RAY McKINLEY MUSIC AND EPHEMERA COLLECTION, 1945-1994, #635

Container List

Series 2: Ephemera

Subseries 2A: Photographs ca. 1870-1995

Box Folder Contents
50 1 Ray McKinley; publicity and candid shots ca. 1930- 1980
Pre-war bands #1-9  Sample
Ray McKinley Orchestra,1942 #10-12
Glenn Miller AAF Orchestra #13-29 sa OP  Sample
Ray McKinley Orchestra, post-war #30-42  Sample
New Glenn Miller Orchestra #43-46
Post-New Glenn Miller Orchestra #47-48
2 Ray McKinley in performance ca. 1939- 1990
Pre-war bands #1
Ray McKinley Orchestra, 1942 #2-3
Ray McKinely Orchestra, Post-war #4-19
New Glenn Miller Orchestra #20-30
Post-New Glenn Miller Orchestra #31-35
3 Ray McKinley with band ca. 1926-1942 sa OP
Pre-war Bands #1-14
Ray McKinley Orchestra #15-24
4 Ray McKinley with band ca. 1942-1945 sa OP
Glenn Miller AAF Band #1-33  Sample
5 Ray McKinley with band ca. 1946-1990
Ray McKinley Orchestra post-war, Ray with Louis Armstrong #1-2
Ray McKinley Orchestra post-war #3-22
50 6 Ray McKinley with band ca. 1946-1990 sa OP
Ray McKinley Orchestra post-war #1-6
New Glenn Miller Orchestra #7-27
Post-New Glenn Miller Orchestra #28-34
7 Autographed Photographs ca. 1920-1935
Autographed Photographs #1-18
8 Family Portraits/Ray as a child ca. 1870-1935 sa OP
Family Portraits #1-9  Sample
Ray as a child #10(#11 has negatives)-29  Sample
9 McKinley as a young man/ Ray and Gretchen McKinley ca. 1925-1955
Gretchen as a young woman #12-16 Sample
Ray and Gretchen's wedding #17-22
Ray and Gretchen #23-30  Sample
10 Ray and Jawn McKinley/Later Family ca. 1949-1990
Ray and Jawn McKinley #1-10
Later Family #11-34
11 World War II/Marquees/Miscellaneous ca. 1940-1990
World War II--Scenes from Europe #1-15
World War II--McKinley with Friends and Servicemen #16-38
Marquees and Miscellaneous #39-56 Sample#1 and #2
12 Miscellaneous xeroxed pages ca. 1942-1949
Ray McKinley Orchestras, Photographs and news clippings, 1942-1949 #1-14
Xeroxed letter, 1992 #15-16

Oversize Photographs
55 1 Ray McKinley; publicity and candid shots ca 1930-1980
Glenn Miller AAF Orchestra #1
2 Ray McKinley with band ca. 1926-1942
Swanes Southern Serenaders
Jimmy Joy's Orchestra
Beasley-Smith Orchestra
3 Ray McKinley with band ca. 1942-1945
Glenn Miller AAF Band #1-6
4 Ray McKinley with band ca. 1942-1945
Glenn Miller AAF Band #1
5 Ray McKinley with band ca. 1946-1990
New Glenn Miller Orchestra, 1964 Japan Tour #1
6 Ray McKinley as a child
Ray McKinley as a child #1

Subseries 2B: News Clippings and Magazine Articles
51 12 News Clippings and Magazine Articles: 1929-1945

sa Subseries 2A Box 50 Folder 12
13 News Clippings and Magazine Articles: 1946-1955

sa Subseries 2A Box 50 Folder 12
14 News Clippings and Magazine Articles: 1956-1980
15 News Clippings and Magazine Articles: 1981-1995
16 News Clippings and Magazine Articles: Undated
40 9 Oversize News Clippings and Magazine Articles: 1942-1983
oversize folder 1 Oversize News Clippings and Magazine Articles: 1948-1995

