Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Description
The Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection was donated to LaBudde Special Collections by Clayton's wife, Patricia. The collection, which spans from 1928 to Clayton's death in 1991, contains material related to the jazz composer/arranger/trumpeter's personal and professional life.
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LaBudde Special Collections
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Count Basie performing

Count Basie seated at a piano. Likely Jo Jones on drum set behind Count Basie.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Emmet Berry and Ed Lewis performing with the Basie Band

Emmet Berry and Ed Lewis performing with Basie Band.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1447.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Buck Clayton's wedding

Gladys "Derb" Henderson and Buck Clayton's being married at Paramount Studios; Hollywood, California; Surrounded by actors, musicians, and the Cotton Club Chorus Line.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1477.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Bon Voyage to Shanghai

Gladys "Derb" Henderson and Buck Clayton surrounded by a group of people including Duke Ellington, in front of a ship in California.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1478.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Wedding photo of Rev. Greggs, Duke Ellington, Derb, and Buck

Gladys "Derb" Henderson and Buck Clayton standing with Reverend Napoleon P. Greggs, in the lot of Paramount Pictures. Duke Ellington is standing behind them with a trumpet up to his mouth and arm extended on the bell.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1479.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Erwing Brothers Orchestra

The Erwing Brothers Orchestra (left to right): Calvin Temple, trumpet ; Horace Moore, drums ; Carl Fats Dozier, trumpet ; Chester Erwing, piano, leader ; James Erwing, trombone, guitar, banjo ; Harris Erwing, alto sax ; Charles Wright, alto sax ; Wesley Prince, bass ; Babe Carter, tenor sax.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-0814.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Duke Ellington

Copy of a signed portrait of Duke Ellington.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-0730.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Wedding photo of Carl, Derb, and Buck

Carl Brisson shaking hands with Derb, with Buck Clayton looking on, on Buck's and Derb's wedding day, in a Paramount Pictures lot. Side 1 of 2-sided photo-album panel.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1480.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Mills Brothers

Signed portrait of the Mills Brothers: Herbert, Donald, Harry, John, all standing. John playing the guitar. Side 2 of 2-sided photo-album panel.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1481.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Photo album page including a Boston Terrier and a few photos in their wedding clothes

Pantages Theatre marquee with Buck Clayton as a performer; Buck Clayton with unidentified man boxing; Buck Clayton holding Derb still in their wedding clothes; Clayton's Boston Terrier dog, Ghandi: Clayton with his dog Ghandi; Derb, in a house dress and apron, and an unidentified woman, in a suit, holding a pot, and playing with Derb's hair, laughing. Side 1 of 2-sided photo-album panel.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1482.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Photo album page of a young Buck Clayton and Derb in fashionable clothing

Buck Clayton in suit with hands on hips pushing back jacket; Buck Clayton in suit with sunglasses and beret with left hand pushing back jacket; Buck Clayton standing, kissing Derb in fur coat; Buck Clayton standing in dark suit, looking back over left shoulder, playing a muted trumpet; Derb bending over to play with family dog, Ghandi and Ghandi standing on back legs; Derb in white suit and dark hat playing trumpet, double exposed. Side 2 of 2-sided photo-album panel.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1483.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Photo album page of Buck and Derb on their way to China

Derb on the S.S. President Hoover; Duke Ellington playing trumpet for Derb and Buck on their wedding day titled "A big bunch of Jibe" (A la Louie); Derb with Buck on a ship titled "Honey Moon"; Frank Pasley and Mrs. Pasley; Derb with three unidentified people titled "Four of the "Four Hundred"; Buck Clayton leaning over ship's bannister titled "Buck". Side 1 of 2-sided photo-album panel.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1484.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Photo album page of Derb in different stage costumes

Four images of Derb in different costumes: Chinese gal, Russian gal, American gal, and Brittish [sic] gal; a portrait of Buck Clayton title "Bucky Wucky". Side 2 of 2-sided photo-album panel.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1485.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Photo album page mostly of Buck and Derb in Hawaii

Buck and Derb with members of the band "A bunch at Hawaiians"; Buck and Derb with members of the band "Arriving in Honolulu"; Derb with three unidentified people "High Diver & Entertainers"; Buck and Derb at the Queen's Palace (Honolulu); Buck, Derb and members of the band on the Palace grounds; Buck with other band members "August in China". Side 2 of 2-sided photo-album panel.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1491.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Photo album page of photos mostly taken in Hawaii and a couple of photos from China

Boy with a surfboard; an unidentified man, possibly Jack Bratton; Derb with an unidentified woman and the boy with his surfboard; Buck Clayton beside a rickshaw and its driver; Buck riding a rickshaw; Joe E. Brown standing on a boat; Derb standing beside rickshaws with a tennis racket. Side 1 of 2-sided photo-album panel.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0015