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ACT UP/KC rally on the steps of City Hall

Image

ACT UP/KC gay pride rally on the steps of City Hall in Kansas City; Jon Barnett is standing in front of a microphone, an unidentified white man is...

Date Published
June-22-1989
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

Alvin Brooks speaks to the crowd

Image

Alvin Brooks on the steps of City Hall speaking to the crowd demonstrating on the National Day of Mourning for the Right to Privacy; a reporter is...

Date Published
June-30-1989
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

At the La Jolla Jazz Festival

Image

Jimmy Cheatham directing an unidentified jazz band (likely a UCSD band) on an outdoor stage at the La Jolla Jazz Festival; photo taken with Cheatham's...

Date Published
1982
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Bettye Miller and Milt Abel performing together

Image

Bettye Miller, piano, with Milt Abel, bass, performing on stage together. Miller has a microphone set up near her face and she's looking into the...

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller seated at the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown (unseen in photo) on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller standing at the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller standing at the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely Milt Abel...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely Milt Abel...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely Milt Abel...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man, likely Milt Abel, on double...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown (unseen in photo) on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller playing on stage

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano on a stage and leaning over toward Milt Abel playing double bass. An unidentified African American man is on drums behind...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller playing on stage

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano on a stage and facing the right of the photo. Milt Abel is playing double bass and an unidentified African American man is...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Breaking ground for the new hospital building

Image

Large crowd (one African American man, the rest white women and men) gathered for the new hospital's groundbreaking ceremony. Lined up with shovels in...

Date Published
February-06-1968
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Brenda Washington interviewing Anne Shelley

Image

Brenda Washington, Channel 9 (KMBC) reporter, conducting interview with Anne Shelley; also seen is camera man Rick Wheaton from behind and another...

Date Published
July-2000
Member of
GLAMA: Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) Collection

Bubba Jackson's black drawers

Image

Publicity photo of Bubba Jackson and Jimmy Cheatham performing at the Long Beach Jazz Festival; Cheatham is standing to the right while Jackson is...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Buck Clayton and Humphrey Lyttelton looking over material

Image

Humphrey Lyttelton with Buck Clayton at a table with microphones in front of them; together they're looking over some written material and photographs...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton with the WOV DJ, Fred Robbins

Image

Buck Clayton seated with a WOV disc jockey, Fred Robbins with the WOV microphone between them.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Close up of Jay McShann playing an electronic piano and singing

Image

Close up of Jay McShann singing and playing an electronic piano outdoors at the 2004 Western Maryland Blues Festival.

Date Published
March-2004
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Close up of Jay McShann playing piano and singing in Japan

Image

Close up of Jay McShann playing piano and singing into a microphone on stage during the Budweiser Newport Jazz Festival in Madarao, Japan; facing the...

Date Published
August-1989
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Close up of Jay McShann playing piano and singing on stage in Japan

Image

Close up of Jay McShann playing piano and singing into a microphone at the Budweiser Newport Jazz Festival in Madarao, Japan; facing the right of the...

Date Published
August-1989
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Conference speaker

Image

Unidentified African American man in black African traditional dress speaking into a microphone and pointing; at the Annual National Black...

Date Published
November-2006
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Dave Dexter, Nat King Cole, and Al Jarvis seated in a recording studio

Image

Dave Dexter, Nat King Cole, and Al Jarvis, unidentified white man, seated in a recording studio with two other unidentified white men and an...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Delta Rhythm Boys

Image

The Delta Rhythm Boys singing in front of a microphone. From left to right: Clinton Holland, Traverse Crawford, Harry Lewis, and Otho Gaines.

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

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Member of

  • Jay McShann Collection (106)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (19)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (14)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (10)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (7)
  • GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection (4)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (3)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (2)
  • GLAMA: Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (155)

Genres

  • Snapshots (149)
  • Color photographs (116)
  • Group portraits (93)
  • Portrait photographs (72)
  • Black & white photographs (49)
  • Gelatin silver prints (48)
  • Publicity photographs (5)
  • Architectural photographs (3)
  • Cityscape photographs (2)
  • Reproductions (1)

