Series 1. Photographs
circa 1940-2002
Scope and Contents note
This series contains black-and-white and color prints; 35mm, 120, and 3x4 negatives; proof sheets; transparencies.
Subseries 1. People
1947-2002
Scope and Content
This subseries contains portraits and candid shots of musicians, actors, politicians, and others.
box 1, folder 1
Adams, Joe
undated
Scope and Content
2 prints; 21 negatives; proof sheet.
box 1, folder 2
Adderley, Cannonball
undated
Scope and Content
1 partial proof sheet.
box 1, folder 3
Alexander, Monty (with Hassan Shakur)
2000
Scope and Content
3 prints; 26 negatives; proof sheet.
box 1, folder 4
Alexandria, Lorez and Clifford Jordan
1985 and undated
Scope and Contents note
33 negatives; proof sheets.
box 1, folder 5
Ali, Muhammad [Cassius Clay]
1964 and undated
Scope and Contents note
1 print; 75 negatives [the negatives may be on the occasion of Ali's final fight in 1981].
box 1, folder 6
Anderson, John [trumpet player, with a large jazz ensemble]
undated
Scope and Content
24 negatives.
box 1, folder 7
Andrews, Ernie
undated and 1997
Scope and Content
1 print; 12 negatives; proof sheets; program for the memorial service for Dolores Loretta Andrews, Ernie's wife.
box 20, folder 1
Andrews, Ernie - oversize print
1995
box 20, folder 2
Armstrong, Louis and Bing Crosby - oversize print
1957
box 1, folder 8
Armstrong, Louis and Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly [from
High Society]
undated
Scope and Content
2 prints [same image]; negative.
box 1, folder 9
Astaire, Fred
undated
Scope and Content
2 matted prints [same image]; 22 negatives.
box 20, folder 3
Astaire, Fred - oversize matted print
undated
box 1, folder 10
Bailey, Bob
undated
Scope and Content
2 proof sheets.
box 1, folder 11
Bailey, Pearl
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 print [inscribed by Bailey]; 10 negatives [1 with Robert Mitchum].
box 1, folder 12
Baldwin, Sarah [vocalist]
1990
Scope and Content
14 prints; approximately 500 negatives; proof sheets.
box 1, folder 13
Banks, Brenton [violinist]
undated
Scope and Content
Matted print.
box 20, folder 4
Banks, Brenton - oversize matted print
undated
box 1, folder 14
Basie, Count
undated
Scope and Content
Matted print.
box 20, folder 5
Basie, Count - oversize matted print
undated
box 22, folder 1
Basie, Count - foamcore mounted print
undated
box 1, folder 15
Belafonte, Harry
undated
Scope and Content
1 matted print; 1 negative.
box 1, folder 16
Bell, Jean
undated
Scope and Content
48 negatives.
box 1, folder 17
Bennett, Candace [vocalist]
undated
Scope and Contents note
38 negatives; proof sheet.
box 1, folder 18
Benny, Jack [and unidentified woman]
undated
Scope and Content
The woman is also seen in the Vincent Price photo (Box 5, folder 7). 1 print.
box 1, folder 19
Bibb, Leon
undated
Scope and Content
150 negatives, some taken at the Ash Grove music club.
box 1, folder 20
Blakey, Art
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 print.
box 1, folder 21
Boatwright, Colostine "Cookie"
1987
Scope and Contents note
107 negatives, proof sheets.
box 1, folder 22
Booker, Mease and Tom Kelley [model and photographer]
undated
Scope and Content
132 negatives.
box 1, folder 23
Bradley, James Jr. [child drumming prodigy]
undated
Scope and Content
112 negatives.
box 22, folder 2
Bradley, Tom
undated
Scope and Content
2 matted prints [same image]
box 1, folder 24
Bradley, Tom and Gilbert Lindsay
undated
Scope and Contents note
36 negatives.
box 1, folder 25
Brown, Ray and Oscar Peterson
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 proof sheet.
box 1, folder 26
Bryant, Clora
1986
Scope and Contents note
95 negatives; proof sheets.
box 1, folder 27
Bryant, Joyce
undated
Scope and Content
4 negatives.
box 1, folder 28
Callender, Red
undated
Scope and Contents note
3 prints of the same image [on tuba]; 4 negatives [on bass].
box 1, folder 29
Canelli, Vince
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 matted print.
box 1, folder 30
Carr, Georgia
undated
Scope and Content
92 negatives.
box 1, folder 31
Carroll, Diahann
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 matted print; 58 negatives.
box 1, folder 32
Champion, Mickey
undated
Scope and Contents note
52 negatives; proof sheets.
box 1, folder 33
Charles, Ray
undated and 1988
Scope and Contents note
4 prints; 4 matted prints; CD longbox for
Just Between Us.
