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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Dave Burns, Buck Clayton and guests on the set of a TV program

David Burns and Buck Clayton with two unidentified people on a television program.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1390.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Buck Clayton. Joe Turner. Feel so fine!

"Buck Clayton/Joe Turner: feel so fine".
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1425.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Dave Burns, Buck Clayton and guests on the set of a TV program

David Burns and Buck Clayton with two unidentified people on a television program.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1389.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Louis Armstrong and lilacs

Louis Armstrong, wearing a white helmet of some sort and holding and armful of lilacs arrives in Sweden greeted by a military looking person and followed by a group of people, including a photographer.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-0820.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Henri Chaix playing piano

Henri Chaix playing piano in a private home with an ashtray sitting at the end of the keys; facing to the left and an unidentified white man is seen behind him looking out a window.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-0917.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Buck Clayton with music critic Pat Scott

Buck Clayton posing outside with Pat Scott in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-0439.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Buck Clayton with Big Joe Turner and others

Joe Turner singing on stage with Buck Clayton, Stuff Smith on violin and Jimmy Woode on bass in Paris, France.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-0484.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Playing trumpet in Toronto

Buck Clayton playing trumpet in front of a microphone in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-0441.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Piano lesson

Buck Clayton seated at a piano with two unidentified children in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-0442.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Buck with children

Buck Clayton standing with two children, a girl and a younger boy in glasses in Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-0444.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Little girls playing violin

Two little girls playing violin in Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-0445.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Buck Clayton, Joe Turner and Steve Voce

Buck Clayton with Joe Turner and Steve Voce at the Manchester Sports Guild in Manchester, England.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-0447.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Buck Clayton with Big Joe Turner and others

Buck Clayton posed with Johnny Parker, Big Joe Turner, Beryl Bryden and Champion Jack Dupree at the Gargoyle Club, London, England.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-0448.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Buck Clayton, Humphrey Lyttelton and friends

Buck Clayton, Humphrey Lyttelton, Steve Voce and four others in London, England.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-0449.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Jazz Festival banner

Banner reading "1ST ANNUAL ASPEN JAZZ FESTIVAL" hanging over buildings with mountains in the background.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-0268.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015