Charles Walton Papers, 1928-2005
| Dates: | 1928-2005 |
| Size: | 28 linear feet (36 archival boxes) |
| Repository: | 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 |
| Collection Number: | 1996/05 |
| Provenance: | Donation of Charles Walton in 1996. Additional donations made by Lorraine Walton in 2009, 2010. |
| Access: | No restrictions; a portion of this collection is digitized and available here: Chicago Renaissance Digital Collection |
| Citation: | When quoting material from this collection the preferred citation is: Charles Walton Papers [Box #, Folder #], Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature, Chicago Public Library. |
| Processed by: | Celeste Day Moore, Mapping the Stacks, University of Chicago |
| Supervised by: | Michael Flug, Senior Archivist, Harsh Research Collection |
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, Ala. 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 bachelor of arts and master of arts 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 50 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 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. Although 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:
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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.
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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
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 papers at the Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection include the Timuel D. Black Papers, the Charles A. Davis Papers, Walter Dyett Papers and the Theodore Charles Stone Papers.
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.
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. Only a small percentage of the interviews have been transcribed thus far.
The tapes were transferred to more stable formats from fall 2009 to summer 2010, and efforts were made to improve sound quality. 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 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 keyword descriptions that appear in the list of interviewees were written by Charles Walton.
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.
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.
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 master of arts 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.
Series 5: Serials, 1928-1977
This series consists of published serials in Walton’s collection and is arranged chronologically.
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.
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.
Container List
| Series 1: Bronzeville Conversations, 1936-2005 | ||
| Sub-Series 1: Memoirs | ||
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | BC, Memoirs, Biographical Info |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 | BC, Memoirs, Drafts of Walton’s memoir |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 | BC, Memoirs, “The Beginning” |
| Sub-Series 2: Bronzeville Conversations drafts | ||
| Box 2 | Folder 4 | BC, Subject Articles, History of Bronzeville |
| Box 2 | Folder 5 | BC, Subject Articles, “47th St. and South Park Blvd: Bronzeville’s Downtown” |
| Box 2 | Folder 6 | BC, Subject Articles, “The DuSable Hotel” |
| Box 2 | Folder 7 | BC, Subject Articles, “The DuSable Hotel and Drexel Square Area” |
| Box 2 | Folder 8 | BC, Subject Articles, “Great Lakes Experience: Black Navy Bands in WWII” |
| Box 2 | Folder 9 | BC, Subject Articles, “Great Lakes Experience: Center #3” |
| Box 2 | Folder 10 | BC, Subject Articles, Policy |
| Box 2 | Folder 11 | BC, Subject Articles, “The Sutherland Lounge” |
| Box 3 | Folder 1 | Bronzeville Conversations (BC), Musicians, Campbell, Floyd |
| Box 3 | Folder 2 | BC, Musicians, Christian, Jodie |
| Box 3 | Folder 3 | BC, Musicians, Cole, Freddie |
| Box 3 | Folder 4 | BC, Musicians, Fielder, William “Bill” |
| Box 3 | Folder 5 | BC, Musicians, Floyd, George |
| Box 3 | Folder 6 | BC, Musicians, Fowlks, Billy (Nelson) |
| Box 3 | Folder 7 | BC, Musicians, Galloway, Steve |
| Box 3 | Folder 8 | BC, Musicians, Gray, Harry |
| Box 3 | Folder 9 | BC, Musicians, Groner, Duke |
| Box 3 | Folder 10 | BC, Musicians, Hibbler, Albert George |
