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Collection Overview

Title: Elbern H "Eddie" Alkire Personal Papers and Music Instrument Collection, 1926-1997

ID: 12/9/101

Primary Creator: Alkire, Elbern H. (1907-1981)

Extent: 73.0 cubic feet

Date Acquired: 02/25/2006. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: Music - United States, Photographs

Formats/Genres: Papers, Sheet music, Sound Recordings

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Consists of original and published music, business records, correspondence, instructional guides and music examinations, programs, sound recordings, photographs, electrical and mechanical diagrams for several prototype Hawaiian guitars, music instrument catalogs, four original prototype Hawaiian guitars including the first 15-string acoustic guitar, Cruiser, Mini Surfer, and the experimental "Superaxe" guitar with 20 strings, 3 Epiphone Eharp 10-string electric guitars, and Alkire's original acoustic Hawaiian guitar that was used for 1000 radio broadcasts as director and lead guitarist of the Oahu Serenaders during the early 1930s. In addition the collection includes an original Rickenbacker Electro "Frying Pan" guitar. The papers and instruments document Eddie Alkire's career as a musician, music teacher, businessman and inventor. The collection also documents the evolution of Hawaiian guitar performance in America during its height of popularity between 1929 and 1960.

For more Hawaiian guitar materials, see RS 12/9/50 and RS 12/9/150.

Biographical Note

Elbern Homer "Eddie" Alkire (1907-1981) was America's most recognized performer, teacher, and innovator of the twentieth-century Hawaiian guitar. Eddie Alkire, the son of Bessie Alkire, was born on December 6, 1907 in Hacker's Valley, West Virginia. When he was five months old, his father was killed in a railroad accident and he was subsequently adopted and raised by his maternal grandparents, David Lee Alkire and Arminta Alkire (nee Lake). At the age of 16, his grandfather died, leaving Eddie to manage the family grocery store. Sometime around 1921, Eddie began practicing the guitar and enrolled in a correspondence course created by the First Hawaiian Conservatory of Music, a guitar store based in New York and New Jersey. In 1925, Eddie began working at a coal mine operated by Standard Supply Co. in Clarksburg, West Virginia. Soon after, he enrolled in an electrical engineering correspondence course, which he completed in less than a year. During this same year, Alkire performed guitar and tenor banjo for the first time on a radio station, W.M.M.N., which was located in Fairmont, West Virginia.

In 1929, Alkire moved to Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania in order to attend a technical night school. During this time, he was employed by the Westinghouse Electrical Company, where he built switch gear apparatuses and intended to become an electrical engineer. By chance, the Westinghouse building where he worked was located across the street from a local Hawaiian Guitar Shop and School. Members of the School tried to persuade him to abandon his pursuit of electrical engineering and to teach and perform at the school. He soon began playing on the school's Sunday radio hour sponsored by radio station K.Q.V.

In 1930, Alkire was persuaded to move to Cleveland, Ohio where he became a teacher and composer for the Oahu Music Company. Between 1930 and 1934, Alkire acted as the music director for the Oahu Serenaders, an ensemble that performed on over 1000 coast-to-coast, nationally syndocated N.B.C and C.B.S. radio broadcasts. As a performer, Alkire experimented with new tunings that enabled him to play four-part harmonies and rapid melodic passages and as a result the Oahu Serenaders fostered a deep fan base. In 1934, Alkire married Margaret Hanzel, who suggested that he find a more stable career. That year, Alkire and his wife moved to Easton, Pennsylvania. It was here that Alkire created his own music publishing company. Building upon his own educational experiences and the publishing experience he gained from Oahu, Alkire created a series of progressive correspondence lessons that taught beginning and intermediate players how to play Hawaiian and Spanish guitar. His correspondence course would continue publishing learn-by-mail lessons well into the 1960s.

In 1936, Alkire utilized his knowledge of electrical engineering to create an experimental 15-string electric Hawaiian guitar. By 1939, he had solicited renowned electric guitar maker George Beauchamp to help him cast the first 10-string Hawaiian Guitar, which he called the E-Harp (pronounced ay-harp) and which Alkire officially patented in 1950. Near the end of his life, Alkire designed several guitar pedals and several other Hawaiian guitars including: The Mighty Mo, the Super Axe, the Mini Surfer, the Cruiser, and the Islander. Alkire died on January 25, 1981. He was inducted in the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame two years later in 1983.

Subject/Index Terms

Music - United States
Photographs

Administrative Information

Repository: The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

Accruals: Claude Brownell performance audiocassettes donated by Dick Alkire on February 21, 2018. Alkire business correspondence from 1932 to 1997, and 10-inch disc recordings donated by Dick Alkire on January 17, 2021.

Access Restrictions: None.

Acquisition Source: Richard Alkire

Acquisition Method: Gift.

Other Note: Pages

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Instruments and inventions],
[Series 2: Publications, compositions and teaching methods],
[Series 3: Business materials],
[Series 4: Professional materials],
[Series 5: Personal materials],
[Series 6: Recordings],
[Series 7: Photographs],
[All]

Series 3: Business materials

Materials related to Elbern H. Alkire and the founding and operation of his business, Eddie Alkire Publications.