Time Periods

  • 1981-1990 (66)
  • 1991-2000 (32)
  • 2001-2010 (20)
  • 1971-1980 (19)
  • 1961-1970 (10)
  • 1951-1960 (8)
  • 1941-1950 (3)
  • 1931-1940 (1)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (136)
  • African American jazz musicians (135)
  • Pianists (112)
  • Piano (107)
  • Men, White (56)
  • African American women (29)
  • Double bass (28)
  • Double bassists (28)
  • Jazz musicians, White (27)
  • Musical instruments (26)
  • Drum set (22)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (16)
  • Audiences (14)
  • Hospital administrators (14)
  • Women, White (13)
  • Lawyers (12)
  • Volunteer workers in hospitals (11)
  • Signs and signboards (10)
  • Sound--Equipment and supplies (10)
  • Porches (8)
  • Choirs (Music) (7)
  • Hats (7)
  • Saxophonists (7)
  • Women singers (7)
  • Balloons (6)
  • Electronic piano (6)
  • Eyeglasses (6)
  • Jazz singers (6)
  • Lectures and lecturing (6)
  • Male singers (6)
  • Saxophone (6)
  • Singers (6)
  • Clarinetists (5)
  • Gay men (5)
  • Sound--Recording and reproducing--Equipment and supplies (5)
  • Trumpet players (5)
  • Banners (4)
  • Crowds (4)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (4)
  • Hospitals--Employees (4)
  • Lesbians (4)
  • Sansevieria trifasciata (4)
  • Shelving for books (4)
  • Trombonists (4)
  • Alcoholic beverages (3)
  • Award presentations (3)
  • Awnings (3)
  • Cameras (3)
  • Clarinet (3)
  • Journalists (3)
  • Parks (3)
  • Physicians (3)
  • Picnic grounds (3)
  • Picnics (3)
  • Sound studios (3)
  • Trees (3)
  • Trombone (3)
  • Balconies (2)
  • Bands (Music) (2)
  • Bisexuals (2)
  • Buildings (2)
  • Cigarettes (2)
  • City halls (2)
  • Dinners and dining (2)
  • Disc jockeys (2)
  • Fans (Machinery) (2)
  • Interpreters for the deaf (2)
  • Laughter (2)
  • Lecturers (2)
  • Lighting, Architectural and decorative (2)
  • Mayors (2)
  • Music-halls (2)
  • Photographers (2)
  • Pointing (Gesture) (2)
  • Recreational vehicles (2)
  • Smoking (2)
  • Sound recordings (2)
  • Stone walls (2)
  • Tambourine (2)
  • African American children (1)
  • African American civic leaders (1)
  • AIDS activists (1)
  • Awards (1)
  • Band directors (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (1)
  • Basketballs (1)
  • Blues musicians (1)
  • Camera operators (1)
  • Centerpieces (1)
  • Chairs (1)
  • Children, White (1)
  • Cruise ships (1)
  • Demonstrations (1)
  • Drinking glasses (1)
  • Elementary schools (1)
  • Emergency vehicles (1)
  • Ethnic costume (1)
  • Flags (1)
  • Flowers (1)
  • Fur garments (1)
  • Gay activists (1)
  • Gay liberation movement (1)
  • Gay rights (1)
  • Gesture (1)
  • Girls (1)
  • Gospel musicians (1)
  • Gospel singers (1)
  • Headphones (1)
  • Hearing aids (1)
  • Hearths (1)
  • Hotels (1)
  • Interviewing (1)
  • Jackets (1)
  • Jazz radio programs (1)
  • Lists (1)
  • Long hair (1)
  • Men's underwear (1)
  • Mural painting and decoration, Egyptian (1)
  • Musicians (1)
  • Musicians' spouses (1)
  • Nurses (1)
  • Older men (1)
  • Painting, Modern (1)
  • Pens (1)
  • Percussionists (1)
  • Physicians' spouses (1)
  • Police (1)
  • Portraits, American (1)
  • Prizes (1)
  • Radio personalities (1)
  • Raffles (1)
  • River boats (1)
  • School children (1)
  • Scores (1)
  • Shovels (1)
  • Sofas (1)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (1)
  • Stage lighting--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Sunglasses (1)
  • Tents (1)
  • Trumpet (1)
  • Women's clothing (1)
  • (-) African American men (166)
  • (-) Microphone (166)

Subjects, Community

  • Gay liberation (5)
  • LGBTQ+ activism (5)
  • LGBTQ+ activists (5)
  • LGBTQ+ events (5)
  • Gay pride (4)
  • White LGBTQ+ people (4)
  • LGBTQ+ Deaf people (2)
  • LGBTQ+ demonstrations (2)
  • LGBTQ+ people (2)
  • LGBTQ+ people (2)
  • African American LGBTQ+ people (1)
  • AIDS awareness (1)
  • Allies (1)
  • LGBTQ+ symbols (1)
  • Pink triangles (1)
  • White gay men (1)
  • White lesbians (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (10)
  • Southmoreland Park (2)
  • La Jolla (San Diego, Calif.) (1)
  • New York (N.Y.) (1)
  • Nice (France) (1)

