
Listen to part 1 (000)[16:19]
Listen to part 2 (002)[14:06]

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J.C.W. Beckham campaign speech, 07-30-1936
Listen to part 1 (001)[17:06]
Listen to part 2 (003)[13:54]

Scope and Contents U.S. Senator M.M. Logan, July 25, 1936, speaking from Mayfield, Kentucky (four sides) Listen to part 1 (010) [16:08] Listen to part 2 (011) [14:29] ...

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The Three Little Maids [Musical variety show featuring mountain songs]

Listen to recording WS-ET-360020-03