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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 67 items) |
Abstract | Raymond H. Pulley was a professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1966-1973, and at Appalachian State University, 1973-1995. While a student at Oscar Frommel Smith High School in South Norfolk, Va., 1955-1957, Pulley worked as an engineer and disc jockey at the student-run radio station WOSFM, hosting "The Cuzin' Ray Hoedown," a daily two-hour program that featured rock and roll, country, and hillbilly music. On 12 February 1956, Pulley interviewed Elvis Presley, Maybelle Carter, Helen Carter, June Carter, and Anita Carter in conjunction with their appearance at the Norfolk Municipal Auditorium. The collection contains materials assembled by Raymond Pulley when he hosted "The Cuzin' Ray Hoedown" radio program. Included are news clippings about the station; Cuzin' Ray letterhead; a Carl Smith Award presented to the radio station; sheet music; publicity photographs (many autographed) of country and pop musicians including Roy Acuff, Jack Anglin, Anita Carter, Helen Carter, June Carter Cash, Maybelle Carter, the Chordettes, the Clinch Mountain Clan, Stoney Cooper, Wilma Lee Cooper, Red Foley, Bill Hayes, Sonny James, the Louvin Brothers, Marion Marlowe, Benny Martin, Dusty Owens, Webb Pierce, Elvis Presley, Jerry Reed, Jim Reeves, Mimi Roman, Tommy Smith, Hank Snow, Ernest Tubb, Justin Tubb, Kitty Wells, the Wilburn Brothers, Johnnie Wright, and Faron Young; 45-rpm single recordings by Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley on the Sun Records label; and an open-reel audiotape of interviews conducted on 12 February 1956 with Elvis Presley, Maybelle Carter, Helen Carter, June Carter Cash, and Anita Carter. There are also photographs of those interview sessions and of the artists performing on stage. |
Creator | Pulley, Raymond H. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: James McGlothlin, November 2007
Encoded by: James McGlothlin, November 2007
Updated by: Dawne Howard Lucas, May 2021
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Raymond H. Pulley was a professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1966 to 1973 and at Appalachian State University from 1973 to 1995, where he also developed and managed an administrative computer training program. He is the author of Old Virginia Restored: An Interpretation of the Progressive Impulse, published in 1968 by the University Press of Virginia.
While a student at Oscar Frommel Smith High School in South Norfolk, Va., from 1955 through 1957, Pulley, an avid collector of records and musical memorabilia, worked as an engineer and disc jockey at the student-run radio station WOSFM, the first educational FM station in Virginia. As Cuzin' Ray, he hosted a daily two-hour program, "The Cuzin' Ray Hoedown," which featured rock and roll, country, and hillbilly music. When Elvis Presley and Mother Maybelle Carter and the Carter Sisters played at the Norfolk Municipal Auditorium on 12 February 1956, Pulley conducted interviews with them that aired on the program.
Back to TopThis collection contains materials assembled by Raymond H. Pulley when he hosted "The Cuzin' Ray Hoedown" program on radio station WOSFM in South Norfolk, Va. Included are news clippings about the station; Cuzin' Ray letterhead; a Carl Smith Award presented to the student-run radio station; sheet music; publicity photographs (many autographed) of country and pop musicians, including Roy Acuff, Jack Anglin, Anita Carter, Helen Carter, June Carter Cash, Maybelle Carter, the Chordettes, the Clinch Mountain Clan, Stoney Cooper, Wilma Lee Cooper, Red Foley, Bill Hayes, Sonny James, the Louvin Brothers, Marion Marlowe, Benny Martin, Dusty Owens, Webb Pierce, Elvis Presley, Jerry Reed, Jim Reeves, Mimi Roman, Tommy Smith, Hank Snow, Ernest Tubb, Justin Tubb, Kitty Wells, the Wilburn Brothers, Johnnie Wright, and Faron Young; 45-rpm single recordings by Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley on the Sun Records label; and an open-reel audiotape of interviews conducted on 12 February 1956 with Elvis Presley, Maybelle Carter, Helen Carter, June Carter Cash, and Anita Carter. There are also photographs of those interview sessions and of the artists performing on stage.
Back to TopPrinted items relating to Raymond Pulley's experiences as a teenage disc jockey, radio engineer, and host of "The Cuzin' Ray Hoedown" radio show on WOSM, broadcast from Frommel High School in South Norfolk, Va., in the late 1950s and other items including news clippings, letterhead, sheet music, and a Carl Smith Award.
Folder 1 |
News clippings |
Folder 2 |
Cuzin' Ray letterhead |
Folder 3 |
Carl Smith Award |
Folder 4 |
Pee Wee King and his Golden West Cowboys Songbook |
Folder 5 |
Jimmie Rodgers "Train Whistle Blues" sheet music |
Folder 6 |
Ernest Tubb Radio Songbook Number 2 |
Folder 7 |
Elvis Presley "Loving You" sheet music |
Snapshots of Raymond Pulley alone and with country and rock and roll musicians, as well as publicity portraits, many autographed, of country and rock and roll musicians.
Open-reel audiotape documenting interviews Raymond Pulley conducted on 12 February 1956 with Maybelle Carter, the Carter Sisters, and Elvis Presley in conjunction with their appearance at the Norfolk Municipal Auditorium.
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20422/12810 |
Interviews with Maybelle Carter and the Carter Sisters and Elvis Presley, Richmond, Va., 12 February 19561/4" Open Reel Audio 5" reel; 7.5 ips |
Six 45-rpm single recordings on the Sun Records label.
45-rpm Disc 45rpm-20422/8921 |
Elvis Presley: "Good Rockin' Tonight"; "I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine." Sun 210. |
45-rpm Disc 45rpm-20422/8922 |
Elvis Presley: "I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone"; "Baby Let's Play House." Sun 217. |
45-rpm Disc 45rpm-20422/8923 |
Elvis Presley: "Mystery Train"; "I Forgot to Remember to Forget." Sun 223. |
45-rpm Disc 45rpm-20422/8924 |
Johnny Cash: "Cry! Cry! Cry!"; "Hey, Porter!" Sun 221. |
45-rpm Disc 45rpm-20422/8925 |
Johnny Cash: "Folsom Prison Blues"; "So Doggone Lonesome." Sun 232. |
45-rpm Disc 45rpm-20422/8926 |
Johnny Cash: "I Walk the Line"; "Get Rhythm." Sun 241. |