John Owen Brown papers

1    COLLECTION SUMMARY

1.1       Introduction/Abstract

John Brown formed Mid-Continent Entertainment in the 1960s and quickly built the company into one of the leading management and promotion agencies in the mid-west music industry. The Flippers, later known as the Fabulous Flippers, became the first band under Brown’s management with Mid-Continent Entertainment. Brown later partnered with friend Jim Reardon to expand the company with the addition of the Blue Things, who were first known as the Blue Boys. To promote their events Brown purchased radio ads from the KOMA radio station in Oklahoma City.  Despite its wide audience range, KOMA was not a popular station for advertising revenue, so ad space was very affordable. After moving to Lawrence, Kansas, for college, Brown partnered with fraternity brother Mike Murfin, to open the Red Dog Inn as an event venue and headquarters for Mid-Continent Entertainment. This collection consists of materials from John Brown’s career in the music industry in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as materials from reunion and regional music Hall of Fame events in the 1990s through the 2020s.

1.2       Dates

1965-2025

1.3       Quantity

10 cubic feet

1.4       Creator

John Brown

1.5       Title

John Owen Brown papers

1.6       UID and/or Call #

UID# 531297

1.7       Language

English

1.8     Notes

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1.9   Repository

Kansas State Historical Society (Topeka)

2    BIOGRAPHY OR HISTORY

John Brown was an early pioneer in the music industry in the Midwest. John Brown’s family moved to Downes, Kansas from Hutchison, Kansas, while he was still in primary school. It was at this time that Brown met Jim Reardon, a classmate at the time and eventual business partner. Reardon soon moved to Beloit, Kansas, but maintained connections with his school friends to college. Both Brown and Reardon started college at Kansas State University. Brown later transferred to the University of Kansas.[1]

While attending college, Brown helped manage the Downes swimming pool during the summer. Before transferring to the University of Kansas, Brown decided to host a dance event at the pool’s community hall and hired a four piece band out of Hays called the Flippers to perform.[2]To promote this event Brown purchased radio ads from the KOMA radio station in Oklahoma City.[3]Despite its wide audience range, KOMA was not a popular station for advertising revenue.[4]Ad space on KOMA at the time cost about five dollars.[5]According to Jim Reardon the place was absolutely packed, as people were willing to drive from all around to see a live rock and roll performance.[6]Following this success Brown founded Mid-Continent Entertainment in the early 1960s as a music promotion and management company.[7]

The Flippers became the first band under Brown’s management with Mid-Continent Entertainment.  The Flippers were first founded in the late 1950s and had already achieved some regional success by the time they partnered with John Brown. The original Flippers band largely broke up when Brown and band leader Terry Wierman relocated to Lawrence to attend the University of Kansas.[8]According to Kansas music historian Bill Lee, “In early 1964, John [Brown] and Terry [Wierman] traveled across Kansas and Oklahoma, holding auditions for a new band that would now be called the Fabulous Flippers.”[9]

While traveling for a different business enterprise Jim Reardon visited a Fabulous Flippers event and casually mentioned to Brown that he should expand to an agency that manages more than one band. At the time Brown felt that working with the Flippers was already taking up too much of his time to consider expansion.[10]However, about a year later, in 1964, Brown contacted Reardon about scouting a band in Hays. Reardon agreed, and was impressed by the band, which at the time was called the Blue Boys.[11]Reardon joined Mid-Continent Entertainment to manage and promote the new band. Through his first summer with Mid-Continent, Reardon worked as the road manager for the band; he was in charge of booking, promoting, and running events. Reardon and Brown agreed to split the profits and Brown landed a recording contract for the band with RCA Victor, which prompted a name change to the Blue Things, to avoid conflict with another band also called the Blue Boys.[12]The Blue Things recorded two albums and two singles with RCA Victor.[13]

John Brown relocated Mid-Continent Entertainment to Lawrence, Kansas, in 1964 following his transfer to the University of Kansas. Prior to this time Mid-Continent booked events for their bands from either Brown’s home in Downes or Reardon’s home in Beloit.[14]Reardon also conducted much of his management business from the road or while in school at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas.[15]In November of 1964, Brown partnered with a Kappa Sigma fraternity brother at the University of Kansas named Mike Murfin to open the Red Dog Inn in the former Lawrence Opera House, also known as Liberty Hall.[16]Reardon described the partnership between the Red Dog Inn and Mid-Continent Entertainment as ideal for the beginning of rock and roll promotion.[17]The Red Dog Inn served as an emporium for the bands to play even during the winter, and it gave Mid-Continent a headquarters in Lawrence in a very prestigious club to book from.[18]

The Red Dog Inn opened on January 1, 1965. The Fabulous Flippers featured the nightclub’s opening night, and the managers recalled that the lines to get in were over a block long.[19]According to Brown, the club sold out nightly for the first five to six months of operation.[20]The nightclub had a seating capacity of 1300, but Murfin believed that their record for the largest crowd was for a live recording session of the Fabulous Flippers, where around 2,400 people attended.[21]The nightclub’s success was noticeable through its record setting beer sales, as they  sold the most Budweiser beer in the state of Kansas, and they reportedly even had the largest open account with Budweiser in the United States at one time.[22]

At the end of the summer of 1964, Jim Reardon also moved to Lawrence to continue his involvement with Mid-Continent Entertainment. It was around this time that Reardon and John Brown began to expand the agency beyond their first two bands. Joining the Fabulous Flippers and the Blue Things were The Rising Suns, who later became the Young Raiders, Spider and the Crabs, and most notably, a band from Bartlesville, Oklahoma, that became known as The Red Dogs.[23]The Red Dogs, originally called The Limits, became the house band of the Red Dog Inn, where they played once a month.[24]Brown and Reardon’s partnership ended when Reardon left Mid-Continent Entertainment and moved to Hays, Kansas, Where he opened the Dark Horse Inn and formed James N. Reardon and Associates, his own management company.Reardon explained that with the increase in the number of bands at Mid-Continent, the work had increased while the pay had decreased, and that he also felt that Brown and Murfin were better suited to move Mid-Continent forward, both of these factors led to his departure and relocation to Hays.[25]

Mid-Continent Entertainment also delt with changes among band members regularly. Despite these changes, Brown maintained control of the band identities by trademarking their names.[26]When members, or in some instances entire groups, left the agency, other musicians or groups were promoted or brought in under the already established identities. Even Mid-Continent’s top tier bands, the Fabulous Flippers, experienced membership turnover, where at least 78 musicians performed with the band.[27]In 1968, the Blue Things broke away from Mid-Continent, but had to change their name, and within a few years the agency began putting other bands on the road under the Blue Things identity. Between 1968 to 1973 at least three other bands played under the name.[28]

Owning the names of the bands also allowed Mid-Continent Entertainment greater flexibility and optimization in booking events. The agency could have different groups play different venues under the same name, even on the same night.[29]Mid-Continent also had the same groups play under different names from night to night while on the road.[30]One band using multiple names allowed them to book venues closer together, while still attracting large audiences. Mid-Continent also developed a system to build talent by using some of their band identities as apprentice bands, including the Rising Suns, Spider and the Crabs, and the Young Raiders. New musicians were placed in these apprentice bands and worked their way up to the agency’s top billed bands of the Fabulous Flippers, the Red Dogs, and the Blue Things.[31]

In the mid-1970s, Brown decided to move on from the music and booking industry. Mid-Continent Entertainment was sold to Gary “Igor” Crawford, the agency’s longtime road manager.[32]Around this time, The advertising market had begun to change and with the rise of more localized radio channels, KOMA was no longer an advertising powerhouse. Another factor that pushed many band managers such as Brown to other careers was the increase in drug use among band members that had begun to affect the industry, as Jim Reardon recalled, the reliability of the performers had declined.[33]John Brown was inducted into the Kansas Music Hall of Fame as a part of the inaugural class of 2005 as a Director’s Award recipient. Mid-Continent Entertainment is well represented in the Kansas Music Hall of Fame, including bands such as the Fabulous Flippers, the Red Dogs, the Rising Suns, the Young Raiders, and Spider & the Crabs, as well as individuals such as John Brown, Jim Reardon, Mike Murfin, and Gary “Igor” Crawford.[34]John Brown passed away on June 5, 2025.

3    SCOPE AND CONTENTS

The John Owen Brown papers consist of materials from John Brown’s career in the music industry in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as materials from reunion and regional music Hall of Fame events in the 1990s through the 2020s. Materials include a large collection of recordings from concerts and studio recording sessions of bands represented by Brown and his management company, Mid-Continent Entertainment. John Brown created and operated Mid Continent Entertainment in the mid 1960s through the 1970s, working with bands such as the Red Dogs, Fabulous Flippers, The Rising Suns, and the Young Raiders. The collection also includes photographs, often of events or group shots of band members, posters, and other promotional materials and business records. Publications included in this collection include books and articles written by Tom Tourville, Rebecca Peters, various members of the music industry, and professional reporters.

