Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

The Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection was donated to LaBudde Special Collections by Clayton's wife, Patricia. The collection, which spans from 1928 to Clayton’s death in 1991, contains material related to the jazz composer/arranger/trumpeter’s personal and professional life.

Items in Collection: 1,747

Topics

Asian American History & Representation

Black History & Representation

Civil Rights

Jazz, Big Band, & Music Industry

Kansas City History

1 - 6 of 6 items

Buck Clayton and Jack Medlock standing beside the porch of a house.

Date Published

1961

1970

Simeon O. Clayton holding baby Buck Clayton on the porch of their home; with Clayton's uncle Monroe Dorsey and their dog, Duke; early spring.

Date Published

1911

Jean-Marie Masse, Madeleine Gautier, Hugues Panassié, and Étienne Gautier (son of Hugues and Madeleine), standing together on the doorstep of Panassié's home in Montauban, France.

Date Published

1966-03

Buck Clayton standing in front of Hugues Panassié's home in Montauban, France.

Date Published

1966-03

Portrait of an unidentified young African American woman standing near a house.

Date Published

1921

1930

Exterior shot of Buck Clayton's childhood home after a remodeling.

Date Published

1925

Digital Collections

Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton and Jack Medlock

Clayton men

Jean-Marie Masse, Madeleine Gautier, Hugues Panassié, and Étienne Gautier

On a street in Montauban, France

Photo of a young woman standing by a house

Remodeled home

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