Subjects, People

  • McShann, Jay (102)
  • Watson, Maurice (Of Counsel) (12)
  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (11)
  • Brown, Corky (8)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (8)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (5)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (5)
  • Harris, John, 1935 January 15- (4)
  • Williams, Joe, 1918-1999 (4)
  • Gunther, Paul (3)
  • Harmon, Brian (Musician) (3)
  • Mullins, Reverdy, 1921-2007 (3)
  • Smull, Ned (3)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (2)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (2)
  • Eldridge, Roy, 1911-1989 (2)
  • Maxwell, Jim, 1917-2002 (2)
  • Morris, Dinky (2)
  • Noone, Jimmie, 1938- (2)
  • Richards, Red (2)
  • Spare, Keith (2)
  • Sutherland, Herman R. (2)
  • Sutton, Ralph, 1922-2001 (2)
  • Weaver, Margaret (2)
  • Adderley, Nat, 1931-2000 (1)
  • Anderson, Bernard, 1919-1997 (1)
  • Barnett, Jon D. (1)
  • Berkley, Richard L., 1931- (1)
  • Blue, Gloria McShann, 1929-2011 (1)
  • Bowman, Priscilla (1)
  • Brooks, Alvin L., 1932- (1)
  • Callender, Red (1)
  • Cleaver, Emanuel, II, 1944- (1)
  • Cole, Nat King, 1919-1965 (1)
  • Crawford, Traverse, 1916-1975 (1)
  • Daniels, Howard (1)
  • De Marchi, Ray (1)
  • Dexter, Dave (1)
  • Dixon, Willie, 1915-1992 (1)
  • Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 (1)
  • Gaines, Lee, 1914-1987 (1)
  • Galloway, Jim (1)
  • Glidden, Bill (1)
  • Grover, Terry (1)
  • Haggart, Bob (1)
  • Hawkins, Marshall (1)
  • Holland, Clinton (1)
  • Hughes, Terry (Drummer) (1)
  • Hull, Jim (1)
  • Jackson, Bubba (1)
  • Jackson, Edward (Vocalist) (1)
  • Jarvis, Al, 1910-1970 (1)
  • Johnson, Gus, 1913-2000 (1)
  • Jones, Eric (Administrator) (1)
  • Jones, Oliver, 1934- (1)
  • Lewis, Harry, 1914-1984 (1)
  • Lyttelton, Humphrey, 1921-2008 (1)
  • Mabane, Bob (1)
  • McShann, Marianne (1)
  • Minor, Orville (1)
  • Moore, Marilyn, 1931- (1)
  • Newman, Joe (1)
  • Nichols, Miller, 1911-2000 (1)
  • Packer, John (Bassist) (1)
  • Pagano, Mario (Hospital employee) (1)
  • Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955 (1)
  • Ramey, Gene (1)
  • Robbins, Fred, 1919-1992 (1)
  • Shelley, Anne (1)
  • Sherman, Jimmy (1)
  • Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998 (1)
  • Spaits, Gerald (1)
  • Taylor, Joyce (Singer) (1)
  • Vinson, Eddie (1)
  • Walker, Alice (Nurse) (1)
  • Washington, Brenda (1)
  • Wheaton, Rick (1)
  • Wilkerson, Todd (1)
  • Williams, Billy, 1910-1984 (1)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (1)
  • Williams, Ira (Vocalist) (1)
  • Woods, Georgie (1)

Events

  • Budweiser Newport Jazz Festival (1989 : Madarao, Japan) (13)
  • Harbor Island Jam Session (6)
  • Western Maryland Blues Festival (2004) (6)
  • Oslo Jazz Festival (1992 : Oslo, Norway) (2)
  • Annual National Black Storytelling Festival and Conference (24th : 2006 : San Diego, Calif.) (1)
  • Jazzboat Festival (1990) (1)
  • Jazz City International Jazz Festival (1989 : Edmonton, Alta.) (1)
  • La Jolla Jazz Festival (1)
  • Long Beach Jazz Festival (1)
  • Toronto Jazz Festival (1984 : Toronto, Ont.) (1)
  • Wichita Jazz Festival (1972 : Wichita, Kan.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1981 (28)
  • 1990 (22)
  • 1991 (18)
  • 2000 (17)
  • 1989-08 (13)
  • 1951 (11)
  • 1960 (11)
  • 2004-02-03 (11)
  • 1971 (9)
  • 1980 (9)
  • 1984 (9)
  • 1990-02 (7)
  • 2004-03 (6)
  • 1961 (5)
  • 1970 (5)
  • 1993-03 (3)
  • 1941 (2)
  • 1945 (2)
  • 1950 (2)
  • 1968-02-06 (2)
  • 1974-02-09 (2)
  • 1980-12 (2)
  • 1982-06 (2)
  • 1991-06 (2)
  • 1992-08 (2)
  • 1940-11-30 (1)
  • 1940-12-02 (1)
  • 1945-05-16 (1)
  • 1964-05-18 (1)
  • 1964-05-19 (1)
  • 1965-04-11 (1)
  • 1971-01 (1)
  • 1972-04-30 (1)
  • 1973-12-06 (1)
  • 1975-01-01 (1)
  • 1975-12-31 (1)
  • 1979-08 (1)
  • 1980-04 (1)
  • 1981-03-08 (1)
  • 1981-07 (1)
  • 1982 (1)
  • 1983-01 (1)
  • 1984-07 (1)
  • 1985 (1)
  • 1986-06 (1)
  • 1987-11 (1)
  • 1988-03-05 (1)
  • 1989 (1)
  • 1989-06-22 (1)
  • 1989-06-30 (1)
  • 1989-07 (1)
  • 1989-10 (1)
  • 1990-09 (1)
  • 1990-10 (1)
  • 1996-08-21 (1)
  • 1996-10-16 (1)
  • 1997-04-28 (1)
  • 1997-11-09 (1)
  • 1999-04-17 (1)
  • 2000-07 (1)
  • 2003-05-01 (1)
  • 2003-05-20 (1)
  • 2003-05-31 (1)
  • 2004-07 (1)
  • 2006-11 (1)

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