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Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

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This collection focuses on the time that Bettye Miller and Milt Abel spent together as musicians, and as husband and wife. The couple was nationally known in the jazz community and performed together in cities all over the country.

Items in Collection: 215

Topics

Black History & Representation

Kansas City History

Women’s History & Representation

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Scene from "Negroid Evolution"

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Scene from the play "Negroid Evolution" produced and directed by Bettye Miller. Two women and a man are standing in a group speaking to each other; an older man with a cane is seated in a rocking...

Date Published

1949

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Group portraits
African American men

Types (Collection)

photographs (126)

Genres (Collection)

Snapshots (106)
Black & white photographs (96)
Gelatin silver prints (96)
Color photographs (30)
(-) Group portraits (126)

Time Periods (Collection)

1971-1980 (49)
1961-1970 (31)
1951-1960 (28)
1941-1950 (15)
1981-1990 (2)
1991-2000 (1)

Subjects (Collection)

African American jazz musicians (108)
Jazz musicians (107)
African American women (99)
Pianists (90)
Double bassists (83)
Piano (62)
Double bass (61)
Men, White (40)
Drum set (31)
Jazz musicians, White (31)
Drummers (Musicians) (29)
Musical instruments (28)
Audiences (22)
Women, White (18)
Microphone (12)
Porches (9)
Actors (6)
Guitar (6)
Guitarists (6)
Living rooms (6)
Saxophonists (6)
Actresses (5)
Bars (Drinking establishments) (5)
Jazz singers (4)
Saxophone (4)
Vibraphone (4)
Children, White (3)
Girls (3)
Men (3)
Rhythm and blues musicians (3)
Academic costume (2)
African American children (2)
Automobiles (2)
Cotton (2)
Cymbals (2)
Enslaved persons (2)
Hats (2)
Musicians (2)
Nuns (2)
Salt shakers (2)
Sound recordings (2)
T-shirts (2)
Trumpet (2)
Trumpet players (2)
African American musicians (1)
Arts fund raising (1)
Asian Americans (1)
Big bands (1)
Birthday cakes (1)
Boys (1)
Champagne (Wine) (1)
Chinese Americans (1)
Choirs (Music) (1)
Civil rights workers (1)
Dancers (1)
Dog owners (1)
Dogs (1)
Entertaining (1)
Fans (Persons) (1)
Flute (1)
Flute players (1)
Fund raising (1)
Gay actors (1)
Great Dane (1)
Hispanic Americans (1)
LGBTQ actors (1)
Living room furniture (1)
Motels (1)
Motion picture actors and actresses (1)
Music--Posters (1)
Music festivals (1)
Older women (1)
Orators (1)
Philodendrons (1)
Photographers (1)
Posters (1)
Radio personalities (1)
Restaurants (1)
Signs and signboards (1)
Singers (1)
Soul musicians (1)
Tambourine (1)
Trombonists (1)
Wedding costume (1)
Weddings (1)
Xylophone (1)
(-) African American men (126)

Subjects, Geographic (Collection)

Kansas City (Mo.) (1)

Subjects, People (Collection)

Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (85)
Abel, Milt, 1928- (72)
Brown, Corky (9)
Basso, Terry (5)
Jones, Wallace (Drummer) (2)
Ning, Mike (2)
Brown, Sonny (1)
Comer, Carol (1)
Drybread, Bill (Trombonist) (1)
Gregg, Diane (1)
Hardiman, Baggy, 1913-1999 (1)
Hicks, John, 1941-2006 (1)
Jordan, Louis, 1908-1975 (1)
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 (1)
McFadden, Lonnie (1)
McFadden, Ronnie (1)
McPartland, Marian (1)
Morgan, Stanley (Guitarist) (1)
Nader, George, 1921-2002 (1)
Padilla, Rod (1)
Roberts, Lois, 1941- (1)
Robinson, Scott (1)
Smith, Dottie (Vocalist) (1)
Tindley, George, 1938-1996 (1)
Wilson, Bob (Saxophonist) (1)
Wood, Elise (1)

Events (Collection)

Women's Jazz Festival (Kansas City, Kan.) (3)

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