4    CONTENTS LIST

The contents of this collection are described in nine series. These series include: posters, audio-visual materials, business records, correspondence, promotional materials, funeral program, photographs, hall of fame programs, and publications. The audio-visual materials series is divided into subseries denoting material type, including: large phonographs, 45 RPM phonographs, magnetic tape, CDs and DVDs, cassettes, Mini DVs, VHSs, and digital materials. Similarly, the publications series is composed of two subseries: books and magazines, newspapers and journals.

• 900-32, Oversized cabinet, business records and posters:
  • Business records:
    • Folder 1:
      • Red Dog Inn floor plans. Materials have been relocated from a folder of correspondence, located in Box 7 Folder 6.
  • Posters:
    • Folder 2:
      • An envelope addressed to John Brown from Kansas Inaugural 2003 containing:
        • A letter from Governor Kathleen Sebelius,
        • A Sanctuary poster,
        • A poster from Governor Sebelius.
    • Folder 3, Rising Suns posters:
      • Three Dance to the Rising Suns posters.
    • Folder 4, Spider and the Crabs posters:
      • Two photocopies of a Spider and the Crabs poster.
      • Spider and the Crabs posters (UID 531356).
    • Folder 5, Blue Things posters:
      • Two Blue Things posters.
    • Folder 6, Young Raiders posters:
      • Three photocopies of a Young Raiders poster.
      • A double-sided Red Dogs and Young Raiders poster.
      • A Young Raiders Quantrell poster signed by Steve Clark to John Brown.
      • Three Young Raiders Quantrell posters.
      • A Young Raiders gradient poster. Poster has been relocated from a folder of photographs, located in Box 8 Folder 13.
    • Folder 7, Red Dogs posters:
      • A photocopy of a Red Dogs poster.
      • A small Red Dogs poster.
      • A Red Dogs poster signed by the band on January 8, 2007 at an Inauguration event for Governor Sebelius.
      • Two double-sided Red Dogs and Young Raiders poster, signed by members of the Red Dogs.
      • A double-sided Red Dogs and Young Raiders poster with a Rock N Roll Hall of Fame logo attached to the Red Dogs side.
      • A Red Dogs poster signed at the South Dakota Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on April 24, 2010.
      • Dance to the Red Dogs signed poster (UID 531355). An original "Dance to the Red Dogs" poster that has been signed by the band members, including Steve Dahl, Steve Elliott, Randall Grundy, Don Lindley, and others. The poster was signed by band members at the South Dakota Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on April 24, 2010. 
      • Dance to the Red Dogs poster with note “Mid-Continent Entertainment Rm-420” written on the bottom. Poster has been relocated from a folder of photographs, located in Box 8 Folder 13.
      • Three signed Red Dogs “Cookin Music” posters.
      • Red Dog Cookin Music posters (UID 531366). A set of nine the Red Dog's "Cookin Music" posters. The set includes three copies of each different version of the poster, colors vary between versions. One copy of each version has been digitized for Kansas Memory. 
      • Red Dogs sticker poster (UID 531352).An original Red Dogs sticker poster signed by band members. 
    • Folder 8, Fabulous Flippers posters:
      • Nine photocopies of Fabulous Flippers posters.
      • Three blue Fabulous Flippers informational posters.
      • Two black, pink, and green Fabulous Flippers posters.
      • A white Fabulous Flippers 1994 Reunion Tour poster for the July 3, 1994 event in Downs, Kansas.
      • A pink Fabulous Flippers 1994 Reunion Tour poster for the October 21 and 22 events at Liberty Hall.
      • Three Fabulous Flippers 1993 Reunion Tour posters, one white copy, one pink copy, and one yellow copy.
      • Event schedule poster for the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa. Includes the Fabulous Flippers on Saturday, Jan. 15^th.
      • Fabulous Flippers reunion tour posters (UID 531367). A set of posters for Fabulous Flippers events in July of 1993. The set includes nine posters total. Two copies, one neon yellow and one white, of the overall event schedule poster for The Legendary Surf Ballroom 45th anniversary Celebration. One yellow poster describing the Fabulous Flippers reunion tour displaying all three dates they played at the event. A red poster for July 2, 1993 at the Surf Ballroom. A red poster for July 1, 1993 at Val Air Ballroom. Only one copy of each poster has been digitized for Kansas Memory.
      • Two Dance to the Fabulous Flippers posters.
      • A Dance to the Fabulous Flippers poster signed by band members.
      • Signed Dance to the Fabulous Flippers poster (UID 531363). An original Fabolous Flippers poster signed by all band members Terry Wierman, Jerry Tammen, Dennis Frederick, Roger Lewis, Gary Claxton, Doug Crotty, Danny Hein, and Dennis Loewen, plus band manager John Brown. 
      • Fabulous Flippers sticker poster (UID 531364). A large sticker poster that has the original Fabulous Flipper band art. The poster is signed by band members  Roger Lewis, Danny Hein, Doug Crotty, Jerry Tammen, and band manager John Brown. 
    • Folder 9, assorted band and musician posters:
      • A poster and CD case containing a ticket stub, both from the Kelly Hunt Band with Mike Finnigan New Year’s Eve event at Liberty Hall, 1996.
      • A photocopy of an Ike & Tina Turner Revue poster.
      • A photocopy of a Doug Clark and the Hot Nuts poster.
      • A Doug Clark and the Hot Nuts poster.
      • A The Smoke Ring poster.
      • A The Happy Medium poster. Posterhas been relocated from a folder of photographs, located in Box 8 Folder 13.
    • Folder 10, Featuring At the Red Dog Inn posters:
      • Three blank copies.
      • One copy includes the date Sat. Jan 15, 2005 and lists the Fabulous Flippers, Red Dogs, Mike Finnigan, Rodney & the Blazers, and Chessman Square.
      • Featuring at the Red Dog Inn poster (UID 531353).
      • Signed Featuring at the Red Dog Inn poster (UID 531354).
    • Folder 11, Hall of Fame posters:
      • A poster from the September 6, 1998 Iowa Rock N Roll Hall of Fame Spectactular. The poster is signed by numerous band and music industry members. This poster was previously wrapped inside a newspaper, which contains notes stating the poster was signed at a Lake Okoboji event on August 25, 2024.
      • A Rising Suns Iowa & Kansas Music Hall of Fame poster.
      • Red Dogs induction to the Kansas Music Hall of Fame celebration poster (UID 531357).
      • Kansas Music Hall of Fame 2014 poster. Event held at Liberty Hall Saturday March 1^st.
      • Cocoon Butterfly Tour, South Dakota Rock Hall of Fame poster. Event held on April 14, 2018 in Sioux Falls, SD.
      • Rising Suns South Dakota Rock and Roll Hall of Fame collage poster. Poster dated to 2014.
      • Two signed 2010 South Dakota Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2^nd annual induction event poster.
      • Two 2010 South Dakota Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2^nd annual induction event posters.
      • 2009 South Dakota Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction and concert poster (UID 531368).
      • A 2010 Iowa Rock N Roll Music Association Hall of Fame Induction Weekend Spectacular poster. The poster is signed by members of the Rising Suns.
      • A signed 2005 Iowa Rock N Roll Music Association Hall of Fame Induction Spectacular poster.
    • Folder 12, event posters:
      • A Dodge City Ski Club poster.
      • Downs 93^rd Celebration and Solomon Calley Industrial & Sport Show poster.
      • Three different posters for a Ribs Races & Rock & Roll event at Motorsport Park Hastings.
      • A photocopy of a Midwest Pop Music Festival poster.
      • A poster for the Third Annual Midwest Pop Music Festival, July 8^th, 1969.
      • Three copies of Chanute Chamber of Commerce event held at the Chanute Memorial Auditorium.
      • Two partial photocopies of a Mount Oread Pop Music Festival event poster.
      • Four Mount Oread Pop Music Festival event posters.
      • Four Rock N Runza Block Party posters.
    • Folder 13, business posters:
      • Three copies of Real Estate Auction posters. Posters advertising the house Fabulous Flipper Drummer Jerry Tammen bought at auction.
      • A Colorado Tractor Corporation poster.
• Box 1: 073-03-02-05, oversized materials: publications, photographs, and business materials.
  • Publications
    • Folder 1, Periodical newsletters:
      • Vortex Vol. 2 No. 9 July 8-21 newsletter periodical.
      • Dosgris Tulane University periodical, vol. 1 no. 5, October 11, 1972.
      • The Note newsletter periodical, Vol. VIII, No. 10, October 1993. Contains article: “The Fabulous Flippers Still Swimming After All These Years” by Bill Lee. One copy previously stored in an envelope addressed to John Brown, which is included in the folder.
    • Folder 2, Newspapers:
      • The Downs News & Times, Thursday June 30, 1994.