| Box 3 | Folder 11 | BC, Musicians, Hinton, Milt |
| Box 3 | Folder 12 | BC, Musicians, Hinton, Milt and Mona |
| Box 3 | Folder 13 | BC, Musicians, Kolax, King |
| Box 3 | Folder 14 | BC, Musicians, Ogletree, Louis |
| Box 3 | Folder 15 | BC, Musicians, Ogletree, Louis (2) |
| Box 3 | Folder 16 | BC, Musicians, Orr, Raymond |
| Box 3 | Folder 17 | BC, Musicians, Outlaw, Ernest |
| Box 3 | Folder 18 | BC, Musicians, Pate, Johnny |
| Box 3 | Folder 19 | BC, Musicians, Randall, Willie |
| Box 3 | Folder 20 | BC, Musicians, Simmons, Lonnie |
| Box 3 | Folder 21 | BC, Musicians, Smith, Floyd |
| Box 3 | Folder 22 | BC, Musicians, Terry, Clark and Sykes |
| Box 3 | Folder 23 | BC, Musicians, Thompson, Earma and Marshall |
| Box 3 | Folder 24 | BC, Musicians, Touff, Cy |
| Box 3 | Folder 25 | BC, Musicians, Towles, Nat |
| Box 3 | Folder 26 | BC, Musicians, Wilson, Gerald |
| Box 3 | Folder 27 | BC, Musicians, Wright, John |
| Box 3 | Folder 28 | BC, Musicians, Young, Dave |
| Box 3 | Folder 29 | BC, Musicians, Young, Marl |
| Box 3 | Folder 30 | BC, Non-Musician Interviewees, Brown, Sam |
| Box 3 | Folder 31 | BC, Non-Musician Interviewees, Cole, Charlie |
| Box 3 | Folder 32 | BC, Non-Musician Interviewees, Davis, Charles |
| Box 3 | Folder 33 | BC, Non-Musician Interviewees, Flagg, Eddie |
| Box 3 | Folder 34 | BC, Non-Musician Interviewees, Fuller, C.E. |
| Box 3 | Folder 35 | BC, Non-Musician Interviewees, Glanton, Brennan |
| Box 3 | Folder 36 | BC, Non-Musician Interviewees, Korshak, Marshall |
| Box 3 | Folder 37 | BC, Non-Musician Interviewees, Vernell Fournier |
| Box 3 | Folder 38 | BC, Non-Musician Interviewees, Yancey, Theresa |
| Box 4 | Folder 1 | BC, AFM, “The Tempo of the Times” (1) [N.D.] |
| Box 4 | Folder 2 | BC, AFM, “The Tempo of the Times” (2) [N.D.] |
| Box 4 | Folder 3 | BC, AFM, “The Tempo of the Times” (3) [N.D.] |
| Box 4 | Folder 4 | BC, AFM, Frank, Derrick Jr, “The Move for an Integrated Musicians Union” [N.D.] |
| Box 4 | Folder 5 | BC, AFM, 10-208 Merger Writeup [N.D.] |
| Box 4 | Folder 6 | BC, AFM, Merger, Audit Report, 1963 |
| Box 4 | Folder 7 | BC, AFM, Merger Order, 1964 |
| Box 4 | Folder 8 | BC, AFM, Merger Order, Locals 10 and 208, 1964 |
| Box 4 | Folder 9 | BC, AFM, Merger, Committee of Acting Thinking Sidemen (CATS), 1964 |
| Box 4 | Folder 10 | BC, AFM, Merger, “Food for Thought,” K.F.A. Club, 1966 |
| Box 4 | Folder 11 | BC, AFM, Local 10-208, Initiation Fee Refund, 1966 |
| Box 4 | Folder 12 | BC, AFM, Local 10-208, Harry Gray Case, 1966 |
| Box 4 | Folder 13 | BC, AFM, Post-Merger Court Cases, 1967-71 |
| Box 4 | Folder 14 | BC, AFM, Local 10-208, Election Ballot, 1977 |
| Box 4 | Folder 15 | BC, AFM, Local 10-208, Musical Services Contract, 1994 |
| Box 4 | Folder 16 | BC, AFM, Local 10-208, Centennial Celebration, 2001 |
| Box 4 | Folder 17 | BC, AFM, Local 10-208, Membership Directory, 2002-03 |
| Box 4 | Folder 18 | BC, AFM, Local 10 Activists, writeup by Walton [N.D.] |
| Box 4 | Folder 19 | BC, AFM, Local 10, Booking Agents in Chicago, 1942 |
| Box 4 | Folder 20 | BC, AFM, Local 10, “Take Ten: Monthly Newsletter of ’Chicago Musicians for Union Democracy’”, 1962 |
| Box 4 | Folder 21 | BC, AFM, Local 208 Activists, writeup by Walton [N.D.] |
| Box 4 | Folder 22 | BC, AFM, Local 208 History |
| Box 4 | Folder 23 | BC, AFM, Local 208, High Low Club Contract, 1936 |
| Box 4 | Folder 24 | BC, AFM, Local 208, Meeting Minutes, 1938 |
| Box 4 | Folder 25 | BC, AFM, Local 208, Meeting Minutes, 1940 |
| Box 4 | Folder 26 | BC, AFM, Local 208, Special Meeting Minutes, 1940 |
| Box 4 | Folder 27 | BC, AFM, Local 208, Meeting Minutes, 1942 |
| Box 4 | Folder 28 | BC, AFM, Local 208, Recommendation to Board of Directors, 1947 |
| Box 4 | Folder 29 | BC, AFM, Local 208, Finance Committee Report, 1947 |
| Box 4 | Folder 30 | BC, AFM, Local 208, Minutes, 1949 |
| Box 4 | Folder 31 | BC, AFM, Local 208, Finance Committee Report, 1951 |
| Box 4 | Folder 32 | BC, AFM, Local 208, Meeting Minutes, 1963 |
| Box 4 | Folder 33 | BC, AFM, Local 208, President’s Report, 1963 |
| Box 4 | Folder 34 | BC, AFM, Local 208, Merger Correspondence, 1963 |
| Box 4 | Folder 35 | BC, AFM, Local 208, Audit Report, 1963 |
| Box 4 | Folder 36 | BC, AFM, Local 208, Merger Documents, 1963-66 |
