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The '66 Tornado Started My Songwriting Avocation
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Other TitleTornado memories - Lee Wright
DescriptionSingle page typewritten document submitted as part of the "Remember the Topeka Tornado of '66" event held at the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library on June 3, 2003; tells how Lee Wright wrote a song about the June 8, 1966, Topeka tornado; song was used by WIBW-TV during special aired on first anniversary; also performed at a benefit concert for Washburn UniversityCreatorWright, LeeSubject1966 Topeka TornadoI Remember...the Topeka TornadoPersonal narrativesMusicians1966 TornadoWeatherStormsTopeka (Kan.)Date2003FormatPDFLanguageEnglish
DescriptionSingle page typewritten document submitted as part of the "Remember the Topeka Tornado of '66" event held at the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library on June 3, 2003; tells how Lee Wright wrote a song about the June 8, 1966, Topeka tornado; song was used by WIBW-TV during special aired on first anniversary; also performed at a benefit concert for Washburn UniversityCreatorWright, LeeSubject1966 Topeka TornadoI Remember...the Topeka TornadoPersonal narrativesMusicians1966 TornadoWeatherStormsTopeka (Kan.)Date2003FormatPDFLanguageEnglishRelated
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Wright, Lee, The '66 Tornado Started My Songwriting Avocation (2003). Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library Local History Collections, accessed 17/07/2026, https://localhistory.tscpl.org/nodes/view/6620