Randy Atcher Collection
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MSS 107
Randy Atcher Collection, 1890-2000
OVERVIEW
Number: MSS 107, FF1.290, FF1.291
Title: Randy Atcher Collection
Creator: Randy Atcher
Dates: ca.1890-ca.2000
Media: Mixed material
Quantity: 12 boxes and 2 oversize folders
Location: Archival Storage. Kentucky Historical Society, 100 W. Broadway,
Frankfort, Kentucky, 40601-1931, Phone: (502) 564-1792, Email:
khsrefdesk@ky.gov, http://history.ky.gov
HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE COLLECTION
Born in Tip Top, Kentucky in 1918, Randy Atcher became a Louisville radio star
and a television pioneer. Mostly associated with "Hayloft Hoedown," the Crusade
for Children Telethon, and the "T-Bar-V" children's show, Atcher eventually went
on to narrate over 600 non-fiction books for Louisville's Printing House for the
Blind. Atcher died on 9 October 2002.
SCOPE AND CONTENTS OF THE COLLECTION
The Randy Atcher Collections contains the personal and professional papers,
photographs, audio and film tape, and ephemera that document the career and
life of Randy Atcher. A noted Louisville country western musician, radio and
television performer, and local personality, the Randy Atcher collection includes
photographs of Atcher family members from the late 1800s through Randy
Atcher's life, radio and television scripts, correspondence and fan mail, Atcher's
military records, etc. The collection is housed in four (4) cubic foot boxes and one
flat oversized box.
ORGANIZATION OF THE COLLECTION
Chronological.
RELATED MATERIAL
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Researchers are encouraged to search the Online Collection Catalog for
additional related materials.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item]. {Collection Title}, {Date (Bulk Date)}, {Mss#}, Kentucky
Historical Society.
Property rights: The Kentucky Historical Society owns the property rights to this
collection.
Copyrights: Copyrights have not been dedicated to the public. Consideration of
the requirements of copyright is the responsibility of the author and publisher.
CONTAINER LIST
Box Folder Folder Title Dates
1 1 High School diplomas 1932-1936
1 2 Atcher Family, birth and marriage
certificates
1 3 Randy Atcher. United States Army Air
Force. Personnel records.
1943-1946
1 4 Randy Atcher. United States Army Air
Force. Papers,
1940-1945
1 5 Personal Correspondence, 1942,1946
1 6 Randy Atcher. United States Army Air
Force. Papers,
1945-1946
1 7 Randy Atcher. United States Army Air
Force. Papers,
1946-1956
1 8 Randy Atcher. United States Army Air
Force. Notes, Instructions, Procedures.
n.d
2 1 Daphne Atcher Papers 1946
2 2 Fan letters & correspondence 1938
2 3 Fan letters & correspondence Jan - Feb 1940
2 4 Fan letters & correspondence Mar - Apr 1940
2 5 Fan letters & correspondence May - Aug 1940
2 6 Fan letters & correspondence Sept-Dec 1940
2 7 Old letters, WWII wartime fan club
2 8 Contract, royalty statements &
correspondence,
1941
2 9 Correspondence. 1947
2 10 Santa Rides a Snow White pony
Christmas card
undated
3 1 Business & personal correspondence, 1946-1968
3 2 Contracts, fan letters & correspondence, 1946-1949,
1965-1968
3 3 Nudie’s Rodeo Tailors suit receipt. 1953
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3 4 Letter from Elvis Presley's manager. 1955
3 5 Personal and business correspondence
and fan mail.
