Evie Quarles Collection

This collection consists of 866 images captured by Kansas City-based blues and jazz photographer, Evie Quarles. Quarles provided annotations for the photographs, identifying people, place, date, and event, rendering the collection highly discoverable to researchers.

Items in Collection: 866

Topics

Jazz, Big Band, & Music Industry

Kansas City History

Women’s History & Representation

Cotton Candy, wearing a dramatic hat and looking directly at the photographer, sings into a microphone during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.

Date Published

1998-07-18

Peggy Scott Adams, wearing an Asian inspired blouse, stands facing the photographer, mouth wide open, with the microphone held low by her right side during Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival. A...

Date Published

1998-07-18

Sista Monica's lips are puckered as she points to herself with her left hand and holds a microphone in her right hand during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival. She's wearing sunglasses.

Date Published

1998-07-18

UMKC University Libraries Digital Collections

Cotton Candy at Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

Peggy Scott Adams at the Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

Sista Monica at the Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

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LaBudde Special Collections

Marr Sound Archives

University Archives