box 19
Charles, Ray - oversize matted print
circa 1988
box 20, folder 6
Charles, Ray - oversize
1964 and undated
Scope and Content
3 matted prints.
box 22, folder 3
Charles, Ray - foamcore matted print
undated
box 1, folder 34
Coburn, James
undated
Scope and Content
2 matted prints [same image]; 6 negatives.
box 1, folder 35
Cochlin, Frank
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 print.
box 20, folder 7
Collins, Bill - oversize matted print
undated
box 1, folder 36
Cooper, Leroy
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 matted print.
box 22, folder 4
Cosby, Bill - matted print
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 matted print.
box 1, folder 37
Counce, Curtis [with quintet]
undated
Scope and Content
24 negatives.
box 1, folder 38
Craver, Sonny
undated
Scope and Contents note
2 prints; 12 negatives; proof sheet.
box 1, folder 39
Crawford, Cindy
undated
Scope and Contents note
2 prints; proof sheets.
box 1, folder 40
Crawford, Hank with Phil Upchurch and Marlena Shaw
1992
Scope and Contents note
66 negatives; proof sheets.
box 1, folder 41
Crothers, Scatman
undated
Scope and Contents note
8 negatives; proof sheet.
box 1, folder 42
Dandridge, Dorothy
undated
Scope and Content
21 negatives.
box 2, folder 1
Daniels, Billy
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 matted print.
box 2, folder 2
Daniels, John
undated
Scope and Content
204 negatives, with unidentified musicians playing at what is probably Daniels' nightclub, Maverick's Flat.
box 2, folder 3
Darrin, Diana
undated
Scope and Content
37 negatives.
box 22, folder 5
Davis, Miles - foamcore matted print
undated
box 2, folder 4
Davis, Miles with Philly Joe Jones
undated
Scope and Content
1 proof sheet.
box 2, folder 5
Davis, Sammy Jr
1960
Scope and Contents note
Matted print; negative [different image].
box 20, folder 8
Davis, Sammy Jr. - oversize matted print
undated
box 2, folder 6
Davis, Wild Bill with Crazy Chris Columbo
undated
Scope and Contents note
33 negatives; proof sheets.
box 2, folder 7
Dillard, Mimi
undated
Scope and Content
59 negatives.
box 2, folder 8
Dixon, Allan [vocalist]
undated
Scope and Content
8 negatives.
box 2, folder 9
Dixon, Floyd
1999
Scope and Contents note
20 prints; 134 negatives; concert program.
box 2, folder 10
Dougan, Vikki
undated
Scope and Content
3 negatives.
box 2, folder 11
Dunham, Katherine [with unidentified performers]
undated
Scope and Content
Approximately 220 negatives.
box 22, folder 6
Eckstine, Billy - foamcore matted print
undated
box 2, folder 12
Edison, Harry "Sweets"
undated
Scope and Contents note
2 prints [same image].
box 2, folder 13
Edwards, Ella [aka Ellaraino]
undated
Scope and Content
28 negatives.
box 2, folder 14
Edwards, Teddy
1990-1998
Scope and Contents note
20 transparencies; approximately 800 negatives; proof sheets.
box 22, folder 7
Eisenhower, Dwight
undated
Scope and Content
1 matted print.
box 20, folder 9
Ellington, Duke and Mahalia Jackson - oversize matted print
undated
box 2, folder 15
Ennis, Ethel
undated
Scope and Content
47 negatives.
box 2, folder 16
Epps, Preston
undated
Scope and Content
36 negatives.
box 2, folder 17
Farmer, Art
1999
Scope and Contents note
2 prints; 38 negatives.
box 2, folder 18
Feather, Leonard with The Sound of Feeling
undated
Scope and Content
114 negatives.
box 2, folder 19
The 5th Dimension
undated
Scope and Content
Approximately 230 negatives.
box 2, folder 20
Fleming, Carolyn
undated
Scope and Content
Approximately 336 negatives.
box 2, folder 21
Fletcher, Sam [vocalist]
1985-1995
Scope and Contents note
60 negatives; proof sheets.
box 20, folder 10
Fletcher, Sam - oversize matted print
undated
box 20, folder 11
Ford, Gerald - oversize
1976
Scope and Content
1 matted print; 1 collage.
box 22, folder 8
Ford, Gerald [with Morehead]
undated
Scope and Content
Matted print, inscribed by Ford.
box 2, folder 22
Foxx. Redd
undated
Scope and Contents note
92 negatives; proof sheet fragment; 1 matted print.
box 2, folder 23
Gibson, Althea [in a shoe store]
undated
Scope and Content
5 negatives.
box 22, folder 9
Gillespie, Dizzy - foamcore matted print
undated
Biography/History
The old inventory said this was from the Lighthouse night club.
box 20, folder 12
Goodman, Benny - oversize matted print
undated
box 22, folder 10
Goodman, Benny - foamcore matted print
undated
box 2, folder 24
Gordon, Dexter
1958
Scope and Contents note
1 print.
