Skip to main content

UMKC University Libraries logoUMKC University LibrariesDigital Collections

UMKC University Libraries

UMKC University Libraries

  • Collections
  • About

Breadcrumb

  1. Home
  2. Search Results

Search Results

1 - 25 of 55 items

375th Army Service Forces Band

Image

The 375th Army Service Forces Band (Buck Clayton, seated, far right) posing with all their instruments in New York.

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

375th Army Service Forces Band with hats off

Image

Group portrait of the 375th Army Service Band; Camp Shanks, New York. Band personnel (H. Jackson, percussionist; T. Waters, L. Faulk, D. Taylor, A...

Date Published
1944
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

375th Army Service Forces Band with hats on

Image

Group portrait of the 375th Army Service Band; Camp Shanks, New York. Band personnel (H. Jackson, percussionist; T. Waters, L. Faulk, D. Taylor, A...

Date Published
1944
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Arthur B. Church, Mark Norman Smith, and three unidentified men sitting around desk

Image

Arthur B. Church, Mark Norman Smith, and three unidentified men sitting around desk. Smith on far left; Church at middle right. All men wearing medium...

Date Published
1941
1944
Member of
Arthur B. Church KMBC Radio Collection

Baby in a sweater

Image

A studio portrait of an unidentified baby wearing a sweater and light colored shoes that tie.

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Ben Webster plays

Image

Ben Webster playing saxophone with Buck Clayton in his military uniform seated behind him along with Leonard Gaskin, Tiny Grimes, and an unidentified...

Date Published
1944
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Benny Goodman playing clarinet

Image

Benny Goodman facing slightly to the side against a wall, wearing a tweed jacket, and playing clarinet with the bell up in a publicity photo for...

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Betty Hutton singing in Hawaii

Image

"Paramount's Betty Hutton hid herself off to the Pacific Islands on an eight week entertainment barrage. She was assisted in her act by pretty...

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Buck Clayton and Jimmy Rushing in England

Image

Buck Clayton and Jimmy Rushing in suits and trench coats, standing on a street; Buck holding his trumpet and a handkerchief looking mischievous. Jimmy...

Date Published
1944
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Budget meeting interrupted by police clown

Image

Eight men in suits sit around conference table. Identified on back as Tom Chenowith, J.V. Lewis, Hayes Richardson, John Maring, Police Clown, L. Perry...

Date Published
1944
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

City Manager's Office staff

Image

Unidentified man, Harold Gordon, Marty Ramen, Mary Kiley, Edith Bergman, L. Perry Cookingham behind desk in the City Manager's office.

Date Published
1944
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Count Basie and Dave Dexter

Image

Count Basie and Dave Dexter sitting on a table against a wall. Dexter is wearing a light colored suit and handing an envelope to Basie, who is wearing...

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Count Basie at the piano

Image

Publicity photo from the side of Count Basie seated at white piano. Basie is placing his hands on the keys and looking up, turning away from the piano...

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Count Basie at the piano

Image

Publicity photo from the side of Count Basie seated at a white piano. Basie is placing his hands on the keys and turning his head forward.

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Dave Dexter and Count Basie

Image

Backstage in Hollywood in 1944, Count Basie approves an article written by Dave Dexter, Jr., who has carefully followed the Basie career from 1936...

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Ella Mae Morse

Image

Headshot of Ella Mae Morse looking forward and smiling. Morse is wearing a shiny dress with a large brooch.

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Frank Sinatra with Gloria DeHaven

Image

Frank Sinatra on a radio broadcast with Gloria DeHaven. Sinatra and DeHaven are standing in front of a stage curtain. She is singing into an NBC...

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Harold Hunt, L. Perry Cookingham, George Fisk sit behind microphone

Image

Harold Hunt, L. Perry Cookingham, George Fisk sit at table behind KMBC microphone holding cards.

Date Published
1944
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Helen Xarhis in front of a building

Image

Helen Xarhis standing in front of a multi-story brick building and holding a pair of glasses in her hands. Possibly taken in Independence, Missouri.

Date Published
1944
Member of
Helen Xarhis-DePasco Collection

Helen Xarhis laughing

Image

Close up of Helen Xarhis laughing outdoors in front of a building. Possibly taken in Independence, Missouri.

Date Published
1944
Member of
Helen Xarhis-DePasco Collection

Henry Snodgrass and Roy Hancock

Image

Henry Snodgrass in the backseat and Roy Hancock in the front seat of a car reading the newspaper.

Date Published
1944
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Irene Castle McLaughlin holding a small dog

Image

Irene Castle McLaughlin wearing net veil fascinator hat and dark corded jacket holding a small dog wearing collar and name tag.

Date Published
1944
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Irene Castle McLaughlin signed publicity photo

Image

Publicity photo of Irene Castle McLaughlin.

