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Perkins Ladies Band

The reviewed Oklahoma band history identifies Perkins Ladies Band in Guthrie area and gives the evidence date as 1900s; roster documented 1906. The addendum supplies a 1906 roster and identifies Dr. Furrown as bandmaster.

People and leadership

Furrown as bandmaster.

Community and organization

Perkins Ladies Band is treated as a community or municipal band because the evidence ties it to Guthrie area. Municipal ownership, public funding, and organizational continuity are not inferred from a town name alone.

Reading the evidence

The evidence for Perkins Ladies Band does not establish uninterrupted continuity across every named period, reorganization, alias, or possible successor. The packet therefore treats 1900s; roster documented 1906 as the supported evidence span rather than a complete institutional chronology.

Questions for further research

For Perkins Ladies Band: confirm founding and closing dates, directors, membership, sponsorship, performances, and any successor organization from primary sources.

Sources

  1. gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc305080/m1/12/