      • The Downs News & Times, July 7 1994.
      • Lawrence Daily Jornal-World, October 16, 1993.
      • The Topeka Capitol-Journal, January 14, 2003. Includes a letter and poster from Governor Kathleen Sebelius to Jerry Tammen.
      • Two copies of The Topeka Capitol-Journal, Jaunary 9, 2007, and a copy of the Lawrence & State section of theLawrence Journal-World, January 9, 2007, along with an envelope addressed to John Brown from the Kansas Inaugural 2007 containing event information and a Reserved Red Dogs sign.
      • The entertainment section of the Wichita Eagle, October 15, 1993.
      • Kansas City Star Preview, Jan. 11-21, 2007.
      • Three copies of The Des Moines Register Date Book, July 1, 1993.
      • Cityview Des Moines' News, Entertainment, and Lifestyle Weekly, June 30-July 6, 1993.
    • Folder 3, Newsletters:
      • What’s Up Thursday, July 7, 1994, pages 9-16.
      • Two Discover!, August 27, 1998 and August 27, 2005.
    • Folder 4, Newspaper clippings and other publications:
      • Two newspaper clippings and three photographs paperclipped together. A clipping from the Lawrence Daily Journal-World from October 16, 1993 along with three photographs dated 1970 glued to sheet of paper. The second photocopied newspaper clipping contains the article “Many Years after disbanding, Fabulous Flippers band returns” by Diane Samms Rush, The Wichita Eagle.
      • Laminated copy of “Flipping on the love light” by Bob Basow published in the Kansas Alumni Magazine.
      • Four photocopies of newspaper clipping containing the article “Many Years after disbanding, Fabulous Flippers band returns” by Diane Samms Rush, The Wichita Eagle.
      • Photocopy of article “Homegrown Hall” by Timothy Finn in the Kansas City Star from January 11, 2007.
  • Photographs:
    • Folder 5, Oversized photographs:
      • One Laminated photograph of a singer onstage. Likely Danny Hein, lead singer of the Fabulous Flippers.
      • Two photocopied photographs of the Fabulous Flippers on one oversized sheet of paper. Photos copied from Jerry Tammen’s collection.
      • Three large photographs in one white envelope.
      • Silhouette photograph with frame matting.
      • Large photograph in white envelope.
      • A photo collage in an folder frame.
  • Business Records:
    • Folder 6: Personal calendars.
      • 1969 reference calendar.
      • John Brown's Original Booking Calander from 1972 and Beyond.
• Box 2: 039-04-03-05, Audio-visual materials.
  • Audio-visual materials, large phonographs:
    • Two Blue Things phonographs. First labeled “Blue Things Pop Session 1966. Rich, Val, Mike, Rich.” Second labeled "Blue things Session April ’67 RCA.” These two phonographs were previously stored in a frame and displayed in John Owen Brown’s home office.
    • Spider and the Crabs phonograph recording (UID 532570). acetate phonograph
    • Young Raiders Demo acetate phonograph.
    • Untitled phonograph recording 1 (UID 532571) and Untitled phonograph recording 4 (UID 532575). Two acetate phonographs in album sleeve, one disc labeled “session,” unknown artists.
    • Little Boy Blue phonograph recording by Jim Dale (UID 532576). Acetate phonograph, dated “summer of 65.”
    • Blue Things phonograph recording 1 (UID 532577). Acetate phonograph labeled “Blue Things, Pop Session, ’66.”
    • Blue Things phonograph recording 2 (UID 532578), Blue Things phonograph recording 3 (UID 532579), and Blue Things phonograph recording 4 (UID 532580). Three Blue Things acetate phonographs in album sleeve. Also in album sleeve is a vinyl phonograph labeled “Test Pressing” entered into dart as “Test Pressing phonograph recordings” (UID 532582) with other “Test Pressing” phonograph also in this box..
    • Jimmy Angel phonograph recording (UID 532581). Acetate phonograph, single sided.
    • Untitled phonograph recording 2 (UID 532572) and Untitled phonograph recording 3 (UID 532573). Two acetate phonographs in album sleeve. Unknown artists.
    • Red Dogs phonograph recording (UID 532574). Red Dogs May 2^nd, 1967 acetate phonograph.
    • Second “Test Pressing phonograph recordings” phonograph (UID 532582), cover is double sided with Red Dog poster on one side, Fabulous Flippers poster on the other.
    • Tarkio Road Brewer & Shipley album phonograph.
    • The Serfs The Early Bird Cafe album phonograph
    • Tide Almost Live album phonograph.
    • Sanctuary album phonograph.
    • Sealed Sanctuary album phonograph (duplicate of previous album, but unopened).
    • The Blue Things album phonograph (cover shows bandmembers standing on railroad tracks).
    • The Fabulous Flippers Something Tangible album phonograph record with “Wisconsin Room” hand drawn poster taped to cover.
    • The Fabulous Flippers Something Tangible album phonograph record.
• Box 3: 143-05-03-01, Audio-visual materials.
  • Audio-visual materials, 45 RPM phonographs:
    • Folder 1, Fabulous Flippers 45 RPM phonograph:
      • A Fabulous Flippers 45 phonograph with songs "Shout" and "Turn On Your Love Life."
    • Folder 2, "Rare" Flippers and Blue Things 45 phonographs:
      • Three 45 RPM phonographs featuring songs by the Blue Things and the Fabulous Flippers. Songs include, “Women Ain’t Good For Me,” “West Side Story,” “Harlem Shuffle,” “I Don’t Want To Cry,” “Doll House,” and “The Man On The Street.”
    • Folder 3, Blue Things 45 RPM phonograph:
      • A Blue Things RCA Victor 45 Phonograph with songs "The Orange Rooftop of Your Mind" and "One Hour Cleaners," two tickets for the 2007 Kansas Music   Hall of Fame are stored with the phonograph.
    • Folder 4, “The Blue Things (Blue Boys) (Hays, KS) 45 RPM phonographs:
      • A total of ten 45 phonographs by the Blue Things, also known as the Blue Boys. Four copies of phonograph with songs “So You Say” and “P’s And Q’s.” Two copies of phonograph with songs “Love’s Made A Fool Of You” and “Silver And Gold.” One phonograph with songs “Ain’t That Lovin’ You Baby” and “Punkin Doodle.” Three copies of phonograph with songs “Pretty Thing – Oh” and “Just Two Days Ago.”
    • Folder 5, Blue Boys/Blue Things and The Rye featuring Spider & The Crabs 45 RPM phonographs:
      • “I Must Be Doing Something Wrong” with “La Do Da Da” on the reverse side.”
      • “Yes My Friend” with “Somebody Help Me” on the reverse side.
      • The Blueboys phonograph recording (UID 532569). “Silver and Gold” with “Love’s Made A Fool Of You” on the reverse side.
      • “Just Two Days Ago” with “Pretty Thing – Oh” on the reverse Side.
      • “Somebody Help Me” with “Yes My Friend” on the reverse side (Duplicate of second phonograph).
      • “Pretty Thing – Oh” with “Just Two Days Ago” on the reverse side (Duplicate of fourth phonograph).
      • “Orange Rooftop Of Your Mind” with “One Hour Cleaners” on the reverse side.
      • “Love’s Made a Fool Of You” with “Silver and Gold” on the reverse side (Duplicate of third phonograph).
      • “Somebody Help Me” with “Yes My Friend” on the reverse side (Duplicate of second and fifth phonograph).
      • “I Can’t Have Yesterday” with “Some Kind of Magic” on the reverse side. Songs by The Rye featuring Spider and the Crabs
    • Folder 6, The Red Dogs (Lawrence, KS) 45 RPM phonographs:
      • This folder contains a Veritas Records order form for the Fabulous Flippers “Something Tangible” album release and three 45 phonographs with songs “Fix It” and “Tomorrow” by The Red Dogs. One “Fix It” and “Tomorrow” phonograph has been relocated from a folder of photographs, located in Box 8 Folder 13.
    • Folder 7, The Rye 45 RPM Phonograph:
      • A phonograph with songs “Some Kind of Magic” and “I Can’t Have Yesterday.”
    • Folder 8, The Jerms (Topeka, KS) 45 RPM phonograph:
      • A 45 phonograph with songs “Good feelin’ Yea” and “Bald Headed Woman.”
    • Folder 9, Jim Dale (Topeka, KS) 45 RPM phonographs:
      • A total of fourteen 45 phonographs. One acetate phonograph with songs “Mountain Dew” and “Little Boy Blue.” Seven copies of phonograph with songs “Mountain Dew” and “Little Boy Blue.” Four copies of phonograph with songs “Who’ll Be The Fool Of The Year” and “Crazy Over You” (One has a yellow label, the rest are white labels). Two phonographs with songs “VW” by Jim Dale and the Comancheroes and “TP” by the Comancheroes.
    • Folder 10, The Skeptics (Bartlesville, OK) 45 RPM phonographs:
      • A total of seven 45 phonographs. Three copies of phonograph with songs “Apple Candy” and “Ride Child.” Four copies of phonograph with songs “Certain Kind of Girl” and “Stripes.”
    • Folder 11, Kent and the Candidates* (Kent Sprague, Quincy IL) 45 RPM phonograph *band was backup for Brenton Wood:
      • A 45 phonograph with songs “Never Let Me Go” and “I Gotta Feelin’.”
    • Folder 12, JB and the Playboys (Montreal, Canada) – RCA acetate 45 RPM phonograph 1965:
      • A 45 phonograph with handwritten labels.
    • Folder 13, 45 RPM phonographs produced by John Brown:
      • Sixteen 45 phonographs produced by John Brown. Musicians recorded on phonographs include Buddy Miles & The Freeedom Express, The Blueboys/Bluethings, The Red Dogs, Spider and the Crabs, The Rye, Jimmy Dale, Sanctuary, Mike Finnigan and the Serfs, Jose Alfredo Jimenez.