1949-1991
3 6 Fan mail. 1950-1970
3 7 Correspondence and Press releases. 1953-1968
3 8 Fan correspondence. 1963-2003
3 9 Randy Atcher stationary - Letterhead
and envelopes (Blank)
3 10 Shows, 1951-1972
3 11 Old Kentucky Barn Dance. Scripts, 1956-1958
3 12 Ray Harm Show
4 1 WHAS Korean Children's Choir
Program -
1954
4 2 Hoedown, misc
4 3 T-Bar-V Show. Spring 1963
4 4 Last T-Bar-V show script
4 5 Tape excerpts
4 6 Children's Crusade & Hoedown & Show. 1965
4 7 Hayloft Hoedown scripts and
promotional materials
4 8 Randy's Hoedown Special. Script. 1971
4 9 Battleground Show, 5 July 1987
4 10 Advertisements, press releases, etc. - 1950s - 1960s
4 11 Published materials
4 12 Public relations materials
5 1 Public relations promotional materials
5 2 MDA (Muscular Dystrophy Association)
Certificates of Merit and Appreciation
5 3 Talking Books award and
correspondence
5 4 Certificates of appreciation and merit
5 5 Contract. 1941
5 6 Contracts and royalty amounts received
5 7 Library of Congress. Copyright.
Certificates,
1940 & 1946
6 1 Original (?) music and lyrics, n.d
6 2 Randy Atcher - Original music and lyrics
6 3 Original music
6 4 Campaign song for Bert Combs and
advertisements
6 5 Original lyrics and music
6 6 Bibliographies
6 7 Pronunciation guides for audio tapes
and reviews
6 8 Square Dance Calls
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6 9 Lyrics and music (non-Atcher)
6 10 Poems, music & lyrics (non-Atcher) -
loose
6 11 Poems, music & lyrics (non-Atcher) -
Bound/printed
7 1 Poems, music & lyrics (non-Atcher) -
Bound/printed
7 2 Poems, music & lyrics (non-Atcher) -
Bound/printed
7 3 "Destry Rides Again" script. 1971
7 4 "Raintree County" World Premier
7 5 Department of the Army.
Correspondence.
1966
7 6 Don-Rep Dispatch newspaper. 1966
7 7 Trip to Dominican Republic, newspapers
7 8 Driftwood on the River: the life and
times of West Point Kentucky in the 20th
century. By Richard A. Briggs and Leslie
A Smith. KY: Friends of Fort Duffield,
2001
7 9 Indiana University. Proposal regarding
Adult Education.
1953
7 10 Miscellaneous ephemera
8 1 Sayings, witticism, general info
8 2 Address books, diaries, etc
8 3 Celebrity scrapbook
8 4 Radio Stars scrapbook
8 5 Correspondence regarding Colt
revolvers
8 6 Ephemera
8 7 Photos used for "A Song in Native
Pastures"
8 8 Photographs
9 1 Photographs
9 2 Photographs
9 3 Photographs
9 4 Derby Festival awards and photos
9 5 Photographs
9 6 Photographs
9 7 Photographs and photocopies
9 8 Photographs - music, family, WHAS
9 9 Photographs
9 10 Photographs
9 11 Trip to Dominican Republic, photos
10 1 Scrapbook
10 2 Photographs
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10 3 Photographs
10 4 Photographs
10 5 Photographs
10 6 Photographs
10 7 Photographs
10 8 Photographs
10 9 Photographs
10 10 Photographs
11 1 Loose pages of a memorial scrapbook
12 Film and audio tapes
FF1.290
FF1.291
Over-sized materials, photographs, etc
Oversized studio photographs,
magazines, certificates
n.d. - Framed
photo of 3
women each
with a
musical
instrument
(guitar,
accordion, &
fiddle);
n.d. -
Unframed
photo of
Randy Atcher
standing,
playing a
guitar;
n.d. -
Unframed
portrait photo
of Randy
Atcher;
1962
Kentucky
Colonel
certificate;
1993
"Seniority"
magazine;
1953 C-J
Magazine on
"Hayloft
Howdown"
n.d. color
photo of
Randy
looking at
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mountains;
1936 WKU
Van Meter
Auditorium,
Randy on
right playing
guitar;
1958 Rolled
photo of
Randy and
young man
(son?)
playing guitar