box 22, folder 11
Gordon, Dexter - foamcore matted print
1958
box 2, folder 25
Gracen, Thelma
undated
Scope and Content
20 negatives.
box 2, folder 26
Grant, Earl [and others on the set of
Club Checkerboard]
circa 1958-1968
Scope and Content
Approximately 340 negatives.
box 2, folder 27
Gregory, Dick [and unidentified female vocalist]
undated
Scope and Content
28 negatives.
box 2, folder 28
Grindell, Marion [Los Angeles County commissioner]
1968
Scope and Content
24 negatives.
box 2, folder 29
Hancock, Hunter
undated
Scope and Content
14 negatives.
box 2, folder 30
Harlem Globetrotters
undated
Scope and Content
15 negatives.
box 2, folder 31
Hartman, Ena
undated
Scope and Content
84 negatives.
box 2, folder 32
Hawkins, Tramaine
1993
Scope and Contents note
2 prints; 45 negatives; proof sheets.
box 2, folder 33
Henry, Ann [vocalist]
undated
Scope and Content
Approximately 180 negatives.
box 2, folder 34
"Herman" [young boy]
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 print.
box 2, folder 35
Hernandez, Juano
circa 1958
Scope and Content
Approximately 150 negatives.
Biography/History
At his Lyceum of Dramatic Art, 8553 Sunset Blvd.
box 2, folder 36
The Hi-Fis
circa 1964
Scope and Content
Approximately 75 negatives.
Biography/History
This is a predecessor to The 5th Dimension, with Ray Charles producing.
box 2, folder 37
Higgins, Billy
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 print.
box 2, folder 38
Holiday, Billie [with Bobby Troup and Frank Morgan]
1957
Scope and Contents note
1 print; 5 negatives; proof sheet [though Holiday appears on the proof sheet, only the negatives of Frank Morgan are present].
box 22, folder 12
Holiday, Billie - foamcore matted print
undated
box 2, folder 39
Hopkins, Linda
2002
Scope and Contents note
1 proof sheet.
box 2, folder 40
Houzell, Paul [artist]
undated
Scope and Contents note
3 prints; 36 negatives; proof sheet.
box 2, folder 41
Hunt, Carol and Ann-Marie Sayers
undated
Scope and Contents note
Approximately 210 negatives.
box 2, folder 42
Hurte, Leroy [conductor]
undated
Scope and Content
Approximately 110 negatives.
box 4, folder 1
Jackson, Jesse
1996
Scope and Contents note
3 proof sheets.
box 20, folder 13
Jesse Jackson - oversize matted print
undated
box 4, folder 2
Jackson, Mahalia
undated
Scope and Content
1 print [with Gordon Currie]; 6 negatives [with Duke Ellington].
box 22, folder 13
Jacquet, Illinois - matted print
undated
box 4, folder 3
Jenkins, Gordon
circa 1964
Scope and Content
Approximately 84 negatives.
Biography/History
Recording session for
Gordon Jenkins Presents My Wife the Blues Singer.
box 4, folder 4
Jo, Damita
undated
Scope and Content
96 negatives.
box 4, folder 5
John, Little Willie
undated
Scope and Content
4 prints [two images]; 2 negatives [different images].
box 4, folder 6
Jones, January [vocalist, not the
Mad Men actress]
undated
Scope and Content
60 negatives.
box 4, folder 7
Jones, Jerry [vocalist]
1995
Scope and Contents note
3 prints; approximately 400 negatives; proof sheets.
box 4, folder 8
Jordan, Louis [with unidentified woman]
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 print.
box 4, folder 9
Kamela, Lahaina
1989
Scope and Contents note
74 negatives.
box 4, folder 10
Kennedy, John F.
1960
Scope and Content
24 negatives.
Biography/History
Campaigning for president on Central Ave. in Los Angeles.
box 22, folder 14
Kennedy, John F. - matted print
1960
box 4, folder 11
Kido, Caroline
undated
Scope and Content
Approximately 80 negatives.
box 4, folder 12
King, Martin Luther Jr.
undated
Scope and Contents note
3 proof sheets [all for the same 24 negatives, which are not present].
box 20, folder 14
Kitt, Eartha - oversize matted print
undated
box 23, folder 1
Kitt, Eartha
undated
Scope and Content
3 matted prints.
box 4, folder 13
Land, Harold
undated
Scope and Contents note
62 negatives; proof sheets.
box 20, folder 15
Land, Harold - oversize matted print
undated
box 4, folder 14
LaRue, Florence
undated
Scope and Content
Approximately 170 negatives.
box 4, folder 15
Lawrence, Mittie
undated
Scope and Content
Approximately 900 negatives.
box 4, folder 16
Leung, Mei Ling
circa 1960
Scope and Content
84 negatives.
box 4, folder 17
Lewis, Jerry [with Lionel Hampton]
1960
Scope and Content
69 negatives.
Biography/History
These photos are from Lewis's 1960 Timex special on NBC, when most of Hampton's appearance was cut for time.
box 4, folder 18
Lewis, Ramsey
undated
Scope and Contents note
36 negatives.
box 4, folder 19
Limyou, Jeanna
undated
Scope and Content
144 negatives.
box 20, folder 16
Lindsay, Gilbert - oversize matted print
undated
box 4, folder 20
Little Richard
undated
Scope and Content
20 negatives.
box 4, folder 21
Lloyd, Charles
1999
Scope and Contents note
7 prints; approximately 160 negatives; proof sheets.
box 20, folder 17
Lloyd, Charles - oversize print
1999
box 4, folder 22
Lutcher, Nellie
undated
Scope and Content
36 negatives.
box 4, folder 23
Lynn, Gloria
1985
Scope and Contents note
3 prints; approximately 100 negatives; proof sheets.
box 20, folder 18
Lynn, Gloria - oversize
1985
Scope and Content
2 matted prints.
box 4, folder 24
Mabley, Moms [with the Smothers Brothers]
undated
Scope and Content
144 negatives.
box 23, folder 2
Mandela, Nelson
1990
Scope and Content
1 print; 2 matted prints [all have the same image].
box 4, folder 25
Mansfield, Jayne
undated
Scope and Content
5 negatives.
box 4, folder 26
Martin, Dean
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 print.
box 20, folder 19
Martin, Dean - oversize matted print
undated
box 4, folder 27
Matthews, Onzy
undated
Scope and Content
36 negatives.
box 4, folder 28
McCann, Les
2001
Scope and Contents note
1 print; 1 proof sheet.
box 4, folder 29
McLin, Claude
undated
Scope and Content
24 negatives.
box 4, folder 30
McNair, Barbara
undated
Scope and Content
57 negatives.
box 23, folder 3
Meredith, Burgess - matted print
undated
box 4, folder 31
Mitchell, Don
undated
Scope and Content
144 negatives.
box 4, folder 32
Mitchell, Herman [guitarist]
undated
Scope and Content
36 negatives.
box 23, folder 4
Monk, Thelonious
undated
Scope and Contents note
2 matted prints [same image].
Biography/History
The old inventory said this was from the Monterey Jazz Festival.
box 4, folder 33
Moore, Archie
undated
Scope and Content
84 negatives.
box 4, folder 34
Morgan, Frank
circa 1997
Scope and Contents note
6 prints; approximately 475 negatives; proof sheets.
box 4, folder 35
Morrison, Barbara
1998-2000
Scope and Contents note
21 stills; 4 transparencies; approximately 180 negatives; proof sheets; Morrison's resume.
box 23, folder 5
Mulligan, Gerry - matted print
undated
box 20, folder 20
Murray, Rev. Cecil - oversize matted print
undated
box 4, folder 36
Nobumoto, Lisa [vocalist]
undated
Scope and Contents note
2 prints.
box 4, folder 37
The Obsessions [female trio]
undated
Scope and Content
70 negatives.
box 24, folder 1
Parker, Charlie - oversize
undated
Scope and Content
2 matted prints.
box 5, folder 1
Parker, Charlie and Larance Marable
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 print.
box 5, folder 2
Parker, Dolores [vocalist]
undated
Scope and Content
Approximately 175 negatives.
Biography/History
Some are shot on the set of
Club Checkerboard.
box 5, folder 3
Powell, Bud
1954
Scope and Contents note
1 matted partial print; 9 negatives.
box 24, folder 2
Powell, Bud - oversize print
1954
box 5, folder 4
Poyand, Bill
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 matted print.
box 5, folder 5
Pratts, Yvonne [vocalist]
undated
Scope and Content
24 negatives.
box 5, folder 6
Price, Ruth
undated
Scope and Contents note
5 prints; 57 negatives; proof sheets.
box 5, folder 7
Price, Vincent [and unidentified woman]
undated
Scope and Content
The woman is also seen in the Jack Benny photo (Box 1, folder 18). 1 print.
box 5, folder 8
Prude, Terrell [pianist]
undated
Scope and Contents note
2 prints; 37 negatives; proof sheets.
box 5, folder 9
Prudhomme Twins
undated
Scope and Content
24 negatives.
box 24, folder 3
Pryor, Richard - oversize matted print
undated
box 5, folder 10
Randolph, Lillian
undated
Scope and Content
6 negatives.
box 5, folder 11
Razaf, Andy
undated
Scope and Contents note
36 negatives; proof sheets.
box 5, folder 12
Redd, Vi
undated and 2001
Scope and Contents note
3 prints; 18 transparencies; 114 negatives; proof sheets.
box 5, folder 13
Robbins, Rene [vocalist]
undated
Scope and Content
110 negatives.
box 5, folder 14
Robeson, Paul
1947
Scope and Contents note
1 photo collage.
box 24, folder 4
Robeson, Paul - oversize
1947
Scope and Content
2 mounted photo collages [same image].
box 5, folder 15
Robinson, Pearl [some with Sam Yorty]
undated
Scope and Content
108 negatives.
box 5, folder 16
Roosevelt, Eleanor
undated
Scope and Content
1 negative.
box 5, folder 17
Rubalcaba, Gonzalo
1997
Scope and Contents note
2 prints; 55 negatives; proof sheets.
box 5, folder 17
Russell, Gene
undated
Scope and Content
9 negatives.
box 5, folder 18
Sampson, Jean
undated
Scope and Content
24 negatives.
box 5, folder 19
Sheen, Tony
1987
Scope and Contents note
3 prints; 37 negatives; proof sheet.
box 5, folder 20
Short, Bobby
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 proof sheet.
box 5, folder 21
Simon, Maurice [with quartet at dance party]
undated
Scope and Content
36 negatives.
box 5, folder 22
Sinatra, Frank
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 print; 1 negative.
box 23, folder 6
Sinatra, Frank - foamcore matted print
undated
box 5, folder 23
Smith, Camilla
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 proof sheet.
box 5, folder 24
Smith, Jimmy
1984-1997
Scope and Contents note
4 prints; approximately 250 negatives; proof sheets.
box 5, folder 25
Smith, O.C.
undated
Scope and Contents note
3 proof sheets.
box 5, folder 26
Stitt, Sonny
undated
Scope and Contents note
Approximately 250 negatives.
box 5, folder 27
Sullivan, Niki [with band]
undated
Scope and Content
24 negatives.
box 5, folder 28
Sweet Baby J'ai
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 print; 36 negatives; proof sheet.
box 5, folder 29
Sylvers, Shirley
undated
Scope and Content
24 negatives.
box 5, folder 30
Talbert, Norma [showgirl]
undated
Scope and Content
12 negatives.
Biography/History
Talbert worked at the Moulin Rouge in Las Vegas, the first integrated casino in the country.
box 5, folder 31
Taylor, Joyce
undated
Scope and Content
12 negatives.
box 5, folder 32
Torme, Mel and George Shearing
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 print.
box 5, folder 33
The Treniers
undated
Scope and Content
Approximately 110 negatives.
box 5, folder 34
Turner, Jean [with Stan Kenton?]
undated
Scope and Content
Approximately 100 negatives.
box 5, folder 35
Uggams, Leslie
undated
Scope and Content
168 negatives.
box 5, folder 36
Upchurch, Phil
undated
Scope and Contents note
3 prints.
box 5, folder 37
Washington, Dinah [with unidentified trumpet player]
undated
Scope and Content
22 negatives.
box 5, folder 38
Weldon, Ann
undated
Scope and Content
36 negatives.
box 5, folder 39
White, Slappy
undated
Scope and Content
4 negatives.
box 5, folder 40
Whitfield, Mal
undated
Scope and Content
16 negatives.
box 5, folder 41
Wiggins, Gerald
undated-1999
Scope and Contents note
25 prints; 1 transparency; approximately 550 negatives.
box 6, folder 1
Williams, Joe
undated
Scope and Contents note
8 prints; 1 negative; proof sheet.
box 23, folder 7
Joe Williams - matted prints
undated
Scope and Content
2 prints.
box 6, folder 2
Williams, Tony
undated
Scope and Content
12 negatives.
box 6, folder 3
Wills, Maury [with Lionel Hampton]
circa 1962
Scope and Content
48 negatives.
box 6, folder 4
Wilson, Gerald
undated and 1997
Scope and Contents note
4 prints; approximately 70 negatives.
box 24, folder 5
Wilson, Gerald - oversize print
undated
box 23, folder 8
Wilson, Nancy
undated
Scope and Content
3 matted prints.
box 6, folder 5
Witherspoon, Jimmy
undated and 1997
Scope and Contents note
72 negatives; 1 print; 1 proof sheet; obituary.
box 24, folder 6
Jimmy Witherspoon - oversize matted print
undated
box 23, folder 9
Yorty, Sam
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 matted print inscribed by Yorty.
box 6, folder 6
Unidentified
undated
Scope and Content
41 prints; 40 proof sheets.
box 23, folder 10
Unidentified - large format
undated
Scope and Content
1 prints; 4 matted prints; 3 proof sheets.
box 24, folder 7
Unidentified - oversize
undated
Scope and Content
3 prints.
box 7, box 11, box 12, box 19, box 21
Unsorted negatives
undated
Scope and Content
Mostly glamour photography, including cheesecake photos and nudes.
box 19
Unsorted transparencies
undated
Scope and Content
Mostly glamour photography.
