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Ivan M. Tribe, Collector, West Virginia Country Western Music Memorabilia, 1930/2009

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Digital copies of photographs, song books, booklets, and other memorabilia documenting country western, bluegrass, gospel, and folk musicians and radio stations in West Virginia and neighboring states. The files represent four volumes of "West Virginia Country Western Photographs" collated by Ivan M. Tribe (author of several books on country and bluegrass music in West Virginia), as well as "Doc Williams' Border Riders Family Album" and "W-M-M-N Family Album 1941." Photographs include several behind-the-scenes and promotional images of the "Buddy Starcher Show" and the "Sleepy Jeffers Show" on WCHS-TV in Charleston, WV, several photographs of performances at the Grand Ol' Opry, and promotional portraits of "Little" Jimmy Dickens, Brad Paisley, Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper, and other local and national recording artists. This collection also contains several photos of minstrel performers in blackface.

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Ivan M. Tribe, Collector, West Virginia Country Western Music Memorabilia, 1930/2009 26.4 Gigabytes 591 .tif files

Tribe, Ivan M.

Digital copies of photographs, song books, booklets, and other memorabilia documenting country western, bluegrass, gospel, and folk musicians and radio stations in West Virginia and neighboring states. The files represent four volumes of "West Virginia Country Western Photographs" collated by Ivan M. Tribe (author of several books on country and bluegrass music in West Virginia), as well as "Doc Williams' Border Riders Family Album" and "W-M-M-N Family Album 1941." Photographs include several behind-the-scenes and promotional images of the "Buddy Starcher Show" and the "Sleepy Jeffers Show" on WCHS-TV in Charleston, WV, several photographs of performances at the Grand Ol' Opry, and promotional portraits of "Little" Jimmy Dickens, Brad Paisley, Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper, and other local and national recording artists. This collection also contains several photos of minstrel performers in blackface.

West Virginia and Regional History Center

Radio Station WMMN, Fairmont Program Logs, 1936/1941

0.25 Linear Feet Summary: 2 1/2 in. (3 unboxed ledgers)
Three program log books of a Fairmont radio station, WMMN which was one of the earliest radio stations in north central West Virginia. WMMN was noted for producing its own country and western music shows including the Sagebrush Roundup, Buddy Starcher, and Grandpa Jones. It sold the largest volume of on-air personal inquiry advertisements of any station in the country.
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Radio Station WMMN, Fairmont Program Logs, 1936/1941 0.25 Linear Feet Summary: 2 1/2 in. (3 unboxed ledgers)

WMMN (Radio station : Fairmont, West Virginia)
Three program log books of a Fairmont radio station, WMMN which was one of the earliest radio stations in north central West Virginia. WMMN was noted for producing its own country and western music shows including the Sagebrush Roundup, Buddy Starcher, and Grandpa Jones. It sold the largest volume of on-air personal inquiry advertisements of any station in the country.
West Virginia and Regional History Center

Radio Station WMMN, Fairmont Transcription Discs, 1939/1960, bulk 1942/1952

2.6 Linear Feet 2 ft. 7 in. (4 large flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (1 flat storage box, 2 in.); (1 flat storage box, 3 1/2 in.); (1 ft. 1 1/2 in. in a storage cabinet); (1 small collection folder)

Two-hundred and nine (209) transcription disc sound recordings of programming for Radio Station WMMN of Fairmont, West Virginia. The discs include: political speeches and campaign advertisements pertaining to West Virginia elections; public service and information programming; and radio dramas and other entertainment such as plays, music, and interviews. Some national personalities appear in the broadcasts, including Fredric March, Don Knotts, Arthur Godfrey, Fred Allen, and Ray Milland. Also includes a history of radio in West Virginia that had been published in 1939 in the periodical "The West Virginia Review", which includes information on WMMN (in small collection folder).

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Radio Station WMMN, Fairmont Transcription Discs, 1939/1960, bulk 1942/1952 2.6 Linear Feet 2 ft. 7 in. (4 large flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (1 flat storage box, 2 in.); (1 flat storage box, 3 1/2 in.); (1 ft. 1 1/2 in. in a storage cabinet); (1 small collection folder)

WMMN (Radio station : Fairmont, West Virginia)

Two-hundred and nine (209) transcription disc sound recordings of programming for Radio Station WMMN of Fairmont, West Virginia. The discs include: political speeches and campaign advertisements pertaining to West Virginia elections; public service and information programming; and radio dramas and other entertainment such as plays, music, and interviews. Some national personalities appear in the broadcasts, including Fredric March, Don Knotts, Arthur Godfrey, Fred Allen, and Ray Milland. Also includes a history of radio in West Virginia that had been published in 1939 in the periodical "The West Virginia Review", which includes information on WMMN (in small collection folder).

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