    • Folder 14,’Ole MCC 45 RPM Records:
      • “Dry My Eyes” and “Woman Ain’t Good For Me” by The Fabulous Flippers.
      • “I Can’t Have Yesterday and “Some Kind of Magic” by The Rye featuring Spider and the Crabs (duplicate of final record in previous set (see above).
      • “Magnificent Sanctuary Band” and “All In My Dreams” by Sanctuary.
      • “Help Me Somebody” and Bread & Water” by Mike Finnigan and the Surfs.
      • “Tomorrow” and “Fix It” by The Red Dogs.
      •  “Mountain Dew” and “Little Boy Blue” by Jim Dale.
    • Folder 15, Assorted 45 RPM phonographs:
      • Two Sanctuary 45 phonograph with songs “Magnificent Sanctuary Band and “All In My Dreams.” One phonograph has been relocated from a folder of correspondence, located in Box 7 Folder 6.
      • Red Dogs 45 phonograph with songs “Tomorrow” and “Fix It.”
      • The Jerms 45 phonograph with songs “Love Light” and “That Word.”
      • Mike Finnigan and the Serfs 45 phonograph with songs “Help Me Somebody” and “Bread & Water.”
      • The Pete Klint Quintet 45 phonograph with songs “Shake” and “Walkin’ Proud.”
      • Steve Ellis and his Starfires 45 phonograph with songs “Walking Around” and “That’s How It Feels.”
      • The Rye 45 Phonograph with songs “Some Kind of Magic” and “I Can’t Have Yesterday.”
    • Folder 16, Assorted 45 RPM phonographs:
      • Twenty-eight 45 phonographs. Also two 45 phonograph sleeves (no disc) for “Bill Deal and the Rhondels “I’ve Been Hurt” and “I’ve Got My Needs”” and “Wilson, Jackie, Danny Boy, All My Love.”
        • Four copies of phonograph with songs “Little Bit O’ Soul” and “Up Your Sleeve” by Bullet.
        • A phonograph with songs “Smile Again” and “That’s Just Half” by Herman Grimes
        • A phonograph with songs “I Can’t Go On” and “Can’t Get Enough of Your Love” by The Reknown.
        • A phonograph with songs “45 RPM’s” and “I’ll Never Begin To Forget” by Bernie Moore and Larry Lucie Orchestra.
        • A phonograph with songs “Thats Love” and “Without You” by Those of Us.
        • A phonograph with songs "First Reaction” and “High On A Rainbow” by The Smoke Ring
        • A phonograph with songs “Runaway” and “There’s A Pain” by The Rockers.
        • A phonograph with songs "Come On, Let’s Move” and “I’m All Right” by The Moon Rakers.
        • A phonograph with the song “I’ll Never Fall In Love Again” by B. Bacharach-H. David on both sides.
        • A phonograph with songs “Jane” and “Something We Call Love” by Kostas.
        • A phonograph with songs “I Can’t Stand It” and “Shake ____R Me” by The Underbeats.
        • A phonograph with songs “Sad Little Girl” and “Artificial Rose” by Lost Souls.
        • A phonograph with songs “Summertime Romance” and “Strange Feelings” by Jesse Villian.
        • A phonograph with songs “Goin’ Someplace Else” and “I Want Sunshine” by South 40.
        • A phonograph with songs “Don’t Waste My Time” and “He Cried” by The Daughters of Eve (All Girl Band).
        • A phonograph with songs “I Know Your Heart Has Been Broken” and “You’re Such A Good Thing” by Roscoe Shelton.
        • A phonograph with songs “Suddenly She Was Gone” and “Why Be Proud” by The Boys Next Door.
        • A phonograph with songs “Nina-Kocka-Nina” and “Penny A Tear Drop” by The Dinks.
        • A phonograph with songs “Most of All” and “The Letter” by The Arbors.
        • A phonograph with songs “Don’t Think We’re Gonna Make It” and “Don’t Hang On Me” by Jimmy Angel.
        • A phonograph with songs “Bankrupt, Bothered & Bewildered” and “You Turn Me On” by The Xanadus.
        • A phonograph labeled “The Shrode Report Another Product Of The Nashville Tower” on both sides.
        • A phonograph with songs “Deep In Kentucky” and “Bit By Bit” by The Merging Traffic.
        • A phonograph with songs “Bit O’ Honey” and “East Side Tennemant House” by Skeptics.
• Box 4: 143-05-03-02, Audio-visual materials.
  • Audio-visual materials, magnetic tape:
    • Red Dog, Rising Suns, Spider and the Crabs, Young Raiders spots 1970 recorded on magnetic (reel-to-reel) tape.
    • 1964-1970 Red Dogs, Fabulous Flippers, Rising Suns, Young Raiders, Blue Things, Spider and the Crabs, tapes. These tapes were copied by Bill Lee for the Kansas Music Hall of Fame archive in August 2008.
      • KOMA spots magnetic (reel-to-reel) tape.
      • Young Raiders Originals, Sept 1970 magnetic (reel-to-reel) tape.
      • Young Raiders Originals, June 1970 magnetic (reel-to-reel) tape.
      • Marshall, MO Festival, Young Raiders, Rising Sons, 1969 magnetic (reel-to-reel) tape.
      • Rising Suns, Young Raiders, Spider and the Crabs KOMA spots on magnetic (reel-to-reel) tape.
      • Flippers, Red Dogs, Elliott-Neese Group Red Dog Inn, Sept. 1968.
      • Red Dogs at Red Dog Inn Sept 1968 magnetic (reel-to-reel) tape.
      • Red Dogs demo session Dec. 1965 magnetic (reel-to-reel) tape.
      • Red Dogs Show Me about Life magnetic (reel-to-reel) tape.
      • Red Dogs demo undated magnetic (reel-to-reel) tape.
      • Red Dogs Demo Dec ’65 magnetic (Reel-to-reel) tape.
      • Spider and the Crabs, Red Dogs, Blue Things, KOMA spots on magnetic (reel-to-reel) tape.
      • Red Dogs I Can’t Have Yesterday recording on magnetic (reel-to-reel) tape.
      • Red Dogs, Blue Things recording on magnetic (reel-to-reel) tape.
      • Fabulous Flippers magnetic (reel-to-reel) tape.
      • Fabulous Flippers live recording sept. 15, 1971, Fergus Falls Minn on magnetic (reel-to-reel) tape.
      • Flippers two instrumentals recording on magnetic (reel-to-reel) tape.
      • Love Light recording on magnetic (reel-to-reel) tape.
      • Red Dogs at Red Dog Inn undated recording on magnetic (reel-to-reel) tape.
      • Flippers demo tape, 1/1969 on magnetic (reel-to-reel) tape.
      • Red Dogs session, Jan 1969 on magnetic (reel-to-reel) tape.
      • Rising Suns, Feb 1968 recording on magnetic (reel-to-reel) tape.
      • Red Dogs, 12 March, 1967, recording on magnetic (reel-to-reel) tape.
      • Salt Pepper Parlor spot on magnetic (reel-to-reel) tape.
      • KOMA spots, Rising Suns, Red Dogs, Young Raiders, Spider and the Crabs, Wilson Pickett, Mike Finnigan, recorded on magnetic (reel-to-reel) tapes.
    • Fabulous Flippers Maple Lake promotional commercial (UID 532556) on magnetic (reel-to-reel) tape.
    • Randi Anderson instrumental songs (UID 532557).
    • Fabulous Flippers reel-to-reel recording (UID 532558).
    • Early Fabulous Flippers reel to reel recording (UID 532559).
    • Fabulous Flippers Century Recording Studio reel-to-reel recording (UID 532561).
    • Fabulous Flippers at the Red Dog Inn reel-to-reel recording (UID 532560).
    • Fabulous Flippers reel-to-reel recording 2 (UID 532562).
    • Fabulous Flippers late 1960s reel-to-reel recording (UID 532563).
    • Sanctuary Loving You reel-to-reel recording (UID 532564).
    • Fabulous Flippers reel-to-reel recording 3 (UID 532565).
    • Fabulous Flippers reel-to-reel recording 4 (UID 532566).
    • Small clear plastic reel labeled “Red Dog .30.”
• Box 5: 143-05-03-03, Audio-visual materials.
  • Audio-visual materials, CDs and DVDs
    • Folder 1, Blue Things CDs:
      • A The Blue Things Story Volume 2 CD and a duplicate CD case, a sealed Blue Things Blow your Mind CDs, and a sealed The Blue Things Story CD.
    • Folder 2, Red Dogs CDs:
      • Two albums, The Red Dogs Studio Sessions 1965-68 CD and The Red Dogs Live at the Red Dog Inn 1968 CD.
    • Folder 3, Fabulous Flippers CDs:
      • Five albums and a Fabulous Flippers DVD. Albums include: Fabulous Flippers “Live” recordings from the 60’s CDs and photograph prints (two albums, six photographs,), Flippers Early Terry Tapes Vol. 1 CD, and two sealed copies of the Fabulous Flippers Something Tangible CDs.
    • Folder 4, Fabulous Flippers Then & Now CDs:
      • Four albums, each copy has a different design on disc or case. One is a sealed copy.
    • Folder 5, Fabulous Flippers Then and Now CD promotional envelopes:
      • Four envelopes containing posters and flyers relating to the album and one copy of the album on CD in each.
    • Folder 6, Rising Suns CDs and DVDs:
      • Six discs including: a Dance to the Rising Suns Soul CD, a Wynonna CD stored in a Dance to the Rising Suns Soul CD case, and four Rising Suns CDs and DVDs.
    • Folder 7, assorted CDs and DVDs:
      • Includes: disc 1 & 2 of Kansas Music Hall of Fame 2005 induction ceremony, a “Sanctuary Live” CD set (two discs), a CD titled “The Dowing Family” and Suns Iowa Rock ‘N’ Roll Hall of Fame 2010 DVD, a Cabbage Heads How Long Has This Been Going On? CD, an Isy Martin Jr. Activate the Low Jac CD, a Midwest Garage Band Series Kansas CD, and The Morning Dew: The Definitive Collection (1966-1969) sealed CD.
    • Folder 8 through Folder 11 contain a set of Mid Continent Co. Band CD's and DVDs. Items originally stored in a black leather CD carrying case.
      • Folder 8, CD Carrying Case front pocket and pages 1-7:
        • Two CDs labeled Flippers 1959.
        • Three CDs labeled Red Dogs 9/68 Manhatten, KS, Sets 1-3.
        • A CD labeled KOMA Radio Ads.
        • A Rising Suns DVD.
        • A CD labeled The Red Dog Inn Flips 11-20-70.
        • Two DVDs labeled Topeka KS Black Cat Ball 10/07 Set 2B and Set 2A, Outtakes, Stills, The Red Dogs.
      • Folder 9, CD Carrying Case Pages 8-20:
        • Billy Snow Lets Get Funky CD.
        • CD labeled Turner and Clark 2002.
        • The magnificent Board of Directors Live Demo CD.
        • Bluyboys CD 1 “Punkin Doodle.”
        • A CD labeled Red Dogs Dec. 1965.
        • A DVD labeled KS Governor’s Inaugural 1/5/2007 The Red Dogs.
      • Folder 10, CD Carrying Case Pages 21-34:
        • CD labeled Red Dogs 1968
        • DVD labeled Topeka KS Black Cat Ball 10/07 Set 1 The Red Dogs.
        • CD labeled Red Dogs 12 Mar 1967.
        • CD labeled Fabulous Flippers Then + Now.
        • CD labeled Red Dogs at RDI Lawrence Early 1968.
      • Folder 11, CD Carrying Case Pages 35-36 and back pocket:
        • DVD labeled Rising Suns From 1960-1976 KHOF-CD W. Wacter.
        • A CD labeled Young Raiders, 1971 1970 1975 S. FAOOR.
        • Blueboys CD 2 “Ain’t That Lovin’ You Baby.”
        • CD labeled 2005 2006 KMHOF 2007 KS Gov Ball – Red Dogs 1-13-2007
        • CD labeled The Red Dogs 1/8/2007 KS Governor’s Inaugural Gary’s Intro.
    • Folder 12 through Folder 24 contain materials originally stored in a zipper binder. Materials include an assortment of CDs, DVDs and some accompanying photographs.
      • Folder 12, Zipper Binder photographs:
        • Ziploc containing Red Dog Inn construction and opening night photographs (UID 532138).
        • Fabulous Flippers and Red Dogs Only Time Ever photographs (UID 532141) prints.
      • Folder 13, Zipper Binder page 1:
        • Kansas Music Hall of Fame 2005 induction ceremony disc 1 DVD.
      • Folder 14, Zipper Binder pages 2-3:
        • The Fabulous Flippers Then and Now CD, band photo appears on disc.
        • The Original Fabulous Flippers photograph (UID 532139) stored in CD case.
        • Red Dogs Black Cat Ball photographs (UID 532274). Digital materials also stored in the State Archives digital files.
        • Roger Lewis First Band CD (UID 532275).
        • The Rising Suns Kansas Music Hall of Fame DVD, January 13, 2007.
        • Red Dogs Studio Sessions 1965-68 CD (UID 532336).
        • The Red Dogs band photograph (UID 532140) stored in CD case.
      • Folder 15, Zipper Binder pages 4-5:
        • Fabulous Flippers Wichita CD recording (UID 532335).
        • Kansas Music Hall of Fame 2005 Induction Ceremony discs 1 & 2 DVDs.
        • Kansas Music Hall of Fame 2005 Induction Ceremony disc 2 DVD.
        • Red Dogs demo (UID 532337).
        • Untitled Red Dogs recording 2 (UID 532473) CD.
        • Kansas Music Hall of Fame 2005 Induction Ceremony disc 2 DVD.
      • Folder 16, Zipper Binder pages 6-7:
        • Sanctuary CD.
        • Untitled Red Dogs recording 1 (UID 532472) CD.
        • The Fabulous Flippers Salina Summer 2003. DVD experiencing problems with coping software.
        • Untitled Red Dogs recording 3 (UID 532474) CD. CD sleeve note reads “RD AH 1/69.”
        • Young Raiders 1970 recording (UID 532341) CD.
        • Young Raiders “4 originals” recording (UID 532348) CD.
        • Young Raiders demo recording (UID 532349) CD.
        • Young Raiders Atchison recording (UID 532359) CD.
      • Folder 17, Zipper Binder pages 8-9
        • The Red Dogs studio session (UID 532408) CD.
        • Bill Snow live recording (UID 532396) CD.
        • Red Dogs 9/68 Red Dog Inn full set #2 (UID 532409) CD.
        • Red Dogs 9/68 Red Dog Inn set #3 (UID 532410) CD. Two duplicate copies of CD included, one stored in page 9 slot 1, second stored in page 25 slot 1.
        • Steve Stricklands What You See is What You Get (UID 532420) CD.
      • Folder 18, Zipper Binder pages 10-11:
        • The Rising Suns concert clips (UID 532422) DVD.
        • Fabulous Flippers spring 1969 recording (UID 532423) CD.
        • Spider and the Crabs recording 1 (UID 532424) CD.
        • Spider and the Crabs recording 2 (UID 532425) CD.
        • The Fabulous Flippers Then and Now CD, purple disc.
      • Folder 19, Zipper Binder pages 12-13:
        • Untitled compact disc recording (UID 532492) CD.
        • Blue Things Festival recording (UID 532489) CD.
        • Blue Things 4 Cuts recording (UID 532490) CD.
        • Blue Things Late Version recording (UID 532491) CD.
        • Roger Johnson’s Blue Things Tape (UID 532493) CD.
        • Young Raiders Set 2 recording (UID 532495) CD.
        • Young Raiders Set 3 recording (UID 532496) CD.
        • Young Raiders Set 1 recording (UID 532494) CD.
        • Flip Dogs recording (UID 532499) CD.
      • Folder 20, Zipper Binder pages 14-15:
        • Jim Dale I Live to Love recording (UID 532500) CD.
        • Soul Express Set 1 recording (UID 532503) CD.
        • Soul Express Set 2 recording (UID 532504) CD.
        • Penetrations recording (UID 532507) CD.
        • Diane Keller recording (UID 532506) CD.
        • Rising Suns disc (Currently in large reading room display case)
      • Folder 21, Zipper Binder pages 16-17:
        • Fabulous Flippers Good Cuts Rocky recording (UID 532505) CD.
        • The Country Stampede and Governors Ball photographs (UID 532498). Photographs saved to CD. Digital materials also stored in the State Archives digital files.
        • One print photograph also stored with disc.
        • Sealed Let the Blue Things Blow Your Mind 2 CD set.
      • Folder 22, Zipper Binder pages 18-23:
        • The Red Dogs Live at the Red Dog Inn (UID 532502) CD.
        • Snowballin’ Bill Snow CD.
        • “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea,” film by Ken Burns, PBS, Episodes 3-6 DVDS.
        • DVD titled “To Papa John “Nov ’07 LOS-SD. Thanks”.”
        • Sanctuary CD in paper case.
      • Folder 23, Zipper Binder pages 24-25:
        • The Blue Things Story CD.
        • Red Dogs 9/68 Partial Set 1 (UID 532501) CD.
        • Red Dogs 9/68 Red Dog Inn set #3 (UID 532410) CD. Two duplicate copies of CD included, one stored in page 9 slot 1, second stored in page 25 slot 1.
        • Flip Dogs Only Time Ever photographs (UID 532497) CD. Photographs saved to CD. Digital materials also stored in the State Archives digital files.
      • Folder 24, Zipper Binder page 26:
        • South Dakota Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2010 Induction Concert DVD.
    • Folder 25, Assorted DVDs:
      • Two Fabulous Flippers Garden City KS 2004 DVDs in one DVD case with letters from Doug Crotty.
      • Six Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony DVDs, one from 2014 South Dakota Rock and Roll HOF, five from Kansas Music Hall of Fame from 2005-2009.
• Box 6: 143-05-03-04, Audio-visual materials.
  • Audio-visual materials, Cassettes:
    • Sub-box 1:
      • contains fifteen cassette tapes.
    • Sub-box 2:
      • Fourteen cassette tapes.
      • Seven Flippers Cassette Tapes wrapped in a paper.
      • Flippers compact cassette from Then and Now reunion album.
    • Folder 1, Fabulous Flippers Then and Now cassette Tapes:
      • The Fabulous Flippers Then and Now cassette tapes (UID 531347).
      • A second set of Fabulous Flippers Then And Now cassette tapes along with some photocopies of newspaper articles about the Fabulous Flippers.
  • Audio-visual materials, VHSs:
    • Folder 2, VHS tapes:
      • A VHS Fabulous Flippers 1998 Hall of Fame Spectacular, Iowa Rock 'N Roll Hall of Fame.
      • VHS Tape labeled “The Fabulous Flippers Red Dog Inn 10/22/94 then 10/21/94” note to John Brown from Jim Steeplis? also written on cover.
  • Audio-visual materials, Mini DVs:
    • Folder 3, Mini DV tapes, Garden City 8/16/2003:
      • Four Mini DVs labeled “Garden City August 16, 2003.” Previously stored in Ziploc bag. Photocopy of the bag included in folder.
    • Folder 4 and 5, Mini DVs:
      • Six Mini DV tapes.
  • Audio-visual materials, Digital materials:
    • Folder 6, Digital memory devices:
      • A Sony brand memory stick. Digital materials also stored in the State Archives digital files.
      • An Olympus xD-Picture Card with a note. Digital materials also stored in the State Archives digital files.
• Box 7: 143-05-03-05, Business material, correspondence, promotional materials, and funeral program.
  • Business records:
    • Folder 1, Mid Continent Entertainment folders:
      • Ten Mid Continent Entertainment folders, each folder contains an assortment of photographs, publications, and other manuscript materials.
    • Folder 2, Assorted business records:
      • A tan folder with blank forms and contracts.
      • Materials related to band performances, including song lists held in a binder clip.
      • A “bills to be paid” sheet dated March 1973 from Red Dog Inc.
      • Closed Circuit Concert Pro Form A Profit and Loss Statement.
