Woody Hite collection

Collection

Identifier: Coll 280

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Photographs, clippings, posters, and ephemera documenting Woody Hite and his big band. Also includes a phonograph record of the "Top o Scott Band," 1945; three issues of the newsletter "Uptown echoes" for 1941; and photographs of a model quonset hut house, circa 1945. Among the photographs are images of Duke Ellington and his band on their visit to Portland, Oregon, in 1941.

Dates

Creation: circa 1919-1988
Creation: Majority of material found within 1937-1955

Creator

Hite, Woody (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.

Biographical note

Woody Hite and his big band were musicians active in northwestern Oregon from the 1930s and 1940s. The band was revived in the early 1970s by Hite's brother Don Hite.

Extent

1 Cubic Feet (1 document case and 2 oversize folders)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Photographs, clippings, posters, and ephemera documenting Woody Hite and his big band, who were active in northwestern Oregon from the 1930s and 1940s; the band was revived in the early 1970s by Hite's brother Don Hite. Photographs include images of Duke Ellington and his band in Portland, Oregon, in 1941.