Warren Durrett Collection

Headshot of Marilyn Maye wearing an embroidered dress and earrings, looking up and away to the left.

Headshot of Marilyn Maye wearing an embroidered dress and earrings, looking towards t he camera.

Full-body portrait of Marilyn Maye in a dark dress embroidered with flowers, with a translucent fabric hanging off her left shoulder. Her arms are behind her back.

Full-body portrait of Marilyn Maye in a dark embroidered dress and heels, smiling with her arms folded in front of her torso.

Right-facing profile of an older man in a striped shirt, in a recording studio. To the right is a man with a beard wearing a sweater. They are in a recording studio, and the background is out of focus...

31st Regiment Band in uniform, standing in four rows, on the steps of a large brick building with columns, holding their instruments. Back row: sousaphone; five trombones; another sousaphone. Second...

Man in a decoratively patterned shirt and a sweater seated behind a music stand in a recording studio. There is another musician back to the left with arms folded, and a third musician farther back...

Young boy sitting and smiling towards the camera, with one leg up, and an older gentleman crouched down at his side, hands on the boy's shoe, helping him either put it on or take it off. Another boy...

Older white woman in a polka dot shirt and a long, plain skirt, seated in a chair on a front porch in front of a brick house. There is a door to the left and a window to the right.

Headshot of an unidentified white man in a military uniform, with hair combed over.

Portrait of unidentified white male trombone player in suit and tie, wearing glasses, holding instrument.

Portrait of Warren Durrett in suit and tie with glasses in his hands.

Portrait of Warren Durrett looking off to the right, leaning with his elbow resting.

Headshot of Rose Marie Allen, face looking towards camera and resting on hands, which are overlapped and resting on a cloth on a seatback.

Headshot of Rose Marie Allen in a dark dress in front of a dark background, wearing earrings, a necklace, and a bracelet. Her hands are up towards her face, which looks pensive.

Unidentified white man in a sailor uniform, with hands on hips (holding a hat in his right hand), standing in the grass next to flowers, with trees in the background. Writing in blue pen in the border...

An unidentified white male tenor saxophone player for the Warren Durrett Orchestra performing at a music stand in front of a microphone, for the 1946 University of Kansas City Convocation. A clarinet...

Unidentified white woman in a two-piece bathing suit, smiling, with one arm behind her head and the other by her side, next to the water and a small boat. There is a stone wall separating water from...

Upper body photo of an unidentified smiling white woman with shoulder-length hair in a jacket and a hat with a netted veil, standing in front of a house.

Slightly blurry photo of an unidentified white woman with shoulder length hair and glasses, wearing a short sleeve shirt and shorts, standing on a dirt path in front of grass, bushes, and trees.

Unidentified smiling white woman seated in a chair on a ship. She is wearing sunglasses, a heavy jacket, and a long scarf tied around her neck that also covers part of her head. There are two chairs...

Unidentified little white boy wearing overalls, a striped shirt, and a large, silly hat.

Unidentified white man kneeling in the grass with a pipe in his mouth, wearing a large and silly hat. There are trees and other foliage in the background.

Nine young boys (one of whom is almost entirely obscured by a bag) and six older men in a sandwich shop. There are chairs, tables, a bulletin board, a clock, a door and a window (behind which is...

Dorothy Morris looking stern, in a coat, backlit from above left, in front of a dark studio backdrop.