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Oklahoma Brass Band

Oklahoma City, probableOrganized April 1902Civic brass band
Documented history with gaps
Master record149
Newspaper clipping from The Oklahoman, April 7, 1902, page 7, documenting Oklahoma Brass Band; Proposed ladies' band under Professor Wells.

Operational evidence

Oklahoma Brass Band

Professor Wells's band formed a permanent organization after its third rehearsal. The article gives a full instrumental roster and names George L. Stiles, George P. Stonum, and J. W. Blackwell as officers. A ladies' band was also being considered.

The Oklahoman, April 7, 1902, p. 7. 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

A contemporary report says Professor Wells's band became a permanent organization after its third rehearsal and supplies a detailed roster by instrument plus elected officers.

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

History

Identity and chronology

A contemporary report says Professor Wells's band became a permanent organization after its third rehearsal and supplies a detailed roster by instrument plus elected officers.

Leadership

A contemporary report says Professor Wells's band became a permanent organization after its third rehearsal and supplies a detailed roster by instrument plus elected officers.

Sponsorship and participation

Oklahoma Brass Band is treated as a community or municipal band because the evidence ties it to Oklahoma City, probable. 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

A contemporary report says Professor Wells's band became a permanent organization after its third rehearsal and supplies a detailed roster by instrument plus elected officers.

Why this band matters

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

Evidence timeline

What the sources establish

  1. Documented evidence

    A contemporary report says Professor Wells's band became a permanent organization after its third rehearsal and supplies a detailed roster by instrument plus elected officers.

    Source 1

Current research decision

What the wording does—and does not—claim

Confirm that the item was local to Oklahoma City, identify Professor Wells fully, and determine the relationship to other Oklahoma City bands. Until that issue is resolved, the packet uses the narrowest chronology and identity stated in the evidence.

What remains unknown

Confirm that the item was local to Oklahoma City, identify Professor Wells fully, and determine the relationship to other Oklahoma City bands.

Evidence

Sources

The controlling project citation was reconciled in the saved source corpus (The Oklahoman, 1902-04-07 p.7). No live item URL was available for this packet.

  1. The Oklahoman, 1902-04-07 p.7

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