Historical evidence ·
Bookertee Agricultural College Brass Band
The Black Dispatch identifies J. A. Anderson as bandmaster in 1922. College commencement and an Okmulgee engagement were announced in May and July; completion is unproved. An October report records a completed program at Vernon's A.M.E. church on the previous Saturday, inferred as October 21, 1922.
- Community
- Bookertee
- Historical setting
- Oklahoma
- Ensemble
- institutional/college brass band
- Earliest reviewed evidence
- By 1922-05-11 — brass band advertised for college commencement
- Later reviewed evidence
- 1922-10-21 — completed Vernon program; date calendar-inferred
- People named in the sources
- J. A. Anderson, bandmaster (1922)
What remains uncertain
Earlier and later relationships are not established by the current evidence.
High for identity, bandmaster and completed Vernon performance; medium for the May commencement and July Okmulgee announcements; exact performance outcomes for those announcements remain unproved.
Sources and access
- Oklahoma Historical Society; The Gateway to Oklahoma History — The Black Dispatch, May 11, 1922, p. 8
- Oklahoma Historical Society; The Gateway to Oklahoma History — The Black Dispatch, June 1, 1922, p. 3
- Oklahoma Historical Society; The Gateway to Oklahoma History — The Black Dispatch, July 27, 1922, p. 7
- Oklahoma Historical Society; The Gateway to Oklahoma History — The Black Dispatch, October 26, 1922, p. 3
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