Sub-Series 1: Business and professional correspondence

Box 56

Folder 1: Adams, J. E., 1950-54
Folder 2: Armstrong, Lonnie Love [Bruce Armstrong], 1953-55
Folder 3: Bradshaw, Tom, 1979-80
Folder 4: Burgess, Irven
Folder 5: Ball, Roland, 1979
Folder 6: Bronson Music & Sales Co.; G. A. Bronson, 1935-37
Folder 7: Byrd, Jerry, 1976-77
Folder 8: Bell, Victor, 1978-80
Folder 9: Bell, Victor, 1975-79
Folder 10: Bell, Victor, 1950-81
Folder 11: Carter, J. J., 1979-80
Folder 12: Choy, Richard, 1936-45
Folder 13: Choy, Richard, 1978-79
Folder 14: Charles Colin Music Publisher
Folder 15: Collett, Ray, 1979

Box 57

Folder 1: Cook, Mabel I., 1949-50
Folder 2: Cuneo, Ed, 1976-77
Folder 3: Darco Strings, 1969
Folder 4: Dover Publications, 1971-75
Folder 5: El Ray Music Center, 1977-79
Folder 6: Easton Express, 1974
Folder 7: Eastman Dillon, 1970
Folder 8: Easton Hospital, 1972
Folder 9: English, Norman, 1948-51
Folder 10: Carl Fischer, 1977-79
Folder 11: Fay, Sheldon, 1976-77
Folder 12: First Church, 1976
Folder 13: General Business Machine, 1979
Folder 14: Geraw, Pat, 1950
Folder 15: Gergely, John, 1957-72
Folder 16: Goen, C. C., 1977-79
Folder 17: Gogner, Dred, 1946-54
Folder 18: Gross, Jane
Folder 19: Gross, Leonard, 1951-54
Folder 20: Gross, Leonard, 1957-77
Folder 21: Grundy, Victor, 1979
Folder 22: Gruhn Guitars, inc., 1976-79
Folder 23: G. H. S. Corporation
Folder 24: Hanzel, Dick, 1978-79
Folder 25: Hanzel, Flo and Marie

Box 58

Folder 1: Hardy County Public Library, 1975-79
Folder 2: Harris/Teller, 1974-77
Folder 3: Hoapili, Alex (obituaries)
Folder 4: Hopkins, Jerry, 1980
Folder 5: Instrumental Musician, 1961
Folder 6: 1979
Folder 7: Jaddassohn, Kurt and Viola, 1972-79
Folder 8: Jones, Carol, 1978
Folder 9: Walter Kane & Son, inc., 1981
Folder 10: Walter Kane & Son, inc.
Folder 11: Kaplan Musical String Co.
Folder 12: Makua, Henry, 1980
Folder 13: Makua, Henry (cassette tape)
Folder 14: Martin, Paul, 1979-81
Folder 15: McMullen, Eddie, 1935-42
Folder 16: McMullen, Eddie, 1948-78
Folder 17: Moore, Charles, 1970-79

Box 59

Folder 1: Moore, Carleton, 1977
Folder 2: Moser, Norman J. "Red", 1978-79
Folder 3: Moser, Norman J. "Red" (Cassettes)
Folder 4: Oahu Publishing Co.
Folder 5: Pineapple, Johnny & Anita, 1948-81
Folder 6: Pistritto, Sam
Folder 7: Publisher's Central Bureau
Folder 8: Printing Place, 1979
Folder 9: Richilieu, C. C., 1979
Folder 10: Reid, Billy, 1957
Folder 11: Schaffer, Lester, 1953-56
Folder 12: Smeck, Roy (Yazoo Records), 1976-80
Folder 13: Shornak, John: [Emerson 6242]
Folder 14: Sorkin Music, Co., 1976-77
Folder 15: Smeck, Roy, 1941
Folder 16: Storhow, W. O., 1979
Folder 17: Volpe, Harry, 1963-79
Folder 18: Williams, Clarence, 1953-79

Box 60

Folder 1: Alvarez, Leonard S., 1948-51
Folder 2: Bava, John, 1947
Folder 3: Biekarck, House of, 1937
Folder 4: Bogard, Gertrude, 1939
Folder 5: Braunhardt, Henry, 1953-61
Folder 6: Bell, Ray, 1951-53
Folder 7: Bellson Music Co., 1938-43
Folder 8: Bucay, Julius, 1952-54
Folder 9: Claycomb, Eugene, 1934-38
Folder 10: Colclough, E.H., 1934-35
Folder 11: Colclough, E.H, 1935-36
Folder 12: Colclough, E.H., 1935-36
Folder 13: Danielson Music House, 1937
Folder 14: Diaz, E.B., 1938-39
Folder 15: Diaz, E.B., 1939-40

Box 61

Folder 1: Fretted Instrument News, 1940-41
Folder 2: Filiberto, Roger, 1936-40
Folder 3: Fretted Instrument News G. Pettine
Folder 4: Gasner, Fred, 1953-57
Folder 5: Gibbs, G.A. Jr. - United Orchestra Schools, 1940
Folder 6: Gibson & Mastertone Past Correspondence, 1935-36
Folder 7: Gibson & Mastertone Past Correspondence, 1936
Folder 8: Gibson & Mastertone, 1938-39