      • Empty envelope with notes (notes no longer connected to content being described).
      • A Blank N.E.C Showcase Evaluation Form and four Steve Dahl Mid Continent Co. business cards and a Professional Travel Service business card.
      • Two blank Agent's Work Sheet for Mid Continent Entertainment Co forms.
      • Agent Work Sheets for Mid-Continent Entertainment, relocated from a folder of photographs, located in Box 8, Folder 13.
      • Two copies of tour lists 1971, one labeled “Scott” one labeled “John.”
      • photocopies of articles and promotional related to the Rising Suns.
      • American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada contract forms for Young Raiders events and a Young Raiders press release. Photocopies these materials also included in the folder.
      • The Flippers June Dances Played” list in sheet protector.
      • Danny Hein’s Song list from 1993.
      • Reserve Inaugural Committee sign.
      • A blank Okoboju Inn & Suites note paper.
      • A folder of business records and related items:
        • A private contract.
        • A blank Y-Statement from Mid Continent Entertainment Co.
        • Two Tom Tourville Discography flyers.
        • Seventeen The Red Dogs Reserved signs.
    • Folder 3, Hall of Fame associations materials:
      • Two Kansas Music Hall of Fame stickers and a 2007 KMHOF Induction Ceremony ticket.
      • Iowa Rock N Roll 2005 inductees list and The Okobojian newspaper from Friday Sept. 2, 2005 fastened together with a binder clip along with a Red Dogs business card.
      • Four Event passes, three for 9/2/22 Fabulous Flippers with Seven Sons event, one for South Dakota Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Event featuring the Young Raiders.
      • A Service Priority Mail envelope containing correspondence between Tom Tourville and John Brown,
      • SDR&RHOF Flippers sign.
      • A “reserved for Family and friends Fabulous Flippers” sign
      • A booth marker for John Brown from Iowa Rock ‘N’ Roll Music Association event folded around two printed tickets for “Okoboji Rocks: 1964 the Tribute” event and a flyer for the “2023 Induction Weekend Spectacular” hosted by the Iowa Rock ‘N’ Roll Music Association and Hall of Fame & Museum.
      • A weekend Schedule for an Iowa Rock ‘N Roll Music Association event on Saturday September 2.
      • An envelope containing:
        • Twelve business cards:1 Super 8 Motel card, a Kinko's corporate Mike Walton business card, 4 Fabulous Flippers cards, and 7 Colorado Tractor Corporation cards.
        • A John R. Brown, II Deposit Ticket.
        • A Fabulous Flippers July 4 Seward Ag Pavillion event flyer.
        • A Fabulous Flippers Then & Now order sheet.
        • Six copies of Rock N Runza Block Party pass prints.
        • Photocopies of Iowa Rock N Roll Hall of Fame biographies for John Brown and the Fabulous Flippers.
        • Empty envelope addressed to John Brown from Butler County Community College.
      • An envelope addressed to Flipper Productions, with note to John Brown from Jerry Tammen written on the front with material stored inside:
        • Eight copies of a flyer for the “2023 Induction Weekend Spectacular” hosted by the Iowa Rock ‘N’ Roll Music Association and Hall of Fame & Museum.
        • Two copies of two photocopied photos of the Young Raiders printed on one paper.
        • Two Iowa Rock ‘N’ Roll Music Association free meal coupons.
        • Google Maps printout of directions from Iowa Rock ‘n Roll Music Association to Spirit Lake High School.
        • Weekend schedule for Iowa Rock ‘N’ Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony including the Young Raiders, Saturday Sept. 2.
  • Correspondence:
    • Folder 4, Correspondence materials
      • Materials stored in a Priority Mail envelope addressed to John Brown.
    • Folder 5, Correspondence materials:
      • A folder containing Red Dog band correspondences. One letter written by “Steve” to his parents, potentially written by Steve Dahl or Steve Elliott. And one contract letter from Mid-Continent Company to the Red Dogs for the sale of five phonograph record masters. Materials relocated from a folder of photographs, located in Box 8, Folder 13.
      • An accordion folder with inter-business correspondences on triplicate papers from Mid-Continent Entertainment, and a memorandum from John Brown and Tom Heidler to Road Managers & Band Leaders.
      • Two Inter-business correspondences on triplicate paper relating to the Red Dog Inn and Mid-Continent Entertainment.
      • A letter from Evan Johnson to John Brown.
      • An insurance letter.
      • A letter to John Brown attached to a set of news clippings, and photographs.
      • Printouts of digital correspondences.
      • A printout of an email from Steve Elliott regarding Jim Van Horn’s letter about the Red Dogs.
      • A letter to the Flippers from Chris Carbarru and Ron Reithmuller dated 7/7/94 and a photograph of the flippers at Iowa Rock ‘N’ Roll Hall of Fame event stored in a sheet protector. Photocopies of the letter also included in the folder.
      • An empty Trenton Kohlman Enterprises envelope (notes written on envelope).
      • A canvas bag with correspondence notes written on the bags tag.
    • Folder 6, Correspondence and related materials:
      • A folder containing copies of manuscript materials sent to Jim Reardon from John Brown. Copies include:
        • paper printed photos,
        • newspaper clippings,
        • flyers,
        • Correspondences,
        • other manuscript materials related to the Fabulous Flippers,
        • A Sanctuary 45 phonograph with songs “Magnificent Sanctuary Band and “All In My Dreams” has been relocated to Box 3, Folder 15.
      • An envelope with correspondences, photographs, copies of publications, and other manuscript materials.
      • An envelope addressed to John Brown from Crotty Law Office, P.A. containing flyers, correspondence, and newspaper pages.
      • An envelope containing photocopies of articles and publications attached with Colorado Tractor Corporation Fax Transmission sheet. Red Dog Inn floor plans previously stored in this envelope have been relocated to Oversized Cabinet, Folder 1.
  • Promotional materials:
    • Folder 7, Promotional materials:
      • A blue folder with promotional materials, Hall of Fame correspondence, and other manuscript materials. Photographs previously stored in this folder have been relocated to other boxes, relocations also noted in new location.
    • Folder 8, Flyers:
      • Ten Super Summer of 93’ Fabulous Flippers Reunion Tour flyers.
      • Four Flippers Then and Now order forms.
      • Three Surf Ballroom flyers.
      • Riverrock flyer.
      • Two Avis Minneapolis-St. Paul maps.
      • Fabulous Flippers, The Rising Suns, The Red Dogs, Funk 'N' Punch and Young Raider Informational sheets.
      • A Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge brochure.
      • Ten Fabulous Flipper Fan flyers.
      • A Sedwick County Zoo flyer.
      • Two flyers for an “After Gig Party” following the Kansas Music Hall of Fame recognition of the Rising Suns, Blue Things, Spider and the Crabs, Red Dogs, and Fabulous Flippers.
      • Three flyers taped together: a flyer for the Surf Ballroom, a Fabulous Flippers Fan flyer, and a flyer for an “After Gig Party” following the Kansas Music Hall of Fame recognition of the Rising Suns, Blue Things, Spider and the Crabs, Red Dogs, and Fabulous Flippers. Photocopies of these flyers also included in the folder.
      • The Fabulous Flippers Official Reunion Cruise flyer.
      • Flyer for the Iowa Rock ‘N Roll Music Association’s 2023 Induction Weekend Spectacular.
      • Tom Tourville Discography flyer.
  • Funeral program
    • Folder 9, Funeral program:
      • A John Owen Brown funeral service program and obituary.
• Box 8: 143-05-03-06, Photographs.
  • Photographs:
    • Folder 1, photo prints and negatives:
      • thirteen envelopes of photograph prints and negatives.
    • Folder 2, Iowa Rock N Roll Hall of Fame photos and negatives:
      • Photos and negatives from an Iowa Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame awards event on September 6, 1998.
    • Folder 3, large photo prints and negatives:
      • Six envelopes of 4x12 photograph prints and negatives.
    • Folder 4, assorted photographs:
      • Ten Red Dogs Photograph proofs stored in an envelope labeled “RD Spring 1970.”
      • An envelope with Barton County Community Junior College return address label containing
        • Thirteen photograph proofs,
        • A letter to Ken from Dale Riggs.
      • A paper with two Young Raiders photos. The paper is from the South Dakota Music Hall of Fame, April 2018.
      • An envelope with three sheets of photographs, Red Dog proof sheets from January 1971.
      • A set of six photographs taped to a paper.
      • A Mid Continent Co. envelope containing three Flippers photographs.
      • A set of photos, negatives, and copies of photos in envelopes, Board of Directors, Rising Suns, Young Raiders/Quantrall, Red Dogs and Rising Suns.
