Bettye Miller-Milt Abel Collection |
see also MUSIC: LOCAL/REGIONAL | CLASSICAL/POPULAR | JAZZ/BLUES
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American Composers Collection
Material related to over 50 composers, including manuscript music scores, programs, correspondence, news clippings, and other items
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Bernard "Step-Buddy" Anderson Collection
Oklahoma City-born writer, photographer and musician (primarily trumpet and piano), who played with Jay McShann and other Kansas City jazz notables, 1919-1997
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Harold Ashby Collection
Jazz saxophonist from Kansas City, 1925-2003
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Amy Cheney Beach Collection
Foremost American composer of the Romantic period and virtuoso concert pianist, 1867-1944
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Allan Bell Collection
Kansas City music and theatrical promoter, and owner of booking/management agency America's Best Attractions, 1960s-1970s
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Walter Brenner Collection
South African-born composer; studied, composed and worked in Germany and United States, 1906-1969
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Robert Brookmeyer Collection
Jazz pianist and trombonist, arranger, and composer from Kansas City, 1929-
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Fred Calland Collection
Ohio-born radio broadcaster/producer, record collector, educator, and noted opera expert, 1923-1999
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Arthur B. Church KMBC Radio Collection
Owner/operator of KMBC radio and television stations in Kansas City, and creative force behind several syndicated radio shows, 1920s-1950s
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Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection
Kansas-born jazz arranger, composer, trumpeter, band leader, and influential member of Count Basie's band, 1911-1991
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James F. Condell Collection
Colllege professor of psychology, music scholar and performer, radio broadcaster/producer, and co-author of jazz pianist Jay McShann's unpublished autobiography, 1921-1998
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Paul Creston Collection
Prolific American composer, pianist and organist, 1906-1985
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Vic Damon Collection
Recording engineer and owner of Damon Recording Studios in Kansas City, 1933-1973
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Ernest Daniels Collection
Jazz drummer, vibraphonist and percussionist from Kansas City
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Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection
Writer, music critic and editor, and record producer from Kansas City, 1915-1990
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Theodore (Ted) Dreher Collection
Composer, musician and writer based in Kansas City, 1912-1996
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Warren Durrett Collection
Big band leader, composer and multi-instrumentalist based in Kansas City, 1920-2002
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George Geelan Blues And Jazz Festivals Collection
Kansas City documentary photographer of local and regional blues and jazz festivals, 1995-2003
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Grand Emporium Collection
Assorted material, rich in poster art and photos, documenting venerable Kansas City nightclub from 1985-2004, plus some of co-owner Roger Naber's other promotional endeavors before and during that time
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Higginson Collection
Rare documents from the first recording dates for Kansas City jazz pianist Jay McShann and his band, supervised by Fred Higginson of radio station KFBI in Wichita, Kansas; contains one of the earliest known autographs of alto saxophonist and modern jazz pioneer Charlie Parker, 1940
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William Henry Humiston Collection
Ohio-born composer, music critic and editor, and early member of the MacDowell Colony, 1869-1923
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Eunice Lea Kettering Collection
Ohio-born composer and educator, 1906-2000
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Mel Lewis Collection
Jazz drummer and band leader from New York, 1929-1990
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Jay McShann Collection
Pioneering pianist and vocalist who helped shape the unique style of jazz that emerged out of Kansas City in the 1930s and 1940s, 1916-2006
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"Cactus" Charlie Menees Collection
Radio broadcaster/producer, critic and jazz educator from St. Louis, 1916-1993
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Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection
Wife and husband jazz musicians based in Kansas City, 1927-2006
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Mutual Musicians Foundation Photograph Collection
History of the Kansas City, Missouri, Musicians Protective Union Local 627, 1917-
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A. W. Perry's Sons Collection
Music publishing firm in Sedalia, Missouri, 1870s-1960s
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Eugene G. Ramey, Sr. Collection
Austin, Texas-born musician and pioneering bassist in the Kansas City jazz tradition, with close ties to pianist Jay McShann and alto saxophonist and modern jazz innovator Charlie Parker, 1913-1984
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Raymond Scott Collection
Pianist, band leader and composer of jazz and popular music, and pioneer in electronic music, 1908-1994
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Sheet Music Collection
Tens of thousands of commercially published titles covering a variety of musical styles, visual artistry, and thematic subjects; included are the Popular American, World War I & II, Kansas City imprints, Missouri & Kansas imprints, Classical & Sacred, and American Dance Band Music collections, 1800s-1900s
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George Elliott Simpson Collection
Composer, arranger, performer and music educator, 1876-1958
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Charles Sanford Skilton Collection
Composer and music educator, who later worked in Lawrence, Kansas, at the University of Kansas and Haskell Institute (now University), the latter at which he became acquainted with Native American tribal melodies, 1868-1941
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Major N. Clark Smith Collection
Kansas-born composer, music director and educator, including a position from 1915-1922 at Lincoln High School in Kansas City, 1877-1935
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Frederick "Fritz" R. Swischer Collection
Kansas-born musician, composer and artist based in Kansas City, and author of Kansas City, 1923-1937: The Music, an analytical and historical treatise of Kansas City Jazz, 1942-
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Joe Thomas Collection
Jazz saxophonist and influential member of Jimmie Lunceford's band; and director of the Bruce R. Watkins Funeral Home and choir director at St. Stephen Baptist Church, both in Kansas City, 1909-1986
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Don Tiff Collection
Pianist, composer, arranger and band leader, as well as musical director of the Orpheum Theatre in Kansas City, 1910-1998
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Trumbauer Collection
Material related to the Trumbauer family of musicians, principally jazz saxophonist Frank (1901-1956) and his son, trumpeter and UMKC educator Bill, Sr.
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John B. Tumino Consolidated Orchestras Collection
Booking agent and manager for notable Kansas City jazz musicians such as Jay McShann, Charlie Parker and Julia Lee, 1911-2001
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection
Long-time Kansas City musician noted for peforming jazz on the violin, 1908-2004
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Dr. Vincent T. Williams Collection
Missouri-born physician, music composer and scholar, 1903-1968
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Z Collection
Rare and limited-edition books, fine-press imprints, artists' books and other similar works; spanning the 14th to the 20th centuries; covering fine arts, literature and music, especially as applied to the book arts, particularly the history of printing and books as objects
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