Box 62

Folder 1: Gibson, Inc., 1940-48
Folder 2: Hill, David, 1936-40
Folder 3: Himebaugh, Ruth (5), 1953
Folder 4: McGillicuddy, Joseph (Gene), 1957-59
Folder 5: Matson, P.G.
Folder 6: Metronome Articles & Correspondence
Folder 7: Metronome Articles & Correspondence
Folder 8: Metronome Corporation, 1937-39
Folder 9: Metronome Corporation, 1940-41
Folder 10: Metronome Corporation, 1942-43
Folder 11: Mitchell, Charles, 1947-48

Box 63

Folder 1: Royal Instrument Co., 1936
Folder 2: Wainwright, Hal
Folder 3: Waddington, Ronald, 1936-37
Folder 4: Waddington, Ronald, 1937-40
Folder 5: Waddington, Ronald, 1940-41
Folder 6: Whitford, Robert
Folder 7: Woodsworth, Jimmy, 1935-45
Folder 8: Zdenek, Dale
Folder 9: Zoellner, Pete, 1938-40

Box 64

Folder 1: Beauchamp, George (Electro String Company), 1937-40
Folder 2: Beauchamp, George (Electro String Company), 1941-49
Folder 3: Reinfeld, John
Folder 4: Rodenbeck, Henry
Folder 5: Rutz Music Company & Luke Morris, 1952-53
Folder 6: Sandberg, Elaine, 1946-48
Folder 7: Sehulster, Donald, 1941-50
Folder 8: Schmitt, Leonard, 1955-56
Folder 9: Conto, James (185), 1952-55
Folder 10: Johnson, Al (1264), 1952-55
Folder 11: Maximchuk, Miro A. (123), 1950-58
Folder 12: Nardell, Frank (3618), 1953-55
Folder 13: Oseredczuk, Walter (3658), 1954-58
Folder 14: Savage, Clayton (3727), 1957-60
Folder 15: Schuler, John (163), 1956-63: Friend: Joseph S. Woytanis, Spanish
Folder 16: Smith, Richard (178), 1951-52
Folder 17: Taczli, David (T187), 1951-58
Folder 18: Veniegas, Benny (545), 1953-58
Folder 19: Wailehua, Walter, 1951-52
Folder 20: Wilson, Harry M., 1950-54
Folder 21: Young, David M (183), 1951-1956
Folder 22: Zinn, Leonard (147), 1951-55

Box 65

Folder 1: Peterson, Chuck, 1952-54
Folder 2: Piksa, Ruth (16), 1954
Folder 3: Pizzitola, Joseph F., 1950-53
Folder 4: Powell, Hermenia (41), 1950-55
Folder 5: Proefrock (Nellie, Mae), 1947-49
Folder 6: Proefrock, Nellie Mae (30), 1949-51
Folder 7: Proefrock, Nellie Mae, 1951-54
Folder 8: Rees, Ruth, 1934-40
Folder 9: Riley, Al, 1946-49
Folder 10: Sale, Ed, 1957
Folder 11: Seimans, A.L. (3), 1950-57
Folder 12: Shornack, John (34), 1951-55

Box 66

Folder 1: Sloboda, John (72), 1949-54
Folder 2: Smith, John W. (49), 1948-50
Folder 3: Mary Smith (40), 1949-51
Folder 4: Smith, Nelson, 1951-54
Folder 5: Sparks, M. J. (100), 1949
Folder 6: Steed, Billy (99), 1956-59
Folder 7: Steed, Billy (99), 1960-63
Folder 8: Stegmaier, Albert, 1943-51
Folder 9: Strazisar, Frank, 1953-54
Folder 10: Stuart, Robert, 1946-50
Folder 11: Sutter, Frank H., 1952-56
Folder 12: Trick, Al, 1955-56

Box 67

Folder 1: Bergman, Arthur, 1935-40
Folder 2: Carver, Edgar, 1944-47
Folder 3: Correspondence - F
Folder 4: Famous Music Publishing (L. J. Silberling), 1943-44
Folder 5: Edward Fleming Corporation, 1952
Folder 6: Francis Day & Hunter, 1937
Folder 7: Globe Music Company, 1937-38
Folder 8: Karch, Hank, 1948-52
Folder 9: "Metronome" column correspondence
Folder 10: Music Publisher's Journal (Al Vann), 1942-51
Folder 11: Music Trades, 1941-53
Folder 12: Rees, Ruth (18), 1946-52
Folder 13: Sanches, Joe, 1950-53
Folder 14: Schaffer, Les, 1949-53
Folder 15: Schmitt, Leonard (1298), 1954-62
Folder 16: Stoltzfus, John C., 1951-52
Folder 17: Sykes Music Studio (21), 1950-53
Folder 18: Trick, Al (137), 1951-52
Folder 19: Villella, Delores (28), 1948-49

Box 68

Folder 1: Vournas, Peter, 1942-43
Folder 2: Waddington School of Music, 1945-56
Folder 3: Wagner, Sylvia (45), 1950-54
Folder 4: Walker, S. W. (2), 1949-51
Folder 5: Wall, Harlin (90), 1949-53
Folder 6: Dee Wells Music Studio, 1949-54
Folder 7: White, Evan, 1945-52
Folder 8: Whiteford, Robert, 1949-52
Folder 9: Wright, Walter, 1953-55
Folder 10: Zahuranec, Emery, 1935-49
Folder 11: Castle, Joseph, 1962-63
Folder 12: Hileman, Ellery, 1953-49
Folder 13: Kohrs, Roger W., 1938-39

Box 69

Folder 1: Lackwood, John M., 1953-57
Folder 2: Passantino Printing Company, 1946-52
Folder 3: Piano Trade Magazine (Howard C. Fischer), 1941
Folder 4: Radio Corporation of America (Steve Sholes), 1947
Folder 5: Richardson, L. D., 1935-37
Folder 6: Richey & Watts, 1936-38
Folder 7: Shapiro, Bernstein and Company, 1942
Folder 8: Stephan, Dick, 1950-52
Folder 9: Teller, Henry, 1944
Folder 10: Tune-Dex, Inc. (George Goodwin), 1947-54
Folder 11: "Up Beat" Magazine, 1938-39
Folder 12: Valco Manufacturing (Al Frost), 1949-52
Folder 13: Valco Manufacturing Company, 1953-55
Folder 14: Volpe, Harry, 1943-47
Folder 15: Young, William, 1945-56
Folder 16: Zahuranec, Emery, 1949-60

Box 70

Folder 1: Metronome Corporation, 1943-44
Folder 2: Metronome Corporation, 1945-47
Folder 3: Metronome Corporation, 1948
Folder 4: Studio and radio correspondence, 1939-42
Folder 5: Studio and radio correspondence, 1943-49
Folder 6: Studio and radio correspondence, 1935-38
Folder 7: Studio and radio correspondence, 1938-40
Folder 8: Studio and radio correspondence, 1940-41

Box 71

Folder 1: Chicago Musical Instrument Company, 1942
Folder 2: Chicago Musical Instrument Company, 1942-43
Folder 3: Chicago Musical Instrument Company, 1943-44
Folder 4: Chicago Musical Instrument Company, 1944-45
Folder 5: Epiphone, Inc., 1939-42
Folder 6: Fretted Instrument News Correspondence, 1943-44
Folder 7: Fretted Instrument News Correspondence, 1945-46
Folder 8: Fretted Instrument News Correspondence, 1946-47
Folder 9: Fretted Instrument News Correspondence, 1956-58

Box 72

Folder 1: Diaz, E. B. (Enrique), 1940-45
Folder 2: Lane, Walter, 1946-56
Folder 3: Littlepage, James, 1951-55
Folder 4: White, Evan, 1934-36
Folder 5: White, Evan, 1937-38
Folder 6: White, Evan, 1939-44
Folder 7: Chicago Musical Instrument Company, 1955-59
Folder 8: Chicago Musical Instrument Company, 1959-61
Folder 9: Chicago Musical Instrument Company, 1961-62

Box 73

Folder 1: Chicago Musical Instrument Co., 1967-68
Folder 2: Chicago Musical Instrument Co., 1968-69
Folder 3: Clemmer, Joe, 1944-48
Folder 4: Clemmer, Joseph, 1936-43
Folder 5: Deming, Everett, 1933-38
Folder 6: Deming, Everett, 1938-40
Folder 7: Deming, Everett, 1940-43
Folder 8: Deming, Everett, 1944-50

Box 74

Folder 1: Gould, C. W., 1939-40
Folder 2: Gould, C. W. (Chet), 1940-41
Folder 3: Gould, C. W. (Chet), 1941
Folder 4: Gould, C. W. (Chet), 1948-49
Folder 5: Grassie, Laura, 1949-50
Folder 6: Grassie, Laura, 1948-49
Folder 7: Grassie, Laura, 1939-47
Folder 8: Gross, Leonard, 1937-49
Folder 9: Gross, Leonard, 1949-50
Folder 10: Grundy, Victor, 1949-50

Box 75

Folder 1: Guzzardo, Marie, 1948-49
Folder 2: Harper, O.D., 1936-39
Folder 3: Herrick, Elmer D., 1935-39
Folder 4: Herrick, Elmer D., 1939-45
Folder 5: Herrick, Elmer D., 1949-50
Folder 6: herrick, Elmer D., 1951
Folder 7: Hiatt, Joe, 1948-50
Folder 8: Himebaugh, Ruth, 1945-50
Folder 9: HOldridge, Ion J., 1940-50
Folder 10: Horgan, Paul, 1934-38
Folder 11: Kennicott, Wilma J., 1947-49
Folder 12: Lundin, Jack, 1942-43
Folder 13: McKinney, A.P., 1934-40

Box 76

Folder 1: Chicago Musical Instrument Co., 1937-42
Folder 2: Chicago Musical Instrument Co., 1949-54
Folder 3: Decca Records, 1939-46
Folder 4: Guitar Player Magazine (Correspondence), 1972-77
Folder 5: Gerstner Articles, 1963-65
Folder 6: Hall, John, 1962-69
Folder 7: Judassohn, K.A., 1955-67
Folder 8: Randall Publishing Co., 1956-61
Folder 9: Ryerson, Joseph T. & Son, 1941-48
Folder 10: Sorkin Music Inc.
Folder 11: Todaro, Anthony, 1972-77
Folder 12: Tyrrell, Ernest, 1949-59