Subseries 2. Events and organizations
1958-2000
Scope and Contents note
This subseries contains photographs of jazz festivals, beauty pageants, performances, businesses, and locations.
box 6, folder 7
Academy Awards for 1957
1958
Scope and Content
47 negatives.
box 6, folder 8
Carver House [Las Vegas Interracial Hotel]
circa 1962
Biography/History
Nichelle Nichols is in performance and on the marquee.
Scope and Content
24 negatives.
box 6, folder 9
Cavalcade of Jazz
undated
Scope and Contents note
48 negatives; proof sheets.
box 6, folder 10
Central Avenue Jazz Festival
1997
Scope and Contents note
10 prints; approximately 432 negatives; proof sheets; program.
box 6, folder 11
City of Angels Jazz Festival
1998-2000
Scope and Contents note
2 prints; 36 negatives; proof sheets; flyers.
box 6, folder 12
Club Checkerboard [television series]
circa 1962
Scope and Content
Approximately 125 negatives.
box 6, folder 13
Dodgers Stadium
undated
Scope and Content
Game between the Dodgers and Oakland A's, with Reggie Jackson batting. Proof sheet.
box 6, folder 14
Double M Jazz Salon
1997-1999
Scope and Contents note
12 prints; approximately 300 negatives; proof sheets.
box 6, folder 15
Drum City
undated
Scope and Contents note
8 negatives; proof sheet.
box 6, folder 16
Ebony Fashion Fair
1963
Scope and Content
65 negatives.
box 6, folder 17
Golden State Mutual Life Insurance
undated
Scope and Content
Includes photos of buildings and staff; advertising art; calendar images. Approximately 1000 negatives.
box 6, folder 18
Holman United Methodist Church
undated
Scope and Content
62 negatives.
box 6, folder 19
Jazz a la Carte
undated
Scope and Contents note
36 negatives; proof sheet.
box 8, folder 1
Jazz at Drew
1994-1996
Scope and Contents note
1 print; 9 transparencies; approximately 500 negatives; proof sheets.
box 8, folder 2
Jazz at Drew
1997-1999
Scope and Contents note
Approximately 468 negatives; proof sheets.
box 8, folder 3
Jazz at School
1998
Scope and Contents note
72 negatives; proof sheets.
box 8, folder 4
Jazz Bakery
1998
Scope and Contents note
72 negatives; proof sheets.
box 8, folder 5
Jazz Goes to Church
1996
Scope and Contents note
5 prints; 62 negatives; proof sheets.
box 8, folder 6
Jimmy Cleveland Benefit
1990
Scope and Contents note
36 negatives; proof sheets.
box 8, folder 7
Lena Horne Cosmetics
undated
Scope and Content
12 negatives.
box 8, folder 8
Long Beach Jazz Festival
1997
Scope and Content
74 negatives.
box 8, folder 9
Los Angeles City Hall
undated
Scope and Content
10 negatives.
box 8, folder 10
Miss America
undated
Scope and Content
33 negatives.
box 8, folder 11
Miss Black America
undated
Scope and Content
120 negatives.
box 8, folder 12
Miss Bronze California
1959-1963
Scope and Content
Approximately 420 negatives; 15 transparencies.
box 8, folder 13
Miss Universe
undated
Scope and Content
Approximately 75 negatives.
box 8, folder 14
MOCA Jazz
1998
Scope and Content
11 prints; approximately 180 negatives; proof sheets.
box 8, folder 15
Musicians union benefit
undated
Scope and Content
69 negatives; proof sheets.
box 8, folder 16
Pacific Jazz Festival
undated
Scope and Contents note
108 negatives.
box 8, folder 17
Playboy Jazz Festival
1982-1984
Scope and Contents note
2 prints; approximately 500 negatives; proof sheets.
box 8, folder 18
Playboy Jazz Festival
1995
Scope and Contents note
Approximately 180 negatives; proof sheets.
box 8, folder 19
The Shriners [giving an award to Sammy Davis, Jr.]
circa 1960
Scope and Content
Approximately 80 negatives.
box 8, folder 20
Transport a Child Foundation [with Duke Ellington, Tony Bennett. Steve Allen, Greg Morris]
1967
Scope and Content
4 prints; 4 proof sheets.
box 8, folder 21
Tribute to Billie Holiday
undated
Scope and Contents note
Approximately 65 negatives; proof sheets..
Subseries 3. Howard Morehead
circa 1940-2000
Scope and Content
Contains photographs of Howard Morehead alone and with others; duplicates have not been noted.
box 3, folder 1
Black Journalists Association of Southern California
undated
Scope and Content
Morehead is receiving an award; Dick Gregory is in attendance. 9 prints; 6 small prints; proof sheet.
box 3, folder 2
Morehead, Howard
circa 1950-1959
Scope and Content
13 prints; 1 matted print.
box 23, folder 11
Morehead, Howard - matted photomontage
circa 1950
box 3, folder 3
Morehead, Howard
circa 1960-1969
Scope and Contents
6 prints.
box 3, folder 4
Morehead, Howard
circa 1970-1979
Scope and Contents
41 prints; 2 proof sheets.
box 3, folder 5
Morehead, Howard
circa 1970-1979
Scope and Content
5 matted prints.
box 23, folder 12
Morehead, Howard - matted prints
circa 1970-1979
Scope and Content
8 large format prints.
box 3, folder 6
Morehead, Howard
circa 1980-1989
Scope and Contents
50 prints; 3 proof sheets.
box 3, folder 7
Morehead, Howard
circa 1990-2000
Scope and Contents
19 prints; 11 small prints; 1 proof sheet fragment; 24 negatives.
box 24, folder 8
Morehead, Howard - oversize matted print
circa 1990
box 3, folder 8
Morehead, Howard with Brook Benton and Louie Robinson
circa 1963
Scope and Contents
1 print.
box 3, folder 9
Morehead, Howard with Ray Charles
circa 1990
Scope and Contents
1 print.
box 3, folder 10
Morehead, Howard with Cindy Crawford
undated
Scope and Content
3 prints; handwritten note from Crawford.
box 3, folder 11
Morehead, Howard with Dorothy Dandridge and Otto Preminger
circa 1954
Scope and Contents
2 prints.
box 3, folder 12
Morehead, Howard with Sammy Davis, Jr.
circa 1960 and circa 1975
Scope and Contents
3 prints [2 on the set of
Gone with the West].
box 3, folder 13
Morehead, Howard with Rosey Grier
circa 1972
Scope and Contents
1 print [on the set of
The Thing with Two Heads].
box 3, folder 14
Morehead, Howard with Loyal Griggs
circa 1956
Scope and Content
1 print [on the set of
The Ten Commandments].
box 3, folder 15
Morehead, Howard with Jayne Mansfield
1958
Scope and Contents
1 print.
box 3, folder 16
Morehead, Howard with Sidney Poitier
circa 1960
Scope and Contents
2 prints.
box 3, folder 17
Morehead, Howard with Nancy Wilson
circa 1960
Scope and Contents
1 print.
box 3, folder 18
Unidentified personal and family photos
circa 1940s-1990s
Scope and Content
40 snapshots.
Subseries 4. Digital images
1997-2000
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
SERIES CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials in this series will require assessment and possible digitization
for safe access. To review these audiovisual materials, you must notify the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk
in advance of your visit.
box 3, folder 19
All Stars of Jazz screen saver
1997
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
2 3.5" floppy disks.
Restrictions on Access
Use of electronic/digital format material requires special equipment or further processing may be required for viewing.
box 3, folder 20
Kodak picture CD
2000
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Compact disc.
Restrictions on Access
Use of electronic/digital format material requires special equipment or further processing may be required for viewing.
Series 2. Business and personal papers
1958-2001
Scope and Content
Includes correspondence and other documents regarding Morehead's various business ventures and his employment at KABC. Files
including the word "incident" contain material regarding disciplinary measures taken against Morehead at the television station,
which cumulatively resulted in him filing a racial-discrimination lawsuit.
box 8, folder 22
Backstreet Artist Gallery
2000
box 8, folder 23
Biographies and press releases
circa 2000
box 8, folder 24
Black photographers
circa 1994
box 9, folder 2
Bronze Beauty
1987-1999
Scope and Content
Includes model questionnaires and resumes; press releases.
box 9, folder 4
California State University, Northridge
2000
Scope and Content
Includes correspondence regarding the donation of Morehead's papers.
box 9, folder 5
Cards and post cards
1984-1985
Scope and Content
Includes Black Is More Than Beautiful beefcake cards.
box 9, folder 6
City of Angels Jazz Festival program
2000
box 9, folder 8
CRM Public Relations
1987
box 9, folder 9
Cuban prisoner return incident
1979
box 9, folder 10
Cultural Affairs Department
1990-1997
box 9, folder 11
Double M Jazz Salon fliers
1996-1998
box 9, folder 12
Edwards, Teddy
1990-1994
Scope and Content
Includes article about Edwards by Morehead.
box 9, folder 13
Equipment lists
1963-1977
box 9, folder 14
Eye on Music
undated
Scope and Content
Contains mock-up of proposed book of photography.
box 10, folder 2
General correspondence
1979-2001
box 10, folder 3
Head shots
undated
Scope and Content
Includes Jesse James Hollywood.