Subseries 2C: Correspondence: 1938-1995
52 1 Correspondence: 1938-1971

sa Subseries 2A Box 50 Folder 12
2 Correspondence: 1983-undated

Subseries 2D: Programs and Publicity ca. 1932-1990
52 3 Programs and Publicity: Glenn Miller AAF Band/Ray McKinley Orchestra 1942-1949
4 Programs and Publicity: New Glenn Miller Orchestra
5 Programs and Publicity: Post-New Glenn Miller Orchestra
6 Pre-war Bands
40 9 Oversize Publicity Materials
oversize folder 1 Oversize Publicity Materials

Subseries 2E: Business Records: 1945-1985
52 7 Business Records:1945-1985

Subseries 2F: Biographical Materials 1945-1991
52 8 Biographical Materials 1945-1991

Subseries 2G: Awards and Citations 1944-1996
52 9 Awards and Citations 1944-1996
Menu, dinner for Major Glenn Miller and Members of The American Band of the Allied Expeditionary Forces, 1944
ASCAP Certificate of Membership, 1947
Mississippi State College Bachelor of Music Degree 1948
Contribution to Kennedy inaugural ball, 1961
United States Air Force Museum Supporter, 1981
Air Force Association Honorary Membership, 1985
Letter from General James H. Doolittle citing Air Force Medal of Commendation, 1986
Letter from Arthur Malvin citing Air Force Medal of Commendation, 1986
Disabled American Veterans Commanders Club Membership, 1993
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Certificate of Appreciation, 1996
Citation for Bronze Star Medal
Citation to accompany tribute to Ray McKinley and the Glenn Miller Orchestra
Citation for contribution to Air Force Academy Stadium Fund Drive
Plaque from U.S. Air Force Museum honoring Ray McKinley for leadership of U.S. Air Force Band following death of Major Glenn Miller
52 9 Awards and Citations 1944-1996 (cont'd)
Certificate recording installation of paver honoring Ray McKinley in Military Court of Honor in Largo Central Park, Florida
Certificate recording the planted of a tree in honor of Ray in Israel
55 13 Oversize Awards and Citations 1958-1985
Playboy Magazine All-Star Jazz Poll, 1958
Honorary Deputy Sheriff, Tarrant County, Texas, 1959
Tribute to the Glenn Miller Orchestra, 1960
Air Force Association Certificate of Appreciation, 1985
56 3 Oversize Award
USAF Museum Award, 1976
Oversize folder 1 1985: Autographed Poster, Concert Tribute to Glenn Miller
Oversize folder 2 1990: 80th Birthday Card autographed by members of USAF Museum

Subseries 2H: Audiovisual Materials
Original Discs

53 OD 653.1 New Glenn Miller Orchestra: "So Sweet", "Man On The Street" no date
OD 635.2 Joe Marsala and his Chosen Seven: "Sweet Mama, Papa's Getting Mad", "Chimes Blues" no date
OD 635.3 Joe Marsala and his Chosen Seven: "Walkin' The Dog", "Lazy Daddy" no date
OD 635.4 Ray McKinley and his Orchestra: "You Took Advantage Of Me", "It's Easy To Remember" no date
OD 635.5 Ray McKinley and his Orchestra: "Blue Moon", "My Heart Stood Still" no date
53 OD 635.6 Louis Armstrong and Gordon Jenkins and his Chorus and Orchestra: "Bye and Bye", "The Whiffenpoof Song" no date
OD 635.7 Louis Armstrong and Gary Crosby: "Struttin' With Some Barbecue", "Ko Ko Mo (I Love You)" no date
OD 635.8 Ray McKinley and his Orchestra: "Down The Road Apiece", "Hoodle Addle" no date
OD 635.9 "Peanuts" Hucko Quartet: "Swing That Music", "Stealin' Apples", "You're Mine, You!", "Ain't We Got Fun" no date
OD 635.10 Ray McKinley and his Orchestra: "Celery Stalks At Midnight", "You Remind Me Of Someone" no date
OD 635.11 Ray McKinley and his Orchestra: "Wanderlust Blues", "Crazy Boogie" no date
OD 635.12 Ray McKinley's Jazz Band: "Love In The First Degree", "New Orleans Parade" no date
OD 635.13 Ray McKinley's Jazz Band: "Fingerwave", "Shack In The Back" no date
OD 635.14 Glenn Miller and the Army Air Force Band: "Interview", "With My Head In The Clouds" no date