| Box 4 | Folder 37 | BC, AFM, Local 208, Meeting Minutes, 1964 |
| Box 4 | Folder 38 | BC, AFM, Local 208, Meeting Minutes, 1965 |
| Box 4 | Folder 39 | BC, AFM, Local 208, Meeting Minutes, 1965 |
| Box 4 | Folder 40 | BC, AFM, Local 208, Meeting Minutes, 1965 |
| Box 4 | Folder 41 | BC, AFM, Local 208, Meeting Minutes, 1965 |
| Box 4 | Folder 42 | BC, AFM, Local 208, Closing Statement of Financial Secretary, 1966 |
| Box 4 | Folder 43 | BC, AFM, Local 208, Final Membership meeting notice, 1966 |
| Box 5 | Folder 1 | BC, Black Radio, “All Music History Log” Full Black Radio Study [N.D.] |
| Box 5 | Folder 2 | BC, Black Radio, Table of Contents |
| Box 5 | Folder 3 | BC, Black Radio, Spaulding, Norman |
| Box 5 | Folder 4 | BC, Black Radio, Cooper, Gertrude and Jack L. |
| Box 5 | Folder 5 | BC, Black Radio, “Al Benson: The Godfather of Chicago Black Radio” [N.D.] |
| Box 5 | Folder 6 | BC, Black Radio, Benson, Al |
| Box 5 | Folder 7 | BC, Black Radio, Chess, Phil |
| Box 5 | Folder 8 | BC, Black Radio, Chess Records |
| Box 5 | Folder 9 | BC, Black Radio, Cordell, Lucky |
| Box 5 | Folder 10 | BC, Black Radio, Leaner, Ernie (1, 2, 3) |
| Box 5 | Folder 11 | BC, Black Radio, Carter, Vivian |
| Box 5 | Folder 12 | BC, Black Radio, McCoy, Sid (1) |
| Box 5 | Folder 13 | BC, Black Radio, McCoy, Sid (2) |
| Box 5 | Folder 14 | BC, Black Radio, Raglin, Al |
| Box 5 | Folder 15 | BC, Black Radio, Washington, Bernadine |
| Box 5 | Folder 16 | BC, Black Radio, Brown, Oscar Jr (1) |
| Box 5 | Folder 17 | BC, Black Radio, Brown, Oscar Jr (2) |
| Box 5 | Folder 18 | BC, Black Radio, Davis, Carl |
| Box 5 | Folder 19 | BC, Black Radio, White, Granville |
| Box 5 | Folder 20 | BC, Black Radio, Canadian Ace- Jive Cadillac |
| Box 5 | Folder 21 | BC, Black Radio, Barney, Willie J (Barney’s One Stop) |
| Box 5 | Folder 22 | BC, Black Radio, Coopwood, Jessie |
| Box 5 | Folder 23 | BC, Black Radio, Pegue, Richard |
| Box 5 | Folder 24 | BC, Black Radio, Smith, Larry |
| Box 5 | Folder 25 | BC, Black Radio, Ogletree, Louis |
| Box 5 | Folder 26 | BC, Black Radio, Dawson-Davis |
| Box 5 | Folder 27 | BC, Black Radio, Glanton, Brennan |
| Box 5 | Folder 28 | BC, Black Radio, Fielder, Dr. William “Bill” |
| Box 5 | Folder 29 | BC, Black Radio, Hinton, Milt |
| Box 5 | Folder 30 | BC, Black Radio, MacDonald, J. Fred |
| Series 2: Interviews, 1960s-1990s | ||
| Sub-Series 1: Inventory and Transcripts | ||
| Box 6 | Folder 1 | BC, Interview Inventory |
| Box 6 | Folder 2 | BC, Interview Transcripts, Cobb, Kwame Steve |
| Box 6 | Folder 3 | BC, Interview Transcripts, Flagg, Eddie |
| Box 6 | Folder 4 | BC, Interview Transcripts, Groner, Duke (1) |
| Box 6 | Folder 5 | BC, Interview Transcripts, Groner, Duke (2) |
| Box 6 | Folder 6 | BC, Interview Transcripts, Johnson, Eddy |
| Box 6 | Folder 7 | BC, Interview Transcripts, McCoy, Sid |
| Box 6 | Folder 8 | BC, Interview Transcripts, Young, Dave |
| Box 6 | Folder 9 | BC, Interview Transcripts, Young, Marl |
| Sub-Series 2: Oral History Recordings | ||||
| Box | Folder | Interviewee | Subjects | Subfolders (#) |
| Box 7 | Folder 1 | Adams, Dr. JoJo | 2 | |
| Box 7 | Folder 2 | Anderson, Kenneth | Local 208 | 2 |
| Box 7 | Folder 3 | Anderson, Mary | DuSable Hotel restaurant, 3/8/81 | 1 |
| Box 7 | Folder 4 | Artus, Josephine | Race, DeLisa, ’Smart Affairs’ | 2 |
| Box 7 | Folder 5 | Atkins, C.B. | Married to Sarah Vaughan, leased Roberts Motel, worked with Muhammad Ali. Interview subjects: Sarah Vaughan, Muhammad Ali | 4 |
| Box 7 | Folder 6 | Folder Not Utilized | N/A | N/A |
| Box 7 | Folder 7 | Bates, Mrs. (Violet or Viola?) | DeLisa chorus line | 1 |
| Box 7 | Folder 8 | Bates, William Lefty | Local 208, recording work, DeLisa | 3 |
| Box 7 | Folder 9 | Beebe, Jim | Dixieland music, Duke Groner | 1 |
| Box 8 | Folder 10 | Benson, Al | black radio and also an audio copy of documentary | 5 |
| Box 8 | Folder 11 | Folder Not Utilized | N/A | N/A |
| Box 8 | Folder 12 | Blue, Sugar | Blues | 2 |
| Box 8 | Folder 13 | Bolle, Jim | Union merger, CCMF | 1 |
| Box 8 | Folder 14 | Bowden, Lynne | 1 | |
| Box 8 | Folder 15 | Bradley, Rolander “Red” | Sutherland bartender, Hyde Park | 2 |
| Box 8 | Folder 16 | Brown, Hilliard | Jazz history, Charlie Parker, Local 208 officer | 2 |
