Digital Collections

Collections
About

Breadcrumb

Home
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann Collection

Image

The Jay McShann Collection was gifted to the LaBudde Special Collections Department by the McShann Family in July 2009. Inclusive dates are 1916-2006. This collection contains a lot of information relating to McShann's renewed popularity and recognition, starting in the 1970s when the blues music saw a resurgence.

Items in Collection: 756

Topics

Advertising & Media

Black History & Representation

Jazz, Big Band, & Music Industry

Kansas City History

1 - 4 of 4 items

Claude Williams playing violin

Image

Claude Williams playing violin; poster of a 19th century man in a hat behind him; unknown location.

Date Published

1951

1960

Group photo of Jay McShann with seven others

Image

Group photo with (L-R) Paul Gunther, Little Brother Montgomery, unidentified, Jimmy Witherspoon, Jay McShann, Claude Williams (holding sheet of paper), Fats Dennis, Orestie "Rusty" Tucker (holding a...

Date Published

1971

Jay McShann and Claude Williams at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

Image

Claude Williams, Jay McShann having a conversation at a small table in the Mutual Musicians Foundation building; Kansas City, Missouri; a carafe of water and two cups are on the table with them and...

Date Published

1971

Jay McShann receiving an honorary key

Image

Jay McShann receiving an honorary key and framed certificate from an unidentified white man in plaid pants; three other unidentified men (two white, one African American) are on either side of them...

Date Published

1971

1980

Clear selected
Gelatin silver prints
African American men
Williams, Claude, 1908-2004

Types (Collection)

photographs (4)

Genres (Collection)

Black & white photographs (4)
Group portraits (3)
Portrait photographs (1)
Snapshots (1)
(-) Gelatin silver prints (4)

Time Periods (Collection)

1971-1980 (3)
1951-1960 (1)

Subjects (Collection)

Jazz musicians (4)
African American jazz musicians (3)
Men, White (2)
Award presentations (1)
Conversation (1)
Microphone (1)
Musical instruments (1)
Newspapers (1)
Posters (1)
Saxophone (1)
Saxophonists (1)
Tables (1)
Violin (1)
Violinists (1)
(-) African American men (4)

Subjects, People (Collection)

McShann, Jay (3)
Dennis, Fats (1)
Gunther, Paul (1)
Montgomery, Little Brother, 1906-1985 (1)
Tucker, Rusty, 1925-2006 (1)
Witherspoon, Jimmy (1)
(-) Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (4)