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Collection 674 Robert & Laurie Gentry Collection Inventory Box Folder Description ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Box 1 1 General information about Robert Gentry 2 Interview of Horace Logan at home in Seadrift, TX (4 tapes & transcription) 3 Johnny Horton song book (copy) 4 Claude King information 5 German Battleship Bismark information 6 Skyline Club 7 Johnny Horton album covers 8 Charlie “Cat” Canfield 9 Interview with Billy Walker 10 Researched list of Hank Williams show dates 11 Country Song Roundup magazine – March 1976 12 Johnnie & Jack booklet from CD album 13 Screen shots from Johnny Horton Johnny Reb promotion video 14 Photos of Hank Williams posters and list of Hank Williams publications 15 Photos of Hank Williams items on display at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center 16 Photo of Robert Gentry, Glen Sutton and Merle Kilgore at Tillman Franks book signing 17 Photos (copies) of Johnny Horton fishing trip in Florida 18 Photo of Jay Chevallier speaking at Long seminar 19 Photos of a group that toured Municipal Auditorium 1 Collection 674 Robert & Laurie Gentry Collection Inventory Box Folder Description ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20 Photos of Tillman Franks book signing 21 Photos of Johnny Horton Ed Sullivan ad, album covers, Austin Skyline Club memento, Cormac record, red vinyl record (CD) 22 Photocopy of How to Write & Sell Songs by Hank Williams and Jimmy Rule (CD) 23 Johnny Horton material from Harry Gueck in Germany: album covers, promotional material, etc. (CD and floppy disk) 24 Old Fireball fishing lures (photo and floppy disk) 25 Shreveport photos from eBay (floppy disk) 26 Horace Logan (six 35mm negatives) 27 Ole Fireball fishing lures (sixteen 35mm negatives) 28 Tillman Franks (four 35mm negatives) Box 2 Artists / Musicians/ Groups 29 Betty Amos 30 Gene Austin 31 Bailes Brothers 32 The Browns 33 George Carlin 34 The Carlisles 35 Johnny Cash 36 Van Cliburn 37 Floyd Cramer 2 Collection 674 Robert & Laurie Gentry Collection Inventory Box Folder Description ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Box 2 (continued) 38 T. Tommy Cutrer 39 Jimmie Davis 40 Pop Echols 41 Tibby Edwards 42 Cousin Emmy 43 Bob Gallion 44 Harold & Carl Gay 45 Eddie Giles 46 Jerry Hawkins 47 W. K. Henderson 48 Goldie Hill 49 Tommy Hill 50 Johnny Horton 51 David Houston 52 Shot Jackson 53 Jazz and Blues Heritage 54 Johnnie & Jack 55 Buddy Jones & his band 56 George Jones 57 Claude King 3 Collection 674 Robert & Laurie Gentry Collection Inventory Box Folder Description ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 58 Huddie “Leadbelly “ Ledbetter 59 Jimmy Lee 60 Hank Locklin 61 Horace Logan 62 Maddox Brothers & Rose 63 Jimmy Martin 64 Johnny Mathis 65 Bill Nettles 66 James O’Gwynn 67 Pelican Wildcats 68 Webb Pierce 69 Elvis Presley 70 Felton Pruett 71 Jim Reeves 72 Tex Ritter 73 Johnny Seay 74 Harmie Smith 75 Kenny Wayne Shepherd 76 Red Sovine 77 Mitchell Torok 4 Collection 674 Robert & Laurie Gentry Collection Inventory Box Folder Description ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 78 Billy Walker 79 Kitty Wells 80 Slim Whitman 81 Wilburn Brothers 82 Hank Williams, Jr. 83 Hank Williams, Sr. 84 Faron Young Miscellaneous Files 85 Bonnie & Clyde 86 Famous people who lived in Shreveport 87 Stan Lewis 88 Annie McCune succession and will 89 Municipal Auditorium 90 Ram Records 91 Photos not related to music 92 Southern Maid Donuts 93 Sports figures from the Shreveport area 94 Unidentified photos 95 Notes 5 Collection 674 Robert & Laurie Gentry Collection Inventory Box Folder Description ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Box 3 Interviews re: Hank Williams (cassettes) Jim Shearer & Jim Reeder of Hatch Show Print ca. 2000 Tillman Franks June 14, 1995 Hillous Berton Aug. 18, 2000 The Legend of Hank Williams (2 cassettes) u.d. Clyde Baum June 29, 1981 Billy Walker (re: Johnny Horton and Hank Williams) Jan. 6, 2000 Frank Page (3 sides of 2 cassettes) u.d. Turn Your Radio On with Cousin Minnie Pearl (1 side) March 10, 1988 Sonny Trammel July 3, 2007 Claude King (2 cassettes) u.d. Don Davis July 9, 2007 Sonny Harville July 10, 2007 Box 4 Interviews and music (cassettes) Hank Thompson (on Johnny Horton and Louisiana Hayride) April 4, 2002 John Perkins u.d. Jay Thompson (on Johnny Horton) u.d. Buddy Holly, Iris DeMent, Johnny Horton, Jim Reeves, Merle Kilgore, cut from North to Alaska, cut from NDR