| Box 8 | Folder 17 | Brown, Oscar Jr. | Actor, black radio, race | 1 |
| Box 8 | Folder 18 | Brown, Sam | DuSable, Sutherland hotels, pimps | 2 |
| Box 8 | Folder 19 | Burroughs, Margaret | DuSable museum, Abraham Lincoln Center | 1 |
| Box 8 | Folder 20 | Burton, John | Lawyer, Leonard Chess | 1 |
| Box 8 | Folder 21 | Butler, Roy | Musicians | 1 |
| Box 8 | Folder 22 | Cadillac, Dr. Jive | H. Washington, A. Benson, promotion | 1 |
| Box 9 | Folder 23 | Campbell, Floyd | Rhumboogie Club, Bronzeville history | 3 |
| Box 9 | Folder 24 | Campbell, Wilbur | 2 | |
| Box 9 | Folder 25 | Folder Not Utilized | N/A | |
| Box 9 | Folder 26 | Centano, Bob | 1 | |
| Box 9 | Folder 27 | Champion, Tracye | History, Charlie Glenn, Rhumboogie | 2 |
| Box 9 | Folder 28 | Chess, Phil | Chess Records, 1/16/80 | 1 |
| Box 9 | Folder 29 | Childs, Josie | Great Lakes | 1 |
| Box 9 | Folder 30 | Folder Not Utilized | N/A | |
| Box 9 | Folder 31 | Christian, Bobby | 1 | |
| Box 9 | Folder 32 | Christian, Jodie | DuSable Lounge, Jimmy Reed | 2 |
| Box 9 | Folder 33 | Clair, Bill | 2 | |
| Box 9 | Folder 34 | Clair, Bob (Robert) | Local 10 history | 2 |
| Box 9 | Folder 35 | Clark, Clifford | Local 208, Club DeLisa, Rhumboogie | 1 |
| Box 9 | Folder 36 | Cobb, Kwame Steve | 9/1/04 | 1 |
| Box 9 | Folder 37 | Coe, Jimmy | Indianapolis, Jay McShan, Charlie Parker | 1 |
| Box 10 | Folder 38 | Cole, Charlie | DuSable, Pershing hotels | 1 |
| Box 10 | Folder 39 | Cole, Freddie | 2002 | 1 |
| Box 10 | Folder 40 | Coleman, Gloria | Bronzeville history, churches, radio, 5/9/80 | 7 |
| Box 10 | Folder 41 | Cooper, Gertrude (Mrs. Jack L.) | Jack L. Cooper, Bishop Roberts | 2 |
| Box 10 | Folder 42 | Cooper, Red | Local 10-208 Business Agent | 2 |
| Box 10 | Folder 43 | Coopwood, Jesse | First black DJ in Gary; 3rd disc recorded on 7/3/1988 | 3 |
| Box 10 | Folder 44 | Cordell, Lucky | DJ, black radio, Al Benson | 3 |
| Box 10 | Folder 45 | Folder Not Utilized | N/A | |
| Box 10 | Folder 46 | Folder Not Utilized | N/A | |
| Box 11 | Folder 47 | Davis, Charles | Oakwood, Bronzeville history, 47th st. | 7 |
| Box 11 | Folder 48 | Demus, Earl | Musician, Rhumboogie | 1 |
| Box 11 | Folder 50 | DePriest, Oscar IV | Rep. DePriest, Bronzeville history | 1 |
| Box 11 | Folder 51 | Folder Not Utilized | N/A | |
| Box 11 | Folder 52 | Dickerson, Earl B. | Politics, restrictive covenants | 2 |
| Box 11 | Folder 53 | Dixon, George | Earl Hines | 2 |
| Box 11 | Folder 54 | Dixon, Willie | Blues | 1 |
| Box 11 | Folder 55 | Durham, Clarice | widow of Richard Durham | 1 |
| Box 11 | Folder 56 | Folder Not Utilized | N/A | |
| Box 11 | Folder 57 | Ellis, Jimmy | Sun Ra, Earl Hines | 2 |
| Box 11 | Folder 58 | Ferrar, Duke | 39th St. | 2 |
| Box 11 | Folder 59 | Fielder, Al | Local 208, C&C Lounge; 5/30/1966 | 1 |
| Box 12 | Folder 60 | Flagg, Eddie | DuSable, Pershing hotels | 3 |
| Box 12 | Folder 61 | Fleming, King | Local 10-208 Merger | 1 |
| Box 12 | Folder 62 | Floyd, George | DeLisa, Fletcher Henderson | 4 |
| Box 12 | Folder 63 | Flug, Michael | USO clubs/Great Lakes; Idlewild | 1 |
| Box 12 | Folder 64 | Fort, Henry | Local 208, Nat Cole | 3 |
| Box 12 | Folder 65 | Folder Not Utilized | N/A | |
| Box 12 | Folder 66 | Fowlks, Billy | Hair stylist for celebrities | 1 |
| Box 12 | Folder 67 | Frasier, Artie | Bartender at Sutherland, Bronzeville history | 2 |
| Box 12 | Folder 68 | Freeman, George | Local 208 | 4 |
| Box 13 | Folder 69 | Freeman, Von | Jazz in Bronzeville | 1 |
| Box 13 | Folder 70 | Friedman, Ruth | 2 | |
| Box 13 | Folder 71 | Frigo, Johnny | T. Dorsey, recording industry | 1 |
| Box 13 | Folder 72 | Fuller, C.E. | 3 | |
| Box 13 | Folder 73 | Gaines, Everett | Local 208, Dope | 2 |
| Box 13 | Folder 74 | Galloway, Steve | Musicians, Count Basie | 1 |
| Box 13 | Folder 75 | Gardner, Burgess | 2 | |
| Box 13 | Folder 76 | Folder Not Utilized | N/A | |
| Box 13 | Folder 77 | Glanton, Brennan | Local 208, 39th St. | 1 |
| Box 13 | Folder 78 | Gold, Ben | Morocco Show Lounge, 39th st. | 1 |
| Box 13 | Folder 79 | Goodman, Lester | Dance reviews | 1 |
| Box 13 | Folder 80 | Greer, Paula | Singer, local, up and down 63rd st. when it was busy, 11/1/1998 | 1 |
