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

Bobby Rush, sings into a microphone as Lo Lespes dances during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival, The audience is visible behind Lo.

Date Published

2005-06-24

Marvine McKeithen holds up Bobby Rush's hand and arm as she smiles and speaks into a microphone on the stage at Club Paradox in Kansas City, Kansas. There are two unidentified women, only partially...

Date Published

2004-03-08

Connie Humiston, Bobby Rush and a group of six unidentified people stand behind a seated DC Bellamy. Marvine McKeithen stands beside DC Bellamy at Club Paradox in Kansas City, Kansas.

Date Published

2004-03-08

Digital Collections

Bobby Rush and Lo Lespes at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2005

Bobby Rush and Marvine McKeithen at the Club Paradox

Connie Humiston, Bobby Rush, DC Bellamy and Marvine McKeithen at Club Paradox

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Digital Projects

LaBudde Special Collections

Marr Sound Archives

University Archives