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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Buck Clayton with his sisters Jean and Margery

Buck Clayton posed with his sisters Margery and Jean.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-0006.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Jean Clayton age 4 or 5

Jean Clayton around age 4 or 5 posed by a bench wearing a white dress and hair bow.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-0007.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Buck Clayton posed with toy dog

Buck Clayton around age 3 holding a white toy dog.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-0003.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Buck Clayton age four

Buck Clayton age four posed by a bench wearing short pants.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-0004.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Buck Clayton and sister Jean in a goat-drawn cart

Buck Clayton seated with his sister Jean in a small carriage drawn by a goat with long horns; cart has a small sign reading: Kansas 1915.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-0005.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Buck Clayton in winter coat and hat

Buck Clayton around age 2 or 3 posed by a bench in a winter corduroy jacket with hat.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-0002.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Buck age 9 on the steps to his home

Buck Clayton, age 9, standing in front of his home wearing an apron or smock and hat.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-0008.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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First photo of Buck Clayton

Infant Buck Clayton seated in christening gown.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-0001.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Jean Clayton outside

Jean Clayton as a teenager standing outside in opened winter coat and scarf.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-0009.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Friends of Buck Clayton posing together

Group photo of five of Buck's friends mugging for the camera: Leon, Jack Medlock, Simon Paye Long, Allen, and Edward.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-0016.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Jean Clayton and friends

Jean Clayton posed outside near a work-shed with four unidentified friends (3 women, one man).
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-0017.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Buck Clayton and Jack Medlock by a shack

Buck Clayton and Jack Medlock leaning against a tree in front of a shack in either late fall, winter, or early spring.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-0013.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Buck Clayton with woman

Buck Clayton standing with an unidentified African American woman; possibly one of his sisters.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-0014.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Jean Clayton and friends in swimsuits

Jean Clayton with a group of unidentified African American women in bathing suits; one in a humorous pose.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-0018.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Swimmers

A group of unidentified swimmers (four African American women and one African American man) standing in a line.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-0019.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015