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Norman Band

Also documented as: Norman Cornet Band

NormanActive by January 1906Town or civic band
Documented history with gaps
Master record153
Newspaper clipping from The Oklahoman, January 16, 1906, page 2, documenting Norman Band; Edmond Band; Oklahoma City Band; University of Oklahoma Band; Crescent Band; Enid Band; Perkins Band; Mulhall Band; Medford Band; Tonkawa Preparatory School Band; Rough Riders brass band.

Qualified contemporary evidence

Inaugural-day report

The report describes town delegations and their bands at Guthrie, distinguishes the University of Oklahoma and Tonkawa school bands, and records a concert by the Oklahoma City Band.

The source securely documents the named reference; broader organizational continuity remains unresolved.

The Oklahoman, January 16, 1906, p. 2. Oklahoma Digital Newspaper Program, Oklahoma Historical Society, via The Gateway to Oklahoma History.

NEWS-033 · Medium confidence · 1448 × 3787 JPEG

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

An inaugural-day report says a Norman Band met the Oklahoma City delegation at Guthrie. The same article separately names the University of Oklahoma Band, indicating two distinct ensembles.; A 1892 item uses Norman Cornet Band; a 1906 report distinguishes the Norman Band from the University of Oklahoma Band.

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

History

Identity and chronology

An inaugural-day report says a Norman Band met the Oklahoma City delegation at Guthrie. The same article separately names the University of Oklahoma Band, indicating two distinct ensembles.; A 1892 item uses Norman Cornet Band; a 1906 report distinguishes the Norman Band from the University of Oklahoma Band.

Leadership

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

Sponsorship and participation

Norman Band is treated as a community or municipal band because the evidence ties it to Norman. Municipal ownership, public funding, and organizational continuity are not inferred from a town name alone.

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

Activity

An inaugural-day report says a Norman Band met the Oklahoma City delegation at Guthrie. The same article separately names the University of Oklahoma Band, indicating two distinct ensembles.; A 1892 item uses Norman Cornet Band; a 1906 report distinguishes the Norman Band from the University of Oklahoma Band.

Why this band matters

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

Evidence timeline

What the sources establish

  1. Documented evidence

    An inaugural-day report says a Norman Band met the Oklahoma City delegation at Guthrie. The same article separately names the University of Oklahoma Band, indicating two distinct ensembles.; A 1892 item uses Norman Cornet Band; a 1906 report distinguishes the Norman Band from the University of Oklahoma Band.

    Source 1

Primary-source images

Newspaper evidence

These article images document the named band or event. They are evidence pages, not standalone photographs of the ensemble.

Newspaper clipping from The Weekly Times Journal, January 19, 1906, page 6, documenting Norman Band; Edmond Band; Oklahoma City Band; University of Oklahoma Band; Crescent Band; Enid Band; Perkins Band; Mulhall Band; Medford Band; Tonkawa Preparatory School Band; Rough Riders brass band.

Corroborating reprint

Inaugural-day report, reprint

A reprint of the Guthrie inaugural-day report repeats the town, university, preparatory-school, and Rough Riders band references.

This reprints the inaugural-day report represented by NEWS-033 and is not counted as an independent event.

The Weekly Times Journal, January 19, 1906, p. 6. Oklahoma Digital Newspaper Program, Oklahoma Historical Society, via The Gateway to Oklahoma History.

NEWS-039 · High confidence · 2435 × 3724 JPEG

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.

Open full-resolution article imageGateway citation guidance
Newspaper clipping from The Daily Oklahoman, November 12, 1907, page 3, documenting Norman Band; University of Oklahoma Band.

Operational evidence

Norman Band; University of Oklahoma Band

The Norman Band and University of Oklahoma Band are named separately.

The Daily Oklahoman, November 12, 1907, p. 3. Oklahoma Digital Newspaper Program, Oklahoma Historical Society, via The Gateway to Oklahoma History.

NEWS-081 · High confidence · 2707 × 3105 JPEG

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.

Open full-resolution article imageGateway citation guidance
Newspaper clipping from The Norman Transcript, June 11, 1892, page 5, documenting Norman Cornet Band.

Qualified contemporary evidence

Norman Cornet Band

The Norman Cornet Band is documented in 1892; continuity with later Norman Band usage remains unresolved.

The source securely documents the named reference; broader organizational continuity remains unresolved.

The Norman Transcript, June 11, 1892, p. 5. Oklahoma Digital Newspaper Program, Oklahoma Historical Society, via The Gateway to Oklahoma History.

NEWS-129 · Medium confidence · 2642 × 994 JPEG

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.

Open full-resolution article imageGateway citation guidance

Current research decision

What the wording does—and does not—claim

Establish formal name, adult membership, director, active span, and any relationship to the Norman Ladies Band. Until that issue is resolved, the packet uses the narrowest chronology and identity stated in the evidence.

What remains unknown

Establish formal name, adult membership, director, active span, and any relationship to the Norman Ladies Band.

Evidence

Sources

The controlling project citation was reconciled in the saved source corpus (The Oklahoman, 1906-01-16 p.2; The Weekly Times-Journal, 1906-01-19 p.6; User-supplied newspaper corpus: NEWS-081, NEWS-129). No live item URL was available for this packet.

  1. The Oklahoman, 1906-01-16 p.2; The Weekly Times-Journal, 1906-01-19 p.6; User-supplied newspaper corpus: NEWS-081, NEWS-129

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