School and Youth Bands

Enid High School Band

Also documented as: Enid High Marching Band

EnidPhotographed in the 1950sPublic-school band
Documented history with gaps
Master record208

Image status

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Documented overview

An archival photograph identifies the Enid High School Band in a parade.

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

History

Identity and chronology

An archival photograph identifies the Enid High School Band in a parade.

Leadership

The reviewed evidence for Enid High School Band does not identify a director, bandmaster, organizer, or complete leadership succession.

Sponsorship and participation

Enid High School Band is treated as a school, youth, cadet, scout, agency, or honor-band subject under the approved educational collection. Historical membership is described only to the level the sources establish.

Student ensemble.

Activity

An archival photograph identifies the Enid High School Band in a parade. The image is evidence of the depicted occasion or group, not proof of a founding date or continuous operation.

Why this band matters

Direct archival witness to a mid-century northern Oklahoma school band.

Evidence timeline

What the sources establish

  1. Documented evidence

    An archival photograph identifies the Enid High School Band in a parade.

    Source 1

Current research decision

What the wording does—and does not—claim

The evidence for Enid High School Band does not establish uninterrupted continuity across every named period, reorganization, alias, or possible successor. The packet therefore treats Photographed in the 1950s as the supported evidence span rather than a complete institutional chronology.

What remains unknown

For Enid High School 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: “Enid High School Band in a Parade” — Enid High School Band

  1. The Gateway to Oklahoma History itemhttps://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc963109/

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