MARY LOU WILLIAMS COLLECTION - libraries.rutgers.edu...are arranged chronologically where dates can be determined, while some approximate dates are designated “ca. 1930s,” “ca.

04/27/10

MARY LOU WILLIAMS COLLECTION Series 3: Photographs, ca. 1924-1981 Ca. 5 cubic feet (12 DB, 1 FltB, 1 OS FltB)

Scope and Content Note Series 3: Photographs contains approximately five cubic feet of black and white, and color prints, contact sheets, and slides, in standard print sizes ranging from 3x3”, 3x5”, 5x7”, 8x10”, 11x14”, and 16x20,” as well as odd sizes. Several prints are framed. The series is organized into four subseries: 3A: Early Life and Family; Publicity (xx cubic feet); 2B: Photographs and Studio Portraits (xx cubic feet); 3C: Performance, Personal Appearances, and Candid Photographs (xx cubic feet); 3D: Other Artists. Subseries A-C are arranged chronologically where dates can be determined, while some approximate dates are designated “ca. 1930s,” “ca. 1940s,” etc. Series 3D: Other Artists is arranged alphabetically by artist’s last name. All phases of Williams’s career are represented in the collection’s photographs. The photographs represent those saved by Williams, in addition to impressive efforts over past 30 years by Fr. Peter F. O’Brien, S.J., executive director of the Mary Lou Williams Foundation, to acquire or copy important photographs both during and after her lifetime. Subseries 3A: Early Life and Family, ca. 1920-1980. Williams’s family life is less well documented than her career as a jazz artist. There are images in the collection, mostly candid, of significant family members, including her maternal grandmother, mother, stepfather, siblings, half-siblings, and nieces and nephews, in addition to the earliest known photographs of Williams. Subseries 3B: Publicity Photographs/Studio Portraits, ca. late 1920s-1977. Williams’s career is traced in formal portraiture and publicity photographs over fifty years. Coverage includes her earliest professional work with the territory band Buzzin’ Harris and His Hits and Bits (1925) and the dancers Seymour and Jeanette James (mid-1920s), Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy (1929-1941), Café Society Uptown and Downtown (1942-47), and publicity photos from 1957, 1975, and a 1977 photo for the duet concert at Carnegie Hall with the avant-garde pianist Cecil Taylor (1977). Also included in this subseries are rare signed publicity photos of some of the stars of the Andy Kirk band and another of the Kirk sax section. Subseries 3C: Performance/Personal Appearance/Candid Photographs, ca. 1928-1881 conveys the richness of her times, activity, settings, and associates in her lengthy and diverse professional life. The bulk of the collection documents the early 1970s to around the time of Williams’s death in 1981, although the period from the 1930s to the 1960s provides adequate coverage of her activities. The concentration from the 1970s to 1981 is due to the efforts of Peter O’Brien to obtain prints directly from photographers who covered her engagements. In the case of Chuck Stewart, who photographed an unreleased Roulette Records recording session in 1957, O’Brien obtained multiple prints and contact sheets. Subseries 3D: Other Artists, 1920s-197- contains formal portraits and candids of musicians, show business personalities, and personal friends of Williams that do not include Williams in the photograph. Some of the photographs contain rare inscriptions to Williams or, with some dating from the 1930s, to John and Mary Williams.

Institute Of Jazz Studies Rutgers University Newark, New Jersey

04/27/10

The depth and date span of the photographs complement other series in the Mary Lou Williams Collection in documenting her activities. The depth and coverage of the photographs in the Mary Lou Williams extends beyond the documentation of Williams’s career to other phases and personalities in jazz history. There are many rare images of early jazz territory bands and show business figures. Among the images are Seymour and Jeanette James, Butterbeans and Susie, Blanche Calloway, Detroit Red, T.H. Holders Orchestra, Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra, Alphonso Trent Orchestra. The Andy Kirk period (1929-1941) is distinguished by publicity photos of Williams alone and of the band, in addition to a series of candid shots of Williams and Kirk taken at the Apollo Theater in 1938. Many excellent images capture Williams during her steady engagements at Café Society (1942-47), when she was known among musicians for her interest in furthering modern jazz. Williams’s extended stay in Europe (1952-1954) show Williams with such figures as Don Byas, Buck Clayton, Count Basie, Lionel Hampton, and Kansas Fields. Also of particular interest during this period are a series of photographs made by Chuck Stewart during an unreleased 1957 Roulette Records recording session, remarkable for the interplay between Williams and other musicians on the date. There are also copies of the famous August 1958 photograph by Art Kane for Esquire magazine of 57 jazz stars in front of a Harlem brownstone and immortalized in the 1994 short film short, Great Day in Harlem. The period of the 1960s is notable for a series of portraits by photographer Bert Stern (one was the cover photo for Linda Dahl’s 2000 biography, Morning Glory), ample documentation of two thrift stores in Harlem that Williams operated to raise money for struggling musicians, and a photograph of Pope Paul VI greeting Williams in Rome. Photographs from the 1970s capture engagements at such venues as Village Gate (New York, 1970), The Cookery (New York, 1971, 1975), Keystone Korner (San Francisco, 1977), as well as appearances at Monterey Jazz Festival (1971), the White House celebration of the Newport Jazz Festival’s 25th anniversary (1978), and the Grand Festival du Jazz (Nice, 1978), featuring photos by O’Brien of Williams and several artists appearing at the festival. Williams’s groundbreaking January 1975 presentation of “Mary Lou’s Mass” at St. Patrick’s Cathedral can be found of the event made by The New York Daily News and The New York Times. Documentation also exists of honors she received in the latter part of her life, including honorary degrees from Fordham University (New York, 1973), Boston College (1975), Bates College (Lewiston ME, n.d.), Loyola University (New Orleans, n.d.), Loyola University (Chicago, n.d.), and acceptance of an NAACP award (Atlanta, 1978). There is also ample coverage of Williams’s time at Duke University as artist in residence (1977-1981), including her work with students and concerts. Of special note from the Duke period are a series of color photographs of Williams teaching students at a piano placed next to her hospital bed in February 1980. Note: Researchers are encouraged to consult scrapbooks in the Williams Collection where additional photographs overlapping these subseries may be found.

Subseries 3A: Early and Family Life Container List

Box Folder Contents

1 1 Riser, Anna Jane Parker, Williams’s maternal grandmother Undated 2 2x3”, --- black and white photoprints 1 in exhibit

2 Riser, Ginny, Williams’s mother Ca. 1950s 1 3x3” black and white photoprint


04/27/10

3 Burley, Fletcher, Williams’s stepfather, left, and unnamed brother Undated 1 8x10” black and white photoprint

4 Earliest known photo of Williams Pittsburgh, ca. 1920-22 1 8x10” black and white photoprint

5 Williams and unidentified woman Ca. late-1920s-early 1930s 1 6x10” black and white photoprint

6 Burley, Jerry, Williams’s half-brother; Alvin Floyd, nephew; and Williams #1 Ca. 1940s 3 5x7” black and white photoprint

7 Burley, Jerry, Williams’s half-brother; Alvin Floyd, nephew; and Williams #2 Ca. 1940s 1 4x5” black and white copy negative (with unidentified second image)

8 Floyd, Mamie, sister; Hugh Floyd, Helen Floyd and neighbor at jazz club Pittsburgh, ca. 1940s 1 5x7” black and white photoprint; in exhibit

9 Floyd, Ralph, Williams’s nephew (son of Mamie Floyd, Williams’s sister) Ca. 1940s 1 5x7” black and white photoprint

10 Baker, Harold “Shorty”, husband Ca. 1940 3 4x6”, 8x10” black and white photoprints

10 Baker, Harold “Shorty”, husband Ca. 1940 1 8x10” black and white airbrushed photo, mounted on 11x14” matte board, oversized

1 11 Floyd, Helen, niece; Mamie Floyd, sister; Alvin Floyd, nephew; and Williams #1 of 2 Ca. 1940s 6 5x7”, 8x10” black and white photoprints

