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

An elderly Aritha Anne Dorsey-Clayton.

Date Published

1951

1960

Studio portrait of Aritha Anne Dorsey about 14 years of age.

Date Published

1890

Studio portrait of Aritha Anne Dorsey-Clayton at age 35 in a white dress and hair worn up.

Date Published

1911

Aritha Anne Dorsey-Clayton in open-necked white shirt, hair up, aged around mid-60s.

Date Published

1937

1940

Members of the Brown Chapel Choir posed in choir robes (includes Aritha Anne Dorsey-Clayton and Simeon O. Clayton)

Date Published

1921

1930

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

Date Published

1927

Group photo of the members of the Harry T. Burleigh Musical Club (includes Aritha Anne Dorsey-Clayton and Simeon O. Clayton)

Date Published

1922-12-29

Aritha Anne Dorsey-Clayton with baby Buck Clayton; both in white clothes.

Date Published

1911