Russell, Pee Wee

Scope and Contents: This collection contains reference files, publications, newspaper clippings, and correspondence documenting Smith's career as a jazz critic and scholar. The bulk of the materials span the 1950s to late 1960s. There are individual files on Ma Rainey, Pee Wee Russell, and Folkways Records. Also included are seven CDs with an interview of Jack Teagarden, four audiocassettes, notebooks, and reference index cards. The photographs include personal family photographs, the Jean Goldette orchestra,...

Scope and Contents: The bulk of this collection contains correspondence between Scottish journalist Ken Gallacher and various jazz musicians, including Sir Charles Thompson, Pee Wee Russell, Ralph Sutton, Bud Freeman, Peanuts Hucko, Kenny Davern, Dick Sudhalter, Billy Butterfield, Keith Ingman, Bob Haggart, and Yank Lawson. The correspondence includes 159 letters and postcards dated 1959 through 2001. The collection also includes letters Gallacher received from readers of his jazz newspaper column, as well as,...

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This collection contains research materials and correspondence related to Hilbert's book Pee Wee Russell: The Life of a Jazzman. There are also photographs, newspaper clippings, and photocopies of discographical information on other jazz musicians.