Box 77

Folder 1: Music Club correspondence, 1935-36: A-B
Folder 2: Music Club correspondence, 1935-36: C-E
Folder 3: Music Club correspondence, 1935-36: F-G
Folder 4: Music Club correspondence, 1935-36: H-L
Folder 5: Music Club correspondence, 1935-36: M-O
Folder 6: Music Club correspondence, 1935-36: P-R
Folder 7: Music Club correspondence, 1935-36: S
Folder 8: Music Club correspondence, 1935-36: T-Z

Box 78

Folder 1: Artist Course correspondence, 1934-35: A
Folder 2: Artist Course correspondence, 1934-35: B-C
Folder 3: Artist Course correspondence, 1934-35: D-G
Folder 4: Artist Course correspondence, 1934-35: H-K
Folder 5: Artist Course correspondence, 1934-35: L-N
Folder 6: Artist Course correspondence, 1934-35: O-P
Folder 7: Artist Course correspondence, 1934-35: R
Folder 8: Artist Course correspondence, 1934-35: S
Folder 9: Artist Course correspondence, 1934-35: W
Folder 10: Artist Course correspondence, 1934-35
Folder 11: American Guild correspondence, 1935-37

Box 79

Folder 1: American Guild of Music, 1937-39
Folder 2: American Guild Correspondence, 1940-43
Folder 3: American Guild Correspondence, 1939-41
Folder 4: FIGA Correspondence
Folder 5: FIGA Correspondence
Folder 6: Musicians Protective Union Correspondence, 1941-42
Folder 7: Correspondence, 1925-29
Folder 8: Correspondence Notes
Folder 9: Beauchamp, George D., 1937-38
Folder 10: Board of Vocational Education (Illinois), 1955
Folder 11: Ford, Whitey
Folder 12: Hawaiian Music Foundation - Correspondence
Folder 13: Heer Andrews, Marguerite, 1949
Folder 14: Littig, Frank, 1943
Folder 15: Correspondence - Paul Martin
Folder 16: Todaro, Anthony
Folder 17: Trick Brothers, 1951-52
Folder 18: Correspondence, 1936-45
Folder 19: Correspondence, 1934
Folder 20: Postcards, 1936-47
Folder 21: Answered Mail, 1978

Box 80

Folder 1: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1939
Folder 2: Gerow, Pat, 1941-49
Folder 3: Gibson, Inc., 1937
Folder 4: Harmonlin; Marketing Correspondence, 1935-36
Folder 5: Herrick, Elmer, 1938
Folder 6: Laurendeau, Louis, 1934-35
Folder 7: G. Pettine, 1937
Folder 8: Eugene Traylor, 1934-36
Folder 9: Vega, Co., 1939: (on making a new guitar)
Folder 10: Personal Correspondence, 1929-35
Folder 11: Correspondence, 1929-34
Folder 12: Correspondence, 1929-35
Folder 13: Correspondence - Artist Course
Folder 14: List of Christmas Cards Received, 1948
Folder 15: Business Ideas and Strategies
Folder 16: EHarp Programs
Folder 17: EHarp System Promotional Give-Away
Folder 18: EHarp Contacts, ca. 1955
Folder 19: Epiphone Distribution Contract Modification
Folder 20: Tax Returns, 1937-52
Folder 21: Registration Records, 1948-62

Box 81

Folder 1: Swing Home Study Service, 1943
Folder 2: International Guitar League, 1949-50
Folder 3: Allen, Rosalie, 1947-48
Folder 4: Bogard, Gertrude, 1939
Folder 5: Chicago Musical Instrument Co., 1941-42
Folder 6: DeVincent, Sam, 1947
Folder 7: Gerow, Pat, 1941
Folder 8: Gillette, June Reynolds, 1942-49
Folder 9: Gould, C. W. (Chet), 1941
Folder 10: Hano, Ben, 1942
Folder 11: Herrick, Tom, 1942
Folder 12: Kaonohi, Johnny Pineapple, 1946-48
Folder 13: Mason, Bob - Radio Station WAGE, 1947
Folder 14: McMullen, Eddie, 1935-37
Folder 15: Rees, Ruth, 1941
Folder 16: Roberts, Kenny, 1947-48
Folder 17: Seibel, Jay, 1947-48
Folder 18: Sosby, Eddie, 1947-48
Folder 19: United Broadcasting Co., SESAC, 1945-58
Folder 20: Willis, Johnnie Lee, 1952
Folder 21: Correspondence, 1945-49
Folder 22: Correspondence, 1933-55
Folder 23: Correspondence, 1941-53
Folder 24: Broadcasters, 1941-47
Folder 25: Radio Correspondence - Players
Folder 26: Radio Stations, 1948-50
Folder 27: Radio Stations - Western Players, 1947-48
Folder 28: Radio Station WOW, 1947-48
Folder 29: Radio Station WMG; Clausen, AL, 1947
Folder 30: Grand Ole Opry, 1947

