Correspondence
name: label: Collection Collector
content: McKinley, Ray, 1910-1995 (musician, bandleader)
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content: Ray McKinley Music and Ephemera
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content: Ray McKinley Music and Ephemera / Series 2: Ephemera
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1938-1995
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0635, Subseries 2.3
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Subseries 2.3 consists of two folders of letters from friends and fans, documenting events in Ray's musical career and personal life. Of particular interest is a 1945 letter from General Omar Bradley congratulating Ray on a performance of the Glenn Miller Band which Ray had lead. Also of note are a few letters exchanged between Ray and Gretchen McKinley during the war, as well as several letters from veterans of World War II relating fond memories of the Glenn Miller Orchestra's performances overseas. Undated correspondence is at the end of the Subseries.