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Tatums Band

The band performed at Franklin School and for a Masonic parade; the concert date conflicts between Friday and Saturday, while the parade date is calendar-inferred.

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The documented story

Completed concert, parade, and nighttime activity are documented with qualified dates.

People and leadership

No director or roster is established; J. C. Collins is identified as Masonic worshipful master, not band director.

Community and organization

The school venue and Masonic parade are documented; school ownership is not inferred.

Reading the evidence

Relationship to D. M. Jackson’s later 1936–1940 music program remains unresolved.

Questions for further research

Recover the Black Dispatch page image and search Tatums reports for leadership and continuity.

Dated evidence in this record
  1. 1921-12-30 – 1922-01-05

    Tatums Band completed Franklin School and Masonic parade/night-music activities around December 1921–January 1922.

Sources

  1. oklahomabandhistory.org/bands/tatums-band/