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Oklahoma American Band of Arnett

A September 1915 newspaper report identifies a sixteen-instrument Oklahoma American Band of Arnett, led by instructor A. E. Williams, engaged for three days at Enid's Cherokee Strip anniversary and for the Ellis County Fair.; A 1912 concert report supplies additional contemporary performance evidence.

Oklahoma American Band of Arnett Christmas concert
Oklahoma American Band of Arnett Christmas concert · Original source

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People and leadership

A September 1915 newspaper report identifies a sixteen-instrument Oklahoma American Band of Arnett, led by instructor A.

Community and organization

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

Reading the evidence

The evidence for Oklahoma American Band of Arnett does not establish uninterrupted continuity across every named period, reorganization, alias, or possible successor. The packet therefore treats Documented September 1915 as the supported evidence span rather than a complete institutional chronology.

Questions for further research

For Oklahoma American Band of Arnett: confirm founding and closing dates, directors, membership, sponsorship, performances, and any successor organization from primary sources.

Dated evidence in this record
  1. 1913-11-28

    The Oklahoma American Band of Arnett presented its third annual Christmas concert at Carlton Opera House.

Sources

  1. gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1783926/m1/1/