Oklahoma Musicians

McClain County

Musical history, people, ensembles, photographs, and source material from the Oklahoma Musicians Library.

The musical history of McClain County.

McClain County has a valuable primary-source base, especially the *McClain County News and The Purcell Republic* collection. The Gateway reports 215 issues and 1,837 pages from 1914 through 1919, covering Blanchard and Purcell. (high) [Gateway title record](https://gateway.okhistory.org/explore/titles/t04182/)

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Read the full account, chronology, named ensembles and people, source links, and research notes. These library reports reflect their original research passes; related records below may add later evidence.

Explore the county collection

10 linked records. Connections follow county names and communities documented in the sources; they do not establish a birthplace, exact historical boundary, or continuous residence.

Photographs and visual sources.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Jimmy Wakely musician"
[Photograph 2012.201.B1344.0666]Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Jimmy Wakely musician"Oklahoma Historical Society / The Gateway to Oklahoma History · Original source
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Ace Sewell of Blanchard plays his fiddle at the Diamond Jubilee Arts Festival Saturday on the lawn of the state capitol."
[Photograph 2012.201.B1162.0457]Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Ace Sewell of Blanchard plays his fiddle at the Diamond Jubilee Arts Festival Saturday on the lawn of the state capitol."Oklahoma Historical Society / The Gateway to Oklahoma History · Original source