Ephemera
name: label: Collection Collector
content: McKinley, Ray, 1910-1995 (musician, bandleader)
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content: Ray McKinley Music and Ephemera
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0635, Series 2
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Series 2 is divided into eight subseries which include photographs, newsclippings, correspondence, and other records which document McKinley's personal and professional interactions. Of particular interest are the photographs of Subseries 2.1, which contain the most complete record of McKinley's family life, as well as images from almost all the major bands McKinley played with over the course of his long career. The news clippings and magazine articles ofSubseries 2.2 also provide a good look at McKinley's career in particular. Correspondence from Subseries 2.3 also provides a sampling of both personal and professional correspondence from 1938 to 1995, including many fan letters.