Oklahoma Musicians

Custer County

Musical history, people, ensembles, photographs, and source material from the Oklahoma Musicians Library.

The musical history of Custer County.

The Oklahoma Musicians Library’s research scope and supporting notes for Custer County.

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Read the full account, chronology, named ensembles and people, source links, and research notes. These library reports reflect their original research passes; related records below may add later evidence.

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19 linked records. Connections follow county names and communities documented in the sources; they do not establish a birthplace, exact historical boundary, or continuous residence.

Photographs and visual sources.

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Mom, We'll Help You With the Piano"
[Photograph 2012.201.B0319.0613]Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Mom, We'll Help You With the Piano"Oklahoma Historical Society / The Gateway to Oklahoma History · Original source
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Beauty spot in Clinton's McLain Rogers, Park, in the southwest section of the city, is this amphitheater with its huge stage and band shell."
[Photograph 2012.201.B0137.0521]Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Beauty spot in Clinton's McLain Rogers, Park, in the southwest section of the city, is this amphitheater with its huge stage and band shell."Oklahoma Historical Society / The Gateway to Oklahoma History · Original source
Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Paula Coy keeps the music coming from the Clinton Band."
[Photograph 2012.201.B0245.0088]Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Paula Coy keeps the music coming from the Clinton Band."Oklahoma Historical Society / The Gateway to Oklahoma History · Original source
Musician

Willie Roberta Emerson Murray

1920s-1963; Southwestern piano professorship and later Oklahoma City music teaching (exact appointment dates not stated)