Atlanta (Ga.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Boots Woodall photographs
Collection
Identifier: M039
Abstract:
Dennis "Boots" Woodall (1921-1988) was a guitarist who belonged to several bands that performed on Atlanta radio before World War II. After Air Corps service, he returned to Atlanta and founded his own band, the Radio Wranglers, which became well known on radio and on WAGA-TV (as the TV-Wranglers). His collection consists of 119 photographs, including individual shots of Woodall, group photos of him and other country musicians, pictures of other country music groups, and an artist's sketch...
Dates:
circa 1940-circa 1960
Found in:
Special Collections
Frances L. Wallace papers
Collection
Identifier: M182
Abstract:
Frances Lee Wallace (1921-2001) grew up in the Atlanta area of Lakeland Heights. A piano student since childhood, she began playing professionally in about 1940, when she was hired to play in the basement of Davison's department store in downtown Atlanta. The collection documents Frances Wallace's many musical activities during her long career as a pianist and organist in Atlanta, and it provides a glimpse of Atlanta's musical scene during the middle years of the twentieth century.
Dates:
1903-1995; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1991
Found in:
Special Collections