12 Floyd, Helen, niece; Mamie Floyd, sister; Alvin Floyd, nephew; and Williams #2 of 2 Ca. 1940s 4 35mm. black and white copy negatives

13 Mickles, Robert, nephew, and Williams #1 Birdland, New York, 1957 8 5x7”, 8x10” black and white photoprints


04/27/10

14 Mickles, Robert, nephew, and Williams #2

Birdland, New York, 1957 2 5x7”, 8x10” black and white copy negatives

15 Mickles, Carl, nephew Ca. 1950s 1 3x4” black and white photoprint

16 Mickles, Robert, nephew, and Williams, Ca. 1950s 4 black and white arcade photoprints

17 Garnett, Geraldine, Williams’s sister Ca. 1950s-1960s 2 2½x3½, 3½x3½ black and white and color photoprints

18 Mickles, Robert and Williams Ca. 9/63 2 3x3” black and white photoprints

19 Mickles, Grace Burley, sister; Robert Mickles, nephew; and Williams #1 Pittburgh, ca. 1966 14 4x4”, 8x10” black and white photoprints; 1 in exhibit

20 Mickles, Grace Burley, sister; Robert Mickles, nephew; and Williams #2 Pittburgh, ca. 1966 8 original 2x2” black and white negatives

21 Garnett, Frank Wesley II, nephew (son of Williams sister, Geraldine) 6/20/68 1 2x3½ black and white photoprint

1 22 Rollins, Karen. niece (daughter of Dorothy Rollins, Wlliams’s sister) ca. 1969-1980, undated 12 1x2”, 2x3”, 3x5”, 8x10” color photoprints

1 23 Burley, Renee and Williams Ca. 1960s 1 3x3” color photoprint

24 Mickles, Robert Ca. 1960s 1 3½x5” color photoprint

25 Mickles, Robert and 2 unidentified women Ca. 1960s-1970s 8 4x4”, 2 8x10” color photorints; 1 3½x3½ black and white photoprint of 1 of the unidentified women

26 Rollins, Mark, nephew (son of Dorothy Rollins, Williams’s sister) 8/71 1 2½x3½” color photo print


04/27/10

27 Mickles, Clifford, nephew (son of Grace, Williams’s sister)

1/14/72 1 3½x4½ color photoprint

28 Mickles, Juanice and Clifford Jerome, niece and nephew (daughter and son of Grace Mickles, Williams’s sister) 8/76 1 3½x5: color photoprint

29 Burley, Jerry and Renee Burley, and Williams Ca. 1970s 3 8x10” black and white photoprints

30 Mickles, Robert and Clifford Mickles, nephews, Williams and Peter O’Brien Ca. 1970s 1 3x4” color photoprint

31 Mickles, Robert Ca. 1970s 2 color prints

32 Rollins, Herbie, nephew (son of Dorothy Rollins, Williams’s sister) Including image with sister, Karen Rollins Ca. 1970s-1980s 1 3½x4½”, 5x7” black and white and color photoprints

33 ___, Marge, sister with Diane ___, and Williams June 19, 1980 3 color photoprints

34 Miscellaneous family Ca. 1950s-1960s 5 3½x3½”, 3x6” black and white photoprints

1 35 Miscellaneous family #1-#24 Also: Peter O’Brien ordination Mixed dates 100 copy color slides produced by Peter O’Brien

36 Miscellaneous family #25-#49 Mixed dates 91 copy color slides produced by Peter O’Brien

37 Miscellaneous family #50-#74 Mixed dates 100 copy color slides produced by Peter O’Brien

38 Miscellaneous family #75-#98 Includes 1944 photos at Hamilton Terrace apartment and Religious figures 98 copy color slides produced by Peter O’Brien


04/27/10

39 Miscellaneous family #99-#110 Includes 1944 photos at Hamilton Terrace apartment, 1929 photos on the road in 1929 to Mabel Durham, and Henrietta Randolph 54 copy color slides produced by Peter O’Brien

Subseries 3B: Publicity Photographs and Studio Portraits

2 1 Williams and unidentified second woman

Ca. 1920s 2 4x5” and 8x10” black and white photoprints

2 Williams #1 of 2 1930 10 8x10” black and white photoprints; 9 prints; exhibit?

3 Williams #2 of 2 1930 1 8x10” copy negative

4 Williams #1 of 2 1931 5 8x10” black and white photoprints, including one inscribed to sister Mamie in 1938

5 Williams #2 of 2 1931 1 2½x3½” black and white copy negative of photo signed “To Don,” 11/1/38

2 6 Williams #1 of 2 New York, 1934 3 8x10” black and white photoprints

2 7 Williams #2 of 2 New York, 1934 1 4x5” black and white copy negative

8 Williams 1937 4 5x7, 8x10 black and white photoprints; 1 in exhibit

9 Williams at piano #1 of 3 1938 4 5x7”, 8x10” black and white photoprints

10 Williams at piano #2 of 3 1938 1 mounted, hand-tinted oversized print

10 Williams at piano #3 of 3 1938 1 4x5” black and white copy negative


04/27/10

11 Williams with Kirk band in background #1 of 2

Ca. 1939-40 2 8x10 black and white photoprints; 0 prints, exhibit?

12 Williams with Kirk band in background #2 of 2 Ca. 1939-40 1 4x5 black and white copy negative

13 Williams 1943 3 8x10” black and white photoprints; inscribed “to Leonard, 1950,” Dewey, Nanny

14 Williams 1946 14 3x5”, 8x10” black and white photoprints

10 Williams 1946 2 11x14” black and white photoprints, oversized

15 Williams #1 of 2 1957 9 8x10” black and white photoprints

16 Williams #2 of 2 1957 1 8x10” black and white copy negative

2 17 Williams #1 of 4 Ca. 1973 13 8x10” black and white photoprints

2 18 Williams #2 of 4 Ca. 1973 11 8x10” black and white photoprints; one inscribed to Joyce Breach, 1974

10 Williams #3 of 4 Ca. 1973 2 11x14” black and white photoprint, oversized; 1 in exhibit

19 Williams #4 of 4 Ca. 1973 8 8x10” black and white copy negatives

20 Taylor, Cecil and Williams, #1 of 2 1977 10 8x10” black and white photoprints

21 Taylor, Cecil and Williams, #2 of 2 1977


04/27/10

2 8x10” black and white copy negatives

22 Williams with Buzzin’ Harris and Hits and Bits #1 of 2 1925 4 8x10” black and white photoprints

23 Williams with Buzzin’ Harris and Hits and Bits #2 of 2 1925 1 8x10” black and white copy negative

24 James, Seymour and Jeanette and Midnight Strutters, or John Williams’s Synco Jazzers, and Williams #1 of 2 Ca. mid-1920s-1927 12 4x5”, 8x10”, black and white contact sheet image photoprints

25 James, Seymour and Jeanette and Midnight Strutters, or John Williams’s Synco Jazzers, and Williams #2 of 2 Ca. mid-1920s-1927 Image of John Williams (Williams’s husband), Joe Williams (banjo), and Mary Lou Williams, ca. 1927; John and Mary Lou Williams, Seymour and Jeanette, and others, ca. 1926 2 8x10” black and white copy negatives

26 Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy #1 of 3 Ca. 1930-1936 13 8x10” black and white photoprints

10 Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy #2 of 3 Ca. 1930-1936 1 11x14” black and white photoprint, oversized

2 27 Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy #3 of 3 Ca. 1930-1936 Image of band fronted by Blanche Calloway at Pearl Theater, Philadelphia, 1930; band at Fairyland Park, Kansas City, Missouri, 1936 1 8x10” black and white copy negative

2 28 Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy #1 of 2 Including photo of 1937 sax section 1936-1937 9 8x10” black and white photoprints

29 Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy #2 of 2 Williams and Pha Terrell and Clouds of Joy 1936-1937 1 8x10” black and white copy negative-

3 1 Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy #1 of 2 1938, 1940, undated 8 8x10” black and white photoprints

2 Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy #2 of 2


04/27/10

1938, 1940, undated images 1938 Clouds of Joy (note: Don Byas); 1940 Clouds with vocalist June Richmond; 1 n.d. 3 8x10” black and white copy negatives

3 Individual Andy Kirk band members, Pha Terrell, Dick Wilson, John Williams, Andy Kirk 1930s 7 5x7”, 8x10” black and white photoprints, inscriptions by Terrell, Wilson, Williams

Subseries 3C: Performance/Personal Appearance/Candid Photographs 3 4 Durham, Mabel, Henrietta Randolph, and Williams #1 of 2

Oklahoma City, ca. 1928-1929 4 8x10” black and white photoprints; 3 prints; exhibit?

5 Durham, Mabel, Henrietta Randolph, and Williams #2 of 2 Oklahoma City, ca. 1928-1929 4 original 3x5 black and white negatives

6 Rosenkrantz, Timme and Williams Savoy Ballroom, New York, 1936 1 8x10” black and white photoprint

7 Williams with Andy Kirk and Twelve Clouds of Joy Apollo Theater 1938 4 5x7”, 8x10” black and white photoprints; one inscribed “To Ben, 1939”

3 8 Kirk, Andy, Pha Terrell, and Williams and others at table #1 of 2 1938 3 8x10” black and white photoprints

9 Kirk, Andy, Pha Terrell, and Williams and others at table #2 of 2 1938 8x10” black and white copy negative

10 Unidentified theater sign advertising Kirk and band Ca. 1939 1 8x10” black and white photoprints

11 Williams at Decca Records #1 of 2 New York, 1940 4 5x7’, 8x10 black and white photoprints; 3 prints; exhibit?

12 Williams at Decca Records #2 of 2 New York, 1940 2 4x5” color and black and white copy negatives

13 Williams at piano


04/27/10

Rainbow Ballroom, Denver, 1940 1 8x10” black and white photoprint

14 Williams at Café Society #1 of 2 Including images of Vic Dickenson, Orlando Wright, Harold Baker, and Williams, Edmond Hall, Imogene Coca, Ann Hathaway New York, 1942-1947 7 5x7”, 8x10” black and white photoprints

15 Williams at Café Society #2 of 2 New York, 1942-1947 6 5x7”, 8x10” black and white photoprints

16 Williams during Café Society years #3 of 3 New York, 1942-1947 1 4x5” black and white copy negative

17 Hall, Al with Bill Coleman and Williams Williams’s Hamilton Terrace apartment, New York, ca. 1944 8 8x10” black and white photoprints

18 Williams at Hamilton Terrace apartment New York, ca. 1944 5 8x10 black and white photoprints

19 Williams at Hamilton Terrace apartment New York, ca. 1944 1 8x10” black and white photoprint by Charles B. Nadell

3 20 Williams with fans at Radio Station WNEW New York, ca. 1945 1 black and white photoprint by Arthur Zinn, exhibit

21 Rotenberg, June and Williams Victor Studios, New York, 7/46 or 10/46 1 8x10 black and white photoprint

22 Williams at keyboard 1946 I 8x10 black and white photoprint by B.B. Adler

23 Williams at keyboard #1 of 2 New York, ca. 1946 3 8x10” black and white photoprints, by Gjon Mili. ©Time/Life

10 Williams at keyboard #2 of 2 New York, ca. 1946 1 11x14” black and white photoprint, by Gjon Mili, oversized ©Time/Life

24 Williams at keyboard #3 New York, ca. 1946 1 4x5” black and white copy negative of Gjon Mili photograph


04/27/10

©Time/Life

25 Meyerson, Bess and Williams 1947 1 black and white photoprint

26 Palmieri, Remo with Williams Williams’s Hamilton Terrace apartment, New York, ca. 1947 2 5x7”, 8x10” black and white photoprints

27 Williams at Mercurs Bar Pittsburgh, 1947 1 5x7” black and white photoprint

28 Teagarden, Jack and Williams Williams’s Hamilton Terrace apartment, New York, 1947 1 8½x11” black and white photocopy of photograph by William P. Gottlieb

29 Steele, Lindsay, Keeva Weingarten, and Williams New York, ca. 1948 2 8x10” black and white photoprints

30 Lee, Canada, Kenneth Spencer, Muriel Smith, Willie Bryant, and Williams NBC Studios, New York (?), ca. mid-1940s 2 8x10” black and white photoprints

31 Williams receives key to Pittsburgh Ca. 1940s 2 5x7”, 8x10” black and white photoprints; 1 print; exhibit?

3 32 Williams, mixed images Undated, 1940s 8 small mixed, 4x5”, 8x10” black and white photoprints

33 Williams in London Images of Ted Heath and Marian McPartland London, ca. 1/25/52 (Heath); England, 1952 4 odd size black and white photoprints

34 Williams and fans at Club Creole --, England, 1953 5 5x7”, 6x7” black and white photoprints by Ronald Waite

35 Williams at piano The Hague, The Netherlands, June 1953 1 5x7” black and white photoprint

36 Williams in Paris #1 of 3 Including photos with Jonah Jones, Simon Copans (Voice of America) and Nicole Barclay (?) Paris, 1954 8 odd size, 5x7”, 8x10” black and white photoprints


04/27/10

37 Williams in Paris #2 of 3

Including photos with Don Byas, Buck Clayton, Count Basie, Lionel Hampton, Kansas Fields, Joe Newman, and signage at l’Olympia Paris, 1954 14 odd size, 5x7”, 8x10” black and white photoprints

38 Williams in Paris #3 of 3 Paris, 1954 1 4x5” black and white copy negative

39 Williams at Chez Mary Lou Paris, November 1954 7 5x7” black and white prints

40 Holiday, Billie and Williams Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, RI, July 6, 1957 1 8x10” black and white photoprint

4 1 Stewart, Chuck photo series #1 of 5 Roulette Records recording date, New York, 1957 7 8x10” black and white contact sheets, ©Chuck Stewart

2 Stewart, Chuck photo series #2 of 5 Including Ed Thigpen Roulette Records recording date, New York, 1957 12 8x10” black and white photoprints, ©Chuck Stewart


4 4 Stewart, Chuck photo series #4 of 5 Including Melba Liston Roulette Records recording date, New York, 1957 12 8x10” black and white photoprints, ©Chuck Stewart


6 Williams portrait (postcard from Emerick Bronson, New York) 1957 1 3x6” black and white photoprint

7 Williams with Ronnie Free, Mose Allison, Lester Young, Charlie Rouse, Oscar Pettiford #1 of 2 Harlem, 1958 1 8x10” black and white photoprint by Dizzy Gillespie


04/27/10

8 Williams with Ronnie Free, Mose Allison, Lester Young, Charlie Rouse, Oscar Pettiford #2 of 2 Harlem, 1958 1 4x5” black and white copy negative of print by Dizzy Gillespie

9 Jazz stars on Harlem sidewalk for Esquire magazine New York, 1958 1 8x10” black and white photoprint, © Estate of Art Kane in exhibit

10 Jazz stars on Harlem sidewalk for Esquire magazine, Art Kane New York, 1958 1 16x20” black and white photoprint, © Estate of Art Kane, oversized

10 Garner, Erroll with Teddy Wilson and Williams #1 of 2 Jazz Under the Stars concert, Central Park, New York, 1958 3 5x7 black and white photoprints

11 Garner, Erroll with Teddy Wilson and Williams #2 Jazz Under the Stars concert, Central Park, New York, 1958 1 5x7” black and white copy negative

12 Merrill, Helen with Williams #1 of 2 Blue Note, Chicago, ca. 1958-59 2 5x7”, 8x10” black and white photoprints

13 Merrill, Helen with Williams #2 of 2 Blue Note, Chicago, ca. 1958-59 1 4x5” black and white copy negative

4 14 Williams Ca. 1950s 1 8x10” black and white photoprint by Roger Prigent

10 Williams Ca. 1950s 7 11x14” black and white photoprints, by Roger Prigent, oversized

4 15 Allen, Steve and Williams New York (?), ca. late 1950s 1 2¼x2¼” black and white contact print

16 Hodges, Johnny and Williams ca. 1950s 1 5x7” black and white photoprint

17 Williams with table setting, from Ebony magazine story Ca. 1950s 1 7x8” black and white photoprint

18 Mixed images, ca. 1950s 4 odd size, 5x7”, 8x10” black and white photoprints


04/27/10

10 Williams portraits New York, ca. 1960 3 11x14 black and white phtoprints, Bert Stern, oversized

19 Williams portrait San Francisco, 1962 1 5x11” black and white photoprint

20 Williams at Manhattan College New York, ca. 1962-63 4 8x10” black and white photoprints

21 Williams at social gathering ca. 1963-64 2 8x10” black and white photoprints

22 Williams and John Cardinal Wright Pittsburgh Jazz Festival, ca. 1964-65 1 8x10” black and white photoprints

23 Williams at thrift store #1 of 5 Including images of Robert Mickles Amsterdam Avenue, New York, 1965 and undated 4 8x10” photoprints

24 Williams at Bel Canto thrift store #2 of 5 Including images of Dizzy Gillespie, Melba Liston, Major Holley, dancer Louie Williams, Leon Thomas Amsterdam Avenue, New York, 5/8/66, Williams’s birthday 15 5x7” black and white photoprints

4 25 Williams at Bel Canto thrift store #3 of 5 Including images of Robert Mickles, Jerry Burley Major Holley, Amsterdam Avenue, New York, 7/2/66 9 8x10” black and white contact sheets and photoprints

10 Holley, Major and Williams at Bel Canto Thrift Store #4 of 5 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, 7/2/66 2 11x14” black and white photoprints, oversized Gonzales, Babs and Eddie Jefferson at Bel Canto Thrift Shop #5 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, 7/2/66 2 11x14” black and white photoprints, oversized Williams at Harlem Fashions thrift store #7 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, 1967 1 11x14” black and white photoprint, oversized

26 Williams at Harlem Fashions thrift store #5 of 5 Including images of Peter O’Brien, Major Holley, Dizzy Gillespie, Hazel Scott, models, neighborhood children Amsterdam Avenue, New York, 1967 15 5x7”, 8x10”, black and white photoprints and contact sheets,


04/27/10

1 in exhibit

27 Burley, Jerry, unidentified companions, and Williams Aboard ship, New York to Bremerhaven, ca. 8/68 13 3x3”, 5x7” and 8x10 black and white photoprints

28 O’Brien, Peter and Hank (POB’s brother) and Williams, at Hank’s Wedding ca. 1968 3 3x3” color photoprints

29 Flanagan, Ralph and Williams Ca. 1968-69 1 3x3” color photoprint; Missing

30 Gilliespie, Dizzy and Williams at musical event Including images of Robert Mickles Ca. January 1969 7 3x3” color photoprints

31 Williams at Josh White’s funeral 1/69 2 5x7” black and white photoprints

10 Williams in San Francisco Ca. 1960s 4 9x11, 4x11”, 8x10” black and white photoprints by Karel Bauer, oversized

10 Williams at piano Ca. 1960s 1 11x14 black and white photoprint, oversized

10 Williams and unidentified bass player Television station WQED, Pittsburgh, ca. 1960s 1 10-13” black and white photoprint, oversized

4 32 Williams portraits Ca. 1960s 1 1½x2” black and white arcade photoprints

33 Mixed undated images Ca. 1960s 5 2x2”, 3½x4½, 3½x5, 8x10” black and white photoprints

34 Williams at Top of the Gate #1 of 4 Top of the Gate, New York, 11/12/70 9 black and white photoprints and contact sheets by Peter Moore

35 Williams at Top of the Gate#2 of 4 New York, 11/12/70 10 black and white photoprints by Peter Moore

10 Williams at Top of the Gate #3 of 4


04/27/10

New York, 11/12/70 3 11x14” black and white photoprints by Peter Moore, oversized

36 Williams at Top of the Gate #4 of 4 Top of the Gate, New York, 11/12/70 2 8x10” black and white copy negatives of photographs by Peter Moore

5 1 McPartland, Marian with Williams Ca. 11/70 3 color slides

2 Fleming, Michael and Williams at The Cookery 12/14/70 1 8x10” black and white photoprint from New York Daily News; with letter from Daily News reporter Pat O’Haire

3 O’Brien, Peter, Maxine Sullivan, Williams and unidentified companions Ca. 12/70 2 2x3” color photoprints

4 Fleming, Michael and Williams The Cookery, New York, 1970 or ’71 2 5x7” black and white photoprints by Robert Lehman

5 Hackett, Bobby and Williams Overseas Press Club, New York, 1/71, occasion of Grammy-nominated Williams/Hackett/Dizzy Gillespie “Giants” recording 1 8x10” black and white photoprint

5 6 Fleming, Michael and Williams The Cookery, New York, 3/71 1 3x3” color photoprint

7 Fleming, Michael and Williams The Cookery, New York, Spring 1971 3 8x10” black and white photoprints by Dave Pochonet

8 Charlie Parker Foundation officers unveil headstone at Parker gravesite Including images of Milt Jackson and Max Roach Kansas City, Missouri, 8/29/71 1 8x10” black and white photoprint

9 Williams at Monterey #1 of 2 Peter O’Brien, Jimmy Lyons, Billy Hadnott, Louis Bellson Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey, CA, 8/71 13 3x5”, 8x10” black and white and color photoprints by Paul Slaughter

10 Williams and Peter O’Brien at Monterey #2 of 2 Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey, CA, 8/71 1 35mm. color copy negative of black and white of Paul Slaughter photograph


04/27/10

11 Williams at The Cookery #1 of 3

New York, 1972 10 8x10” black and white photoprints by K. Abe

12 Williams at The Cookery #2 of 3 New York, 1972 13 8x10” black and white photoprints by K. Abe, 1 in exhibit

13 Williams at The Cookery #3 of 3 New York, 1972 2 8x10” black and white copy negatives of photographs by K. Abe

14 Williams at The Cookery New York, 1972 1 8x10” black and white photoprint by Diana Davies

15 Williams receives honorary degree Rockhurst College, Kansas City, ca. 1972-73 3 8x10” black and white contact sheets

16 Williams receives honorary degree from Fordham University #1 of 2 Including images of Terrance Cardinal Cooke Bronx Campus, New York, June 1973 11 3x5”, 3x3” black and white and color photoprints

17 Williams receives honorary degree from Fordham University #2 of 2 Including images of Jerry Burley and family, Peter O’Brien, Terrance Cardinal Cooke Bronx Campus, New York, June 1973 7 8x10 black and white photoprints

5 18 Bond, Missouri Gov. Christopher and Mrs., Peter O’Brien, and Williams around of naming of Mary Lou Williams Lane Kansas City, 1973 1 8x10” black and white photoprint

19 O’Brien, Peter and Williams at Dizzy Gillespie opening at Fiddlesticks (nightclub) New York City, 1973 1 3x3” color photo

20 Rogers, Fred and Williams during taping of “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood” Pittsburgh, 1973 1 8x10 black and white photocopy

21 Williams during residence at St. Peter’s College #1 of 3 Images of Peter O’Brien Jersey City, NJ, 1973 12 8x10” black and white photoprints

22 Williams during residence at St. Peter’s College #2 of 3


04/27/10

Images of Peter O’Brien, Steve Solden (dr), Buster Williams (bass) Jersey City, NJ, 1973 12 8x10” black and white photoprints

23 Williams during residence at St. Peter’s College #3 of 3 Images of Peter O’Brien, Steve Solden (dr), Buster Williams (bass) Jersey City, NJ, 1973 12 8x10” black and white photoprints

