urn:taro:ttu.swcpc.00358 Raymond T. Bynum: An Inventory of Photographs, 1923-1970, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library A. Ramirez The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
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Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, April 23, 2002. Finding aid written in English. Tue Jul 22 14:55:37 CDT 2003 urn:taro:ttu.swcpc.00358 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (20030505). Inventory for the Raymond T. Bynum Photograph Collection, 1923-1970 A. Ramirez The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, 2002 Descriptive Summary Bynum, Raymond Tapley, 1906- Raymond T. Bynum Photograph Collection, 1923-1970 The photograph collection, dated 1923-1970, was donated by Raymond T. Bynum. SWCPC 358 Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University 14 b/w copy negatives English. Biographical Sketch

Raymond T. Bynum organized the first band in the Southwest composed entirely of high school students at Abilene, Texas, High School in 1926. He became band director at McMurry College in Abilene, Texas, in 1946.

 Scope and Contents

Collection contains images of marching bands, orchestras, uniforms, instruments, conductors and auditoriums in Texas, Oklahoma, and Mexico.

 Index Terms

The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally developed.

Subjects (Persons) Bynum, Raymond Tapley, 1906- Sousa, John Philip, 1854-1932 Places Abilene (Tex.) Subjects Bands (Music)--Texas--Photographs Bandmasters--Texas--Photographs Marching bands--Texas--Photographs Uniforms--Photographs Universities and colleges--Texas--Photographs Orchestra--Texas--Photographs Musicians--Photographs Music festivals--Photographs Fountains--Photographs Conductors (Music)--Photographs Musical nstruments--Photographs Acquisition

Donated, 1976

 Access Restrictions

Open for research

 Processed by

A. Ramirez

 Preferred Citation

Raymond T. Bynum Photograph Collection, 1923-1970, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas