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

Music authors Jim O'Neal and Dawayne Gilley stand on either side of photographer, James Fraher, at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival. All three are holding a framed, poster-sized...

Date Published

2001-06-25

Jim O'Neal, James Fraher, and Dawayne Gilley hold The Big Picture which is a photograph from September 18, 1999, of the Kansas City Jazz and Blues people in front of the Mutual Musician Foundation...

Date Published

2000-01-01

Dawayne Gilley stands and seriously hands keys to Jim O'Neal behind the head of a seated and laughing Myra Taylor. Myra is holding two Living Blues Magazine award plaques which state, "Living Blues...

Date Published

2002-07-21

Digital Collections

Jim O'Neal, James Fraher, and Dawayne Gilley hold a photograph

Jim O'Neal, James Fraher, and Dawayne Gilley hold a photograph

Myra Taylor wins the best female blues artist from Living Blues Magazine

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Digital Projects

LaBudde Special Collections

Marr Sound Archives

University Archives