24 Williams at Three Rivers Jazz Festival Pittsburgh, May 31, 1975 2 black and white contacts by Nancy Pirt; letter from Pirt

25 Williams receives honorary degree from Boston College Boston, MA, September 28, 1975 4 8x10” black and white photoprints

26 Torff, Brian with Williams during performance for children from Our Lady of Lourdes Grade School, New York (MLW’s church) The Cookery, New York, 1975 1 8x10” black and white photoprint, 1 8x10” copy negative of photograph by Jeanie Black

27 Torff, Brian with Williams at The Cookery #1 of 3 New York, 1975 12 3x5 black and white photoprints by Peter O’Brien

28 Torff, Brian with Williams at The Cookery #2 of 3 New York, 1975 12 3x5 black and white photoprints by Peter O’Brien

5 29 Torff, Brian with Williams at The Cookery #3 of 3 New York, 1975 12 3x5 black and white photoprints by Peter O’Brien

30 Williams portraits The Cookery, New York, ca. mid-1970s 2 8x10 black and white photoprints

31 Williams plays wedding reception Including images of Peter O’Brien and Brian Torff New York, 1/76 11 3x5” color photoprints

32 O’Brien, Peter, other priests, and Williams as she cuts cake Ca. 4/76 4 3x3”, 3x5” color photoprints

33 Williams and unidentified man 6/76 1 8x10” black and white photoprint by Gulf Oil Corp.

34 Scanlon family, Peter O’Brien and Williams cooking meal


04/27/10

Scanlon residence, Buffalo, NY, ca. 1976-77 8 3x3” color photoprints

35 Williams at Statler Hilton Buffalo, ca. 1976-1977 1 framed 8x10” color photoprint, in exhibit

36 Williams portrait Keystone Korner, San Francisco, ca. 1976-77 1 8x10” black and white photoprint by Kathy Sloan

37 Williams in concert at SUNY-Buffalo #1 With bassist Ronnie Boykins Katherine Cornell Theater, Buffalo, NY, February 28, 1977 6 8x10” black and white photoprints by Raymond Phillips

38 Williams in concert at SUNY-Buffalo #2 With bassist Ronnie Boykins Katherine Cornell Theater, Buffalo, NY, February 28, 1977 2 8x10” black and white copy negatives of photo by Raymond Phillips

39 Williams at Duke University Images of Buster Williams (bass), Duke Music Dept. Chairman Frank Tirro, Mary Duke Biddle Trent Seamans, Marian Turner Durham, North Carolina, 12/10/77 12 5x7”, 8x10” black and white photoprints

40 Williams and unidentified child 12/10/77 1 3x5” color photoprint

5 41 Williams at CBS television taping Duke University, Durham, NC, 12/77 4 5x7” black and white photoprints

42 Williams at keyboard Keystone Korner, San Francisco, 1977 #1 of 4 4 8x10 black and white contact sheets by Tom Copi

6 1 Williams at keyboard Keystone Korner, San Francisco, 1977 #2 of 4 10 6x6”, 8x10” black and white photoprints by Tom Copi

10 Williams at keyboard Keystone Korner, San Francisco, 1977 #3 of 4 1 11x14” black and white photoprint by Tom Copi, oversized

2 Williams at keyboard Keystone Korner, San Francisco, 1977 #4 of 4 1 4x5” black and white copy negative of photograph by Tom Copi

3 Williams at Keystone Korner San Francisco, ca. mid-1970s


04/27/10

2 black and white contact sheets by Tom Copi

4 Williams at Newport Jazz Festival 25th anniversary celebration #1 Images of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, Dexter Gordon, Cecil Taylor, Charles Mingus The White House, Washington, D.C., 6/18/78 7 3x5”, 8x10” black and white and color photoprints; 1 in exhibit

5 Williams at Newport Jazz Festival 25th anniversary celebration #2 Rosalynn Carter and Williams The White House, Washington, D.C., 6/18/78 1 8x10 black and white copy negative of official White House photograph

10 Mingus, Charles and Williams at Newport Jazz Festival 25th anniversary Celebration #3 The White House, Washington, D.C., 6/18/78 1 11x14” black and white photoprint by Tom Copi, oversized

6 Williams at Grand Festival du Jazz #1 of 5 Nice, France, 7/78 Images of Dizzy Gillespie, Doc Cheatham, Lionel Hampton, Eubie Blake, Buddy Guy, Vic Dickenson, Pepper Adams, George Wein 13 3x5” black and white photoprints by Peter O’Brien

7 Williams at Grand Festival du Jazz #2 of 5 Nice, France, 7/78 Images of Dizzy Gillespie, Bill Evans, John Lewis, Arnett Cobb, Mickey Roker, Ray Bryant, Charles McPherson, Philly Joe Jones, Vic Dickenson, Curtis Fuller, 19 3x5” black and white photoprints by Peter O’Brien

6 8 Williams at Grand Festival du Jazz #3 of 5 Nice, France, 7/78 Images of Doc Cheatham, Buddy Guy, Vic Dickenson, Curtis Fuller, Bill Evans, John Lewis, Charles McPherson 21 3x5” black and white photoprints by Peter O’Brien

9 Williams at Grand Festival du Jazz #4 Nice, France, 7/78 Images of Dizzy Gillespie, Eubie Blake, Jimmy Rowles, Professor Longhair, Shelly Manne, Mickey Roker 17 3x5” color photoprints by Peter O’Brien

10 Williams at Grand Festival du Jazz #5 Nice, France, 7/78 5 35mm. rolls of original color and black and white negatives Some overlap with Antonio Salemme series in next folder

11 Williams with Antonio Salemme and unidentified child #1 Nice, France, 7/78 4 3½x5 black and white photoprints


04/27/10

12 Williams with Antonio Salemme and unidentified child #2 Nice, France, 7/78 4 rolls original 35mm. black and white negatives

13 Scenery Montreux, Switzerland, 7/78 5 3x5” black and white photoprints by Peter O’Brien

14 Atlanta NAACP Honor Williams with Grand Jubilee Award Georgia Governor George, State Senator Julian Bond, and Williams Atlanta, 10/19/78 2 8x10 black and white photoprints

15 Williams portrait Duke University, Durham, NC, 1978 1 8x10” black and white photoprint

16 Williams in front of home 1205 Shepherd St., Durham, North Carolina, 1/79 2 5x7” color photoprints 1 in exhibit; 1 original color slide

17 Sanford, Terry (Duke University president) and Williams Durham, North Carolina, 1979 4 8x10” black and white photoprints; 1 in exhibit

18 Williams with Duke students #1 of 2 Durham, North Carolina, ca. 1970s 10 8x10” black and white photoprints

6 19 Williams with Duke students #2 of 2 Durham, North Carolina, ca. 1979 10 8x10” black and white photoprints; 1 in exhibit

20 Williams at keyboard Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, late 70s 1 8x10” black and white photoprint from Duke University Archives

21 Williams receives honorary degree Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, late 1970s 2 8x10” black and white photoprints

22 Williams receives honorary degree Loyola University, New Orleans, late 1970s 14 5x5” color photoprints

23 Williams receives honorary degree Loyola University, Chicago, late 1970s 8 8x10” black and white photoprints

24 Williams receives honorary degree Ca. late-1970s 1 8x10” black and white photoprint


04/27/10

25 Williams trio Keystone Korner, San Francisco, late 1970s 2 8x10” black and white contact sheets

26 Williams, Buster (bass) and Williams Ca. late 1970s 2 5x7” black and white photoprints

27 Williams, Buster and Williams at outdoor concert Ca. late 1970s 5 3x5” color photoprints

28 Williams at keyboard Unidentified event, location, 2 black and white contact sheets

29 O’Brien, Peter and Williams Ca. late 1970s 9 3x3” color photoprints

11 Williams at Hamilton Terrace apartment Ca. late 1970s 1 8x10 black and white photoprint by Lynn Gilbert on 11x14” mat, oversized

30 Marquee announcing Williams as part of tribute to arts and cultural activist Elma Lewis, by National Center of Afro-American Artists Boston, ca. 1970s 3 8x10” black and white photoprints

31 Williams making faces in arcade photos Ca. 1970s 4 black and white images in strip of arcade photos

32 Mixed photos #1 Ca. 1970s 12 3x3”, 3x5”, 4x6” color and black and white photoprints

33 Mixed photos #2 Ca. 1970s 5 8x10” color and black and white 8x10” color and black and white photoprints and contact sheet

7 1 Williams in photo booth Ca. 1970s 7 1x1½ black and white arcade photos

2 Williams teaching music students from hospital bed #1 of 2 Duke University Medical Center Durham, North Carolina, 2/80 11 3x5” color photoprints

3 Williams teaching music students from hospital bed #2 of 2


04/27/10

Duke University Medical Center Durham, North Carolina, 2/80 15 3x5” color photoprints; 5 in exhibit

4 Williams at outdoor concert Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 5/80 1 3x5” color photoprint

10 Williams photos from People Weekly feature story, 5/12/80 At home holding t-shirt with her image, and perusing antique shop Durham, ca. 4/80 2 11x14” black and white photoprints by Tom Walters for Time Inc., all rights reserved, oversized

5 Williams at Spoleto Festival #1 of 2 Charleston, South Carolina, 5/80 Hugh Walker (dr), Milton Suggs (bass) 10 8x10” black and white photoprints by W. Patrick Hinely and Tom McLannon

6 Williams at Spoleto Festival #2 of 2 Charleston, South Carolina, 5/80 1 8x10” black and white copy negative of photograph by Tom McLannon

7 Williams at television taping #1 of 4 Images of Milton Suggs (bass), Hugh Walker (drums) Nebraska Educational Television; University of Nebraska; Lincoln, NE 8/80 or 9/80 9 8x10” black and white photoprints by Don Tremain

7 8 Williams at television taping #2 of 4 Images of Milton Suggs (bass), Hugh Walker (drums) Nebraska Educational Television; University of Nebraska; Lincoln, NE 8/80 or 9/80 7 8x10” black and white photoprints by Don Tremain

9 Williams at television taping #3 of 4 Images of Milton Suggs (bass), Hugh Walker (dr) Nebraska Educational Television; University of Nebraska; Lincoln, NE 8/80 or 9/80 14 8x10” black and white photoprints by Don Tremain

10 Williams at television taping #4 of 4 Nebraska Educational Television; University of Nebraska; Lincoln, NE 8/80 or 9/80 2 4x5” black and white copy negatives of photos by Don Tremain

11 Williams and Duke University student Alan Fleishman at alumni party Blues Alley, Washington, 9/80 1 8x10” color photoprint

12 Williams at Seton Hall University


04/27/10

Newark, 10/80 4 8x10” black and white photoprints

13 Williams at Duke University #1 of 2 Durham, North Carolina, 1980 2 8x10” black and white photoprints used in Williams memorial service program

14 Williams at Duke University #2 of 2 Durham, North Carolina, 1980 4 4x5” black and white copy negatives of photograph used in Williams memorial service program

15 Williams at residence Durham, North Carolina, ca. 1980 17 3x5” black and white ohotoprints

16 Williams at residence with three unidentified women Durham, North Carolina, ca. 1980 2 3x3” color photoprints

17 O’Brien, Peter and Jerry Burley at Williams’s residence Durham, North Carolina, ca late 70s-1980 2 3x3 color photoprints

18 Jerry Burley and others at Williams’s residence Durham, North Carolina, ca. late 70s-1980 Color photoprints

Subseries 3D: Religious Activities and Sacred Music Performances

7 19 Pope Paul VI greets Williams #1 of 2 The Vatican, Rome, 2/69 or 3/69 1 8x10 color photoprint, 1 in exhibit

20 Pope Paul VI greets Williams #2 of 2 The Vatican, Rome, 2/69 or 3/69 2 2¼x3¼”, 4x5” color copy negatives

21 Pope Paul greets priests Image includes Fr. Mario Hancock (possibly) n.d. 1 5x7” black and white photoprint

22 Hancock, Fr. Mario Includes Bishop John Wright of Pittsburgh and Hancock with unidentified religious brothers Ca. 1960s 2 2½x3½”, 2½x4½ color and black and white photoprint; 1 in exhibit

23 O’Brien, Peter Ordination #1 of 6


04/27/10

Including images of Peter O’Brien, parents Peter F. and Martha Jean McGregor O’Brien, Mabel Mercer, and Williams Fordham University, Rose Hall Campus, New York, 6/71 9 8x10” black and white and color photoprints; 1 framed in exhibit

24 O’Brien, Peter Ordination #2 of 6 Including images of Peter O’Brien, parents Peter F. and Martha Jean McGregor O’Brien, Mabel Mercer, and Williams Fordham University, Rose Hall Campus, New York, 6/71 15 3x5”, 5x7” color photoprints; 2 black and white negatives of Williams, Mercer at O’Brien

25 O’Brien, Peter Ordination #4 of 6 Fordham University, Rose Hall Campus, New York, 6/71 11 3x5” color photoprints

26 O’Brien, Peter Ordination #5 of 6 Fordham University, Rose Hall Campus, New York, 6/71 11 3x5” color photoprints

27 O’Brien, Peter Ordination #6 of 6 Fordham University, Rose Hall Campus, New York, 6/71 6 3x5” duplicate color photoprints

28 Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater photos of “Mary Lou’s Mass” Including images of Judith Jamison, Dudley Williams, Consuelo Atlas, Kevin Rotardier, Sara Yarborough, John Parks, New York, ca. 1971-1973 11 8x10” black and white photoprints; 1 in exhibit

7 29 Williams performing “Mary Lou’s Mass”#1 of 11 St. Ignatius Church, New York, Palm Sunday, 4/73 10 5x7” black and white photoprints

30 Williams performing “Mary Lou’s Mass”#2 of 11 St. Ignatius Church, New York, Palm Sunday, 4/73 10 5x7” black and white photoprints




8 1 Williams performing “Mary Lou’s Mass”#6 of 11 St. Ignatius Church, New York, Palm Sunday, 4/73 10 5x7” black and white photoprints


04/27/10

2 Williams performing “Mary Lou’s Mass”#7 of 11

St. Ignatius Church, New York, Palm Sunday, 4/73 10 5x7” black and white photoprints


4 Williams performing “Mary Lou’s Mass”#9 of 11 St. Ignatius Church, New York, Palm Sunday, 4/73 10 3x5” color photoprints

5 Williams performing “Mary Lou’s Mass”#10 of 11 St. Ignatius Church, New York, Palm Sunday, 4/73 10 3x5” color photoprints

6 Williams performing “Mary Lou’s Mass”#11 of 11 St. Ignatius Church, New York, Palm Sunday, 4/73 2 color slides

7 O’Brien, Peter and Williams #1 of 3 St. Basil’s Church, University of Toronto campus, ca. 1973 10 3x3” black and white photoprints

8 O’Brien, Peter and Williams #2 of 3 St. Basil’s Church, University of Toronto campus, ca. 1973 10 3x3” black and white photoprints

8 9 O’Brien, Peter and Williams #3 of 3 St. Basil’s Church, University of Toronto campus, ca. 1973 10 3x3” black and white photoprints

10 Williams at St. Patrick’s Cathedral #1 of 5 Images with bassist Buster Williams, drummer Jerry Griffin, Peter O’Brien, Mabel Mercer, audience New York City, 1/18/75 10 8x10” black and white photoprints from New York Daily News

11 Williams at St. Patrick’s Cathedral #2 of 5 Images with bassist Buster Williams, drummer Jerry Griffin, Peter O’Brien, Mabel Mercer, audience New York City, 1/18/75 11 8x10” black and white photoprints from New York Daily News,

