Fraternal, Workplace, and Institutional Bands

Woodmen of the World Band

TishomingoSeptember 1916Fraternal band

Documented history with gaps

Master record054

Image status

Photograph withheld

C: Rights confirmation required — not cleared for publication.

How image decisions work

Documented overview

An OHS catalog record identifies the Tishomingo Woodmen of the World Band, dates the photograph, and lists many players and instruments.

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

History

Identity and chronology

An OHS catalog record identifies the Tishomingo Woodmen of the World Band, dates the photograph, and lists many players and instruments.

Leadership

The reviewed evidence for Woodmen of the World Band does not identify a director, bandmaster, organizer, or complete leadership succession.

Sponsorship and participation

Woodmen of the World Band is classified by its documented fraternal 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

An OHS catalog record identifies the Tishomingo Woodmen of the World Band, dates the photograph, and lists many players and instruments. The image is evidence of the depicted occasion or group, not proof of a founding date or continuous operation.

Why this band matters

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

Evidence timeline

What the sources establish

September 1916
Documented evidence
An OHS catalog record identifies the Tishomingo Woodmen of the World Band, dates the photograph, and lists many players and instruments.
Source 1

Current research decision

What the wording does—and does not—claim

The evidence for Woodmen of the World Band does not establish uninterrupted continuity across every named period, reorganization, alias, or possible successor. The packet therefore treats September 1916 as the supported evidence span rather than a complete institutional chronology.

What remains unknown

For Woodmen of the World Band: confirm founding and closing dates, directors, membership, sponsorship, performances, and any successor organization from primary sources.

Evidence

Sources

The controlling project citation was reconciled in the saved source corpus (Oklahoma Historical Society - Bands.pdf, PDF page 6; catalog 2013.014 / 20288.74.104.10). No live item URL was available for this packet.

5143 sourceOklahoma Historical Society - Bands.pdf, PDF page 6; catalog 2013.014 / 20288.74.104.10

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