Subseries 2H: Reference Videotapes
53 RV 635.1 Big Bands at Disneyland, no date
RV 635.2 Glenn Miller Time, August 14, 1961

August 16, 1961

Wright Patterson Air Force Band, August, 1990
RV 635.3 Glenn Miller AAF Awards, August 16, 1986

Glenn Miller Alumni Band Concert, Syndey, Australia, December, 1985
RV 635.4 In The Miller Mood, 1984

Subseries 2H: Original Tapes
54 OT7 635.1 "Eddie Sauter" no date
54 OT7 635.2 "Green: Theme and In The Mood.....Easy To Love"

"Red: Lullaby Of Birdland...Arizay" no date
OT7 635.3 "Jan Turzy Trio, July, 57, Marine Bar Recording--with 'Rich In Love'"
OT7 635.4 "Ray McKinley and his Orchestra at the Riverboat, CBS net, December 12, 1969"

"10/18/69, 10/19/69"
OT7 635.5 "Ray McKinley and his Orchestra at the Riverboat, CBS net, December 19, 1969"
OT7 635.6 "Air Force: 'Did You Ever Get That Feeling In The Moonlight...All The Things You Are'" no date
OT7 635.7 "4th Set 1/16/70, Riverboat, 1st Set 1/17/70, Riverboat"
OT7 635.8 Unidentified, no date
OT7 635.9 Unidentified, no date

Series 3: Miscellaneous
52 10 Miscellaneous: Discography, 1988
11 Miscellaneous: "The Other Music City": book by P.J. (Paul) Broome and Clay Tucker, 1990
12 Miscellaneous 1943-1993
Musician's Union Card, 1993
Souvenir Cards: Ray McKinley and His Orchestra ca. 1946
Selective Service Card, 1945
Souvenir Autograph Cards: Ray McKinley
Air Travel Reciept, 1954
Rough Draft of Speech, McKinley, 1985
Discography: "Glenn Miller Army Air Force Orchestra: July, 1943- November 1945"
Christmas Card, ca. 1944
Autographed Menu: Amalfi Italian Restaurant, 1954
Notes: "Recommendations to U.S. State Dept. (Cultural Exchange) following trip to Poland and Yugolavia" ca. 1954
Fragment of speech or letter ca. 1980
Composition: Letter to Ray from Walter T. Murphy, 1961
Copy of postcard/autographed card from Louis Armstrong
Speech at Air Force Reunion, Arthur Malvin, 1986
Address List, Schedule, Itinerary, 1986
New Glenn Miller Orchestra Japan Tour Itinerary, 1964
Ticket Jacket, tour to Japan, 1964
Listing of boxes of books by title, prepared for moving to Canada, no date
52 12 Miscellaneous
Copy of Humor Article on the history of music, no date
Poem by Ray: "Warning to You", parody of "The Night Before Christmas", no date
England tour itinerary, 1958
Copy of envelope for Glenn Miller Band ephemera, April, 1982
13 Miscellaneous: Military Records, 1945-1957
Veterans Administration Certificate of Eligibility, 1949
Copy of certificate of honorable discharge, 1957
List of recipients of bronze star medal, 1945
Original Certificate of honorable discharge, 1945
Copy of list of recipients of bronze star medal, no date
Copy of certificate of honorable discharge, no date
Copy and original of citation for bronze star medal, no date
Envelope for certificate of honorable discharge, 1945
14 Miscellaneous: Album Contents: USAF Guest Artist Series, 1989
15 Miscellaneous: Scripts and transcripts from Entertainment TV shows, ABC, 1951
55 14 Stencils: "Ray McKinley Orchestra"
15 Photo album: Early years
56 1 Photo album: Japan Tour, Kyoto performance, 1964
2 Photo album from Yugoslavia, 1957

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