Autograph book
Scope and Contents
Red, faux leather-covered autograph book with 24 signed, unlined pages; the remaining pages blank. All autographs have been identified and noted by Dick Tenney. Some autographs include hand-drawn, colored sketches and/or sentiments. Names include:
Pee-Wee Hunt. Feb 11, 1950.
Frank Parker. Jack Kramer, Bobby Riggs, Pancho Gonzales. 18 Feb 1950.
Edgar A. Guest. 25 Feb 1950.
Kent Curtis. 21 Jul 1950.
Stan Kenton, Sheely Manne. 2 Oct 1950.
Louie Bellson, Harry James. 16 Oct 1950.
Prince Otto of Austrian-Hungary. 8 Nov 1950.
Charlie Spivak, Bobby Ricky. 7 Dec 1950.
Leon McAuliffe, Johnnie Lee Wills. 19 Dec 1950.
Sunny Igoe, Woody Herman. 309 Jan 1951.
Les Brown. 12 Feb 1951.
"Goose" Tatum. 18 Feb 1951.
Paul Lavalle. 21 Mar 1951.
Frankie Carle. 2 Apr 1951.
Tommy Dorsey, Charlie Shavers. 16 Apr 1951.
Capt. C.E. Whiting. 19 Apr 1951.
Sammy Kaye. 31 May 1951.
Tex Beneke. 7 Sept 1951.
Wallace Hughes. 12 Ot 1951.
Basil Rathbone. 6 Nov 1951.
Arthur Rubenstein. 7 Jan 1952.
Rafael Mendez. 13 Mar 1952.
Peggy Dow. 15 Mar 1952.
Indeciferable signature.
Dates
- Creation: Undated
Creator
- From the Collection: Tenney, John Richard, 1935-1962 (Person)
Access
This material is open for research use by any registered reader. This material is housed off-site and will require 2 business days advanced notice for use.
Extent
1 item : Hardbound autograph book. ; 12 x 15.5 x 1.8 cm
Language of Materials
English
Subject
- Hunt, Walter Gerhardt "Pee Wee", 1907-1979 (Person)
- Gonzáles, Pancho, 1928-1995 (Person)
- Riggs, Bobby, 1918-1995 (Person)
- Kramer, Jack, 1921-2009 (Person)
- Parker, Frank, 1916-1997 (Person)
- Guest, Edgar A. (Albert), 1881-1959 (Person)
- Curtis, Ken, 1916-1991 (Person)
- Kenton, Stanley Newcomb, 1911-1979 (Person)
- Manne, Sheldon "Sheely", 1920-1984 (Person)
- Dow, Peggy, 1928- (Person)
- Bellson, Louie, 1924-2009 (Person)
- James, Harry, 1916-1983 (Person)
- Habsburg, Otto von, 1912-2011 (Person)
- Spivak, Charlie, approximately 1905-1982 (Person)
- McAuliffe, Leon, 1917-1988 (Person)
- Igoe, Sonny (Owen Joseph), 1923-2012 (Person)
- Herman, Woody, 1913-1987 (Person)
- Brown, Les, 1912-2001 (Person)
- Tatum, Reese "Goose", 1921-1967 (Person)
- Lavalle, Paul, 1908-1997 (Person)
- Carle, Frankie, 1903-2001 (Person)
- Dorsey, Tommy (Thomas Francis), 1905-1956 (Person)
- Shavers, Charlie, 1920-1971 (Person)
- Whiting, C. E., Captain (Person)
- Kaye, Sammy, 1910-1987 (Person)
- Beneke, Tex (Gordon Lee), 1914-2000 (Person)
- Hughes, Wallace (Person)
- Rathbone, Basil, 1892-1967 (Person)
- Rubinstein, Arthur, 1887-1982 (Person)
- Méndez, Rafael, 1906-1981 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives Repository
McFarlin Library
University of Tulsa
2933 E. 6th St
Tulsa 74104-3123 USA
(918) 631-2496
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