Box 82

Folder 1: Alice Baker, 1946-47
Folder 2: Gerry Baranet (Joe), 1954-55
Folder 3: Gerry Baranet, 1956
Folder 4: Louis Bellson, 1944-50
Folder 5: Gladys Bergman, 1941-46
Folder 6: Marvin Bird, 1946
Folder 7: "Hap" Brander, 1946-57
Folder 8: Irven Burgess, 1942-54
Folder 9: John Calborn, 1950-51
Folder 10: Tessie Bailey Case, 1940-46
Folder 11: Eugene E. Claycomb, 1948-1950
Folder 12: Joseph M. Clemmer, 1952-1953
Folder 13: Ray Collett, 1949-51
Folder 14: Everett Deming, 1953
Folder 15: John DePaul, 1948-52
Folder 16: El Ray Music, 1955-56
Folder 17: El Ray, 1954

Box 83

Folder 1: Fan Mail, 1932-33
Folder 2: Fan Mail, 1932-33
Folder 3: Fan Mail, 1933
Folder 4: Fan Mail, 1933
Folder 5: Fan Mail, 1933
Folder 6: Fan Mail, 1934
Folder 7: Fan Mail, 1934
Folder 8: Fan Mail, 1934
Folder 9: Fan Mail, 1934
Folder 10: Fan Mail, 1934-36

Box 84

Folder 1: SESAC Transcriptions Fees, 1946-54
Folder 2: SESAC Fees Paid, 1941-56
Folder 3: SESAC, 1946
Folder 4: SESAC, 1950-52
Folder 5: SESAC, 1955
Folder 6: SESAC - Distribution, 1946-56
Folder 7: SESAC - Radio Distribution, 1945-47
Folder 8: Radio Music Promotion, 1946
Folder 9: SESAC Radio Lists, 1948-51
Folder 10: SESAC Radio Lists, ca. 1950
Folder 11: SESAC Radio Lists, 1951-55
Folder 12: SESAC Lists, 1942-44
Folder 13: SESAC Lists, 1945-46
Folder 14: SESAC Lists, 1946-47
Folder 15: SESAC, 1943-53
Folder 16: Radio Program Playlists, 1929
Folder 17: General Radio Station Information
Folder 18: Directories, 1946-47
Folder 19: Home Study Information Forms, 1951-56
Folder 20: Wills - General Mills Radio Air Play Data

Box 85

Folder 1: Bellous, Charles, 1946-56
Folder 2: Bellous, Charles
Folder 3: SESAC, Charles Bellous, 1948-58
Folder 4: SESAC, 1940-43
Folder 5: SESAC, etc. (Jadassohn, Stone), 1945
Folder 6: SESAC, 1945
Folder 7: SESAC, 1946-48
Folder 8: SESAC, 1949-56
Folder 9: SESAC, 1951-56
Folder 10: _SESAC Music_, 1952-54
Folder 11: SESAC Lawsuit
Folder 12: SESAC Lawsuit - Depositions, Supporting documents, Correspondence
Folder 13: SESAC Lawsuit - Oldt & Lynton correspondence
Folder 14: SESAC Lawsuit - Summons, accountant's interim report
Folder 15: SESAC Lawsuit - complaint
Folder 16: SESAC Lawsuit - Supporting documents
Folder 17: SESAC Transcriptions index
Folder 18: Index to radio programs

Box 142

Folder 6: Correspondence concerning the Oahu Serenaders, 1932-1933
Folder 7: Correspondence with Charles King, Paul Kalaluki, Jimmy Saas, and Joseph Yanpsky, 1933-1934
Folder 8: Business correspondence from early days in Easton, 1933-1937
Folder 9: Correspondence fromHarry Beckett (attorney), 1934
Folder 10: Correspondence with various friends (employees at Oahu), 1934
Folder 11: Correspondence to Dick Richardson and Harry Stanley, 1934-1935
Folder 12: Correspondence from Harry Woodlief, 1934-1935
Folder 13: Correspondence with Andy Hanzel (brother-in-law) and Sylvia Wagner, 1934-1935
Folder 14: Rhythm King Orchestra Posters, undated
Folder 15: Business Ledgers - "School of Music" and "Eddie Alkire Publications", 1953-1997

Sub-Series 2: Accounting and business records

Box 86

Folder 1: Eddie Alkire Publications Ledger, 1934-37
Folder 2: Eddie Alkire Publications Ledger, 1938-39
Folder 3: Eddie Alkire Publications Ledger, 1940-41
Folder 4: Eddie Alkire Publications Ledger, 1942-44
Folder 5: Eddie Alkire Publications Ledger, 1944-46
Folder 6: Eddie Alkire Publications Ledger, 1946-49

Box 87

Folder 1: Eddie Alkire Publications Ledger, 1956-1959
Folder 2: Eddie Alkire Publications Ledger, 1967-76
Folder 3: Oahu Accounts Ledger, 1932-1934
Folder 4: Easton Student Payment Ledger, 1935-36
Folder 5: Student Payments, 1935-36
Folder 6: Student Payments, 1936-37
Folder 7: Student Expenses, 1935-36
Folder 8: Family Expense Record, 1936
Folder 9: Expense Book, 1938-41
Folder 10: Expenses

Box 88

Folder 1: Daybook, 1948-57
Folder 2: Daybook, 1949-51
Folder 3: Daybook, 1951-53
Folder 4: Daybook, 1953-56
Folder 5: Studio Book, 1938
Folder 6: Studio Book, 1939
Folder 7: Studio Book, 1947-52
Folder 8: Honolulu Conservatory of Music Ledger, 1931-34

