Fraternal, Workplace, and Institutional Bands

Akdar Shrine Drum Corps

Tulsa1950sShrine drum corps

Documented history with gaps

Master record050

Image status

Photograph withheld

C: Rights confirmation required — not cleared for publication.

How image decisions work

Documented overview

A Beryl Ford Collection photograph identifies the Akdar Shrine Drum Corps performing in the 1950s and distinguishes it from the shrine's marching band.

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

History

Identity and chronology

A Beryl Ford Collection photograph identifies the Akdar Shrine Drum Corps performing in the 1950s and distinguishes it from the shrine's marching band.

Leadership

The reviewed evidence for Akdar Shrine Drum Corps does not identify a director, bandmaster, organizer, or complete leadership succession.

Sponsorship and participation

Akdar Shrine Drum Corps is classified by its documented shrine drum corps identity. The affiliation is reported as an organizational context, not as proof of legal ownership, continuous funding, or a successor relationship.

Adult or plausibly adult; exact participation model may remain unverified.

Activity

A Beryl Ford Collection photograph identifies the Akdar Shrine Drum Corps performing in the 1950s and distinguishes it from the shrine's marching band. The image is evidence of the depicted occasion or group, not proof of a founding date or continuous operation.

Why this band matters

Named sponsored organization documenting Oklahoma civic, occupational, fraternal, or institutional music.

Evidence timeline

What the sources establish

1950s
Documented evidence
A Beryl Ford Collection photograph identifies the Akdar Shrine Drum Corps performing in the 1950s and distinguishes it from the shrine's marching band.
Source 1

Current research decision

What the wording does—and does not—claim

The evidence for Akdar Shrine Drum Corps does not establish uninterrupted continuity across every named period, reorganization, alias, or possible successor. The packet therefore treats 1950s as the supported evidence span rather than a complete institutional chronology.

What remains unknown

For Akdar Shrine Drum Corps: confirm founding and closing dates, directors, membership, sponsorship, performances, and any successor organization from primary sources.

Evidence

Sources

1 of 1 listed live source link resolved during the September 3, 2026 audit.

Digitalcollections sourceTulsa Library - band.pdf, PDF page 6; catalog TCCL 1682 / accession A0527

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