Date Published
1944
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Jane Frazee in costume

Image

Jane Frazee as she appears in the Columbia production "She's a Sweetheart" (from photo caption).

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Jay McShann playing piano

Image

Jay McShann playing piano in a recording studio in Hollywood, California. The top of the piano is covered with music. McShann is looking forward and...

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Pagination

  • Current page 1
  • Page 2
  • Page 3
  • Next page ›
  • Last page Last »
  • Clear selected
  • 1944
  • Black & white photographs

Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (29)
  • L. Perry Cookingham Collection (9)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (6)
  • Arthur B. Church KMBC Radio Collection (3)
  • Helen Xarhis-DePasco Collection (3)
  • Paul Creston Collection (3)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (1)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (55)

Genres

  • Gelatin silver prints (55)
  • Portrait photographs (44)
  • Publicity photographs (26)
  • Group portraits (24)
  • Snapshots (18)
  • Architectural photographs (1)
  • Negatives (1)
  • (-) Black & white photographs (55)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (50)
  • 1951-1960 (3)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (19)
  • Jazz musicians (16)
  • Men, White (8)
  • Pianists (8)
  • Composers (7)
  • City managers (6)
  • Actresses (5)
  • African American men (5)
  • Jazz musicians, White (5)
  • Piano (5)
  • Women jazz singers (5)
  • Municipal government (3)
  • Radio stations--Employees (3)
  • Saxophonists (3)
  • Soldiers (3)
  • Women, White (3)
  • Actors (2)
  • Ballroom dancers (2)
  • Band directors (2)
  • Bands (Music) (2)
  • Buildings (2)
  • Children, White (2)
  • Conductors (Music) (2)
  • Dancers (2)
  • Girls (2)
  • Jazz singers (2)
  • Motion picture actors and actresses (2)
  • Musicians (2)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (2)
  • Trumpet players (2)
  • Animal shelters (1)
  • Bands (Music)--Management (1)
  • Brunches (1)
  • Children--Hospital care (1)
  • Clarinetists (1)
  • Clowns (1)
  • Double bassists (1)
  • Electrical companies (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Hospital beds (1)
  • Hospital patients (1)
  • Infants (1)
  • Mayors (1)
  • Medical instruments and apparatus (1)
  • Microphone (1)
  • Parties (1)
  • School superintendents (1)
  • Toys (1)
  • Tuberculosis--Patients (1)
  • Tuberculosis in children (1)
  • Women singers (1)
  • World War (1939-1945) (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Los Angeles (Calif.) (7)
  • Camp Shanks (N.Y.) (2)
  • Independence (Mo.) (2)
  • Chelsea (London, England) (1)
  • Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971 (7)
  • Cookingham, L. Perry (Laurie Perry), 1896-1992 (6)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (4)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (4)
  • Kenton, Stan (4)
  • Creston, Paul, 1906-1985 (3)
  • Lee, Peggy, 1920-2002 (3)
  • Smith, Mark Norman, 1880-1944 (3)
  • Castle, Irene, 1893-1969 (2)
  • Cole, Nat King, 1919-1965 (2)
  • DePasco, Helen Xarhis, 1921-1992 (2)
  • Dexter, Dave (2)
  • Church, Arthur B. (Arthur Burdette), 1896-1978 (1)
  • Cookingham, Harriette W. (1)
  • Cookson, Shirley (1)
  • DeHaven, Gloria, 1925-2016 (1)
  • Dorsey, Jimmy, 1904-1957 (1)
  • Fisk, George C. (1)
  • Franzee, Jane, 1918-1985 (1)
  • Gage, John B. (John Bailey), 1887- (1)
  • Gaskin, Leonard (1)
  • Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986 (1)
  • Grimes, Tiny, 1916-1989 (1)
  • Hawkins, Coleman (1)
  • Humes, Helen (1)
  • Hunt, Herold C. (1)
  • Hutton, Betty (1)
  • Kaye, Sammy, 1910-1987 (1)
  • Lunceford, Jimmie (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • Moore, Oscar (1)
  • Morse, Ella Mae (1)
  • Ram, Buck (1)
  • Rushing, Jimmy (1)
  • Shriner, Herb, 1918-1970 (1)
  • Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998 (1)
  • Webster, Ben, 1909-1973 (1)

Date Published

  • 1956 (3)
  • 1941 (2)
  • 1945 (1)
  • 1958 (1)
  • (-) 1944 (55)

Related Departments

Digital Projects

Digitized and described primary sources from UMKC Libraries’ Special Collections and University Archives.

LaBudde Special Collections

Print archives and research center serving scholars and organizations from around the world.

Marr Sound Archives

Over 400,000 items with a focus on the American experience as reflected in recorded sound.

University Archives

Records, catalogs, and publications from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

  • Contact Us   |  Terms of Use   |  Acknowledgments   | UMKC Libraries   |  Hosted by University of Missouri Library Systems   |  Copyright ©2025