| Box 13 | Folder 81 | Groner, Duke | Local 10-208, Bronzeville history | 1 |
| Box 13 | Folder 82 | Hampton, Lionel | 1 | |
| Box 13 | Folder 83 | Folder Not Utilized | N/A | |
| Box 13 | Folder 84 | Head, Dr. | 1 | |
| Box 13 | Folder 85 | Henderson, Willie | 2 | |
| Box 14 | Folder 86 | Henry, John | 39th st., barbers | 1 |
| Box 14 | Folder 87 | Folder Not Utilized | N/A | |
| Box 14 | Folder 88 | Hibbler, Al | 6/2/78 | 1 |
| Box 14 | Folder 89 | Hillard, Tom | Local 10 merger | 3 |
| Box 14 | Folder 90 | Folder Not Utilized | N/A | |
| Box 14 | Folder 91 | Folder Not Utilized | N/A | |
| Box 14 | Folder 92 | Holloway, Red | Local 10-208 | 1 |
| Box 14 | Folder 93 | Holt, Red | Musicians | 5 |
| Box 14 | Folder 94 | Howard, Don | 1 | |
| Box 14 | Folder 95 | Jackson, Franz | 1 | |
| Box 14 | Folder 96 | James, Prince | Local 208; 11/17/1981 | 1 |
| Box 14 | Folder 97 | Johns, Steve | DuSable Hotel, Charles Davis; 5/7/1979 | 1 |
| Box 14 | Folder 98 | Johnson, Eddie | 1 | |
| Box 14 | Folder 99 | Johnson, Grady | 47th St., musicians’ pharmacy | 3 |
| Box 14 | Folder 100 | Johnson, Marcus | Blues, Al Smith | 2 |
| Box 15 | Folder 101 | Jones, C? | 2 | |
| Box 15 | Folder 102 | Jones, Tommy | Local 208, race and clubs | 2 |
| Box 15 | Folder 103 | Folder Not Utilized | N/A | |
| Box 15 | Folder 104 | Kellum, James | Bud Billiken | 2 |
| Box 15 | Folder 105 | Kennedy, Joe | 1 | |
| Box 15 | Folder 106 | Keys, Johnny | 2 | |
| Box 15 | Folder 107 | King, Alonzo | Record producer, Motown | 2 |
| Box 15 | Folder 108 | King, Dr. Herbert | 1 | |
| Box 15 | Folder 109 | Folder Not Utilized | N/A | |
| Box 15 | Folder 110 | Kirk, Andy | Music history | 1 |
| Box 15 | Folder 111 | Knapp, Roy | Local 10, Grand Terrace, 5/4/1978 | 1 |
| Box 15 | Folder 112 | Folder Not Utilized | N/A | |
| Box 15 | Folder 113 | Korshack, Marshall | Politics, 5th Ward | 1 |
| Box 15 | Folder 114 | Lake Meadows dancer [ID lost] | 5/1/79 | 1 |
| Box 15 | Folder 115 | Leaner, Ernie | Al Benson, recording; related to Benson-nephew | 1 |
| Box 15 | Folder 116 | Folder Not Utilized | N/A | |
| Box 15 | Folder 117 | Lindsay, Oscar | Singer, Bronzeville clubs | 5 |
| Box 15 | Folder 118 | Folder Not Utilized | N/A | |
| Box 16 | Folder 119 | Lynn, Laura | Bronzeville clubs | 1 |
| Box 16 | Folder 120 | Mack, Rev. James | Local 10-208 Merger; civil rights; Operation Bread Basket | 2 |
| Box 16 | Folder 121 | Mallard, Sax | Bronzeville history | 4 |
| Box 16 | Folder 122 | Margerum, Charles | S.B.Fuller, Roberts Show Lounge | 4 |
| Box 16 | Folder 123 | Folder Not Utilized | N/A | |
| Box 16 | Folder 124 | Folder Not Utilized | N/A | |
| Box 16 | Folder 125 | McCoy, Sid | Black radio, Al Benson | 1 |
| Box 16 | Folder 126 | McDaniels, Floyd | Five Blazes, gangsters | 1 |
| Box 16 | Folder 127 | McDonald, Laney | Local 10-208 | 1 |
| Box 16 | Folder 128 | McShan, Jay | Kansas City, Chicago music | 1 |
| Box 16 | Folder 129 | Folder Not Utilized | N/A | |
| Box 16 | Folder 130 | Ogletree, Louis | Local 10-208, Charlie Parker; 7/14/1993 | 3 |
| Box 16 | Folder 131 | Orr, Raymond | Billy Eckstine, Be-bop revolution; Discs 3-4 (October 1981) | 4 |
| Box 17 | Folder 132 | Outlaw, Ernest | Local 10-208 | 5 |
| Box 17 | Folder 133 | Ousley, Harold | 1 | |
| Box 17 | Folder 134 | Parham, Truck | Local 208 | 1 |
| Box 17 | Folder 135 | Parker, Arleatha Leaner | Al Benson’s daughter | 3 |
| Box 17 | Folder 136 | Pernell, Joe | Local 10-208 | 4 |
| Box 17 | Folder 137 | Pate, Johnny | Record producer, musician, jazz history | 1 |
| Box 17 | Folder 138 | Patterson, Pat (Nelson) | Policeman | 1 |
| Box 17 | Folder 139 | Folder Not Utilized | N/A | |
| Box 17 | Folder 140 | Pickens, Willie | 2 | |
| Box 17 | Folder 141 | Piper, Nedra | Showgirl at Delisa | 1 |
| Box 17 | Folder 142 | Folder Not Utilized | N/A | |
| Box 17 | Folder 143 | Pointer, Lowell | 12/2/79 | 1 |
| Box 17 | Folder 144 | Porterfield, Harry | Radio history, Bronzeville | 1 |
| Box 18 | Folder 145 | Pryor, Barbara Wright | Chicago Music Association | 1 |
| Box 18 | Folder 146 | Raglin, Al | Jack L. Cooper | 3 |
| Box 18 | Folder 147 | Folder Not Utilized | N/A | |
| Box 18 | Folder 148 | Reed, Jimmy | 2 | |
| Box 18 | Folder 149 | Richards, Jack | B. Richards, Local 10-208 Merger | 2 |
