Compositions and Writings, 1950 - 1991

Various materials in the form of clippings, concert flyers, correspondence, and music scores that were collected by Dick Wellstood can be found in Series I. News clippings and magazine articles in subseries I.A document performances with dozens of jazz musicians throughout Wellstood’s career, including Jimmy Archey, Sidney Bechet, Kenny Davern, Roy Eldridge, Gene Krupa, and Bob Wilber among dozens of others. Documentation of various concert tours and recordings can be found here. Series I also contains materials from the family of Wellstood’s wife, Diana McClumpha Wellstood.

Subseries I.D contains sheet music and manuscripts by other composers. The bulk of these scores are piano and vocal arrangements for popular tunes and standards from the early twentieth century, especially from the ragtime and stride piano era. Manuscripts acquired from Wellstood’s peers can be found in this subseries.

Series II consists of recordings, published writings, compositions, and arrangements created by Dick Wellstood. Subseries II.A contains Wellstood’s music manuscripts of composition sketches and exercises, lead sheets, band charts, and band parts.