Military and Veterans Bands

158th Field Artillery Band

Also documented as: Perry Armory Band · Service Battery C band

Perry1937 documentedNational Guard field-artillery band

Documented history with gaps

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Image status

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Documented overview

An archival photograph shows Service Battery C, 158th Field Artillery, and its band at Perry’s WPA-built armory. The live archival metadata further states: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "In this new armory, built with aid of $52,217.04 WPA funds, the Service battery C, 158th field artillery and band of Perry proudly hold forth."

Documented history with gaps. The record supports a public history, with important limitations stated on the page.

History

Identity and chronology

Leadership

The reviewed evidence for 158th Field Artillery Band does not identify a director, bandmaster, organizer, or complete leadership succession.

Sponsorship and participation

158th Field Artillery Band is treated as a military or veterans ensemble under the unit, post, ship, or veterans affiliation stated in its name and evidence. The packet does not infer a different command relationship or uninterrupted unit lineage.

Military personnel.

Activity

An archival photograph shows Service Battery C, 158th Field Artillery, and its band at Perry’s WPA-built armory. The image is evidence of the depicted occasion or group, not proof of a founding date or continuous operation.

Why this band matters

Connects Oklahoma National Guard music, a local armory, and New Deal construction.

Evidence timeline

What the sources establish

1937 documented
Documented evidence
An archival photograph shows Service Battery C, 158th Field Artillery, and its band at Perry’s WPA-built armory. The live archival metadata further states: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "In this new armory, built with aid of $52,217.04 WPA funds, the Service battery C, 158th field artillery and band of Perry proudly hold forth."
Source 1

Current research decision

What the wording does—and does not—claim

The evidence for 158th Field Artillery Band does not establish uninterrupted continuity across every named period, reorganization, alias, or possible successor. The packet therefore treats 1937 documented as the supported evidence span rather than a complete institutional chronology.

What remains unknown

For 158th Field Artillery Band: establish exact founding, reorganization, hiatus and ending dates; director succession; membership model; major activities; aliases or successors; and image provenance where not already documented.

Evidence

Sources

1 of 1 listed live source link resolved during the September 3, 2026 audit. Gateway metadata checked: Primary: “[Photograph 2012.201.B1017.0360]” — Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "In this new armory, built with aid of $52,217.04 WPA funds, the Service battery C, 158th field artillery and band of Perry proudly hold forth."

The Gateway to Oklahoma History itemhttps://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc567326/

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