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 and Joe Williams

Buck Clayton, wearing an Irish cap, checked suit jacket and wide lapels, speaking with Joe Williams, wearing a dashiki, with a trumpet case on a table behind them.
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Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Buck Clayton and Alain Bouchet walk arm-in-arm down the sidewalk in New York

Buck Clayton walking arm-in-arm with Alain Bouchet, in a tuxedo, down the sidewalk; New York.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1008.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Unidentified man gives Buck Clayton a toke

Buck Clayton, wearing a bowler hat, taking a toke of marijuana while an unidentified white male musician holds the nub for Buck.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1009.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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unidentified man plays a trumpet into the ear of Buck Clayton

An unidentified musician, wearing a bowler hat, plays a trumpet into the right ear of Buck Clayton who is wearing a marching band hat and holding his left ear as if he can't hear the player.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1010.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Buck Clayton being admired by an unidentified man

Buck Clayton being admired by an unidentified musician who has his right arm around Buck's shoulder.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1011.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Buck Clayton sitting on a stoop talking with a local

Buck Clayton sits outdoors in a wicker chair on a stoop laughing with an unidentified tall musician who is standing on the steps, leaning against the bannister.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1012.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Dicky Wells and Buck Clayton smile

Dicky Wells and Buck Clayton smile at the photographer.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1013.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Buck Clayton shows off his trumpet to a fan

An unidentified man holds the bell of a trumpet that Buck Clayton is holding. He has his right arm around Buck's shoulder. Buck is wearing a fedora, a winter coat, and a keyboard winter scarf.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1014.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Pier Paolo Pasolini showing off his book, "Poems" to Buck Clayton

Norman MacAfee is holding an envelope and holding up his book, "Poems" of Pier Paolo Pasolini while grinning at Buck Clayton who is carrying a briefcase. They are standing outside. Buck is wearing an overcoat and fedora.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Buck Clayton receiving the first copy of his autobiography from Alyn Shipton

Music publisher, Alyn Shipton hands Buck Clayton the first copy of Buck's autobiography in an envelope. They sit, turned toward each other, on a bench inside the Gramercy Park Hotel in New York.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1016.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Charles Delaunay and Buck Clayton

Charles Delaunay standing beside a laughing Buck Clayton.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1017.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Dan Morgenstern beside Buck Clayton

Dan Morgenstern beside Buck Clayton who's wearing an Irish cap and winter coat.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1018.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Buck Clayton singing with a fellow musician, Jimmy Maxwell

Buck Clayton's left arm is around Jimmy Maxwell's shoulder as they sing while standing on the sidewalk. Buck is wearing a straw fedora and Jimmy is carrying a trumpet case with a sticker that reads, "Support the Arts, KISS A MUSICIAN".
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1019.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Buck Clayton seated on a bench with a fan

Buck Clayton, wearing a fedora, seated outdoors on a bench with an unidentified man.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1020.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Buck Clayton relaxing with fans

Buck Clayton, holding his fedora on his knee, seated outside on a bench in the middle of a group of unidentified people.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1021.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015