box 10, folder 4
Inside Edition incident
1990
box 10, folder 5
Jazz at Drew programs
1995-1999
box 10, folder 7
KABC employment
1976-1983
box 10, folder 10
KABC retirement
1989-1991
box 10, folder 11
Late return/illness incident
1979
box 10, folder 12
Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music program
undated
box 10, folder 13
Los Angeles Dodgers incident
1982
box 18, folder 1
Michael Ray Gammon incident
1984-1985
box 18, folder 2
Miss Bronze California program
1960
box 18, folder 4
Monterey Jazz Festival programs
1963-1968
box 18, folder 5
Periodicals
1964-1991
Scope and Content
Elegant, 1:6, 2:3 [with feature on Eartha Kitt photographed by Morehead], 2:6, 2:8;
Players, 17:11.
box 18, folder 6
Personal papers
1992-2003
box 18, folder 8
Playboy
1958-1993
Scope and Contents note
Includes letters from
Playboy explaining that they do not consider "foreign, Oriental and Negro girls" as models.
box 18, folder 9
Playboy Jazz Festival programs
1983 and 1999
box 18, folder 10
Ray Charles Song Folio
1963
box 18, folder 11
Writings by Howard Morehead
undated and 1997
Series 3. Video cassettes
1980-2001
Scope and Content
Mostly home recordings; VHS tapes unless otherwise noted.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
RESTRICTED ACCESS: Use of moving image material requires production of viewing copies.
box 13
Aretha Franklin / Lou Rawls
undated
box 13
Artist Extraordinary - Bill Pajaud
undated
box 13
Big Band Bash / American Pop Singers
undated
box 13
Billy Childs at Jazz Salon
2000
box 14
From Jump Street / Ray Charles 20/20 / Dizzy Gillespie "Mayport jazz"
undated
box 14
The Gerald Wiggins Trio with the Southeast Symphony Orchestra
2001
box 14
H. Morehead Interview
undated
box 14
Interview of Photographer Howard Morehead by Tom Reed on KSCI-TV
1990
Scope and Content
2 copies, one VHS, one Beta.
box 14
Jazz at the Smithsonian with Art Blakey, Wynton and Branford Marsalis / Sarah Vaughan and Wynton Marsalis with the Boston
Pops Orchestra
1982-1985
box 15
Monty Alexander Trio at Union Station
undated
box 15
Nancy Wilson at O.C. Smith Memorial
undated
box 15
Ray Charles with the Boston Pops / Jazz at the Snowbird: Dave Brubeck / Spoleto '81
undated
box 15
Saoul Mamby vs. Esteban De Jesus / Larry Holmes vs. Scott LeDoux / Miss Universe / Oscar Peterson and Boston Pops / Bill
Evans
1980
box 15
World of Photography
2000
box 16
Photographs of Howard Morehead
1990
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
U-matic tape.
box 16
World of Photography (Master)
undated
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
U-matic tape.
Series 4. Sound recordings
1963-1998
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
RESTRICTED ACCESS: Use of audio material requires production of listening copies.
box 17
Ray Charles -
I'm All Yours Baby!
undated
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
12" vinyl record.
box 17
Ray Charles -
Ingredients in a Recipe for Soul
1963
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
12" vinyl record.
box 17
Ray Charles -
Just Between Us
1988
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
12" vinyl record.
box 17
Ray Charles -
The Complete Country & Western Recordings, 1959-1986
1998
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
CD box set.
Scope and Content
Disc 4 of this CD set is missing, but there are two copies of the liner notes booklet.
box 17
Blues Women
undated
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
CD-R.
box 17
Teddy Edwards, Eric Burrell
undated
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
CD-R.
Series 5. Scrapbooks
1944-1958
box 19
Scrapbook leaves
1944-1947
Scope and Content
Includes material regarding Howard Morehead's military service.
box 19
Scrapbook
1952-1958
Scope and Content
Contains clippings and covers from publications targeting African-American readers, including the
Los Angeles Sentinel,
Ebony,
Tan,
Jet,
Sepia, and
Hue.
Series 6. Books
1962-2000
box 25
The Black Music History of Los Angeles - Its Roots by Tom Reed [Los Angeles: Black Accent Press]
1992 and 2000
Scope and Content
2 copies inscribed by the author.
box 25
The Brown Derby Cookbook by Leonard Louis Levinson [Garden City: Dolphin Books]
1962
box 25
An Illustrated Bio-Bibliography of Black Photographers, 1940-1988 [New York: Garland Publishing]
1989
box 25
Monterey Jazz Festival: Forty Legendary Years by William Minor [Santa Monica: Angel City Press]
1997
box 25
The Nigger Bible by Robert H. DeCoy [Blawhit] [inscribed by the author]
1967
box 25
The Nigger Bible by Robert H. DeCoy, with a preface by Dick Gregory [Los Angeles: Holloway House] [inscribed by the author]
1967
box 25
The Spook Who Sat by the Door by Sam Greenlee [New York: Bantam Books] [inscribed by the author]
1972
Claxonography by William Claxton [Kiel: Nieswand Verlag] [inscribed by the author]
1995
Separated Material
Item removed to stacks because of size.