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Oklahoma U.C.T. Band

Also documented as: Oklahoma United Commercial Travelers Band, probable expansion

Oklahoma; exact city not establishedDocumented October 1899Fraternal or occupational band
Documented history with gaps
Master record151
Newspaper clipping from The Guthrie Daily Leader, October 30, 1899, page 1, documenting Oklahoma City Band; Shawnee Band; Oklahoma U.C.T. Band; Vaman's Band of Winfield.

Qualified contemporary evidence

No Band Contest

Rain canceled the Guthrie contest. The $250 purse was divided between the Shawnee and Oklahoma U.C.T. bands, the only official entrants. The Oklahoma City Band received praise but no award; the Winfield band was a visitor.

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

The Guthrie Daily Leader, October 30, 1899, p. 1. 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 Guthrie contest report identifies the Oklahoma U.C.T. Band as one of two official entrants and says it shared the rain-shortened contest purse with the Shawnee Band.

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

History

Identity and chronology

A Guthrie contest report identifies the Oklahoma U.C.T. Band as one of two official entrants and says it shared the rain-shortened contest purse with the Shawnee Band.

Leadership

The reviewed evidence for Oklahoma U.C.T. Band does not identify a director, bandmaster, organizer, or complete leadership succession.

Sponsorship and participation

Oklahoma U.C.T. Band is classified by its documented fraternal or occupational band identity. The affiliation is reported as an organizational context, not as proof of legal ownership, continuous funding, or a successor relationship.

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

Activity

A Guthrie contest report identifies the Oklahoma U.C.T. Band as one of two official entrants and says it shared the rain-shortened contest purse with the Shawnee Band.

Why this band matters

Named sponsored organization documenting Oklahoma civic, occupational, fraternal, or institutional music.

Evidence timeline

What the sources establish

  1. Documented evidence

    A Guthrie contest report identifies the Oklahoma U.C.T. Band as one of two official entrants and says it shared the rain-shortened contest purse with the Shawnee Band.

    Source 1

Current research decision

What the wording does—and does not—claim

Expand U.C.T. from a period source, identify the sponsoring council and home city, and find additional activity. Until that issue is resolved, the packet uses the narrowest chronology and identity stated in the evidence.

What remains unknown

Expand U.C.T. from a period source, identify the sponsoring council and home city, and find additional activity.

Evidence

Sources

The controlling project citation was reconciled in the saved source corpus (The Guthrie Daily Leader, 1899-10-30 p.1). No live item URL was available for this packet.

  1. The Guthrie Daily Leader, 1899-10-30 p.1

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