8 Williams at St. Patrick’s Cathedral #3 of 5 New York City, 1/18/75 1 8x10” black and white photoprint from New York Daily News, oversized in exhibit

12 Williams at St. Patrick’s Cathedral #4 of 5 Images with bassist Buster Williams, drummer Jerry Griffin, Peter O’Brien, Mabel Mercer, audience


04/27/10

New York City, 1/18/75 3 8x10” black and white contact sheets from The New York Times

13 Williams at St. Patrick’s Cathedral #5 of 5 Images with bassist Buster Williams, drummer Jerry Griffin, Peter O’Brien, Mabel Mercer, audience New York City, 1/18/75 3 8x10” black and white contact sheets, print and note by Chris Sheridan

14 Williams at Our Lady of Victories Church Performance of Mary Lou’s Mass with bassist Brian Torff and drummer Charlie Persip Paterson, NJ, 9/21/75 2 8x10 black and white photoprints

15 Williams with youth Chicago church, 1978 6 8x10” black and white photoprints by Mikki Ferrill

16 Williams at National Office for Black Catholics reception Images of Mrs. Marion Berry (wife of Washington mayor), Bishop Merino, Brother Cyprian Lamar Washington, 9/5/79 2 8x10” black and white, 2 color photoprints

17 Gillespie, Dizzy and Williams at sacred music performance #1 of 3 Georgetown University, ca. late 1970s 8 3x5” black and white photoprints

8 18 Gillespie, Dizzy and Williams at sacred music performance #2 of 3 Georgetown University, ca. late 1970s 8 3x5” black and white photoprints

19 Gillespie, Dizzy and Williams at sacred music performance #3 of 3 Georgetown University, ca. late 1970s 14 original 35mm. black and white negatives

20 Williams at sacred music performance Ca. late 1970s 7 3x5” color photoprints

21 Williams with choir during Mass; Peter O’Brien at Texas Jazz Festival Corpus Christi, Texas, 1980 3 8x10” black and white photoprints

22 Pope John XIII Vatican, Rome, ca. 1950s 1 5x7” color photoprint

23 Unidentified priests n.d. 14 3x3”, 3x5” color photoprints


04/27/10

Subseries 3D: Other Artists 8 24 Alexander, Fanchon

Undated 1 3x5 black and white photoprint, inscribed on verso Allen, Iola Undated 1 8x10” black and white photoprint, inscribed Armstrong, Mrs. Louis and Her Kings of Rhythm 2/14/35 (inscription date) 1 8x10” black and white photoprint, inscribed to John Williams Armstrong, Louis 10/22/70 (inscription date) 1 8x10” color photoprint Arnheim, Gus Ca. 1930s 1 8x10” black and white photoprint

25 Baduc, Ray (Bob Crosby Orchestra) Undated 1 8x10” black and white photoprint Basie, Count and Bette Davis in Hollywood at Command Performance Ca. 1940s 1 8x10” black and white photoprint, inscribed by Basie Beck, Pia Ca. 7/14/53 (inscription date) 1 8x10” black and white photoprint Bérard, Madeleine 4/47 (inscription date) 1 8x10” black and white photoprint Black Kat 4 2/19/30 (inscription date) 1 8½x12 black and white photoprint

10 Bobo, Willie Ca. 1970s 1 11x14 black and white photoprint, oversized

26 Boswell, Connee Undated 1 8x10” black and white photoprint Bradley, Patricia


04/27/10

Undated 1 8x10” black and white photoprint, inscribed Bridgers, Aaron Undated 2 4x5” black and white photoprints, inscribed Brown, Claude (author, Manchild in the Promised Land, 1965) Ca. 1970s 1 8x10” black and white photoprint Brown, Rhythm 9/1/37 (inscription date) 1 8x10” black and white photoprint, inscribed to John and Mary Lou Williams

27 Buckley, Lord Undated 1 8x10” black and white photoprint, inscribed Butterbeans and Susie 1931 (inscription date) 1 8x10” black and white photoprint Butts, Jimmy Undated 1 4x6” black and white photoprint (2 images) Byas, Don New York, ca 1940s 1 6x7” black and white photoprint, inscribed Byrde, Edye Undated 2 3x6” black and white photoprints

28 Calisee, Red 1952 1 3x5 black and white photoprint Calloway, Blanche 1931 (inscription date) 1 8x10” black and white photoprint Casals, Pablo Undated 1 photoprint of sketch Castle, Lee Undated 1 8x10” black and white photoprint, inscribed Cheatham, Doc 1930 (inscription date)


04/27/10

1 3x6” photoprint, image cut to form, inscribed to John and Mary Lou Williams

9 Cole, Maxie; WOV, New York 11/14/52 (inscription date) 1 4x5” black and white photoprint Coleman, George Ca. 1977 2 8x10” black and white photoprints Cimber, A. Undated 1 5x7” black and white photoprint Crosby, Bob Ca. 1930s 1 8x10” black and white photoprint Detroit Red 3/26/36 (date of inscription) 1 8x10” black and white photoprint, inscribed to John and Mary Lou Williams

11 Cyrille, Andrew Ca.1970s 1 11x14 black and white photoprint by Tom Copi, oversized

8 30 DeWood, Lorraine Undated 1 8x10” black and white photoprint D. Espanola Oklahoma City, ca. 1930s 1 8x10” black and white photoprint Edelhagen, Kurt 11/29/54 (inscription date) 2 4x6” black and white photoprints Eldridge, Roy 4/16/38 1 8x10” black and white photoprint, inscribed to John and Mary Lou Williams Ellington, Duke 1934 1 8x10” black and white photoprint

9 31 Ellington band members Including Barney Bigard, Ben Webster, Wallace Jones, Sam Nanton, Sonny Greer, and others 3 8x10” black and white photoprints


04/27/10

Ellis, Beatrice 1933 1 8x10” black and white photoprint, inscribed Faddis, Jon Ca. 1970s 1 8x10” black and white photoprint Fields, Ethel Ca. 1950s-1960s 1 3x3½ black and white photoprint Fishman Brothers Undated 1 black and white photoprint

32 Fitzgerald, Ella Ca. 1940s 1 8x10” black and white photoprint, inscribed Foye, Hope Undated 1 8x10” black and white photoprint, inscribed Garner, Erroll Ca. 1950s 4 8x10” black and white photoprints, 1 inscribed Gensel, John Garcia Undated 1 4x5” black and white photoprint Gibson, Harry “The Hipster” Undated 1 5x7” black and white photoprint

33 Gillespie, Dizzy Ca. 1947-70s 7 3x3”, 3x5”, 8x10” color and black and white photoprints; Gottlieb 1947 photo in exhibit Gonzales, Babs and Baby Laurence Undated 1 4x6” black and white photoprint Gordon, Honi Undated 1 8x10” black and white photoprint Gray, Glen and the Casa Loma Orchestra New York, Undated 1 8x10” black and white photoprint


04/27/10

Greer, Sonny Undated 1 8x10” black and white photoprint

9 1 Guthrie, Woody Undated 1 5x7” black and white photoprint Hampton, Lionel Ca. 1930s 1 8x10” black and white photoprint Hampton, Lionel sax section Dexter Gordon, unknown, Marshal Royal, Illinois Jacquet Ca. 1940s 1 8x10” black and white photoprint Haynes, Roy and Buster Williams Ca. 1970s 1 5x7” black and white photoprint Heywood, Eddie Undated 1 8x10” black and white photoprint

2 Harlem Highlanders Undated 1 8x10” black and white photoprint, inscribed by Sonny Austin Harmon, Fred 7/12/58 (inscription date) 2 3x6”, 8x10” black and white photoprint, postcard Hedgemore, Matije Kansas City, 1936 (inscription date) 1 8x10” black and white photoprint Henderson, Fletcher Undated 1 4x6” black and white photoprint T.H. Holder’s Orchestra Kansas City, ca. early 1930s 1 8x10” black and white photoprint

