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Charles Walton Papers

Descriptive Summary

Title
Charles Walton Papers
Dates
1928-2005
Identifier
BMRC.HARSH.WALTON
Language
Documents in English
Size
28 linear feet (36 archival boxes)
Repository
Chicago Public Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection, Woodson Regional library
Chicago Public Library
Carter G. Woodson Regional Library
Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature
9525 S. Halsted St.
Chicago, IL 60628
Creator
Walton, Charles, 1925-2005
Abstract
Charles Walton was a jazz drummer, music educator, and author of "Bronzeville Conversations," a research and oral history project that documented the jazz and blues world in Black Chicago. Walton was born in Selma, Alabama and moved to Chicago's South Side as a child. Following high school, Walton joined the United States Navy and later attended Kentucky State College and Maryland State College before completing his formal education at Roosevelt University, where he received a BA and MA in Music Education. He taught at Malcolm X College as an Associate Professor of Music from 1970-1989. Walton learned how to play drums and performed with a number of Chicago bands, including the Johnnie Pate Trio, and he also served as a “session man” for blues and R&B recordings, including those of Chess Records. Walton was also an active member of the all African-American Local 208 of the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) for over fifty years.

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Note on the Provenance

Donation of Charles Walton in 1996. Additional donations made by Lorraine Walton in 2009, 2010.

Citation

When quoting material from this collection the preferred citation is: Charles Walton Papers [Box #, Folder #], Chicago Public Library, Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature.

Biographical Note

Charles Walton was a jazz drummer, music educator, and author of “Bronzeville Conversations,” a research and oral history project that documented the jazz and blues world in Black Chicago. Walton was born on July 7, 1925 in Selma, Alabama. He moved to Chicago’s South Side as a child and attended Douglas Grammar School and Wendell Phillips High School. Following high school, Walton joined the United States Navy and later attended Kentucky State College and Maryland State College before completing his formal education at Roosevelt University, where he received a BA and MA in Music Education.

Walton learned how to play drums following his military service and later performed with a number of Chicago bands, including the Johnnie Pate Trio and Duke Groner’s band, and he also served as a “session man” for blues and R&B recordings, including those of Chess Records. Walton began teaching at Malcolm X College in 1970, where he was Associate Professor of Music until his retirement in 1989. At Malcolm X and with the Chicago Community Music Foundation, he worked with young people and musicians to organize jazz bands and provide educational opportunities. As a musician, Walton was a member of the all African-American Local 208 of the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) for over fifty years. During this time, he was active in the merger of Locals 10 and 208 that integrated the white and black locals in Chicago and additionally, was elected to the board of trustees for Local 10-208. As Walton wrote in his account of the merger, he was “greatly concerned with the hyphen in A.F.M. Local 10-208.” (Walton, “A Tempo of the Times”). Documenting the history of the musicians’ union was a significant component of the “Bronzeville Conversations” project.

In addition to his work as a musician and educator, over the course of two decades Walton conducted oral history interviews with close to 200 musicians, club owners, politicians, promoters, producers, and anyone associated with Bronzeville jazz and blues. His method was to engage interviewees in conversation, which would proceed as a discussion between two people with a vast, shared body of knowledge. In these interviews, Walton interrogated the structure of jazz of Chicago: the economic relations of the music, the race relations, the creation and significance of jazz spaces and clubs like the Sutherland Lounge and the DuSable Hotel, and the interactions among club owners, bookers, and the union. He traced a network of individuals and institutions that defined an era during which African American-owned cultural institutions thrived. Though restrictive covenant laws helped to form Bronzeville, it was also the space in which, “partly from necessity and partly by choice,” African Americans in Chicago developed their own churches, businesses, and recreation (Walton, Bronzeville Conversations).

In the early 1990s, the Jazz Institute of Chicago invited Walton to begin writing a column called “Bronzeville Conversations,” and over the years, Walton contributed 53 columns based on his research and interviews. Meanwhile, Walton worked to publish a book based on his lifelong project. Before he could finish the book, Walton died on March 30, 2005 at an AFM conference in New York.

Bibliography

  • Barlow, William. Voice Over: The Making of Black Radio. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1999.
  • Cohodas, Nadine. Spinning Blues into Gold: The Chess Brothers and the Legendary Chess Records. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2000.
  • Demlinger, Sandor and John Steiner. Destination Chicago Jazz. Chicago: Arcadia Publishing, 2003.
  • Green, Adam. Selling the Race: Culture, Community, and Black Chicago, 1940-1955. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007.
  • Lewis, George. A Power Stronger Than Itself: The AACM and American Experimental Music. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008.
  • Monson, Ingrid. Freedom Sounds: Civil Rights Call Out to Jazz and Africa. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.
  • Newman, Mark. Entrepreneurs of Profit and Pride: From Black-Appeal to Radio Soul. New York: Praeger, 1988.
  • Pruter, Robert. Chicago Soul. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1991.
  • Sengstock, Charles A. Jr. Jazz Music in Chicago’s Early South-Side Theaters. Northbrook, IL: Caterbury Press, 2000.
  • Spaulding, Norman W. “History of Black Oriented Radio in Chicago, 1929-1963.” PhD diss., University of Illiinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1981.
  • Travis, Dempsey J. An Autobiography of Black Jazz. Chicago: Urban Research Institute, 1983.

Scope and Content

Charles Walton' papers include drafts of his book, the oral history interviews, essays, rare documents and photographs. Subjects covered include performers, venues, business relationships and the history of American Federation of Musicians locals in Chicago.

Arrangement

The Charles Walton Papers have been arranged in seven separate series: Bronzeville Conversations, Interviews, Subject Research Files, Published Essays, Serials, Musical Recordings, and Photographs. This is not a traditional personal collection but rather, a research collection about music. The papers are thus arranged according to Walton’s unfinished book, "Bronzeville Conversations." The first series includes the components that would have been published and is followed by the evidentiary material that related to this project, as well as components published elsewhere.

Related Archival Materials

Related papers at the Harsh Collection include the Timuel D. Black Papers, the Charles A. Davis Papers, Walter Dyett Papers, and the Theodore Charles Stone Papers.

Processing Information note

This collection was surveyed as part of the Black Metropolis Research Consortium's Survey Initiative on 2010 September 14 by Bergis Jules.

Processed by Celeste Day Moore, for Mapping the Stacks, University of Chicago.

Indexed Terms

Scope and Content

Series 1: Bronzeville Conversations, 1936-2005

This series has been arranged in close approximation to Walton’s plans for the writing and publication of Bronzeville Conversations. The arrangement begins with several drafts of Walton’s memoir, which traces his own life, jazz career, and his interest in telling Bronzeville’s history. The memoirs would have been part one of the book. This is followed by an early draft of what would have been part two, an edited collection of essays and conversations constructed from interviews and research. This part begins with subject articles on Bronzeville’s history, locations in Bronzeville, and jazz clubs. Second are excerpts of conversations, subdivided into two parts—musician and non-musician—in order to aid researchers; however, it should be noted that Walton viewed all participants as equally significant in the creation of Bronzeville’s jazz community. The final components are primary sources and secondary material on the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) and Walton’s book section on black radio in Chicago.

Scope and Content

Series 2: Interviews, 1970s-1990s

This series includes an inventory of interviews, transcripts of interviews, and 343 compact disc (CD) recordings of oral history interviews with 179 subjects. The interviews were originally recorded, from the early 1970s to the early 2000s, on cassettes, minicassettes, and VHS tapes. They were often recorded in jazz clubs and crowded spaces, and are not always clear recordings. In addition, the oral history interviews do not define terms, people, or places, as they were usually informal and between professional acquaintances.

The tapes were transferred to more stable formats from the fall of 2009 to the summer of 2010, and efforts were made to increase audibility. Each interviewee has a unique numerical designation (eg, OH 010) but in many cases, there are multiple compact discs. In those cases, each compact disc is foldered separately with a subfolder number. The number of CDs does not necessarily reflect the number of interviews, as some interviews exceeded the capacity of one CD. When dates of interviews were written on the original tape, this has been indicated in both the finding aid. In most cases, there are no dates indicated; therefore, the order of the CDs does not represent the order in which interviews were conducted.

The transcripts were completed over the course of several years, with some edited by Walton himself and others transcribed beginning in 2009. Both transcripts and interviews are generally arranged alphabetically; however, some later additions are arranged at the end of the list and are not in alphabetical order.

Scope and Content

Series 3: Subject Research Files, 1959-1992

This series includes files and notes that appeared throughout Walton’s papers and that likely aided in the creation of Bronzeville Conversations. They have been arranged alphabetically.

Scope and Content

Series 4: Published Material, 1980-2003

This series includes published essays by Walton in the Jazz Institute of Chicago’s newsletter Jazzgram and one essay by Gloria Coleman, whose MA thesis “The Du Sable Hotel Locale” was based on oral history interviews and conversations with Walton. Copies of Walton’s columns in Jazzgram are arranged chronologically when the date is known and followed by columns published online with no date. Copies of his column were made from originals in Special Collections at the University of Chicago Library.