| Box 18 | Folder 150 | Rogers, Ruby | Bronzeville | 2 |
| Box 18 | Folder 151 | Saunders, Ted | Red Saunders | 2 |
| Box 18 | Folder 152 | Scales, James | 4 | |
| Box 18 | Folder 153 | Segal, Joe | Jazz Showcase, Sutherland Lounge | 3 |
| Box 18 | Folder 154 | Simmons, Mrs. Lonnie | 2 | |
| Box 19 | Folder 155 | Simmons, Norman | Joe Williams, Carmen McRae | 3 |
| Box 19 | Folder 156 | Smith, Floyd | DuSable Lounge; Disc 1 (2/21/80); Disc 2 (2/20/1981); Disc 3 (2/21/1981) | 4 |
| Box 19 | Folder 157 | Folder Not Utilized | N/A | |
| Box 19 | Folder 158 | Smith, Larry | Sutherland Hotel, Black radio; emcee at hotel, trumpeter at one point | 2 |
| Box 19 | Folder 159 | Folder Not Utilized | N/A | |
| Box 19 | Folder 160 | Smith, O.C. | 1 | |
| Box 19 | Folder 161 | Smith, Tony | Local 208 | 1 |
| Box 19 | Folder 162 | Sorin, Ron | 1 | |
| Box 19 | Folder 163 | Stammz, Richard | Black radio; 10/18/82 | 5 |
| Box 19 | Folder 164 | Steiner, John | [CDs 1 and 4 are duplicates, as are 2 and 3] | 4 |
| Box 20 | Folder 165 | Swain, Julian | Dancer | 2 |
| Box 20 | Folder 166 | Sweet, Ken | Local 10 | 1 |
| Box 20 | Folder 167 | Taylor, Billy | Eddie Smith | 2 |
| Box 20 | Folder 168 | Folder Not Utilized | N/A | |
| Box 20 | Folder 169 | Thompson, Earma | Bronzeville music history | 3 |
| Box 20 | Folder 170 | Folder Not Utilized | N/A | |
| Box 20 | Folder 171 | Tibbs, Andrew | Blues; DuSable Hotel; 7/23/1985 | 2 |
| Box 20 | Folder 172 | Tinsley, Bob | Local 208, Dan Gaines | 1 |
| Box 20 | Folder 173 | Todd, Tom (Hank) | Congressman Dawson, politics | 1 |
| Box 20 | Folder 174 | Touff, Cy | DeLisa, Joe Williams | 2 |
| Box 20 | Folder 175 | Townsley, A. | 1 | |
| Box 20 | Folder 176 | Tracy, Jack | Jazz history, Chess Records | 1 |
| Box 20 | Folder 177 | Trimble, Steve | Cats in the Fiddle, Redd Foxx; trumpeter | 3 |
| Box 20 | Folder 178 | Folder Not Utilized | N/A | |
| Box 20 | Folder 179 | Van Leer, Norman | Record producer | 2 |
| Box 21 | Folder 180 | Walton, Lester | Local 10-208 | 3 |
| Box 21 | Folder 181 | Wash, Lil/Louis | Local 208 | 2 |
| Box 21 | Folder 182 | Washington, Bernadine | Leonard Chess | 1 |
| Box 21 | Folder 183 | Folder Not Utilized | N/A | |
| Box 21 | Folder 184 | Washington, Tom (“Tom Tom”) | Musician, record producer | 3 |
| Box 21 | Folder 185 | Waters, Junior | Ethel Waters | 1 |
| Box 21 | Folder 186 | Watson, Ted | Asst. editor at Courier, entertainment, column entitled “The Midnight Man” | 2 |
| Box 21 | Folder 187 | Way, Zonya | Tennis and Virginia Payne | 1 |
| Box 21 | Folder 188 | Wellington, Kokomo | Sutherland, Bronzeville history | 3 |
| Box 21 | Folder 189 | Folder Not Utilized | N/A | |
| Box 21 | Folder 190 | Williams, Joe | NAJE San Diego--probably a performance | 1 |
| Box 21 | Folder 191 | Williams, Melvin | musician, trumpeter; lot of info, on the road with lots of musicians | 4 |
| Box 22 | Folder 192 | Willis, Reggie | Local 208 | 3 |
| Box 22 | Folder 193 | Wilson, Gerald | musician in california, writing/arranging; 9/1/2001 | 1 |
| Box 22 | Folder 194 | Winfield, Ed | Blues, everyday life in Bronzeville; Disc 2-3 (3/31/1981) | 4 |
| Box 22 | Folder 195 | Folder Not Utilized | N/A | |
| Box 22 | Folder 196 | Yancey, Bill | Duke Ellington | 1 |
| Box 22 | Folder 197 | Yancey, Theresa | Jones Brothers; Dorothy Donegan | 3 |
| Box 22 | Folder 198 | Young, Dave | Chicago Defender; Disc 3 (10/28/1979) | 3 |
| Box 22 | Folder 199 | Young, Marl | Music history, “Lucy” show, Local 10, Charlie Parker | 2 |
| Box 22 | Folder 200 | Hurt, James | 1 | |
| Box 22 | Folder 201 | Worthington, David | 2 | |
| Box 22 | Folder 202 | Wright, John | 1 | |
| Box 22 | Folder 203 | Folder Not Utilized | N/A | |
| Box 22 | Folder 204 | Young, John | on same tape as Von Freeman | 1 |
| Box 23 | Folder 205 | Simmons, Lonnie | 7/13/83 | 1 |
| Box 23 | Folder 206 | Record Distributor [ID Unknown] | 1 | |
| Box 23 | Folder 207 | “Old Bunch” (club) | DuSable H.S., Englewood | 1 |
| Box 23 | Folder 208 | “Black Radio” | 1 | |
| Box 23 | Folder 209 | Al Benson’s Sister in law | Al Benson’s sister in law | 1 |
| Box 23 | Folder 210 | “Union” | 1 | |
| Box 23 | Folder 211 | “AFM” | 2 | |
| Box 23 | Folder 212 | “St. Louis” | faint recording | 2 |
| Box 23 | Folder 213 | “Chicago U” | 2 | |
