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Akdar Temple Band

Also documented as: Akdar Band · Akdar Shrine Band · Akdar Temple Shrine Band

TulsaDocumented 1915 and June 1920Shrine or fraternal band
Documented history with gaps
Master record047
Newspaper clipping from The Daily Ardmoreite, June 3, 1920, page 1, documenting Akdar Temple Shrine Band.

Operational evidence

Akdar Temple Shrine Band

The Akdar Temple Shrine Band is documented in public activity.

The Daily Ardmoreite, June 3, 1920, p. 1. Oklahoma Digital Newspaper Program, Oklahoma Historical Society, via The Gateway to Oklahoma History.

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Underlying newspaper issue published before 1923; public-domain publication. Oklahoma Digital Newspaper Program, Oklahoma Historical Society, and Gateway credit retained under current Gateway citation guidance.

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Documented overview

Tulsa archival photographs identify the Akdar Band in 1915 and the Akdar Temple Band at the Shriners’ Imperial Council session in Portland in June 1920. Contemporary wording also supports the Shrine-band identity.

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

History

Identity and chronology

Tulsa archival photographs identify the Akdar Band in 1915 and the Akdar Temple Band at the Shriners’ Imperial Council session in Portland in June 1920. Contemporary wording also supports the Shrine-band identity.

Leadership

No bandmaster or officer has been securely identified in the reviewed item records.

Sponsorship and participation

The ensemble was affiliated with Tulsa’s Akdar Temple of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, a fraternal organization.

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

Activity

The two dated records establish local existence in 1915 and travel to a national fraternal gathering in 1920.

Why this band matters

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

Evidence timeline

What the sources establish

  1. Documented evidence

    Tulsa archival photographs identify the Akdar Band in 1915 and the Akdar Temple Band at the Shriners’ Imperial Council session in Portland in June 1920. Contemporary wording also supports the Shrine-band identity.

    Source 1

Current research decision

What the wording does—and does not—claim

The Akdar Temple Band is not an earlier name for the Tulsa Community Band. Any overlap of individual musicians does not establish organizational succession.

What remains unknown

Founding and closing dates, director succession, membership rules, and a fuller performance chronology remain enrichment questions.

Evidence

Sources

Museum of Tulsa History item material and the controlling Tulsa newspaper dossier were reconciled on 2026-09-03.

  1. Tulsahistory sourceMuseum of Tulsa History - band 1.pdf, PDF page 13; catalog Museum 2021.001.144; TCCL 1676; User-supplied newspaper corpus: NEWS-072

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