Richard “Colonel” Ware Collection
Scope and Contents
The Richard “Colonel” Ware Collection was gifted to LaBudde Special Collections in November 2012 by his son Bradley Ware. Materials date from the late 1940s through the mid-1970s. The collection reflects Ware’s years as a sales and promotion representative for RCA, Capitol and Columbia Records. There is an abundance of marketing ephemera, including, musical programs, promotional booklets, periodicals, album inserts, flyers, photographs, etc. There are also company orientation materials as well as convention programs. The collection includes a multitude of album covers with visual memories of the musical past, containing Classical, Contemporary, Country & Western, Folk and International sounds.
Dates
- 1963 - 1976
Creator
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright status is unknown
Extent
4 Linear Feet (LaBudde: 8 Manuscript Boxes.)
Language of Materials
English
- Author
- LaBudde: Teresa L. Gipson, Stuart Hinds (supervising archivist).
- Date
- LaBudde: January 2013.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Missouri-Kansas City Special Collections and Archives Repository