    • Folder 5, Band photos:
      • Fourteen photographs of various bands.
    • Folder 6, Gross Photo Industries prints and negatives:
      • Thirty-three band professional photographs, many stored in Gross Photo Industries sleeves.
    • Folder 7, photo album:
      • A 4" x 6" Pockets photo album.
    • Folder 8, photocopy prints:
      • Sixteen photocopied printouts of photographs.
    • Folder 9, Photographs and associated materials:
      • A Fabulous Flippers photograph.
      • Two Fabulous Flippers Then and Now merchandise order forms.
      • Photocopy of two Fabulous Flippers photos from Jerry Tammen’s collection on oversized paper folded in half.
      • Photocopy of Fabulous Flippers Then and Now cover with notes.
      • Photocopied photograph of group standing in front of Long Branch Saloon.
      • Laminated photograph of a band on stage.
      • a photocopy of a photograph of Steve Dahl, Mike “Spanky” Landis, and John Brown
      • A photograph of Butch Neese and John Brown. Neese was a lead singer for the Red Dogs and the Rising Suns.
    • Folder 10, Assorted photos:
      • Jerry Tammen’s Fabulous Flippers photographs (UID 531349).
      • Magnificent Sanctuary Band photographs (UID 531344).
      • Magnificent Sanctuary Band photographs at Allen Field House (UID 531346).
      • Rising Suns Pass (UID 531371).
      • Photograph of Steve Clark and Walter Downing (UID 531351).
    • Folder 11, Assorted photos:
      • Red Dogs photographs and slides (UID 531348).
      • The Fabulous Flipper photograph slides (UID 531342).
      • Spider and the Crabs photograph slides (UID 531343).
    • Folder 12, Original pictures of the Red Dog Inn and other memorabilia:
      • Fifty-one original photos of Red Dog Inn and other band events,
      • A Red Dog Inn patch,
      • Seven business cards from the Rising Suns, Red Dog Inn, Mid Continent Entertainment, and the Red Dogs,
      • Two photo negatives,
      • Twelve band photographs,
      • Three small photo negatives,
      • Three photos of Rising Suns, Bluethings, and the Red Dog Inn.
    • Folder 13, Red Dogs and other band photos:
      • A blue folder with an assortment of photographs and an “I Am A Fabulous Flippers Fan” button. Some non-photograph materials have been relocated to other boxes, relocations also noted in new locations.
    • Folder 14, Assorted photo prints
      • An assortment of band photographs and film photographs. Materials have been relocated from a folder of promotional material, located in Box 7, Folder 7.
    • Folder 15, 2005 photos:
      • Four photographs from 2005.
• Box 9: 143-05-03-07, Hall of Fame programs and publications:
  • Hall of Fame programs:
    • Folder 1, Hall of Fame Induction programs:
      • Eight copies of the 2005 KMHOF induction ceremony program.
      • Iowa Rock N Roll Music Association 2010 Yearbook.
      • Two Iowa Rock N Roll Music Association 2023 Yearbooks.
      • Eight Iowa Rock N Roll Hall of Fame Concert programs from 1998. One is signed by members of the Fabulous Flippers and John Brown and contains a Kansas Music Hall of Fame 2025 Ballot, and correspondence regarding the KSHS Music Collecting project.
      • South Dakota Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Induction programs from:
        • 2010,
        • 2011,
        • 2014,
        • 2015,
        • and two copies of the 2018 program.
      • one Nebraska Rocks ’98 program.
  • Publications:
    • Folder 2, History of the Red Dog Inn:
      • Three duplicate flash drives labeled "History of Red Dog Inn Book By Zachary Schneiderman 1998.” Digital materials also stored in the State Archives digital files.
      • Copies from “A History of the Red Dog Inn” by Zachary Mitchell Schneiderman.
    • Folder 3, Assorted publications:
      • Kansas Rockers: The First Generationby Bill Lee book.
      • Two photocopies of “The Fabulous Flippers (One Fan’s Perspective)” by Rod Anderson.
      • Stories from the Roadby Gregory G. Ayers.
    • Folder 4, Discography publications by Tom Tourville:
      • Two copies of The Kansas / Oklahoma 60's Rock Discography by Tom W. Tourville.
      • Two copies of Iowa Rocked! The 1960’s A Discography and Guide to the Music, People & Records of Iowa from the 1960’s by Tom Tourville.
      • Two copies of “Musical Winds of the Northern Plains” An Illustrated Discography of North and South Dakota from the 60’s by Tom Tourville.
      • "The I.G.L./Sonic Recording Story" Iowa's Premier 60's Recording Label an Illustrated Discographyby Tom Tourville.
      • The Echoing Past The Nebraska 60's Rock Discographyby Tom Tourville.
      • The House of Blues Records Story & Discography The Holy Grail Of Blues Music Labels Second Edition by Tom Tourville. Two copies of 2023 Induction Weekend Spectacular flyers are stored in this publication.
    • Folder 5, Publications by Tom Tourville and Rebecca Peters:
      • Sun, Sand, Surf & Sidewalls Looking Back at Surf & Summer Music as Seen Through Autographs by Tom Tourville, 3rd Edition.
      • Rockin' The Green: The Music Of Arnolds Park Amusment Park 1989-2019,first edition, by Tom Tourville & Rebecca Peters
      • Rockin’ At Hatfield’s Hollyhock Ballroom: 1959-1987 The  Rock and Roll Years,second edition, by Tom Tourville.
      • Remembering Okoboji’s Roof Garden Ballroom The Rok & Roll Years: The First Definitive Guide To The Rock & Roll History Of The Legendary Roof Garden Ballroomby Tom Tourville and Rebecca Peters, special collector’s edition, second edition, and fifth edition.
      • Remembering South Central Minnesota’s Rock N’ Roll 1964-1977: Rockin’ The Interlaken Ballroom – Fox Lake Ballroom – Fairmont Youth Center – Mr. C’s Ballroom & More by Tom Tourville.
      • The Midwest 60’s Rock Art Collection Featuring The Legendary Danceland Collection by Tom Tourville.
    • Folder 6, Jazz Berman Music Foundation periodicals:
      • Jazz Berman Music Foundation Jan/Feb 1999 publication (vol. 4 no. 3).
      • Jazz Berman Music Foundation March/April 1999 publication (vol. 4 no. 4).
      • Jazz Berman Music Foundation June/July/Aug 1999 publication (vol. 4 no. 5).
      • Jazz Berman Music Foundation Sept/Oct 1999 publication (vol. 4 no. 5).
      • A Berman Music Foundation flyer.
    • Folder 7, Iowa Great Lakes Okobojian newspapers:
      • Two copies of Friday, June 22, 2001
      • Two copies of Friday, July 6, 2001,
      • And one copy of Friday, July 13, 2001.
      • The Okobojian June 2, 2000 and June 15, 2001 in an envelope addressed to John Brown.
    • Folder 8, Loose newspaper clippings and pages:
      • Dodge City Daily Globe clippings.
      • Strawberry Fields 712 Mass. advertisement newspaper clipping.
      • Lawrence Daily Journal-World Annual University of Kansas Edition 1968 Pages 5-8.
      • Two newspaper clippings, a Red Dog Inn advertisement, an article about the Red Dogs band, and a Red Dog Cookin' Music logo clipping.
      • Newspaper page and 3 'reserved for family and friends Fabulous Flippers' signs taped together. Newspaper page contains article “Flippers Set Fabulous Record” by Cathy Henkel, Young Ideas Editor.
    • Folder 9, Photocopies of newspaper and periodical articles:
      • Folded photocopies of news and journal articles stapled together, includes a scan of Lawrence Daily Journal-World (Saturday October 16, 1993), “Mid-Continent Entertainment The Note Interview With John Brown Midwest Music Promoter of the 60s,” “Dino Tracks The Fabulous  and others. Stapled with Red Dog Inn ticket
      • Two sets of folded photocopies of newspaper articles “Fabulous Flippers: A blast from the past” in the Lawrence Daily Journal-World Saturday October 16, 1993, “Many years after disbanding, Fabulous Flippers band returns” by Diane Samms Rish, the Wichita Eagle, “A flip back in time Local get-together reunites ‘60s rock band” by Richard LeComte, J-W Arts Editor, and “Mid-Continent Entertainment: The Note Interview with John Brown Midwest Music Promoter of the 60s,” and “The Fabulous Flippers Still swimming after all these years” by Bill Lee published in The Note periodical from October 1993.
      • Twelve photocopies of “A flip back in time Local get-together reunites ‘60s rock band” by Richard LeComte, J-W Arts Editor, from the Lawrence Journal World newspaper in January 1991.
      • Twelve photocopies of “It's Another Flipper Dance! The Fabulous Flippers” article.
      • photocopies of news articles from The Note periodical regarding the Fabulous Flippers and John Brown, and 5 'reserved for family and friends Fabulous Flippers' signs paperclipped together.
      • Eight copies of “The Note interview with John Brown Midwest Music Promoter of the 60s.”
      • Newspaper clipping copies, “Projects return dignity to buildings,” and “Millstein's work inspires others stapled together.”
    • Folder 10, Magazine:
      • Fastline – Rocky Mountain magazine. The magazine has been relocated from a folder of photographs, located in Box 8 Folder 13.

