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

Chick Willis, wearing a cowboy hat, licks the neck of his guitar at the Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS.

Date Published

2006-10-13

Chick Willis, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium during the Kansas City Blues Society Festival's 20th Anniversary, wearing a cowboy hat, shirt, and boots, stands and plays an...

Date Published

2000-12-17

Chick Willis, wearing a hat and grimacing while playing an electric guitar during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.

Date Published

2005-06-25

Digital Collections

Chick Willis at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS

Chick Willis at the Grand Emporium

Chick Willis at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2005

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Digital Projects

LaBudde Special Collections

Marr Sound Archives

University Archives