Box 89

Folder 1: General Accounts Ledger, 1937-1997
Folder 2: Accounts Receivable, 1957
Folder 3: Accounts Receivable, 1959-63
Folder 4: Accounts Receivable, 1963-67
Folder 5: Registration Logs, 1948-55
Folder 6: Student Payment Records
Folder 7: Studio Book, 1953-57
Folder 8: Studio Book, 1958-61

Box 90

Folder 1: Studio Day Book, 1962-74
Folder 2: Studio Day Book, 1974-1986
Folder 3: Roll Book for Secretary: Doris M. Trach
Folder 4: Easton Guitar Studio Ledger, 1944-1958
Folder 5: Alphabetical Listing of Students
Folder 6: Appointment Book, 1940
Folder 7: Appointment Book, 1941
Folder 8: Daily Office Record, 1937
Folder 9: EHarp, Eharp Music Literature
Folder 10: Packages & Outfits, 6 String Outfit
Folder 11: EHarp Students
Folder 12: Business Records - Survey Responses, 1953

Box 91

Folder 1: EHarp Method Scales Records
Folder 2: Retail Eharp Subscribers
Folder 3: Advanced Eharp Series - Subscription Information
Folder 4: Recital Series Subscribers
Folder 5: Recital Series No. 2
Folder 6: Improvising Course - Sales Records
Folder 7: Spanish Guitar Lesson Standing Orders
Folder 8: Bass String Studies Records
Folder 9: Your Music orders
Folder 10: Sales & Teaching Binder Orders
Folder 11: Ledger with Teachers Names
Folder 12: Promotional Lists & Data on Material Seat, 1943-46
Folder 13: Eharp Printing Schedule
Folder 14: Checkbook w/Register, 1936
Folder 15: "Spring Report", 1977
Folder 16: Chicago Musical Instrument Company, 1941
Folder 17: Chicago Musical Instrument Co., 1941-44

Box 92: Student examinations

Numbers in parentheses are student ID numbers

Folder 1: Laqua, John (1)
Folder 2: Walter, S. W. (2)
Folder 3: Semans, A. L. (3)
Folder 4: Clemmer, Joseph (4)
Folder 5: Himebaush, Ruth (5)
Folder 6: Megill, Everett (6)
Folder 7: Perry, Hibbard A. (7)
Folder 8: Strazisar, Frank (8)
Folder 9: Herrick, E. D. (9)
Folder 10: Gaitsch, Ray (10)
Folder 11: Adams, Jimmy (11)
Folder 12: Armstrong, Bruce (12)
Folder 13: Wells, Dee (13)
Folder 14: Fraley, Richard M. (14)
Folder 15: De Paola, N. (15)
Folder 16: Piksa, Ruth (16)
Folder 17: Reynolds, June (17)
Folder 18: Rees, Ruth (18)
Folder 19: Gross, Leonard L. (19)
Folder 20: Laurendean, Louis (20)
Folder 21: Sykes, L. Elaine (21)
Folder 22: Horner, Martha S. (22)
Folder 23: Lindstrom, Willard (23)
Folder 24: Summers, Harry W. (24)
Folder 25: Little, Glenn E. (25)
Folder 26: Marek, Ladis (26)
Folder 27: Grassie, Roy Louis (27)
Folder 28: Villella, Delores (28)
Folder 29: Grassie, Laura (29)
Folder 30: Proefrock, Nellie Mae (30)
Folder 31: White, Evan (31)
Folder 32: Russell, Douglass Murray (32)
Folder 33: Hiatt, Joe (33)
Folder 34: Shornack, John G. (34)
Folder 35: Mokina, Dean (35)
Folder 36: Neal, Walter (36)
Folder 37: Guzzardo, J. A. (37)
Folder 38: Wingert, Ralph R. (38)
Folder 39: Davis, David (39)
Folder 40: Smith, Mary (40)
Folder 41: Powell, Hermenia (41)
Folder 42: Johnavitz, Charles (42)
Folder 43: Newton, Mae (43)
Folder 44: Henkels, Mrs. W. H. (44)
Folder 45: Wagner, Sylvia (45)
Folder 46: Malack, Charles (46)
Folder 47: Guzzards, Marie (47)
Folder 48: Sandberg, Elaine J. (48)
Folder 49: Smith, J. (49)
Folder 50: Swartz, Mildred (50)

Box 93: Record cards, ca. 1950-70

5" x 8" cards, wholesale dealer and local Easton student purchases

Box 94: Easton guitar student records, ca. 1950-70

Box 95: Radio station contact file (Alabama-Idaho)

Box 96: Radio station contact file (Illinois-Wyoming)

Original container description: "Alkire SESAC Cards; Hold for Mr. Irving Lemov, Trial Term Part 15, Alkire v. SESAC"

Box 97: Teacher file, ca. 1930-50

Alphabetical 3"x5" cards

Box 98: Easton studio records and teacher contacts, ca. 1950-70

3"x5" note cards

Box 99

Folder 1: Ledger sheets, 1937-51: Cash sales, cash payments, studio balance sheets, household expenses, SESAC royalties
Folder 2: Cash receipts and expense disbursement ledger, 1952-97