Scope and Content

Series 5: Serials, 1928-1977

This series consists of published serials in Walton’s collection and is arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content

Series 6: Music Recordings, 1930s-2000s

This series includes music records and compact discs in Walton’s collection and is arranged chronologically. It includes a rare copy of the Johnnie Pate Trio’s feature LP.

Scope and Content

Series 7: Photographs, 1930s-1970s

This series includes over 150 photographs of jazz musicians, performances, and clubs ranging in date from the 1930s to the 1960s. This series also includes an album of unidentified photographs. The photograph series follows no arrangement.

Inventory

Series 1: Bronzeville Conversations, 1936-2005
Sub-Series 1: Memoirs
Box 1
Folder 1
Title
BC, Memoirs, Biographical Info
Box 1
Folder 2
Title
BC, Memoirs, Drafts of Walton's memoir
Box 1
Folder 3
Title
BC, Memoirs, "The Beginning"
Sub-Series 2: Bronzeville
Box 2
Folder 4
Title
BC, Subject Articles, History of Bronzeville
Box 2
Folder 5
Title
BC, Subject Articles, "47th St. and South Park Blvd: Bronzeville's Downtown”
Box 2
Folder 6
Title
BC, Subject Articles, "The DuSable Hotel"
Box 2
Folder 7
Title
BC, Subject Articles, "The DuSable Hotel and Drexel Square Area"
Box 2
Folder 8
Title
BC, Subject Articles, "Great Lakes Experience: Black Navy Bands in WWII"
Box 2
Folder 9
Title
BC, Subject Articles, "Great Lakes Experience: Center #3"
Box 2
Folder 10
Title
BC, Subject Articles, Policy
Box 2
Folder 11
Title
BC, Subject Articles, "The Sutherland Lounge"
Box 3
Folder 1
Title
Bronzeville Conversations (BC), Musicians, Campbell, Floyd
Box 3
Folder 2
Title
BC, Musicians, Christian, Jodie
Box 3
Folder 3
Title
BC, Musicians, Cole, Freddie
Box 3
Folder 4
Title
BC, Musicians, Fielder, William "Bill"
Box 3
Folder 5
Title
BC, Musicians, Floyd, George
Box 3
Folder 6
Title
BC, Musicians, Fowlks, Billy (Nelson)
Box 3
Folder 7
Title
BC, Musicians, Galloway, Steve
Box 3
Folder 8
Title
BC, Musicians, Gray, Harry
Box 3
Folder 9
Title
BC, Musicians, Groner, Duke
Box 3
Folder 10
Title
BC, Musicians, Hibbler, Albert George
Box 3
Folder 11
Title
BC, Musicians, Hinton, Milt
Box 3
Folder 12
Title
BC, Musicians, Hinton, Milt and Mona
Box 3
Folder 13
Title
BC, Musicians, Kolax, King
Box 3
Folder 14
Title
BC, Musicians, Ogletree, Louis
Box 3
Folder 15
Title
BC, Musicians, Ogletree, Louis (2)
Box 3
Folder 16
Title
BC, Musicians, Orr, Raymond
Box 3
Folder 17
Title
BC, Musicians, Outlaw, Ernest
Box 3
Folder 18
Title
BC, Musicians, Pate, Johnny
Box 3
Folder 19
Title
BC, Musicians, Randall, Willie
Box 3
Folder 20
Title
BC, Musicians, Simmons, Lonnie
Box 3
Folder 21
Title
BC, Musicians, Smith, Floyd
Box 3
Folder 22
Title
BC, Musicians, Terry, Clark and Sykes
Box 3
Folder 23
Title
BC, Musicians, Thompson, Earma and Marshall
Box 3
Folder 24
Title
BC, Musicians, Touff, Cy
Box 3
Folder 25
Title
BC, Musicians, Towles, Nat
Box 3
Folder 26
Title
BC, Musicians, Wilson, Gerald
Box 3
Folder 27
Title
BC, Musicians, Wright, John
Box 3
Folder 28
Title
BC, Musicians, Young, Dave
Box 3
Folder 29
Title
BC, Musicians, Young, Marl
Box 3
Folder 30
Title
BC, Non-Musician Interviewees, Brown, Sam
Box 3
Folder 31
Title
BC, Non-Musician Interviewees, Cole, Charlie
Box 3
Folder 32
Title
BC, Non-Musician Interviewees, Davis, Charles
Box 3
Folder 33
Title
BC, Non-Musician Interviewees, Flagg, Eddie
Box 3
Folder 34
Title
BC, Non-Musician Interviewees, Fuller, C.E.
Box 3
Folder 35
Title
BC, Non-Musician Interviewees, Glanton, Brennan
Box 3
Folder 36
Title
BC, Non-Musician Interviewees, Korshak, Marshall
Box 3
Folder 37
Title
BC, Non-Musician Interviewees, Vernell
Box 3
Folder 38
Title
BC, Non-Musician Interviewees, Yancey, Theresa
Box 4
Folder 1
Title
BC, AFM, "The Tempo of the Times" (1) [N.D.]
Box 4
Folder 2
Title
BC, AFM, "The Tempo of the Times" (2) [N.D.]
Box 4
Folder 3
Title
BC, AFM, "The Tempo of the Times" (3) [N.D.]
Box 4
Folder 4
Title
BC, AFM, Frank, Derrick Jr, "The Move for an Integrated Musicians Union" [N.D.]
Box 4
Folder 5
Title
BC, AFM, 10-208 Merger Writeup [N.D.]
Box 4
Folder 6
Title
BC, AFM, Merger, Audit Report, 1963
Box 4
Folder 7
Title
BC, AFM, Merger Order, 1964
Box 4
Folder 8
Title
BC, AFM, Merger Order, Locals 10 and 208, 1964
Box 4
Folder 9
Title
BC, AFM, Merger, Committee of Acting Thinking Sidemen (CATS), 1964
Box 4
Folder 10
Title
BC, AFM, Merger, "Food for Thought," K.F.A. Club, 1966
Box 4
Folder 11
Title
BC, AFM, Local 10-208, Initiation Fee Refund, 1966
Box 4
Folder 12
Title
BC, AFM, Local 10-208, Harry Gray Case, 1966
Box 4
Folder 13
Title
BC, AFM, Post-Merger Court Cases, 1967-71
Box 4
Folder 14
Title
BC, AFM, Local 10-208, Election Ballot, 1977
Box 4
Folder 15
Title
BC, AFM, Local 10-208, Musical Services Contract, 1994
Box 4
Folder 16
Title
BC, AFM, Local 10-208, Centennial Celebration, 2001
Box 4
Folder 17
Title
BC, AFM, Local 10-208, Membership Directory, 2002-03
Box 4
Folder 18
Title
BC, AFM, Local 10 Activists, writeup by Walton [N.D.]
Box 4
Folder 19
Title
BC, AFM, Local 10, Booking Agents in Chicago, 1942
Box 4
Folder 20
Title
BC, AFM, Local 10, "Take Ten: Monthly Newsletter of 'Chicago Musicians for Union Democracy'", 1962
Box 4
Folder 21
Title
BC, AFM, Local 208 Activists, writeup by Walton [N.D.]
Box 4
Folder 22
Title
BC, AFM, Local 208 History
Box 4
Folder 23
Title
BC, AFM, Local 208, High Low Club Contract, 1936
Box 4
Folder 24
Title
BC, AFM, Local 208, Meeting Minutes, 1938
Box 4
Folder 25
Title
BC, AFM, Local 208, Meeting Minutes, 1940
Box 4
Folder 26
Title
BC, AFM, Local 208, Special Meeting Minutes, 1940
Box 4
Folder 27
Title
BC, AFM, Local 208, Meeting Minutes, 1942
Box 4
Folder 28
Title
BC, AFM, Local 208, Recommendation to Board of Directors, 1947
Box 4
Folder 29
Title
BC, AFM, Local 208, Finance Committee Report, 1947
Box 4
Folder 30
Title
BC, AFM, Local 208, Minutes, 1949
Box 4
Folder 31
Title
BC, AFM, Local 208, Finance Committee Report, 1951
Box 4
Folder 32
Title
BC, AFM, Local 208, Meeting Minutes, 1963
Box 4
Folder 33
Title
BC, AFM, Local 208, President's Report, 1963
Box 4
Folder 34
Title
BC, AFM, Local 208, Merger Correspondence, 1963
Box 4
Folder 35
Title
BC, AFM, Local 208, Audit Report, 1963
Box 4
Folder 36
Title
BC, AFM, Local 208, Merger Documents, 1963-66
Box 4
Folder 37
Title
BC, AFM, Local 208, Meeting Minutes, 1964
Box 4
Folder 38
Title
BC, AFM, Local 208, Meeting Minutes, 1965
Box 4
Folder 39
Title
BC, AFM, Local 208, Meeting Minutes, 1965
Box 4
Folder 40
Title
BC, AFM, Local 208, Meeting Minutes, 1965
Box 4
Folder 41
Title
BC, AFM, Local 208, Meeting Minutes, 1965
Box 4
Folder 42
Title
BC, AFM, Local 208, Closing Statement of Financial Secretary, 1966
Box 4
Folder 43
Title
BC, AFM, Local 208, Final Membership meeting notice, 1966
Box 5
Folder 1
Title
BC, Black Radio, "All Music History Log" Full Black Radio Study [N.D.]
Box 5
Folder 2
Title
BC, Black Radio, Table of Contents
Box 5
Folder 3
Title
BC, Black Radio, Spaulding, Norman
Box 5
Folder 4
Title
BC, Black Radio, Cooper, Gertrude and Jack L.
Box 5
Folder 5
Title
BC, Black Radio, "Al Benson: The Godfather of Chicago Black Radio" [N.D.]
Box 5
Folder 6
Title
BC, Black Radio, Benson, Al
Box 5
Folder 7
Title
BC, Black Radio, Chess, Phil
Box 5
Folder 8
Title
BC, Black Radio, Chess Records
Box 5
Folder 9
Title
BC, Black Radio, Cordell, Lucky
Box 5
Folder 10
Title
BC, Black Radio, Leaner, Ernie (1, 2, 3)
Box 5
Folder 11
Title
BC, Black Radio, Carter, Vivian
Box 5
Folder 12
Title
BC, Black Radio, McCoy, Sid (1)
Box 5
Folder 13
Title
BC, Black Radio, McCoy, Sid (2)
Box 5
Folder 14
Title
BC, Black Radio, Raglin, Al
Box 5
Folder 15
Title
BC, Black Radio, Washington, Bernadine
Box 5
Folder 16
Title
BC, Black Radio, Brown, Oscar Jr (1)
Box 5
Folder 17
Title
BC, Black Radio, Brown, Oscar Jr (2)
Box 5
Folder 18
Title
BC, Black Radio, Davis, Carl
Box 5
Folder 19
Title
BC, Black Radio, White, Granville
Box 5
Folder 20
Title
BC, Black Radio, Canadian Ace- Jive Cadillac
Box 5
Folder 21
Title
BC, Black Radio, Barney, Willie J (Barney's One Stop)
Box 5
Folder 22
Title
BC, Black Radio, Coopwood, Jessie
Box 5
Folder 23
Title
BC, Black Radio, Pegue, Richard
Box 5
Folder 24
Title
BC, Black Radio, Smith, Larry
Box 5
Folder 25
Title
BC, Black Radio, Ogletree, Louis
Box 5
Folder 26
Title
BC, Black Radio, Dawson-Davis
Box 5
Folder 27
Title
BC, Black Radio, Glanton, Brennan
Box 5
Folder 28
Title
BC, Black Radio, Fielder, Dr. William "Bill"
Box 5
Folder 29
Title
BC, Black Radio, Hinton, Milt
Box 5
Folder 30
Title
BC, Black Radio, MacDonald, J. Fred
Series 2: Interviews, 1960s-1990s
Sub-Series I: Inventory and Transcripts
Box 6
Folder 1
Title
BC, Interview Inventory
Box 6
Folder 2
Title
BC, Interview Transcripts, Cobb, Kwame Steve
Box 6
Folder 3
Title
BC, Interview Transcripts, Flagg, Eddie
Box 6
Folder 4
Title
BC, Interview Transcripts, Groner, Duke (1)
Box 6
Folder 5
Title
BC, Interview Transcripts, Groner, Duke (2)
Box 6
Folder 6
Title
BC, Interview Transcripts, Johnson, Eddy
Box 6
Folder 7
Title
BC, Interview Transcripts, McCoy, Sid
Box 6
Folder 8
Title
BC, Interview Transcripts, Young, Dave
Box 6
Folder 9
Title
BC, Interview Transcripts, Young, Marl
Sub-Series II: Oral History Recordings
Box 7
Folder 1
Subfolder 2
Title
Adams, Dr. JoJo
Box 7
Folder 2
Subfolder 2
Title
Anderson, Kenneth
Note

Local 208

Box 7
Folder 3
Subfolder 1
Title
Anderson, Mary
Note

DuSable Hotel restaurant, 3/8/81

Box 7
Folder 4
Subfolder 2
Title
Artus, Josephine
Note

Race, DeLisa, 'Smart Affairs'

Box 7
Folder 5
Subfolder 4
Title
Atkins, C.B.
Note

Married to Sarah Vaughan, leased Roberts Motel, worked with Muhammad Ali. Interview sujbects: Sarah Vaughan, Muhammad Ali

Box 7
Folder 6
Title
Folder Not Utilized
Note

N/A

Box 7
Folder 7
Subfolder 1
Title
Bates, Mrs. (Violet or Viola??)
Note

DeLisa chorus line

Box 7
Folder 8
Subfolder 3
Title
Bates, William Lefty
Note

Local 208, recording work, DeLisa

Box 7
Folder 9
Subfolder 1
Title
Beebe, Jim
Note

Dixieland music, Duke Groner

Box 8
Folder 10
Subfolder 5
Title
Benson, Al
Note

black radio and also an audio copy of documentary

Box 8
Folder 11
Title
Folder Not Utilized
Note

N/A

Box 8
Folder 12
Subfolder 2
Title
Blue, Sugar
Note

Blues

Box 8
Folder 13
Subfolder 1
Title
Bolle, Jim
Note

Union merger, CCMF

Box 8
Folder 14
Subfolder 1
Title
Bowden, Lynne
Box 8
Folder 15
Subfolder 2
Title
Bradley, Rolander "Red"
Note

Sutherland bartender, Hyde Park

Box 8
Folder 16
Subfolder 2
Title
Brown, Hilliard
Note

Jazz history, Charlie Parker, Local 208 officer

Box 8
Folder 17
Subfolder 1
Title
Brown, Oscar Jr.
Note

Actor, black radio, race

Box 8
Folder 18
Subfolder 2
Title
Brown, Sam
Note

DuSable, Sutherland hotels, pimps

Box 8
Folder 19
Subfolder 1
Title
Burroughs, Margaret
Note

DuSable museum, Abraham Lincoln Center

Box 8
Folder 20
Subfolder 1
Title
Burton, John
Note

Lawyer, Leonard Chess

Box 8
Folder 21
Subfolder 1
Title
Butler, Roy
Note

Musicians

Box 8
Folder 22
Subfolder 1
Title
Cadillac, Dr. Jive
Note

H. Washington, A. Benson, promotion

Box 9
Folder 23
Subfolder 3
Title
Campbell, Floyd
Note

Rhumboogie Club, Bronzeville history

Box 9
Folder 24
Subfolder 2
Title
Campbell, Wilbur
Box 9
Folder 25
Title
Folder Not Utilized
Box 9
Folder 26
Subfolder 1
Title
Centano, ?
Box 9
Folder 27
Subfolder 2
Title
Champion, Tracye
Note

History, Charlie Glenn, Rhumboogie

Box 9
Folder 28
Subfolder 1
Title
Chess, Phil
Note

Chess Records, 1/16/80

Box 9
Folder 29
Subfolder 1
Title
Childs, Josie
Note

Great Lakes

Box 9
Folder 30
Title
Folder Not Utilized
Box 9
Folder 31
Subfolder 1
Title
Christian, Bobby
Box 9
Folder 32
Subfolder 2
Title
Christian, Jodie
Note

DuSable Lounge, Jimmy Reed

Box 9
Folder 33
Subfolder 2
Title
Clair, Bill
Box 9
Folder 34
Subfolder 2
Title
Clair, Bob (Robert)
Note

Local 10 history

Box 9
Folder 35
Subfolder 1
Title
Clark, Clifford
Note

Local 208, DeLisa, rhumboogie

Box 9
Folder 36
Subfolder 1
Title
Cobb, Kwame Steve
Note

2004-09-01

Box 9
Folder 37
Subfolder 1
Title
Coe, Jimmy
Note

Indianapolis, Jay McShan, Charlie Parker

Box 10
Folder 38
Subfolder 1
Title
Cole, Charlie
Note

DuSable, Pershing hotels

Box 10
Folder 39
Subfolder 1
Title
Cole, Freddie
Note

2002.0

Box 10
Folder 40
Subfolder 7
Title
Coleman, Gloria
Note

Bronzeville history, churches, radio, 5/9/80

Box 10
Folder 41
Subfolder 2
Title
Cooper, Gertrude (Mrs. Jack L.)
Note

Jack L. Cooper, Bishop Roberts

Box 10
Folder 42
Subfolder 2
Title
Cooper, Red
Note

Local 10-208 Business Agent

Box 10
Folder 43
Subfolder 3
Title
Coopwood, Jesse
Note

First black DJ in Gary; 3rd disc recorded on 7/3/1988

Box 10
Folder 44
Subfolder 3
Title
Cordell, Lucky
Note

DJ, black radio, Al Benson

Box 10
Folder 45
Title
Folder Not Utilized
Box 10
Folder 46
Title
Folder Not Utilized
Box 11
Folder 47
Subfolder 7
Title
Davis, Charles
Note

Oakwood, Bronzeville history, 47th st.

Box 11
Folder 48
Subfolder 1
Title
Demus, Earl
Note

Musician, rhumboogie

Box 11
Folder 50
Subfolder 1
Title
DePriest, Oscar IV
Note

Rep. DePriest, Bronzeville history

Box 11
Folder 51
Title
Folder Not Utilized
Box 11
Folder 52
Subfolder 2
Title
Dickerson, Earl B.
Note

Politics, restrictive covenants

Box 11
Folder 53
Subfolder 2
Title
Dixon, George
Note

Earl Hines

Box 11
Folder 54
Subfolder 1
Title
Dixon, Willie
Note

Blues

Box 11
Folder 55
Subfolder 1
Title
Durham, Clarice
Note

widow of Richard Durham

Box 11
Folder 56
Title
Folder Not Utilized
Box 11
Folder 57
Subfolder 2
Title
Ellis, Jimmy
Note

Sun Ra, Earl Hines

Box 11
Folder 58
Subfolder 2
Title
Ferrar, Duke
Note

39th St.

Box 11
Folder 59
Subfolder 1
Title
Fielder, Al
Note

Local 208, C&C Lounge; 5/30/1966

Box 12
Folder 60
Subfolder 3
Title
Flagg, Eddie
Note

DuSable, Pershing hotels

Box 12
Folder 61
Subfolder 1
Title
Fleming, King
Note

Local 10-208 Merger

Box 12
Folder 62
Subfolder 4
Title
Floyd, George
Note

DeLisa, Fletcher Henderson

Box 12
Folder 63
Subfolder 1
Title
Flug, Michael
Note

USO clubs/Great Lakes; Idlewild

Box 12
Folder 64
Subfolder 3
Title
Fort, Henry
Note

Local 208, Nat Cole

Box 12
Folder 65
Title
Folder Not Utilized
Box 12
Folder 66
Subfolder 1
Title
Fowlks, Billy
Note

Hair stylist for celebrities

Box 12
Folder 67
Subfolder 2
Title
Frasier, Artie
Note

Bartender at Sutherland, Bronzeville history

Box 12
Folder 68
Subfolder 4
Title
Freeman, George
Note

Local 208

Box 13
Folder 69
Subfolder 1
Title
Freeman, Von
Note

Jazz in Bronzeville

Box 13
Folder 70
Subfolder 2
Title
Friedman, Ruth
Box 13
Folder 71
Subfolder 1
Title
Frigo, Johnny
Note

T. Dorsey, recording industry

Box 13
Folder 72
Subfolder 3
Title
Fuller, C.E.
Box 13
Folder 73
Subfolder 2
Title
Gaines, Everett
Note

Local 208, Dope

Box 13
Folder 74
Subfolder 1
Title
Galloway, Steve
Note

Musicians, Count Basie

Box 13
Folder 75
Subfolder 2
Title
Gardner, Burgess
Box 13
Folder 76
Title
Folder Not Utilized
Box 13
Folder 77
Subfolder 1
Title
Glanton, Brennan
Note

Local 208, 39th St.

Box 13
Folder 78
Subfolder 1
Title
Gold, Ben
Note

Morocco Show Lounge, 39th st.

Box 13
Folder 79
Subfolder 1
Title
Goodman, Lester
Note

Dance reviews

Box 13
Folder 80
Subfolder 1
Title
Greer, Paula
Note

Singer, local, up and down 63rd st. when it was busy, 11/1/1998

Box 13
Folder 81
Subfolder 1
Title
Groner, Duke
Note

Local 10-208, Bronzeville history

Box 13
Folder 82
Subfolder 1
Title
Hampton, Lionel
Box 13
Folder 83
Title
Folder Not Utilized
Box 13
Folder 84
Subfolder 1
Title
Head, Dr.
Box 13
Folder 85
Subfolder 2
Title
Henderson, Willie
Box 14
Folder 86
Subfolder 1
Title
Henry, John
Note

39th st., barbers

Box 14
Folder 87
Title
Folder Not Utilized
Box 14
Folder 88
Subfolder 1
Title
Hibbler, Al
Note

1978-06-02

Box 14
Folder 89
Subfolder 3
Title
Hillard, Tom
Note

Local 10 merger

Box 14
Folder 90
Title
Folder Not Utilized
Box 14
Folder 91
Title
Folder Not Utilized
Box 14
Folder 92
Subfolder 1
Title
Holloway, Red
Note

Local 10-208

Box 14
Folder 93
Subfolder 5
Title
Holt, Red
Note

Musicians

Box 14
Folder 94
Subfolder 1
Title
Howard, Don
Box 14
Folder 95
Subfolder 1
Title
Jackson, Franz
Box 14
Folder 96
Subfolder 1
Title
James, Prince
Note

Local 208; 11/17/1981

Box 14
Folder 97
Subfolder 1
Title
Johns, Steve
Note

DuSable Hotel, Charles Davis; 5/7/1979

Box 14
Folder 98
Subfolder 1
Title
Johnson, Eddie
Box 14
Folder 99
Subfolder 3
Title
Johnson, Grady
Note

47th St., musicians' pharmacy

Box 14
Folder 100
Subfolder 2
Title
Johnson, Marcus
Note

Blues, Al Smith

Box 15
Folder 101
Subfolder 2
Title
Jones, C?
Box 15
Folder 102
Subfolder 2
Title
Jones, Tommy
Note

Local 208, race and clubs

Box 15
Folder 103
Title
Folder Not Utilized
Box 15
Folder 104
Subfolder 2
Title
Kellum, James
Note

Bud Billiken

Box 15
Folder 105
Subfolder 1
Title
Kennedy, Joe
Box 15
Folder 106
Subfolder 2
Title
Keys, Johnny
Box 15
Folder 107
Subfolder 2
Title
King, Alonzo
Note

Record producer, Motown

Box 15
Folder 108
Subfolder 1
Title
King, Dr. Herbert
Box 15
Folder 109
Title
Folder Not Utilized
Box 15
Folder 110
Subfolder 1
Title
Kirk, Andy
Note

Music history

Box 15
Folder 111
Subfolder 1
Title
Knapp, Roy
Note

Local 10, Grand Terrace, 5/4/1978

Box 15
Folder 112
Title
Folder Not Utilized
Box 15
Folder 113
Subfolder 1
Title
Korshack, Marshall
Note

Politics, 5th Ward

Box 15
Folder 114
Subfolder 1
Title
Lake Meadows dancer [ID lost]
Note

1979-05-01

Box 15
Folder 115
Subfolder 1
Title
Leaner, Ernie
Note

Al Benson, recording; related to Benson-nephew

Box 15
Folder 116
Title
Folder Not Utilized
Box 15
Folder 117
Subfolder 5
Title
Lindsay, Oscar
Note

Singer, Bronzeville clubs

Box 15
Folder 118
Title
Folder Not Utilized
Box 16
Folder 119
Subfolder 1
Title
Lynn, Laura
Note

Bronzeville clubs

Box 16
Folder 120
Subfolder 2
Title
Mack, Rev. James
Note

Local 10-208 Merger; civil rights; Operation Bread Basket

Box 16
Folder 121
Subfolder 4
Title
Mallard, Sax
Note

Bronzeville history

Box 16
Folder 122
Subfolder 4
Title
Margerum, Charles
Note

S.B.Fuller, Roberts Show Lounge

Box 16
Folder 123
Title
Folder Not Utilized
Box 16
Folder 124
Title
Folder Not Utilized
Box 16
Folder 125
Subfolder 1
Title
McCoy, Sid
Note

Black radio, Al Benson

Box 16
Folder 126
Subfolder 1
Title
McDaniels, Floyd
Note

Five Blazes, gangsters

Box 16
Folder 127
Subfolder 1
Title
McDonald, Laney
Note

Local 10-208

Box 16
Folder 128
Subfolder 1
Title
McShan, Jay
Note

Kansas City, Chicago music

Box 16
Folder 129
Title
Folder Not Utilized
Box 16
Folder 130
Subfolder 3
Title
Ogletree, Louis
Note

Local 10-208, Charlie Parker; 7/14/1993

Box 16
Folder 131
Subfolder 4
Title
Orr, Raymond
Note

Billy Eckstine, Be-bop revolution; Discs 3-4 (October 1981)

Box 17
Folder 132
Subfolder 5
Title
Outlaw, Ernest
Note

Local 10-208

Box 17
Folder 133
Subfolder 1
Title
Ousley, Harold
Box 17
Folder 134
Subfolder 1
Title
Parham, Truck
Note

Local 208

Box 17
Folder 135
Subfolder 3
Title
Parker, Arleatha Leaner
Note

Al Benson's daughter

Box 17
Folder 136
Subfolder 4
Title
Pernell, Joe
Note

Local 10-208

Box 17
Folder 137
Subfolder 1
Title
Pate, Johnny
Note

Record producer, musician, jazz history

Box 17
Folder 138
Subfolder 1
Title
Patterson, Pat (Nelson)
Note

Policeman

Box 17
Folder 139
Title
Folder Not Utilized
Box 17
Folder 140
Subfolder 2
Title
Pickens, Willie
Box 17
Folder 141
Subfolder 1
Title
Piper, Nedra
Note

Showgirl at Delisa

Box 17
Folder 142
Title
Folder Not Utilized
Box 17
Folder 143
Subfolder 1
Title
Pointer, Lowell
Note

1979-12-02

Box 17
Folder 144
Subfolder 1
Title
Porterfield, Harry
Note

Radio history, Bronzeville

Box 18
Folder 145
Subfolder 1
Title
Pryor, Barbara Wright
Note

Chicago Music Association

Box 18
Folder 146
Subfolder 3
Title
Raglin, Al
Note

Jack L. Cooper

Box 18
Folder 147
Title
Folder Not Utilized
Box 18
Folder 148
Subfolder 2
Title
Reed, Jimmy
Box 18
Folder 149
Subfolder 2
Title
Richards, Jack
Note

B. Richards, Local 10-208 Merger

Box 18
Folder 150
Subfolder 2
Title
Rogers, Ruby
Note

Bronzeville

Box 18
Folder 151
Subfolder 2
Title
Saunders, Ted
Note

Red Saunders

Box 18
Folder 152
Subfolder 4
Title
Scales, James
Box 18
Folder 153
Subfolder 3
Title
Segal, Joe
Note

Jazz Showcase, Sutherland Lounge

Box 18
Folder 154
Subfolder 2
Title
Simmons, Mrs. Lonnie
Box 19
Folder 155
Subfolder 3
Title
Simmons, Norman
Note

Joe Williams, Carmen McRae

Box 19
Folder 156
Subfolder 4
Title
Smith, Floyd
Note

DuSable Lounge; Disc 1 (2/21/80); Disc 2 (2/20/1981); Disc 3 (2/21/1981)

Box 19
Folder 157
Title
Folder Not Utilized
Box 19
Folder 158
Subfolder 2
Title
Smith, Larry
Note

Sutherland Hotel, Black radio; emcee at hotel, trumpeter at one point

Box 19
Folder 159
Title
Folder Not Utilized
Box 19
Folder 160
Subfolder 1
Title
Smith, O.C.
Box 19
Folder 161
Subfolder 1
Title
Smith, Tony
Note

Local 208

Box 19
Folder 162
Subfolder 1
Title
Sorin, Ron
Box 19
Folder 163
Subfolder 5
Title
Stammz, Richard
Note

Black radio; 10/18/82

Box 19
Folder 164
Subfolder 4
Title
Steiner, John
Note

?

Box 20
Folder 165
Subfolder 2
Title
Swain, Julian
Note

Dancer

Box 20
Folder 166
Subfolder 1
Title
Sweet, Ken
Note

Local 10

Box 20
Folder 167
Subfolder 2
Title
Taylor, Billy
Note

Eddie Smith

Box 20
Folder 168
Title
Folder Not Utilized
Box 20
Folder 169
Subfolder 3
Title
Thompson, Earma
Note

Bronzeville music history

Box 20
Folder 170
Title
Folder Not Utilized
Box 20
Folder 171
Subfolder 2
Title
Tibbs, Andrew
Note

Blues; DuSable Hotel; 7/23/1985

Box 20
Folder 172
Subfolder 1
Title
Tinsley, Bob
Note

Local 208, Dan Gaines

Box 20
Folder 173
Subfolder 1
Title
Todd, Tom (Hank)
Note

Congressman Dawson, politics

Box 20
Folder 174
Subfolder 2
Title
Touff, Cy
Note

DeLisa, Joe Williams

Box 20
Folder 175
Subfolder 1
Title
Townsley, A.
Box 20
Folder 176
Subfolder 1
Title
Tracy, Jack
Note

Jazz history, Chess Records

Box 20
Folder 177
Subfolder 3
Title
Trimble, Steve
Note

Cats in the Fiddle, Redd Foxx; trumpeter

Box 20
Folder 178
Title
Folder Not Utilized
Box 20
Folder 179
Subfolder 2
Title
Van Leer, Norman
Note

Record producer

Box 21
Folder 180
Subfolder 3
Title
Walton, Lester
Note

Local 10-208

Box 21
Folder 181
Subfolder 2
Title
Wash, Lil/Louis
Note

Local 208

Box 21
Folder 182
Subfolder 1
Title
Washington, Bernadine
Note

Leonard Chess

Box 21
Folder 183
Title
Folder Not Utilized
Box 21
Folder 184
Subfolder 3
Title
Washington, Tom ("Tom Tom")
Note

(Tom Tom) Musician, record producer

Box 21
Folder 185
Subfolder 1
Title
Waters, Junior
Note

Ethel Waters

Box 21
Folder 186
Subfolder 2
Title
Watson, Ted
Note

Asst. editor at Courier, entertainment, column entitled "The Midnight Man"

Box 21
Folder 187
Subfolder 1
Title
Way, Zonya
Note

Tennis and Virginia's Mom

Box 21
Folder 188
Subfolder 3
Title
Wellington, Kokomo
Note

Sutherland, Bronzeville history

Box 21
Folder 189
Title
Folder Not Utilized
Box 21
Folder 190
Subfolder 1
Title
Williams, Joe
Note

NAJE San Diego--probably a performance

Box 21
Folder 191
Subfolder 4
Title
Williams, Melvin
Note

musician, trumpeter; lot of info, on the road with lots of musicians

Box 22
Folder 192
Subfolder 3
Title
Willis, Reggie
Note

Local 208

Box 22
Folder 193
Subfolder 1
Title
Wilson, Gerald
Note

musician in california, writing/arranging; 9/1/2001

Box 22
Folder 194
Subfolder 4
Title
Winfield, Ed
Note

Blues, everyday life in Bronzeville; Disc 2-3 (3/31/1981)

Box 22
Folder 195
Title
Folder Not Utilized
Box 22
Folder 196
Subfolder 1
Title
Yancey, Bill
Note

Duke Ellington

Box 22
Folder 197
Subfolder 3
Title
Yancey, Theresa
Note

Jones Brothers; Dorothy Donegan

Box 22
Folder 198
Subfolder 3
Title
Young, Dave
Note

Chicago Defender; Disc 3 (10/28/1979)

Box 22
Folder 199
Subfolder 2
Title
Young, Marl
Note

Music history, "Lucy" show, Local 10, Charlie Parker

Box 22
Folder 200
Subfolder 1
Title
Hurt, James
Box 22
Folder 201
Subfolder 2
Title
Worthington, David
Box 22
Folder 202
Subfolder 1
Title
Wright, John
Box 22
Folder 203
Title
Folder Not Utilized
Box 22
Folder 204
Subfolder 1
Title
Young, John
Note

on same tape as Von Freeman

Box 23
Folder 205
Subfolder 1
Title
Simmons, Lonnie
Note

1983-07-13

Box 23
Folder 206
Subfolder 1
Title
Record Distributor [ID Unknown]
Box 23
Folder 207
Subfolder 1
Title
"Old Bunch"
Note

DuSable, Englewood

Box 23
Folder 208
Subfolder 1
Title
"Black Radio"
Box 23
Folder 209
Subfolder 1
Title
Al Benson's Sister in law
Note

Al Benson's sister in law

Box 23
Folder 210
Subfolder 1
Title
"Union"
Box 23
Folder 211
Subfolder 2
Title
"AFM"
Box 23
Folder 212
Subfolder 2
Title
"St. Louis"
Note

faint recording

Box 23
Folder 213
Subfolder 2
Title
"Chicago U"
Box 24
Folder M001
Subfolder 2
Title
Memoirs, Northwestern University Interview
Box 24
Folder M002
Subfolder 2
Title
Memoirs, Northwestern University Interview
Box 24
Folder M003
Subfolder 2
Title
Memoirs, Northwestern University Interview
Box 24
Folder M004
Subfolder 2
Title
Memoirs, Northwestern University Interview
Box 24
Folder M005
Subfolder 1
Title
Memoirs, Discovering Jazz
Box 24
Folder M006
Subfolder 1
Title
Memoirs, Talking About the Blues, 1
Box 24
Folder M007
Subfolder 1
Title
Memoirs, Talking About the Blues, 2
Note

1984-12-17

Box 24
Folder M008
Subfolder 2
Title
Memoirs, Walton and Coleman, 1
Box 24
Folder M009
Subfolder 2
Title
Memoirs, Walton and Coleman, 2
Box 24
Folder M010
Subfolder 4
Title
Memoirs, Walton and Flug
Series 3: Subject Research Files, 1959-1992
Box 25
Folder 1
Title
Subject Research Files, Adams, Alton Augustus
Box 25
Folder 2
Title
Subject Research Files, Aristocrat Label
Box 25
Folder 3
Title
Subject Research Files, Basie, Count
Box 25
Folder 4
Title
Subject Research Files, "The Black Gold Coast," Gloria Coleman, 1984
Box 25
Folder 5
Title
Subject Research Files, Blue Note
Box 25
Folder 6
Title
Subject Research Files, Chicago Jazz
Box 25
Folder 7
Title
Subject Research Files, Cooper, Jack
Box 25
Folder 8
Title
Subject Research Files, Dawson, William L.
Box 25
Folder 9
Title
Subject Research Files, Fort, Henry
Box 25
Folder 10
Title
Subject Research Files, Goodman, Benny
Box 25
Folder 11
Title
Subject Research Files, Great Lakes Experience
Box 25
Folder 12
Title
Subject Research Files, Johnson, Lee
Box 25
Folder 13
Title
Subject Research Files, Miscellaneous Notes
Box 25
Folder 14
Title
Subject Research Files, Musicians
Box 25
Folder 15
Title
Subject Research Files, Savage, Cecile and Ike Day
Box 25
Folder 16
Title
Subject Research Files, Sengstock, Charles A Jr to Walton
Box 25
Folder 17
Title
Subject Research Files, Towles, Nat
Box 25
Folder 18
Title
Subject Research Files, Watson, Ted, 1959-1967
Box 25
Folder 19
Title
Subject Research Files, Wright, Eugene, 1992
Box 25
Folder 20
Title
Subject Research Files, Young, Dave
Series 4: Published Material, 1980-2003
Box 26
Folder 1
Title
Coleman, Gloria, "The Du Sable Hotel Locale," 1980 (MA Thesis)
Box 26
Folder 2
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "Bronzeville Remembered," February 1995
Box 26
Folder 3
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "Memories of Bronzeville," March 1995
Box 26
Folder 4
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "Douglas/Grand Boulevard Revisited," June 1995
Box 26
Folder 5
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "Life at the DuSable Hotel," July 1995
Box 26
Folder 6
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "A Bronzeville Conversation with George Floyd," June 1996
Box 26
Folder 7
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "Bronzeville Conversations: An Interview with Earma Thompson," February 1996
Box 26
Folder 8
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "Bronzeville Conversations: An Interview with Earma Thompson," March 1996
Box 26
Folder 9
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "Bronzeville Conversations: An Interview (1991) with Floyd Campbell," September 1996
Box 26
Folder 10
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "Bronzeville Conversations: An Interview with Floyd Campbell, Part II," January 1997
Box 26
Folder 11
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "The Count Basie Experience: A Bronzeville Conversation with Steve Galloway," October 1997
Box 26
Folder 12
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "Bronzeville Conversations: On the Sutherland Lounge," April 1998
Box 26
Folder 13
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "Bronzeville Conversations: Bird in Bronzeville," May 1999
Box 26
Folder 14
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "The 47th Street Scene," March 2001
Box 26
Folder 15
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "The 47th Street Scene: A Conversation with Theresa Yancey," April 2001
Box 26
Folder 16
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "The 47th Street Scene," July 2001
Box 26
Folder 17
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "Tribute to Milt Hinton," August 2001
Box 26
Folder 18
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "A Bronzeville Conversation with Cy Touff," September 2001
Box 26
Folder 19
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "A Bronzeville Conversation wit Guitarist Floyd Smith," December 2001
Box 26
Folder 20
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "A Conversation with Chicago's Own: Bob Centano and Bob Ojeda," March 2002
Box 26
Folder 21
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "New York and the Music Revolution," May 2002
Box 26
Folder 22
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "Cadenza: Truck Parham Remembered," August 2002
Box 26
Folder 23
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "Bronzeville Conversation: With Clark Terry and Sykes Smith," December 2002
Box 26
Folder 24
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "Bronzeville Conversation: With Clark Terry and Sykes Smith (2)," February 2003
Box 26
Folder 25
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "Bronzeville Conversation with Milt and Mona Hinton," April 2003
Box 26
Folder 26
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "Bronzeville Conversation with Milt and Mona Hinton (2)," May 2003
Box 26
Folder 27
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "Bronzeville Conversation with Freddie Cole," November 2003
Box 26
Folder 28
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "The DuSable Hotel and the Drexel Square Area," [N.D.]
Box 26
Folder 29
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "Eddie Flagg, Manager of the DuSable Hotel," [N.D.]
Box 26
Folder 30
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "Al Benson--The Godfather of Black Radio in Chicago," [N.D.]
Box 26
Folder 31
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "Bronzeville Conversation with Duke Groner," [N.D.]
Box 26
Folder 32
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "A Conversation with pianist Jodie Christian," [N.D.]
Box 26
Folder 33
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "Albert George Hibbler," [N.D.]
Box 26
Folder 34
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "Dr. William 'Bill' Fielder, trumpeter and jazz improviser," [N.D.]
Box 26
Folder 35
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "A Bronzeville Conversation with Dave Young," [N.D.]
Box 26
Folder 36
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "Bronzeville Conversation with Dave Young, Part II," [N.D.]
Box 26
Folder 37
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "Gerald Wilson's Bronzeville Memories," [N.D.]
Box 26
Folder 38
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "Marl Young, activist musician and the first Black music director of a network television show," [N.D.]
Box 26
Folder 39
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "A Bronzeville Conversation with John Wright," [N.D.]
Box 26
Folder 40
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "Charlie Cole, joint owner of the DuSable Lounge," [N.D.]
Box 26
Folder 41
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "Oscar Brown, Jr on Black Radio," [N.D.]
Box 26
Folder 42
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "Bronzeville Conversation with Steve Trimble: his Redd Foxx connection," [N.D.]
Box 26
Folder 43
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "Jazz DJ Larry Smith: A Bronzeville Conversation," [N.D.]
Box 26
Folder 44
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "Bronzeville Conversation with Sid McCoy," [N.D.]
Box 26
Folder 45
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "Bronzeville Conversation with Samuel 'Lonnie' Simmons and Charlie Cole," [N.D.]
Box 26
Folder 46
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "The Great Lakes Experience and the USO Servicemen's Center #3," [N.D.]
Box 26
Folder 47
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "Black Navy Bands in WWII--The Great Lakes Experience," [N.D.]
