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 in Montreux

Buck Clayton speaking with an unidentified woman in Montreux, Switzerland.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Camel riding in Egypt

John Phillips, Buck Clayton and Jackie Williams riding camels.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Seeing the pyramids on camel

Buck Clayton on camelback in front of the Pyramids of Giza; a young teenage boy is holding Buck's camel.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-0258.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Buck at the Parthenon

Buck Clayton standing in front of the Parthenon in Athens, Greece; other tourists are seen in the background.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-0259.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Wedding photo of Carl, Derb, and Buck

Carl Brisson shaking hands with Derb, with Buck Clayton looking on, on Buck's and Derb's wedding day, in a Paramount Pictures lot. Side 1 of 2-sided photo-album panel.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1480.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Mills Brothers

Signed portrait of the Mills Brothers: Herbert, Donald, Harry, John, all standing. John playing the guitar. Side 2 of 2-sided photo-album panel.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1481.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Photo album page including a Boston Terrier and a few photos in their wedding clothes

Pantages Theatre marquee with Buck Clayton as a performer; Buck Clayton with unidentified man boxing; Buck Clayton holding Derb still in their wedding clothes; Clayton's Boston Terrier dog, Ghandi: Clayton with his dog Ghandi; Derb, in a house dress and apron, and an unidentified woman, in a suit, holding a pot, and playing with Derb's hair, laughing. Side 1 of 2-sided photo-album panel.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1482.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Photo album page of a young Buck Clayton and Derb in fashionable clothing

Buck Clayton in suit with hands on hips pushing back jacket; Buck Clayton in suit with sunglasses and beret with left hand pushing back jacket; Buck Clayton standing, kissing Derb in fur coat; Buck Clayton standing in dark suit, looking back over left shoulder, playing a muted trumpet; Derb bending over to play with family dog, Ghandi and Ghandi standing on back legs; Derb in white suit and dark hat playing trumpet, double exposed. Side 2 of 2-sided photo-album panel.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1483.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Photo album page of Buck and Derb on their way to China

Derb on the S.S. President Hoover; Duke Ellington playing trumpet for Derb and Buck on their wedding day titled "A big bunch of Jibe" (A la Louie); Derb with Buck on a ship titled "Honey Moon"; Frank Pasley and Mrs. Pasley; Derb with three unidentified people titled "Four of the "Four Hundred"; Buck Clayton leaning over ship's bannister titled "Buck". Side 1 of 2-sided photo-album panel.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1484.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Photo album page of Derb in different stage costumes

Four images of Derb in different costumes: Chinese gal, Russian gal, American gal, and Brittish [sic] gal; a portrait of Buck Clayton title "Bucky Wucky". Side 2 of 2-sided photo-album panel.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1485.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Photo album page of Derb with friends in a desert location

Derb with an unidentified group of people; Derb with an unidentified group of people; an unidentified woman with a dog; an unidentified man; Derb with two unidentified people; two unidentified people; Derb with a group of unidentified people. Side 1 of 2-sided photo-album panel.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1486.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Derb's dancing group

The Broomfield and Greely Revue at Frank Sebastian's New Cotton Club; Culver City, California. Side 2 of 2-sided photo-album panel.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1487.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Frank Sebastians "New Cotton Club" Band

Fats Waller, Frank Sebastian, and Les Hite with members of the Les Hite Band; Culver City, California. Side 1 of 2-sided photo-album panel.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1488.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Buck Clayton with his band

Buck Clayton standing with members of his band at the Cotton Club in Culver City, California (left to right): (Kid Lips Hackett, Teddy Buckner, Arcima Taylor, Ike Bell, Red Callender, Bert Johnson, Herschel Evans, Allen Durham, Bumps Myers, Frank Pasley, Winslow Allen, Caughey Roberts, Eddie Beal). Side 2 of 2-sided photo-album panel.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0015
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Buck Clayton Band at Pantages, Portland, Oregon, 1933

Buck Clayton, trumpet, bandleader, and his Harlem Gentlemen (Jack Bratton, trumpet; Happy Lewis, trombone; Herbert Myers, Couchy Roberts, Arcemia Taylor, saxophone; Joe McClutchen, violin; Frank Pastley, banjo; Reginald Jones, bass; Eddie Beal, piano; Baby Lewis, drums). At the Pantages Theatre, Portland, Oregon. Side 1 of 2-sided photo-album panel.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0015