Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

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

Jazz, Big Band, & Music Industry

Kansas City History

1 - 8 of 8 items

Buck Clayton with George Jones and Jack Medlock.

Date Published

1929

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

Date Published

1961

1970

Buck Clayton seated on a wire or rope with Jack Medlock.

Date Published

1928

Buck Clayton and Jack Medlock leaning against a tree in front of a shack in either late fall, winter, or early spring.

Date Published

1928

Buck Clayton standing with Jean Clayton, Jack Medlock, Mary Bledsoe and Leon Stafford.

Date Published

1929

Buck Clayton posed beside a house with his mother, Aritha Anne Dorsey-Clayton, and Jack Medlock.

Date Published

1927

Buck Clayton with Jack Medlock laughing through a barn window, Buck with a hat in his hand.

Date Published

1930

Group photo of five of Buck's friends mugging for the camera: Leon, Jack Medlock, Simon Paye Long, Allen, and Edward.

Date Published

1928-04-12