Crystal Ballroom, Fargo, N.D. band, n.d. (1)
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Jules and Lois Herman Photograph Collection provides a glimpse into their musical careers, particularly that of Jules Herman. The images, spanning from the 1930s to the 1960s, include individual and couple portraits, many of the bands in which Jules performed including his own band in St. Paul, Minn., and also a variety of images from the scrapbook in his papers. The collection has been organized into three series: Jules and Lois Herman, Bands and orchestras, and Topical.
The Jules and Lois Herman Series includes ten images including individual portraits of each of them. There is one of Jules with Louis Armstrong, each holding a trumpet. The couples file includes an image of Jules and Lois as guests of Lawrence Welk and his orchestra. Jules is playing the trumpet while Lois appears to be singing.
The Bands and Orchestras Series consists primarily of formal group shots of bands with which Jules Herman was associated. Among them is a large group of musicians in the Crystal Ballroom in Fargo, N.D. and the Red Jackets band of Fargo, alto taken at the Crystal Ballroom. The other groups represented include Johnnie ‘Scat’ Davis Orchestra, Jules Herman Band, Wayne King Orchestra, Griff Williams Orchestra, and three very nice photographs of the early Lawrence Welk Orchestra. On most if not all
Herman has marked where he is located on each print. Most of them also have reasonably good identification on the reverse, sometimes written identification of each person.
The Topical Series includes a single portrait of Vic Schroeder taken in 1969. He is identified as Lawrence Welk’s partner and agent in Yankton, S.D. and Omaha, Neb. and also the person who influenced Jules to organize his own band in 1950. The Scrapbook files contains photocopies of the original photographs and several postcards found in a scrapbook documenting Jules and Lois’s career that is part of their papers. All of them have identification and include Jules Herman with the Lennon Sisters, his own band, daughter Bonnie with the Lawrence Welk orchestra at the Prom in St. Paul, The FargoMoorhead Amphion Male Chorus (1934), snapshots with Welk in Chicago, Jules performing with Wayne King on television show, three musicians with Welk including Herman, billboard sign for Griff Williams orchestra with Jules Herman’s name featured, postcards of the Empire Room of the Palmer House Hotel in Chicago, and the male members of the Lawrence Welk orchestra where Jules was subbing (1966).
Dates
- 1930s-1960s
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Institute.
Extent
From the Collection: 39 Photographic Prints
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository
Contact:
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu