Fred Graves collection, approximately 1930-1950

Collection

Identifier: 1983-008

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Consists of correspondence from various Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartette Singing in America members to Graves, organization programs, photographs of Graves and/or other performers, song books, and several issues of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartette Singing in America magazine, Re-Chordings.

Dates

Creation: circa 1930-1950

Creator

Graves, Fred, 1929-2018 (Person)

Language

These materials are in English.

Access

This material is open for research use by any registered reader.

Use and Copyright

This material is owned by the University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections. Unpublished manuscripts are under copyright. Therefore, permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from both the repository and the copyright holder.

Biographical / Historical

Graves was a member of the Founding Quartet of the organization now known as the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartette Singing in America (SPEBSQSA); the other members were Frank Rice, Bill Downing, and O.C. Cash, the founder of SPEBSQSA in April 1938.