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 - 7 of 7 items

Jackie Gleason seated with Buck Clayton, Joe Bushkin, Art Carney, and others; Embers Club, New York City.

Date Published

1951

Buck Clayton (2nd from left), Sammy Kaye (4th from left, looking down), Art Carney (6th from left, looking down), and Tommy Dorsey (7th from left), standing with an unidentified group of people behind...

Signed portrait of Eddie Greene in military uniform smoking a cigarette.

Date Published

1941

1950

Signed portrait of Jackie Gleason.

Date Published

1941

1950

Johnny Taylor and Eddie Anderson (well known as Rochester with Jack Benny) performing on stage at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York.

Date Published

1931

1940

"Pigmeat" Markham performing with an unidentified group of people at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York.

Date Published

1931

1940

Signed portrait of Vince Barnett looking quizzically at a telephone.

Date Published

1931

1940

Digital Collections

Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton with Jackie Gleason, Art Carney, and Joe Bushkin

Buck Clayton, Sammy Kaye, Art Carney, and Tommy Dorsey at a union meeting

Eddie Greene

Jackie Gleason

Johnny Taylor and Eddie Anderson at the Apollo

Pigmeat Markham at the Apollo

Vince Barnett

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