Warren Durrett Collection

Smiling Warren Durrett seated in a shirt with rolled up sleeves and a pen in the front pocket and pinstriped pants. A woman is behind him with her hands on Durrett's shoulders, wearing a dark dress...

Warren Durrett in a suit and tie with his arms around an unidentified white woman in a white suit and a scarf with her eyes closed. They are standing in the yard in front of a house, with another...

An unidentified smiling white woman standing next to Warren Durrett amid rocks and dirt, with a creek trickling through behind them.

Warren Durrett in a short sleeve shirt and pants, with one arm at his waist, and the other resting on an automobile, next to an unidentified white woman in a striped shirt and shorts, a cap, also with...

Warren Durrett in a suit and tie behind an unidentified white woman whose elbow is resting on the open window of an automobile next to them. Brick apartment buildings are in the background. The...

Warren Durrett and Barbara Garrett seated on a short brick ledge in front of a dormitory building entrance. Durrett is wearing a collared shirt, long pants, and a wristwatch, with one hand in his lap...

Barbara Garrett and Warren Durrett seated on a short brick ledge in front of a dormitory building entrance. Garrett is wearing a dark shirt with a light collar, a skirt, and socks and sandals, with...

A group of people, left to right: Rene Lawther, Sylvia Singer, Peggy Buret, Warren Durrett, Jo Ann Tally. They are preparing dinner plates, with dishes, flowers, and a tablecloth on the table. A light...

Warren Durrett standing on a stage at the Pla-Mor Ballroom in a black jacket and gray pants, next to a Steinway & Sons piano with a chair in front of it. Seated to the right is singer Laura Webb in a...

Warren Durrett, standing to the left of his orchestra, in front of a piano with a sign on it reading: "Warren Durrett and Orchestra." An unidentified white female vocalist is seated to the right of...

Warren Durrett standing to the far right in a light suit and tie, in front of his orchestra. To the left, seated in front of the orchestra, are an unidentified white man and white woman. The band...

Warren Durrett performing at the piano with his orchestra, with an unidentified white woman singer seated to the right in a polka dot dress. Band members (all white men) are performing in suits and...

Warren Durrett standing on stage at the Pla-Mor Ballroom in front of a microphone in a white suit with a bow tie. Seated to the right is singer Marilyn Maye in a dress, in front of a piano with a sign...

Warren Durrett seated, with a newspaper on one leg, on a couch next to Jo Ann Tally. A chair and a lamp are to the left, there are curtains in front of tall windows behind them, a purse on the couch...

Warren Durrett walking with Jo Ann Tally in front of a brick building. Tally is holding a purse with a coat draped around her arm.

Warren Durrett and Kathryn Brown standing by the road in Wichita, Kansas. An automobile is parked behind them, and there are houses on the other side of the street.

Lois Laur, seated in a wooden chair, forward-facing, with her arms resting on her knees, next to Warren Durrett, seated in a large wooden chair facing to the left, with his arms resting on his knees...

Ruth Anne Gay in a dress with curly hair, seated next to Warren Durrett in a suit and tie, with his arm behind her, at a round restaurant table. There is a patterned tablecloth on the table, as well...

Warren Durrett and Ruth Anne Gay seated at opposite ends of a dinner table at the Penguin Room at the Hotel Continental. There are plates of food including bread rolls, bowls, water glasses...

Warren Durrett standing with his hand on his hip next to an unidentified white woman smiling at the camera, in front of trees and bushes.

Warren Durrett standing next to unidentified white woman. Woman is wearing glasses and turned towards Durrett, both are smiling. They are standing in front of trees and bushes.

Waist-up photo of Warren Durrett seated in front of a wall with a curtain hanging to the right. A pen is clipped in his right breast shirt pocket.

Side portrait of Warren Durrett in a tuxedo and bowtie, sitting at a piano with a Hammond Solovox attachment and looking in the distance.

Side portrait of Warren Durrett in a tuxedo and bowtie, sitting at a piano with a Hammond Solovox attachment and looking towards the camera. Text below left reads: "Warren Durrett and His Orchestra,"...

Side portrait of Warren Durrett in a tuxedo and bowtie, sitting at a piano with a Hammond Solovox attachment and looking towards the camera.