ohy_coll280.xml Guide to the Woody Hite collection Hite (Woody) collection Oregon Historical Society Research Library 2012
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-09-28. Finding aid is written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. Oregon Historical Society Research Library Woody Hite collection Hite, Woody Coll 280 1 cubic foot 1 document case and 2 oversize folders circa 1919-1988 1937-1955 Photographs, clippings, posters, and ephemera documenting Woody Hite and his big band, who were active in northwestern Oregon from the 1930s and 1940s; the band was revived in the early 1970s by Hite's brother Don Hite. Photographs include images of Duke Ellington and his band in Portland, Oregon, in 1941. English

Collection is open for research.

Acquired November 2011 (Lib. Acc. 27481).

Woody Hite and his big band were musicians active in northwestern Oregon from the 1930s and 1940s. The band was revived in the early 1970s by Hite's brother Don Hite.

Photographs, clippings, posters, and ephemera documenting Woody Hite and his big band. Also includes a phonograph record of the "Top o Scott Band," 1945; three issues of the newsletter "Uptown echoes" for 1941; and photographs of a model quonset hut house, circa 1945. Among the photographs are images of Duke Ellington and his band on their visit to Portland, Oregon, in 1941.

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 Hite, Woody Hite, Don Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974--Photographs Duke Ellington Orchestra--Photographs Big bands--Oregon Musicians--Oregon Music--Oregon Quonset huts--Photographs Portland Performing Arts photographs posters printed ephemera