Box 26
Folder 48
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "Charles Walton Remembers 47th St," [N.D.]
Box 26
Folder 49
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "Barney's One-Stop-about the record business and Black radio," [N.D.]
Box 26
Folder 50
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "Struggle for an Integrated Musicians' Union, Part I," [N.D.]
Box 26
Folder 51
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "Struggle for an Integrated Musicians' Union, Part II," [N.D.]
Box 26
Folder 52
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "Struggle for an Integrated Musicians' Union, Part III," [N.D.]
Box 26
Folder 53
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "Struggle for an Integrated Musicians' Union, Part IV," [N.D.]
Box 26
Folder 54
Title
Walton, Jazzgram, "Struggle for an Integrated Musicians' Union, Part V," [N.D.]
Series 5: Serials, 1928-1977
Box 27
Folder 1
Title
The Official Theatrical World of Colored Artists, 1928
Box 27
Folder 2
Title
Jazz New York, 1956
Box 27
Folder 3
Title
Storyville (56), December 1974-January 1975
Box 27
Folder 4
Title
Storyville (65), June-July 1976
Box 27
Folder 5
Title
Storyville (73), October-November, 1977
Box 27
Folder 6
Title
Smart Affairs, c. 1965, copy [Oversized, stored in box 31]
Series 6: Music Recordings, 1930s-2000s
Box 28
Folder 1
Title
45, Jasmin Maruh, Song of Twist I will Kiss, Milerno 117 [N.D.]
Box 28
Folder 2
Title
10" LP, "The Johnnie Pate Trio," [Pate, Bright, Walton], Talisman, TLP-1 [N.D.]
Box 28
Folder 3
Title
10" LP, Charlie Barnet Plays Duke Ellington, RCA, LPT-3062 [N.D.]
Box 28
Folder 4
Title
10" LP, Erroll Garner, Piano Solos, Atlantic, ALR 135 [N.D.]
Box 28
Folder 5
Title
10" LP, Bill Doggett, His Organ and Combo, King Records, KLP-80 [N.D.]
Box 28
Folder 6
Title
10" LP, Eroll Garner Rhapsody, Altantic, ALR 109 [N.D.]
Box 28
Folder 7
Title
10" LP, Erroll Garner Piano Solos, Atlantic, ALR 112 [N.D.]
Box 29
Folder 1
Title
78, Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians, Dry Bones and Old Moses Put Pharaoh in His Place, Decca 78, 23948 [N.D.]
Box 29
Folder 2
Title
78, Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra, Mandy, Make up Your Mind and It Started All Over Again, Victor 78, 20-1522 [N.D.]
Box 29
Folder 3
Title
78, Buddy Johnson and his Orchestra, They All Say I'm the Biggest Fool and Fine Brown Frame, Decca 78, 11000 [ND]
Box 29
Folder 4
Title
78, Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, Mood Indigo and The Mooche, RCA Victor 78, 24486 [ND]
Box 29
Folder 5
Title
78, Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra, Daybreak and There Are Such Things, Victor 78, 27974 [ND]
Box 29
Folder 6
Title
78, Billie Holiday with Eddie Heywood Trio, Lover Come Back to Me and I Cover the Waterfront, Commodore 78, 559 [ND]
Box 29
Folder 7
Title
78, Albert Hibbler with Mercer Ellington and Orchestra, Summertime and My Eva'a Lovin' Baby, Sunrise LP, SU-1018, 2007 [ND]
Box 29
Folder 8
Title
78, Eddie Heywood and His Orchestra, Love Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) and Begin the Beguine, Decca 78, 23398, 72635 [ND]
Box 29
Folder 9
Title
78, Dinah Washington, When a Woman Loves a Man and Oo-Wee Walkie Talkie, Mercury 78, 8010 [ND]
Box 29
Folder 10
Title
78, Frank Sinatra, Oh! What it Seemed to Be and Day by Day, Columbia 78, 36905, HCO 1520 [ND]
Box 29
Folder 11
Title
78, Ink Spots, I Cover the Waterfront and Prisoner of Love, Decca 78, 18864, 73448 [ND]
Box 29
Folder 12
Title
78, Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians, Oh! What a Beautiful Mornin' and You'll Never Walk Alone, Decca 78, 24540, 74226 [ND]
Box 29
Folder 13
Title
78, Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, Magenta Haze and Tulip or Turnip, Musicraft 78, 483, 5841 [ND]
Box 30
Folder 1
Title
12" LP, Black, Brown and Beige, Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, featuring Mahalia Jackson, Columbia, JCS 8015, 1973
Box 30
Folder 2
Title
12" LP, After Hours, Sarah Vaughan, Columbia, JCL 660, 1973
Box 30
Folder 3
Title
12" LP, Webster's Unabridged 'Hush,' Quantum [N.D.]
Box 30
Folder 4
Title
12" LP, WVON Good Guys Holiday Package [N.D.]
Box 30
Folder 5
Title
12" LP, Coltrane Jazz, Atlantic, SD-1354 [N.D.]
Box 30
Folder 6
Title
12" LP, Opus de Jazz, Savoy, MG-12036 [N.D.]
Box 30
Folder 7
Title
12" LP, Franz Jackson and the Original 'Jass All-Stars' No Saints, Replica Records, 1006 [N.D.]
Box 30
Folder 8
Title
12" LP, Bunk Johnson's Band 1944, Storyville, SLP 152 [N.D.]
Box 30
Folder 9
Title
12" LP, Johnny Rivers' Golden Hits, Imperial, LP-9324 [N.D.]
Box 31
Folder 1
Title
12" LP, The Johnnie Pate Trio, Subtle Sounds, Gig Records, GLP-100 [N.D.]
Box 31
Folder 2
Title
12" LP, Ahmad Jamal, Chamber Music of the New Jazz, Creative, No. 602 [N.D.]
Box 31
Folder 3
Title
12" LP, Lud Gluskin et son Jazz, Paris-Berlin 1928-1932, Wolverine (Warren K. Plath), 1976
Box 31
Folder 4
Title
12" LP, Eubie Blake Blues and Rags, Biograph, BLP 1011Q, 72-750929 [N.D.]
Box 31
Folder 5
Title
12" LP, Ragtime Stompers, George Lewis and Kid Thomas, GHB-Jazzology, GHB-5 [N.D.]
Box 31
Folder 6
Title
12" LP, Von Freeman Quartet, Young and Foolish, Affinity, AFF-184, [N.D.]
Box 31
Folder 7
Title
12" LP, Malcolm X College African-American Jazz Ensemble at Collegiate Jazz Festival at University of Notre Dame, Music Dept of MXC, 1972
Box 31
Folder 8
Title
12" LP, Black and White Jazz in Europe, 1929, Sam Wooding and Lud Gluskin and Gregor, Wolverine 5 [N.D.]
Box 31
Folder 9
Title
12" LP, Flutes and Reeds [Ernie Wilkins, Frank Wess, Hank Jones, Eddie Jones, Kenny Clarke], Savoy Record Co, MG-12022 [N.D.]
Box 31
Folder 10
Title
CD, Jazz Profiles: Gene Ammons 75th Birthday Tribute, NPR, 2000
Box 31
Folder 11
Title
CD, Walton on "City 2000," 2000
Box 31
Folder 12
Title
CD, The Great Lakes Experience, Over the Edge Entertainment, 2003
Series 7: Photographs (1920s-1990s)
Box 32
Folder 1
Title
Jimmy Wade band, Moulin Rouge, 1920s
Box 32
Folder 2
Title
Pops Foster, Chas. Elder, Darnell Howard [N.D.]
Box 32
Folder 3
Title
Marl Young, Gov. Jerry Brown, 1970s (?)
Box 32
Folder 4
Title
Du Sable Hotel, 1950
Box 32
Folder 5
Title
Sultans of Swing, Richard Overton, 1946
Box 32
Folder 6
Title
Local 208 officers, 1957?
Box 32
Folder 7
Title
Local 208 Officers, 1937
Box 32
Folder 8
Title
Marl Young, Lucille Ball, Phil Harris [N.D.]
Box 32
Folder 9
Title
Dave Young's group, Ritz Show Lounge, 1947
Box 32
Folder 10
Title
Lonnie Simmons, Red Saunders, Leon Washington, 1960s
Box 32
Folder 11
Title
Jimmy Reed, Al Smith, at Veejay Records
Box 32
Folder 12
Title
Walter Dyett, Du Sable High School, 1946
Box 32
Folder 13
Title
Lonnie Simmons, Von Freeman, US Navy Band WWII, 1940s
Box 32
Folder 14
Title
US Navy Band, Dave Young, OC Johnson, Lonnie Simmons, 1940s
Box 32
Folder 15
Title
Signed still, Lonnie Simmons to Red Saunders, 1944
Box 32
Folder 16
Title
Gladys Knight, Jerry Butler, Vivian Carter, c. 1962
Box 32
Folder 17
Title
Red Saunders/DeLisa, Publicity Still [N.D.]
Box 32
Folder 18
Title
Willie Randall band, c. 1963
Box 32
Folder 19
Title
Jimmy Boyd, publicity still [N.D.]
Box 32
Folder 20
Title
Allen Drew [N.D.]
Box 32
Folder 21
Title
Floyd Smith, 1930s
Box 32
Folder 22
Title
Andy Kirk
Box 32
Folder 23
Title
Floyd Smith in front of Du Sable Hotel, 1940s
Box 32
Folder 24
Title
Floyd Smith, Booker Collins, DuSable Lounge, 1940s
Box 32
Folder 25
Title
Malcolm X College jazz Band, early 1970s
Box 32
Folder 26
Title
Morocco Lounge Show, Curtis Ferguson, Tom Archer, Red Cooper [N.D.]
Box 32
Folder 27
Title
VJ Records, Jimmy Abner, Vivian Carter [N.D.]
Box 32
Folder 28
Title
Nancy Wilson, Artie Frazier [N.D.]
