Warren Durrett Collection

Description
Durrett was a big band leader, composer, and multi-instrumentalist based in Kansas City. Collection contains a series of musician headshots, musicians performing (including Durrett's orchestra), and personal photographs.
Member of
LaBudde Special Collections
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Warren Durrett on Peachtree Street in Atlanta

Warren Durrett in a suit and tie, walking down the street in front of a shop on Peachtree Street in Atlanta, Georgia. To the left is an unidentified white man walking in the other direction in a suit and a hat.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_durrett_photo-170.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0059
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Warren Durrett crouching in the snow

Warren Durrett in a winter coat and gloves, crouching down in the snow, in front of trees and houses.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_durrett_photo-171.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0059
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Warren Durrett headshot

Warren Durrett seated at the piano, smiling. Behind him is a trombone with a bass to the right, and a curtain in the background.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_durrett_photo-172.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0059
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Warren Durrett headshot

Headshot of Warren Durrett in a tuxedo jacket and bowtie. Everything besides his face is slightly out of focus.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_durrett_photo-174.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0059
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Warren Durrett in a tuxedo seated at the piano

Warren Durrett in a tuxedo seated at a piano with the lid propped open, hammers visible. Curtains and painted flowers and trees are on the wall behind him.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_durrett_photo-175.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0059
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Warren Durrett accepting an award

Man in a suit standing and speaking on stage with a card in his hand, held out towards Warren Durrett, who is standing in a suit and bowtie with an award cradled in his left arm. They are on a stage behind a microphone, and behind them are wooden chairs, a piano, and a drum kit on a riser, with curtains in the background.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_durrett_photo-176.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0059
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Warren Durrett accepting an award

Warren Durrett in a suit and bowtie, standing on stage, grabbing an award from a man with his left hand, and shaking the man's right hand. They are behind a microphone, and behind them to the left is a man clapping, holding paper, and another man to the right, almost entirely obscured. There is a chair and a piano on stage, and a drum get on risers, with curtains in the background.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_durrett_photo-177.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0059
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Studio portrait of an older couple

Studio photograph of an unidentified white woman and man, exposed from torso up, white elsewhere. The woman is wearing a dress with a flower, and the man is wearing a suit and tie. They are both wearing glasses and looking at the camera.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_durrett_photo-178.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0059
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Studio portrait of Nell Weesmer

Nell Weesner, smiling, with curly hair, in dark clothing with a brooch in front of a light backdrop.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_durrett_photo-180.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0059
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Studio portrait of Dorothy Morris

Dorothy Morris looking stern, in a coat, backlit from above left, in front of a dark studio backdrop.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_durrett_photo-181.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0059
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Studio portrait of Izedore Crose

Izedore Crose, smiling, head cocked slightly, with long curly hair, in front of a grey studio backdrop.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_durrett_photo-182.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0059
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Studio portrait of Ruth Anne Gay

Ruth Anne Gay in a dress with shoulder length wavy hair, face cocked to the right, in front of a photo studio backdrop.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_durrett_photo-183.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0059
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Studio portrait of man in Navy uniform

Headshot of an unidentified white man in Navy hat and uniform, smiling, looking off slightly towards the left, in front of a light studio backdrop.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_durrett_photo-184.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0059
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Milo Durrett and the 31st Regiment band

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 row from top: two men, unclear which instruments; three French horns; one saxophone; one more unclear. Third row from top: unclear; five clarinets; unclear (oboe?). Front row: Milo Durrett, holding a conductor's baton; six trumpets; R.J. Bieber, holding a walking staff. On the ground in front of them is a Bass drum with attached cymbal and a snare drum, with sticks and a beater. Writing beneath the band, on the image itself, reads: "Milo A. Durrett / Master Technical Sergeant / Conductor. 3st Regiment Band Parris Island South Carolina. Tech. Sgt. R.J. Bieber / Ass't. Leader."
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_durrett_photo-185.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0059
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Contact sheet of the Warren Durrett Orchestra performing at Alameda Plaza

Contact sheet with ten images, numbered: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 (10 crossed out), 12 (11 crossed out), 12A. 3: Woman with fists clenched, singing into a microphone, in front of the Warren Durrett Orchestra, seated and playing their music behind stands. 4: Warren Durrett at the piano with sheet music, a lamp, and a sign reading "Warren Durrett Orchestra." 5: Woman seated next to the piano, in front of the trombone section of the Warren Durrett Orchestra, one player standing. 6: Photo from behind of Warren Durrett seated at the piano, playing, facing his orchestra members. 7: Saxophone section (five members) standing up at their music stands and playing 8: Saxophone section standing up at their music stands and playing, with Warren Durrett and a microphone off to the left. 9: Close shot of saxophone section standing up at their music stands and playing. 11: Trumpet section (five members) seated at their stands and playing with mutes, bass player to the left. 12: Close shot of trumpet section seated at their stands and playing with mutes, bass player to the left. 12A: Clarinetist standing and playing, saxophonist seated to the right, woman singer and another player seated to the left.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0059