radio, U.S. Army Recruiters Johnny Horton, Louisiana Hayride Louisiana Hayride – Johnny Horton 9/20/1958, Elvis 1955, Jim Reeves 1955 Johnny Horton 1955 (2 cassettes) Johnny Horton material from Germany Feb. 18, 2002 Radio Special re: Johnny Horton, Hamburg, Germany 1980 & 1985 Dorothy Jones Moore, Tracy Pitcox, Tony Douglas Re: Louisiana and Johnny Horton June 26, 2001 Len Ellis, Dave Stone July 15, 2000 Robin Hood Brians u.d. Johnny Horton at the Louisiana Hayride and more u.d. 6 Collection 674 Robert & Laurie Gentry Collection Inventory Box Folder Description ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Box 5 Interviews re: Johnny Horton (cassettes) Ann Stuckey Jan. 11, 1999 Tommy & Debbie Horton Aug. 25, 2001 Howard Wellborn, Tom & Bill Perryman (2 copies) June 25 & June 27, 2001 Stanley Oberst June 13, 2001 Buddy Spaugh & the 4 Bs - Remembering Johnny Horton Jan. 3, 2002 Tommy Bishop Aug. 12, 2007 Charline Arthur u.d. Claude King Feb. 10, 2000 Dale Hawkins, Bill Mack Aug. 13, 2001 Johnny Wright, Robyn Young, Ernie Manulito Aug. 30, 2001 Don Sim Dec. 1, 2001 Jerry Hope, Bonnie Meek, Doyle Toney Dec. 4, 2001 Marie Horton Jones Dec. 3, 2001 Frank Horton Jan. 9, 2001 Marie Horton Jones Jan. 19, 2002 Marie & Frank Horton Sept. 25, 1999 Don Helms June 15, 2002 Harry Williams Jan. 9, 2002 Frank Page, Pee Wee Moufrie, Don Helms Jan. 15. 2002 Harry Williams, Hope Moore Shelton Jan. 25, 2002 John Perkins n.d. Marie Horton Jones Oct. 26, Nov. 16, Dec. 3, 2001 Tom Perryman interviewed by Tillman Franks May 24, 1999 Tommy Bishop (“my voice only”) u.d. Charlene Grace, Steve Ripley, Mrs. Donald Malarcher, Jay Thompson, Donald Matlock, Aug. 3 – Oct. 31, 2001 Darlene Worrell June 20, 2001 Dido Rowley Nov. 15, 1999 Claude King ? “I Remember Johnny” u.d. 7 Collection 674 Robert & Laurie Gentry Collection Inventory Box Folder Description ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Box 6 Interviews re: Johnny Horton (cassettes) Brother Dennis Ivey June 11, 2001 Eli Haydel u.d. Charlie Phillips- Johnny Horton & starting Louisiana Hayride u.d. Jeannette Hicks u.d. Bob Stegall, Leon Pain, Jr. Nov. 10, 1999 Jurgen Koop Jan. 10, 2002 Herman Cain, Frankie Evans, Delores Northern, Merle Patterson, Jay Riley June 30, 2002 Marie Horton Dec. 1999 Jay Thompson u.d. Don Sim u.d. Claude Gray June 25, 2001 Joe Tomlinson Aug. 4, 2001 Tracy Pitcox, Dido Rowley, Vernon Derrick Aug. 8 – 20, 2001 Bob Stegall, Tommy Bishop Aug. 27 – 30, 2001 Dido Rowley, Mary Koop, Jurgen Koop Jan. 10, 2002 Marie Horton Jones Dec. 1999 Jay Thompson, Cat Canfield, Leon Carter, Buddy Keith, Bob Sullivan, Kenneth Croom Jr. & Sr. Sept. 24 – Oct 1, 2001 Mrs. Donald Malarcher, Jeannette Hicks, Tommy Bishop July 2 – 9, 2001 O. D. Cox, Clint Mayme Holmes, Mrs. Donald Malarcher July 9-13, 2001 Dido Rowley June 14, 2001 Slick & Betty Norris July 6, 2001 Marie Horton Jones Feb. 28, 2000 Open Mike (?) - Alfice Brumley on (Gail?) April 14, 1995 Bob Sullivan – Hayride Memories u.d. Bob Sullivan – Interview regarding Louisiana Hayride (2 cassettes) u.d. Charlie Phillips – Louisiana Hayride Aug. 24, 2001 8 Collection 674 Robert & Laurie Gentry Collection Inventory Box Folder Description ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Box 7 Music (cassettes) British Forces Broadcasting Services (BFBS) broadcasts (2 cassettes) 1980-1981 Army Radio Transcriptions – Country Hoedown , U.S. Army Recruiters, Ashokan Farewell/Sullivan Ballou Letter u.d. Transcriptions from various radio stations KSAN (San Francisco), WKMH (Dearborn), WIBG (Philadelphia) 1955 – 1957 WIL (St. Louis), KGFJ (Los Angeles), WKBW (Buffalo) 1958 – 1960 WMEX (Boston), KLIF (Dallas), WMCA (New York) 1961 – 1963 Darwin Lee’s Real Hillbilly Music Show (WHVW - AM) (2 cassettes) Sept. 14, 2003 Tugboat Jerry (Jack Greene, Leon Rhodes) Remembering Ernest Tubb 1985 The Chuck Wagon Gang – Family Tradition u.d. Tommy Horton Sings: The Electrified Donkey u.d. W. C. Taylor, Jr. – God, Family & Friends 1994 Charlie “Cat” Canfield – Keep It Country Album No. 1 1997 A Rockin’ Date with South Louisiana Stars 1981 Balfa Toujours – Pop, tu me parles tonjous 1993 Jo-El Sonnier – Have a Little Faith 1989 Jo-El Sonnier – Cajun Pride 1997 9 Collection 674 Robert & Laurie Gentry Collection Inventory Box Folder Description ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Box 8 Music and Photographs on other Media 7 inch. Magnetic Tape Reel Songs of Hank Williams – Christmas Show 1959 5 inch Magnetic
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