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Durant Community Band

Durant1966Community band
Documented history with gaps
Master record030

Image status

Photograph withheld

C: Rights confirmation required — not cleared for publication.

How image decisions work

Documented overview

A June 27, 1966 Oklahoma Times photograph is captioned “The new community band in Durant,” providing direct contemporary evidence that a community band had recently formed there.

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

History

Identity and chronology

A June 27, 1966 Oklahoma Times photograph is captioned “The new community band in Durant,” providing direct contemporary evidence that a community band had recently formed there.

Leadership

No director or officer is identified in the reviewed item.

Sponsorship and participation

The item establishes a community-band identity but does not identify a city department, sponsor, membership rule, or legal organization.

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

Activity

The photograph proves public activity in Durant in June 1966; no later chronology has been located.

Why this band matters

Named Oklahoma community or municipal ensemble with durable evidence (Durant Community Band).

Evidence timeline

What the sources establish

  1. Documented evidence

    A June 27, 1966 Oklahoma Times photograph is captioned “The new community band in Durant,” providing direct contemporary evidence that a community band had recently formed there.

    Source 1

Current research decision

What the wording does—and does not—claim

The record should not be merged with Southeastern Oklahoma State University bands or with any differently named Durant ensemble without new evidence.

What remains unknown

Founding circumstances, personnel, director, venues, and active span are unknown. The packet supports a concise “documented in 1966” entry, not a complete organizational lineage.

Evidence

Sources

OHS/Gateway item metadata and the contemporary caption were checked on 2026-09-03.

  1. The Gateway to Oklahoma History item

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