Box 32
Folder 29
Title
John Young Trio-Lulene Hunter, Bruz Freeman, Leroy Jackson, Ritz Show Lounge [N.D.]
Box 32
Folder 30
Title
Ed Samuels, Local 208, [N.D.]
Box 32
Folder 31
Title
AFM 1957 Convention, Gray, Samuels, McCann, Elder, 1957
Box 32
Folder 32
Title
Local 208 AFM Convention, 1957
Box 32
Folder 33
Title
Local 208 AFM Convention, 1957
Box 32
Folder 34
Title
AFM Convention, 1957
Box 32
Folder 35
Title
Amos Milburn Leroy Jackson, Fats Maller, Ritz Show Lounge [N.D.]
Box 32
Folder 36
Title
McKie Fitzhugh, publicity photo [N.D.]
Box 32
Folder 37
Title
Chess Records, Leonard Chess, Bernadine Washington [N.D.]
Box 32
Folder 38
Title
Leonard Chess, Andrew Young, WVON Good Guys [N.D.]
Box 33
Folder 39
Title
Malachai Favors, Will Green, Thomas Walton, Louis Blackwell, Charles Walton [ND]
Box 33
Folder 40
Title
Marl Young, publicity still, [ND]
Box 33
Folder 41
Title
Malcolm X Jazz Band, c. 1969
Box 33
Folder 42
Title
US Navy "Hell Coats" 1945
Box 33
Folder 43
Title
Cottage Grove and 63rd, 1952
Box 33
Folder 44
Title
Du Sable Hotel, "Toast of the Town", [ND}
Box 33
Folder 45
Title
Unknown, 1950s (?)
Box 33
Folder 46
Title
Unknown
Box 33
Folder 47
Title
Al Benson, Vivian Carter, Jimmy Carter at Sutherland Hotel [ND]
Box 33
Folder 48
Title
Unknown
Box 33
Folder 49
Title
Parkway Ballroom, 45th and South Parkway, 1950s
Box 33
Folder 50
Title
39th and Cottage Grove, WWII, 1940s
Box 33
Folder 51
Title
Johnny Pate Trio, Pate, Lionel Bright, Charles Walton [ND]
Box 33
Folder 52
Title
Johnny Pate Trio, Pate, Lionel Bright, Charles Walton [ND]
Box 33
Folder 53
Title
Duke Groner Combo, 1954 (?)
Box 33
Folder 54
Title
Strand Lounge, Sonny Still, Benny Green, Prince James [ND]
Box 33
Folder 55
Title
VJ Records, 14th and Michigan, 1950s
Box 33
Folder 56
Title
Johnny Pate Trio at Sutherland, c. 1955
Box 33
Folder 57
Title
Lonnie Simmons and DeLisa chorus girls, 1960s
Box 33
Folder 58
Title
Harold Ousley [ND]
Box 33
Folder 59
Title
Club DeLisa, 1937
Box 33
Folder 60
Title
Parkway Ballroom, 1950s
Box 33
Folder 61
Title
Sammy Stewart Orchestra, 1920s
Box 33
Folder 62
Title
Fletcher Butler's Orchestra, 1950s
Box 33
Folder 63
Title
Roy Butler and group, 1920s
Box 33
Folder 64
Title
Carl Irving [Carl Smith], 1950s
Box 33
Folder 65
Title
Unknown
Box 33
Folder 66
Title
Unknown
Box 33
Folder 67
Title
Unknown
Box 33
Folder 68
Title
Unknown
Box 33
Folder 69
Title
Red Saunders and daughter, 1940s
Box 33
Folder 70
Title
Ted Watson, 1971
Box 33
Folder 71
Title
Unidentified Person and Duke Groner
Box 33
Folder 72
Title
Eddie McAfee, Oscar Lindsay
Box 33
Folder 73
Title
"Jelly" Holt
Box 33
Folder 74
Title
Teddi King, Streamliner, 1950s
Box 33
Folder 75
Title
Unknown
Box 34
Folder 76
Title
Ray Brown, George Freeman, Bill Yancy
Box 34
Folder 77
Title
Vernell Fornay, John Young, Eddie Johnson
Box 34
Folder 78
Title
Malcolm X College dance group, 1970s
Box 34
Folder 79
Title
Malcolm X College jazz group, 1970s
Box 34
Folder 80
Title
Arthur Prysock, c. 1960 [w/ Prince James/sax]
Box 34
Folder 81
Title
Johnny Griffin, 1950s with Prince James
Box 34
Folder 82
Title
Morocco Hotel show bar, 1950s
Box 34
Folder 83
Title
Morocco Hotel show bar, 1950s
Box 34
Folder 84
Title
Melvin Williams (R.)
Box 34
Folder 85
Title
Ann Henry with Johnny Pate trio (c. 1955) at Streamliner
Box 34
Folder 86
Title
Charles Walton at DeLisa, 1940s
Box 34
Folder 87
Title
Oscar Lindsay, Doug Frazier, Neil Green, 1950s
Box 34
Folder 88
Title
Oscar Lindsay, Leroy Gentry
Box 34
Folder 89
Title
Miles Davis, c. 1950
Box 34
Folder 90
Title
Richard Durham, 1948
Box 34
Folder 91
Title
Wilbur Webb, pianist at Du Sable hotel
Box 34
Folder 92
Title
Unknown
Box 34
Folder 93
Title
Unknown
Box 34
Folder 94
Title
Richard Durham 1940s?
Box 34
Folder 95
Title
Jocean Henderson [ND]
Box 34
Folder 96
Title
Horace Henderson [ND]
Box 34
Folder 97
Title
Groner playing in Nat Cole's band (Nebraska) [ND]
Box 34
Folder 98
Title
Jimmy Ellis, Larry Gray, Wilbur? [at wake] [ND]
Box 34
Folder 99
Title
Unknown Performers [at wake] [ND]
Box 34
Folder 100
Title
Dozier Boys [ND]
Box 34
Folder 101
Title
Duke Ellington, 1946 (newspaper)
Box 34
Folder 102
Title
Johnny Griffin [ND]
Box 34
Folder 103
Title
Jesse White and U League Dir. [ND]
Box 34
Folder 104
Title
Sonny, Charles Walton [ND]
Box 34
Folder 105
Title
Unknown
Box 34
Folder 106
Title
Unknown
Box 34
Folder 107
Title
Unknown
Box 34
Folder 108
Title
Perfomers at Savoy, 1948 (?)
Box 34
Folder 109
Title
Unknown
Box 34
Folder 110
Title
Ewart Abner, 1940s (?)
Box 34
Folder 111
Title
Walton, Judge AL Marowitz [ND]
Box 34
Folder 112
Title
WAC Band, Post Theater #2, Des Moines, Iowa, 1940s
Box 34
Folder 113
Title
WAC Band 1944 (War bond Drive at State and Madison), 1944
Box 35
Folder 114
Title
Ewart Abner, Vivian Carter, Sonny Til, "Okey Doke," Blind Boys of Alabama, 1950s (?)
Box 35
Folder 115
Title
Ewart Abner, Arthur Sheridan, Jimmy Bracken, 1950s (?)
Box 35
Folder 116
Title
Local 208 Charter, [ND]
Box 35
Folder 117
Title
John Young, Ben Webster at Beehive, 1950s
Box 35
Folder 118
Title
Ewart Abner, two unidentified men, 1940s (?)
Box 35
Folder 119
Title
Grand Terrace, 1950s
Box 35
Folder 120
Title
Tony Jackson, Cora Green, Carolyn Williams, Florence Mills, c. 1920 (via C. Sengstock, Jr)
Box 35
Folder 121
Title
Brunswick Race Records poster on brick wall, with Ikey Robinson and JabboSmith (via Sengstock)
Box 35
Folder 122
Title
Will Tyler, Joe Jordan, c. 1920 (via Sengstock)
Box 35
Folder 123
Title
Count Basie (quintet) (via Sengstock)
Box 35
Folder 124
Title
Count Basie (via Sengstock)
Box 35
Folder 125
Title
Count Basie, Ed Sullivan (via Sengstock)
Box 35
Folder 126
Title
Folder not Utilized
Box 35
Folder 127
Title
Folder not Utilized
Box 35
Folder 128
Title
Regal Theater, 1950s
Box 35
Folder 129
Title
Metropolitan Theater, 1950s
Box 35
Folder 130
Title
Folder not Utilized
Box 35
Folder 131
Title
Grand Terrace, 1950s
Box 35
Folder 132
Title
Camp Good Shepherd, Idlewild, Mich
Box 35
Folder 133
Title
Folder not Utilized
Box 35
Folder 134
Title
Folder not Utilized
Box 35
Folder 135
Title
Folder not Utilized
Box 35
Folder 136
Title
Sutherland Hotel bar, Kokomo Wellington (entertainer), Wiggler McLean (manager of lounge), Jack White (bartender) [ND]
Box 35
Folder 137
Title
Folder not Utilized
Box 35
Folder 138
Title
Dave Kellum, c. 1930
Box 35
Folder 139
Title
Dave Kellum in Billiken parade, 1933
Box 35
Folder 140
Title
Bud Billiken parade, 1933
Box 35
Folder 141
Title
Duke Ellington band at Billiken parade, 1933
Box 35
Folder 142
Title
Milt Hinton
Box 35
Folder 143
Title
Folder not Utilized
Box 35
Folder 144
Title
Duke Ellington, 1934, photo by Maurice Seymour
Box 35
Folder 145
Title
Eleanor Roosevelt, Mayor Richard J. Daley, c. 1955
Box 35
Folder 146
Title
Edith Sampson, Cong. William Dawson, Helen K. Hall (state central committee woman)
Box 35
Folder 147
Title
W. C. Handy (Father of "jazz"), c. 1920
Box 35
Folder 148
Title
Folder not Utilized
Box 35
Folder 149
Title
Folder not Utilized
Box 35
Folder 150
Title
Folder not Utilized
Box 35
Folder 151
Title
Cong. Dawson and district organization, 1940s (?)
Box 35
Folder 152
Title
Women of Dawson's district organization,1940s (?)
Box 35
Folder 153
Title
Democratic social meeting with Cong. William Dawson at Mrs. McCulloch's home, Feb 1948
Box 35
Folder 154
Title
Joe and Marva Louis, photo by Gus Jamerson, 1935
Box 35
Folder 155
Title
Citizens Committee for Democracy, Justice and Fair Play, flyer, June 1951
Box 35
Folder 156
Title
Citizens Committee for Democracy, Justice and Fair Play, flyer, June 1951
Box 35
Folder 157
Title
AFM 208, Denver, CO convention, 1957, Harry Gray
Box 36
Folder 1
Title
Photo Album