Welcome to Ray's Collection!

1/15/09 - Added Stan Getz, Henry Mancini, Jimmy Dean, Art Mooney, Tony Martin, Johnny Vander Meer, Floyd Cramer, Peter Duchin, Larry O'Brien, Glenn Campbell, Don Rickles, Les Brown, Frankie Avalon, Spanky McFarlane & Our Gang, Russ Carlyle, Eddy Arnold, Jack Leonard, Susan Starr, Ann Miller, Damita Jo, Grace Markay, Lee Castle, Ray Anthony, Marty Allen, Marilyn Michaels, Johnnie Ray, Kitty Kallen, Sonny Stitt, Tiny Tim, Anita O'Day, Lena Horne, Mike Douglas, Toni Tennille, Johnny Mann, Alvino Rey, Andy Williams, The Lettermen, Vic Damone, Skitch Henderson, Lena Horne, Vikki Carr, Shirley Bassey, Frankie Laine, Harry Belafonte, Leslie Uggams, Petula Clark, Virginia Mayo, Robert Conrad, Imogene Coca, Al Hirt, Debbie Reynolds, George Raft, Myrna Loy, Dick Cavett, Betty Walker and Teddy Wilson.

1/12/09 - Added Sugar Ray Robinson, Jim Chenoweth, Cyd Charisse, Mahalia Jackson, B.B. King, Dan Rather, Dolly Parton, Ed McMahon, Hugh Downs, Vincent Price, George Montgomery, Ethel Merman, Truman Capote, Jay Silverheels, Donna Theodore, Nancy Wilson, Rudy Vallee, Sarah Vaughan, Beverly Sills, Werner von Braun, Ray Anthony, Randall Cunningham, Buddy Morrow, Nancy Dussault, Sidney Poitier, Roy Rogers, Shirley Temple Black, Don Rickles, Ernest Borgnine, Arlen Specter, Johnny Carson, Robert Wagner, June Lockhart, Bob Hope, Enos Slaughter, Redd Foxx, Johnny Bench, Stan Musial, Barbara Eden, Mickey Mantle, Michael Jackson, Louis Armstrong, Rip Torn, Little Richard, Burt Reynolds, Roger Moore, Wayne Newton, Gregory Peck, Desi Arnaz, John Glenn, Gene Hackman, Clint Eastwood, Walter Matthau, Jon Voight, Jean Simmons, Jack Lemmon, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Ed Sullivan, George C. Scott, Steve Carlton, John Denver, Richard Harris and Brock Peters

11/19/08 - After a couple of years of inactivity on this part of my website, I've started updating it more.

I've added the following: Hank Jones, Johnny Miller, Bea Arthur, Colleen Dewhurst, Ben Vereen, Tommy Breslin, Paul Quinichette, Marvin Hamlisch, Dave Toma, Jonelle Allen, Mac Davis, Francis Gary Powers, Bobby Bradshaw and a slew of new Unknowns that I need YOUR help in identifying!

This is the part of my website that features my Uncle Ray's collection. He collected for many years before he died. His collection consists mainly of in-person autographs. Most of them are in albums and on album pages or labels stuck on album pages.

It seems to me that some of the autographs were obtained through-the-mail, but very few.

The main place where his autographs were obtained were in Philadelphia at the Mike Douglas Show.

There are two ways to browse this collection, since his collection is so diverse, you can either browse by last name or by what the celebrity is known for.

As you might notice, there is a section titled "Unknown". These are autographs of whom I have not identified yet. If you can help as to finding out who any of those autographs are, please e-mail me at RyanJW@gmail.com

This collection came into my possession when my Uncle's family heard from my grandparents that I collected autographs. I plan to do a lot with it and this site is just the beginning. I hope to find a nice way to showcase both his and my collection when I get older, but for now I'm just taking good care of them. So, have fun browsing and email me with any comments or questions!

By the way, if you've been to the site for my actual collection, you'll notice that the bio's on here are a bit more in-depth. The reason for this is because my collection has a lot of people that are well-known right now while Ray's collection had a lot of people that were well-known back then (or even not well known!)