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

Spoon Wilson and D.C. Bellamy, standing wearing beefeater costumes, and an unidentified African American woman, have crowned Little Hatch the king during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival...

Date Published

2002-06-29

Midget Hulett, wearing a cowboy hat and oxford shoes, dances with Spoon Wilson, wearing a bowler hat, at the Grand Emporium.

Date Published

2002-01-05

Spoon Wilson, wearing a fedora and a sleeveless tank undershirt, grimaces as he plays a set of drums during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.

Date Published

2002-06-29

Digital Collections

King of the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2002

Midget Hulett and Spoon Wilson at the Grand Emporium

Spoon Wilson at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2002

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Digital Projects

LaBudde Special Collections

Marr Sound Archives

University Archives