| Box 24 | Folder M001 | Memoirs, Northwestern University Interview | 2 | |
| Box 24 | Folder M002 | Memoirs, Northwestern University Interview | 2 | |
| Box 24 | Folder M003 | Memoirs, Northwestern University Interview | 2 | |
| Box 24 | Folder M004 | Memoirs, Northwestern University Interview | 2 | |
| Box 24 | Folder M005 | Memoirs, Discovering Jazz | 1 | |
| Box 24 | Folder M006 | Memoirs, Talking About the Blues, 1 | 1 | |
| Box 24 | Folder M007 | Memoirs, Talking About the Blues, 2 | 12/17/84 | 1 |
| Box 24 | Folder M008 | Memoirs, Walton and Coleman, 1 | 2 | |
| Box 24 | Folder M009 | Memoirs, Walton and Coleman, 2 | 2 | |
| Box 24 | Folder M010 | Memoirs, Walton and Flug | 4 |
| Series 3: Subject Research Files, 1959-1992 | ||
| Box 25 | Folder 1 | Subject Research Files, Adams, Alton Augustus |
| Box 25 | Folder 2 | Subject Research Files, Aristocrat Label |
| Box 25 | Folder 3 | Subject Research Files, Basie, Count |
| Box 25 | Folder 4 | Subject Research Files, “The Black Gold Coast,” Gloria Coleman, 1984 |
| Box 25 | Folder 5 | Subject Research Files, Blue Note |
| Box 25 | Folder 6 | Subject Research Files, Chicago Jazz |
| Box 25 | Folder 7 | Subject Research Files, Cooper, Jack |
| Box 25 | Folder 8 | Subject Research Files, Dawson, William L. |
| Box 25 | Folder 9 | Subject Research Files, Fort, Henry |
| Box 25 | Folder 10 | Subject Research Files, Goodman, Benny |
| Box 25 | Folder 11 | Subject Research Files, Great Lakes Experience |
| Box 25 | Folder 12 | Subject Research Files, Johnson, Lee |
| Box 25 | Folder 13 | Subject Research Files, Miscellaneous Notes |
| Box 25 | Folder 14 | Subject Research Files, Musicians |
| Box 25 | Folder 15 | Subject Research Files, Savage, Cecile and Ike Day |
| Box 25 | Folder 16 | Subject Research Files, Sengstock, Charles A Jr |
| Box 25 | Folder 17 | Subject Research Files, Towles, Nat |
| Box 25 | Folder 18 | Subject Research Files, Watson, Ted, 1959-1967 |
| Box 25 | Folder 19 | Subject Research Files, Wright, Eugene, 1992 |
| Box 25 | Folder 20 | Subject Research Files, Young, Dave |
| Series 4: Published Material, 1980-2003 | ||
| Box 26 | Folder 1 | Coleman, Gloria, “The Du Sable Hotel Locale,” 1980 (MA Thesis) |
| Box 26 | Folder 2 | Walton, Jazzgram, “Bronzeville Remembered,” February 1995 |
| Box 26 | Folder 3 | Walton, Jazzgram, “Memories of Bronzeville,” March 1995 |
| Box 26 | Folder 4 | Walton, Jazzgram, “Douglas/Grand Boulevard Revisited,” June 1995 |
| Box 26 | Folder 5 | Walton, Jazzgram, “Life at the DuSable Hotel,” July 1995 |
| Box 26 | Folder 6 | Walton, Jazzgram, “A Bronzeville Conversation with George Floyd,” June 1996 |
| Box 26 | Folder 7 | Walton, Jazzgram, “Bronzeville Conversations: An Interview with Earma Thompson,” February 1996 |
| Box 26 | Folder 8 | Walton, Jazzgram, “Bronzeville Conversations: An Interview with Earma Thompson,” March 1996 |
| Box 26 | Folder 9 | Walton, Jazzgram, “Bronzeville Conversations: An Interview (1991) with Floyd Campbell,” September 1996 |
| Box 26 | Folder 10 | Walton, Jazzgram, “Bronzeville Conversations: An Interview with Floyd Campbell, Part II,” January 1997 |
| Box 26 | Folder 11 | Walton, Jazzgram, “The Count Basie Experience: A Bronzeville Conversation with Steve Galloway,” October 1997 |
| Box 26 | Folder 12 | Walton, Jazzgram, “Bronzeville Conversations: On the Sutherland Lounge,” April 1998 |
| Box 26 | Folder 13 | Walton, Jazzgram, “Bronzeville Conversations: Bird in Bronzeville,” May 1999 |
| Box 26 | Folder 14 | Walton, Jazzgram, “The 47th Street Scene,” March 2001 |
| Box 26 | Folder 15 | Walton, Jazzgram, “The 47th Street Scene: A Conversation with Theresa Yancey,” April 2001 |
| Box 26 | Folder 16 | Walton, Jazzgram, “The 47th Street Scene,” July 2001 |
| Box 26 | Folder 17 | Walton, Jazzgram, “Tribute to Milt Hinton,” August 2001 |
| Box 26 | Folder 18 | Walton, Jazzgram, “A Bronzeville Conversation with Cy Touff,” September 2001 |
| Box 26 | Folder 19 | Walton, Jazzgram, “A Bronzeville Conversation with Guitarist Floyd Smith,” December 2001 |
| Box 26 | Folder 20 | Walton, Jazzgram, “A Conversation with Chicago’s Own: Bob Centano and Bob Ojeda,” March 2002 |
| Box 26 | Folder 21 | Walton, Jazzgram, “New York and the Music Revolution,” May 2002 |
