Finding Aid for the Brox Sisters and Henry Busse collection PA Mss 259
Andrew Harman
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
3/1/2024
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara 93106-9010
Phone Number: (805) 893-3062
special@library.ucsb.edu
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Title: Brox Sisters and Henry Busse collection
source:
Arends, Harry
Identifier/Call Number: PA Mss 259
Physical Description:
1 Linear Feet
(1 carton)
Date (inclusive): 1936-1949
Abstract: This collection contains materials relating to the vaudeville performers the Brox Sisters and jazz trumpeter Henry Busse.
Language of Material:
English
.
Container: 1
This collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Harry Arends, 2022.
This collection is arranged in original order.
The Brox Sisters were an American trio of singing sisters during the 1920s and 1930s. The trio included the Brock sisters,
later changed to Brox for show business, Lorayne "Eunice" Brock Hall (11/11/1901 - 6/14/1993), Josephine "Bobbe" (11/28/1902
- 5/2/1999), and Patricia "Kathleen" (6/14/1904 - 8/27/1988). The sisters were born in Iowa and Indiana and grew up in Tennessee.
NOTE: spellings of these names come from several sources and may be inaccurate. For instance, Lorayne is spelled as such on
her headstone (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7409776/lorraine-brox) but spelled "Lorraine" in several publications included
in the collection.
Henry Busse, Sr. (5/19/1894 - 4/23/1955) was a German-born jazz trumpeter who emigrated to New York City and later California.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brox_Sisters
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Busse
This collection was given to Harry Arends by Tola Rissman, granddaughter of Lorraine Brox.
[Identification of Item], Brox Sisters and Henry Busse collection, PA Mss 259. Department of Special Research Collections,
UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
This collection contains correspondence, photographs, clippings, programs and other ephemera relating to the vaudeville performers
the Brox Sisters, as well as jazz trumpet player and orchestra leader Henry Busse, who was married to Lorayne Brox. Clippings
include columns, news, and advertisements, as well as small Broadway columns written by Ed Sullivan.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections. Permission for publication is
given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include
or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Brock Hall, Eunice "Lorayne" (1901-1993)
Brock, Josephine "Bobbe" (1902-1999)
Brock, Kathleen "Patricia" (1904-1988)
Brox Sisters
Busse, Henry, 1894-1955
Arends, Harry