Box 115

Folder 1: Ledger, 1935-37

Box 133

Folder 4: Survey results, 1941

Sub-Series 3: Marketing and promotional materials

Box 51

Folder 5: Financial reports, 1938-40
Folder 6: Sales points, steel design
Folder 7: Radio City Guitar Studio publications - Django Reinhardt, Harry Volpe
Folder 8: Marketing materials, 1954
Folder 9: Music trades, 1939-41
Folder 10: Marketing strategies, ca. 1935
Folder 11: Teacher information, ca. 1933
Folder 12: Catalogs and promotional materials - Hawaiian guitar, Spanish guitar, Eharp

Box 100

Folder 1: Eddie Alkire Publications Promotional Materials
Folder 2: Eddie Alkire Publications Promotional Materials, 1939
Folder 3: Eddie Alkire Publications Promotional Materials, 1941-44
Folder 4: Campaign plans, promotional work, 1938
Folder 5: Studio management teachers' course information
Folder 6: Radio announcements for booklet distribution
Folder 7: Printed sales letters, 1936
Folder 8: Retail leads
Folder 9: Retail leads
Folder 10: Retail leads
Folder 11: Retail leads
Folder 12: Retail leads
Folder 13: Retail leads
Folder 14: Teacher leads
Folder 15: Teacher leads
Folder 16: Teacher testimonials, 1962
Folder 17: Manufacturer testimonials

Box 101

Folder 1: Sales and advertising strategies
Folder 2: Sales circulars - method
Folder 3: Oahu publishing co. - sales strategy
Folder 4: Eharp sales points
Folder 5: Sample letters
Folder 6: Sample letters for teachers, correspondence, 1950-57
Folder 7: Sample letters for teachers, technical explanations, 1954-57
Folder 8: Edelman-Diaz Records Data, 1959-60
Folder 9: National Research Bureau, 1949
Folder 10: Teacher instruction - articles and promotional material
Folder 11: Teacher survey, 1937
Folder 12: Teacher surveys, 1941
Folder 13: To do lists, teachers' materials, 1956-57
Folder 14: Awards and certificates
Folder 15: Pacific Institute of Music, 1957

Box 102

Folder 1: SESAC promotion, 1946-50
Folder 2: SESAC transcription service lists, 1942-46
Folder 3: SESAC transcription orders, 1953-54
Folder 4: SESAC transcription requests, 1942-47
Folder 5: SESAC transcription requests, 1954-56
Folder 6: Eddie Alkire Publications requests, 1956
Folder 7: Eddie Alkire Publications requests, 1951-54
Folder 8: "Downbeat" advertising proofs, 1943-44
Folder 9: Magazine ads - drafts
Folder 10: Promotional offers
Folder 11: Promotional materials - drafts
Folder 12: Marketing "to do" lists, 1939
Folder 13: Musical notes, 1936-40
Folder 14: Musical notes, 1936-40
Folder 15: Music catalogs, ca. 1943
Folder 16: Decca record catalogs
Folder 17: Publishers' catalogs
Folder 18: "Music America Loves Best" (Victor/Bluebird catalog)
Folder 19: Promotional Materials, catalogs, ca. 1939
Folder 20: Honolulu Conservatory of Music catalogs, 1932-34

Box 103

Folder 1: Advertising campaign material, 1939
Folder 2: Sales letters and promotions
Folder 3: Sales letters and promotions
Folder 4: Price lists, 1952-57
Folder 5: Leads, ideas, correspondence records, 1957
Folder 6: Promotional materials - sketches
Folder 7: Eddie Alkire Publications logo sketches
Folder 8: Teacher promotional mailings, price lists
Folder 9: Eharp promotional materials
Folder 10: Eharp promotional materials
Folder 11: Eharp circulars; speeches & notes; teacher training
Folder 12: Hawaiian guitar promotional materials
Folder 13: Hawaiian guitar method promotional materials
Folder 14: Promotional materials, radio ads
Folder 15: Promotional materials, 1936-57
Folder 16: Catalogs and promotional materials
Folder 17: Catalogs and promotional materials
Folder 18: Eddie Alkire Publications catalogs, ca. 1934-55
Folder 19: Oahu Publishing Company catalogs, 1932
Folder 20: Gibson ads and items removed from trade magazines
Folder 21: Eharp system catalogs and prospecti
Folder 22: Spanish guitar materials, 1958-60
Folder 23: Featured studio/teacher articles
Folder 24: Sheridan printing, 1961-67
Folder 25: Discount sheets, 1956
Folder 26: Pigskin revue, 1951

Box 104

Folder 1: SESAC transcription notes and sketches
Folder 2: SESAC transcription program sequence and notes
Folder 3: SESAC transcription program no. 1
Folder 4: SESAC transcription program no. 2
Folder 5: SESAC transcription program no. 3
Folder 6: SESAC transcription program no. 4
Folder 7: SESAC transcription program no. 5
Folder 8: SESAC transcription program no. 6
Folder 9: SESAC transcription program no. 7
Folder 10: SESAC transcription program no. 8
Folder 11: SESAC transcription program no. 9
Folder 12: SESAC transcription program no. 10