Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Description
This collection focuses on the time that Bettye Miller and Milt Abel spent together as musicians, and as husband and wife. The couple was nationally known in the jazz community and performed together in cities all over the country.
Member of
LaBudde Special Collections
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Milt Abel and Bill Drybread with their Great Danes

Milt Abel with his dog, Yogi, in a living room with Bill Drybread and his dog. Both dogs are Great Danes. A young boy is crouched down beside Drybread's dog and the arm of another child is just seen behind Yogi.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0067
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Bettye Miller and Ketty Lester

Bettye Miller standing with Ketty Lester outside on a patio. Both have jackets on and are smiling at something to the right of the photo. Director style chairs can be seen at the right as well.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0067
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Bettye Miller and Bartie

Bettye Miller posing for a photo with Bartie outside Ma Baker's Stone Motel. Miller is wearing shorts and a sleeveless blouse. Bartie is wearing a white long sleeved shirt and dark pants.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0067
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Milt Abel and Yogi

Milt Able seated on the living room floor with Yogi, a Great Dane. A bookshelf is behind Abel and they're in front of a cabinet with a framed photos and a lamp on top.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0067
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Bearded man in front of an audience

Unidentified bearded African American man speaking or performing in front of an audience at Bettye Miller's birthday party. A suitcase is at his feet and the audience is standing along the all. Part of a piano is seen at the left of the photo.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0067
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Unidentified couple

An unidentified man and woman walking along the walkway outside the venue hosting Bettye Miller's birthday party. Both facing the camera, smiling. A row of parked cars can be partially seen at the right of the photo.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0067
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Group of five men

A group of five unidentified African American men standing in a row along a wall at Bettye Miller's birthday party.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0067
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Gondola at Tomorrowland

Two unidentified African American women, one pointing at the camera, inside a gondola at Tomorrowland at Disneyland Park. People can be seen below them and a building named the "Space Bar" is in the background.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0067
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Marquee listing the Bettye Miller Trio

Snapshot from Phoenix of the marquee announcing the Bettye Miller Trio on the sign for the Stein and Sirloin steakhouse. Buildings and cars can be seen behind. The marquee is missing the first "T" from Bettye's name.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0151.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
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Graduation photos of Bettye Miller

Set of three photographs of Bettye Miller in a graduation cap and gown. She is looking forward (top), to the right (center), and to the left (bottom).
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0067
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Scene from "Negroid Evolution"

Scene from the play "Negroid Evolution" produced and directed by Bettye Miller. Two women and a man are standing in a group speaking to each other; an older man with a cane is seated in a rocking chair watching them. Two small children are in the background watching the adults.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0154.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
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Photobooth photos of Bettye Jo

Photobooth picture strip with two photos of Bettye Miller's daughter (likely), Bettye Jo, at three years old.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0067
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Bettye Miller in front of a car

Snapshot of Bettye Miller standing in front of a car parked in the lot in front of a large, unidentified, building. She's wearing plaid pants, a jacket, and a headscarf with sunglasses.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0147.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
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14 men on stage, 13 dressed as women

A group of 14 men lined up on stage for a photo; 13 are dressed as women. Actors from the play "Negroid Evolution" that Bettye Miller produced and directed.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0153.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067
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14 men on stage, 13 dressed as women

A group of 14 men lined up on stage for a photo; 13 are dressed as women. Actors from the play "Negroid Evolution" that Bettye Miller produced and directed.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_miller-abel_photo-0152.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0067