5    RELATED MATERIALS

• Jim Reardon papers (UID 474484)
• Steve Clark papers (UID 532645)
• Evan Johnson papers (UID 531890)
• Chris Cruz collection (UID 531891)
• Ron Mikkelson papers (UID 534397)
• Steve Alter papers (UID 531109)
• Roger Lewis collection (UID 530825)
• Kansas music history collection (UID 532588)
  • Allan Miller music materials (UID 532589)
  • The Tyme Peace CD (UID 530974)
• Larry Dimmitt papers (UID 531603)
• Mike Doyle collection (UID 530087)
• Lester Dennis Higgins Collection (UID 530938)
• The Fabulous Flippers “Then” cassette tape (UID 531806)
• The Fabulous Flippers posters and newspaper articles (UID 531807)

6    BIBLIOGRAPHY

James N. Reardon, interview by Michael Church, recording, Kansas Music History Program, Kansas Historical Society, Topeka, Kansas, 3 September, 2024, Kansas Historical Society, State Archives Division.

John Owen Brown papers, UID 531297, Kansas State Historical Society, State Archives Division, Topeka, KS.

Jim Reardon Papers, UID 474484, Kansas Historical Society, State Archives Division, Topeka, Ks.

Bisel, Debra Goodrich. Kansas Music: Stories of a Rich Tradition. Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2014.

Lee, Bill.Kansas Rockers: The First Generation. Lawrence, KS: Sunflower Roots Publishing, 1999.

Tourville, Tom. “Outstanding And They Were Wild”: The Kansas / Oklahoma 60s Rock Discography, Vol. 2. Fairmont, Mn: Midwest Publications, 1995.

7    INDEX TERMS/SUBJECT HEADINGS/ACCESS POINTS

• Kansas Music
• Rock and Roll
• Rhythm and Blues
• Mid-Continent Entertainment
• The Fabulous Flippers
• The Red Dogs
• The Blue Things
• The Rising Suns
• Spider and the Crabs
• The Young Raiders
• The Red Dog Inn (Liberty Hall, Lawrence, KS)
• 1960s
• 1970s
• KOMA Radio
• Kansas Music Hall of Fame
• Iowa Rock ‘N Roll Hall of Fame,
• South Dakota Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

8    ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

8.1      Restrictions on access

None

8.2      Restrictions on use

None

8.3      Custodial History/ Provenance

A portion of this collection was first loaned to the Kansas Historical Society State Archives Division by John and Twila Brown in October of 2024 for digitization. This portion of the collection was later fully donated by Twila Brown under accession 2025-078 while the materials were still held at the State Archives. A second portion of the collection, Accession 2026-011, was collected by Division Director Michael Church on July 10, 2025 and transported to the State Archives. A third portion of the collection, accession 2026-093, was also collected by Division Director Michael Church and transported to the State Archives on October 20, 2025. A preliminary inventory of accession 2026-093 was compiled by Digital Archivist Cordell Moats.

8.4      Alternate forms

Digitized materials available through Kansas Memory Include:

• Dance to the Red Dogs signed poster (Item Number 531355)
• Fabulous Flippers and Red Dogs Only Time Ever photographs (Item Number 532141)
• Fabulous Flippers Poster (Item Number 531363)
• Fabulous Flippers reunion tour posters (Item Number 531367)
• Fabulous Flippers sticker poster (Item Number 531364)
• Featuring at the Red Dog Inn poster (Item Number 531353)
• Magnificent Sanctuary Band photographs (Item Number 531344)
• Magnificent Sanctuary Band photographs at Allen Field House (Item Number 531346)
• Miscellaneous Fabulous Flipper photographs (Item Number 531349)
• Original Red Dogs poster (Item Number 531352)
• Photograph of Steve Clark and Walter Downing (Item Number 531351)
• Red Dog Cookin Music posters (Item Number 531366)
• Red Dog Inn construction and opening night photographs (Item Number 532138)
• Red Dogs induction to the Kansas Music Hall of Fame celebration poster (Item Number 531357)
• Red Dogs photographs and slides (Item Number 531348)
• Rising Suns Pass (Item Number 531371)
• Signed Featuring at the Red Dog Inn poster (Item Number 531354)
• South Dakota Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction and concert poster (Item Number 531368)
• Spider and the Crabs photograph slides (Item Number 531343)
• Spider and the Crabs poster (Item Number 531356)
• The Fabulous Flipper photograph slides (Item Number 531342)
• The Fabulous Flippers Then and Now cassette tapes (Item Number 531347)
• The Original Fabulous Flippers Photograph (Item Number 532139)
• The Red Dogs band photograph (Item Number 532140)

Portions of the Audio-visual material series has been digitized for preservation, however these items are not yet available through Kansas Memory due to conflicting copyright concerns. These digital copies are available for reference access by request.

8.5      Preferred citation

Note: [document and/or series description, date], John Owen Brown papers, Kansas State Historical Society.

Bibliography: John Owen Brown papers, Kansas State Historical Society.

8.6      Acquisition information (Accession #)

Accession # 2025-078, 2026-011, 2026-093.

UID # 531297

8.7      Processing information (Processor name)

Cordell Moats, digital archivist, 2025-2026. 

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