3 Holiday, Billie Ca. early 1940s 1 8x10” black and white photoprint, inscribed Holley, Major Ca. mid-1970s 3 8x10” black and white photoprints, 1 inscribed


04/27/10

Hunt, Pee Wee Hunt of Glen Gray and Casa Loma Orchestra Ca. 1940s 1 8x10” black and white photoprint Jackson, Jigsaw Undated 1 8x10” black and white photoprint Jarvis, Jane Ca. 197- 1 3x5½” black and white photo postcard, addressed to Peter O’Brien

4 Johnson, Jerry Undated 1 8x10” black and white photoprint, inscribed Koenigswarter, Nica de, with daughter Janka, and Garland Wilson London, 1953 1 black and white photoprint; in exhibit Lewis, Meade Lux Ca. 1940s 1 8x10 black and white photoprint Jones, Lyman Ca. 1970s 1 8x10” black and white photoprint Lunceford, Jimmie Ca. 1930s-1940s 1 8x10” black and white photoprint, inscribed; in exhibit

5 Jimme Lunceford Orchestra Ca. 1930s 1 8x10” lack and white photoprint, inscribed to John and Mary Lou Williams Mann, Louise (Connie) 1938 (inscription date) 1 8x10” black and white photoprint Martin, David Stone Ca. 1940s 4 5x7½, 8x10” black and white photoprints, (1 image torn) Monk, Thelonious Ca. 1960 1 8x10” black and white photoprint; in exhibit Phil Moore Band Includes images of Specs Powell, Remo Palmier, Gene Cedric, Johnny Letman


04/27/10

Café Society, New York, ca. 1946 1 2¼x2¼” black and white photoprint Myers, Amina Claudine Ca. 1977 2 8x10” black and white photoprints

6 Norvo, Red and Mildred Ca. late 1930s 1 8x10” black and white photoprint, inscribed Odds and Ends Ca. 1970s 1 8x10” black and white photoprint Page, Hot Lips Ca. 1940s 1 8x10” black and white photoprint Palmier, Remo Ca. 1940s 1 8x10” black and white photoprint Parker, Charlie and Ben Webster Los Angeles, 6 or 7/52 6x7” black and white photoprint by Esther Bubley

10 Persip, Charlie Ca. 1970s 1 11x14” black and white photoprint by Tom Copi, oversized

9 7 Pierre, Laura Undated 1 8x10” black and white photoprint, inscribed Pochonet, Gerard “Dave” Ca. 1953 10 2¼x2¼”, 3x3”, 4½x6” black and white photoprints, 2 inscribed Powell, Bud New York, 19— 1 8x10” black and white photoprint by Herman Leonard Ray, Carline Ca. 1970s 2 8x10” black and white photoprints, both inscribed Reed, Susan Undated 1 8x10” black and white photoprint

8 Roberson, Orlando and Orchestra Ca. 1940s


04/27/10

1 8x10” black and white photoprint, inscribed Robinson, Sugar Ray Undated 1 3x6” black and white postcard Ruiz, Hilton Ca. 1970s 5 8x10” black and white photoprints, 2 inscribed Russell, Nat Undated 1 6x8” black and white photoprint Red Saunders Band Ca. 1930s 1 8x10” black and white photoprint, inscribed to John Williams

10 Ross, Paula Ca. 1970s 1 10x12” black and white photoprint, oversized

10 Ruiz, Hilton Ca. 1970s 1 11x14” black and white photoprint by Tom Copi, oversized

9 Scott, Hazel Ca. 1940s 1 8x10” black and white photoprint, in exhibit Sharps and Flats 1947 (inscription date) 1 8x10” black and white photoprint Shaw, Woody c. 1980 1 8x10” black and white photoprint by Giuseppe Pino Staton, Dakota Undated 1 2x3” black and white photoprint Stewart, Rex Ca. 1940s 1 8x10” black and white photoprint, inscribed

10 Sullivan, Maxine Ca. 1960s 4 8x10” black and white photoprints Thigpen, Ben 12/23/40 (inscription date) 1 2x2½ black and white photoprint


04/27/10

Alphonso Trent Orchestra Memphis, Tennessee, 1932 1 3x6” black and white photoprint Turner, Joe Café Society, New York, ca early 1940s 1 black and white photoprint Van, Gus Undated 8x10” black and white photoprint, inscribed

10 Thomas, Leon Ca. 1970s 1 11x14” black and white photoprint by Tom Copi, oversized

11 Vaughan, Sarah Including image with husband George Treadwell Ca. 1940s 3 4x6”, 8x10 black and white photoprints, 2 inscribed Ward, Douglas Turner, artistic director, St. Mark’s Playhouse Ca. 1970s 1 8x10” black and white photoprint Waters, Ethel #1 Ca. 1920s 2 8x10” black and white photoprints, copy of inscribed photo Waters, Ethel #2 Ca. 1920s 2 4x5” color copy slides of inscribed photo Webster, Ben with Teddy Wilson Orchestra Including images of Rudy Powell (ts), and Al Hall (bass) Ca. 1939-40 1 8x10” black and white photoprint, inscribed by Webster

12 White, Josh and Libby Holman Ca. 1940s 1 8x10” black and white photoprint Wilde, Sonny 1953 (inscription date) 1 8x10” black and white photoprint Williams, Penelope and Jackie Pickett Ca. 1980s 1 8x10” black and white photoprint Wragge, Betty Undated


04/27/10

1 8x10” black and white photoprint (Albert) Wynn’s Creole Jazz Band; “Now serving it ‘hot’ at the Dreamland Café Right image: back image, l-r: Arthur Bassett (banjo), Ben Thigpen (drums), Homer Hobson (trumpet), Jimme Flowers (piano); front, l-r: Doc Cheatham (trumpet), Albert Wynn (trombone), --- Brown (alto saxophone); (id’s from 1946 Esquire Jazz Book: 18) Chicago, 1925 1 3x4½” black and white promo card with 3 images of band and Wynn

13 Unidentified Mixed dates 11 3½x6”, 5x7”, 8x10” color and black and white photoprints

Subseries 3E. Miscellaneous Photographs

9 14 Photographs inscribed to Williams

Mixed dates, locations 13 2x3½”, 3½x3½”, 4x5”, 4x6”, 8x10” color and black and white photoprints

15 Bands: Bennie Moten, Lucky Millender, Basie at piano, unidentified Ca. 1930s 7 8x10” black and white photoprints from Kansas City Museum Collection

16 Kansas City street scenes, exteriors of music venues, KC Mayor Tom Pendergast ca. 1930s 12 8x10” black and white photoprints from Kansas City Museum Collection

17 Kansas City club interiors, dancers ca. 1930s 8 8x10” black and white photoprints from Kansas City Museum Collection

18 Harlem street and dancehall scenes #1 Ca. 1940s 11 5x7 black and white photoprints from collection of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, permission required for use

19 Harlem street and dancehall scenes #2 Ca. 1940s 35 35 mm. black and white photoprints from collection of the Schomburg and other historical photographs Center for Research in Black Culture, permission required for use

20 Photographic reproduction of newspaper clippings and advertisements Pertaining to Williams and Clouds of Joy Ca. 1920s-1940s


04/27/10


14 8x10” black and white photoprints

21 Photographic reproduction of newspaper clippings and advertisements Ca. 1930s-1940s 6 8x10” black and white photoprints

22 Photographic reproduction of jazz poem and David Stone Martin Graphic 1 8x10” black and white copy negative

23 Antonio Salemme painting of Williams 2 5x7” color negative and positive copies

24 Miscellaneous children Mixed subjects and dates 23 mixed sized color and black and white photoprints

25 Miscellaneous travel Mixed, n.d. 12 3x3”, 3x5” color photoprints

26 Benito Mussolini following murder by Italian partisans 1945 1 8x10” black and white photoprint

MARY LOU WILLIAMS COLLECTION - libraries.rutgers.edu...are arranged chronologically where dates can be determined, while some approximate dates are designated “ca. 1930s,” “ca.

Documents