| Box 26 | Folder 22 | Walton, Jazzgram, “Cadenza: Truck Parham Remembered,” August 2002 |
| Box 26 | Folder 23 | Walton, Jazzgram, “Bronzeville Conversation: With Clark Terry and Sykes Smith,” December 2002 |
| Box 26 | Folder 24 | Walton, Jazzgram, “Bronzeville Conversation: With Clark Terry and Sykes Smith (2),” February 2003 |
| Box 26 | Folder 25 | Walton, Jazzgram, “Bronzeville Conversation with Milt and Mona Hinton,” April 2003 |
| Box 26 | Folder 26 | Walton, Jazzgram, “Bronzeville Conversation with Milt and Mona Hinton (2),” May 2003 |
| Box 26 | Folder 27 | Walton, Jazzgram, “Bronzeville Conversation with Freddie Cole,” November 2003 |
| Box 26 | Folder 28 | Walton, Jazzgram, “The DuSable Hotel and the Drexel Square Area,” [N.D.] |
| Box 26 | Folder 29 | Walton, Jazzgram, “Eddie Flagg, Manager of the DuSable Hotel,” [N.D.] |
| Box 26 | Folder 30 | Walton, Jazzgram, “Al Benson--The Godfather of Black Radio in Chicago,” [N.D.] |
| Box 26 | Folder 31 | Walton, Jazzgram, “Bronzeville Conversation with Duke Groner,” [N.D.] |
| Box 26 | Folder 32 | Walton, Jazzgram, “A Conversation with pianist Jodie Christian,” [N.D.] |
| Box 26 | Folder 33 | Walton, Jazzgram, “Albert George Hibbler,” [N.D.] |
| Box 26 | Folder 34 | Walton, Jazzgram, “Dr. William ’Bill’ Fielder, trumpeter and jazz improviser,” [N.D.] |
| Box 26 | Folder 35 | Walton, Jazzgram, “A Bronzeville Conversation with Dave Young,” [N.D.] |
| Box 26 | Folder 36 | Walton, Jazzgram, “Bronzeville Conversation with Dave Young, Part II,” [N.D.] |
| Box 26 | Folder 37 | Walton, Jazzgram, “Gerald Wilson’s Bronzeville Memories,” [N.D.] |
| Box 26 | Folder 38 | Walton, Jazzgram, “Marl Young, activist musician and the first Black music director of a network television show,” [N.D.] |
| Box 26 | Folder 39 | Walton, Jazzgram, “A Bronzeville Conversation with John Wright,” [N.D.] |
| Box 26 | Folder 40 | Walton, Jazzgram, “Charlie Cole, joint owner of the DuSable Lounge,” [N.D.] |
| Box 26 | Folder 41 | Walton, Jazzgram, “Oscar Brown, Jr on Black Radio,” [N.D.] |
| Box 26 | Folder 42 | Walton, Jazzgram, “Bronzeville Conversation with Steve Trimble: his Redd Foxx connection,” [N.D.] |
| Box 26 | Folder 43 | Walton, Jazzgram, “Jazz DJ Larry Smith: A Bronzeville Conversation,” [N.D.] |
| Box 26 | Folder 44 | Walton, Jazzgram, “Bronzeville Conversation with Sid McCoy,” [N.D.] |
| Box 26 | Folder 45 | Walton, Jazzgram, “Bronzeville Conversation with Samuel ’Lonnie’ Simmons and Charlie Cole,” [N.D.] |
| Box 26 | Folder 46 | Walton, Jazzgram, “The Great Lakes Experience and the USO Servicemen’s Center #3,” [N.D.] |
| Box 26 | Folder 47 | Walton, Jazzgram, “Black Navy Bands in WWII--The Great Lakes Experience,” [N.D.] |
| Box 26 | Folder 48 | Walton, Jazzgram, “Charles Walton Remembers 47th St,” [N.D.] |
| Box 26 | Folder 49 | Walton, Jazzgram, “Barney’s One-Stop-about the record business and Black radio,” [N.D.] |
| Box 26 | Folder 50 | Walton, Jazzgram, “Struggle for an Integrated Musicians’ Union, Part I,” [N.D.] |
| Box 26 | Folder 51 | Walton, Jazzgram, “Struggle for an Integrated Musicians’ Union, Part II,” [N.D.] |
| Box 26 | Folder 52 | Walton, Jazzgram, “Struggle for an Integrated Musicians’ Union, Part III,” [N.D.] |
| Box 26 | Folder 53 | Walton, Jazzgram, “Struggle for an Integrated Musicians’ Union, Part IV,” [N.D.] |
| Box 26 | Folder 54 | Walton, Jazzgram, “Struggle for an Integrated Musicians’ Union, Part V,” [N.D.] |
| Series 5: Serials, 1928-1977 | ||
| Box 27 | Folder 1 | The Official Theatrical World of Colored Artists, 1928 |
| Box 27 | Folder 2 | Jazz New York, 1956 |
| Box 27 | Folder 3 | Storyville (56), December 1974-January 1975 |
| Box 27 | Folder 4 | Storyville (65), June-July 1976 |
| Box 27 | Folder 5 | Storyville (73), October-November, 1977 |
| Box 27 | Folder 6 | Smart Affairs, c. 1965, copy [Oversized, stored in box 31] |
| Series 6: Music Recordings, 1930s-2000s | ||
| Box 28 | Folder 1 | 45, Jasmin Maruh, Song of Twist I will Kiss, Milerno 117 [N.D.] |
| Box 28 | Folder 2 | 10” LP, “The Johnnie Pate Trio,” [Pate, Bright, Walton], Talisman, TLP-1 [N.D.] |
| Box 28 | Folder 3 | 10” LP, Charlie Barnet Plays Duke Ellington, RCA, LPT-3062 [N.D.] |
| Box 28 | Folder 4 | 10” LP, Erroll Garner, Piano Solos, Atlantic, ALR 135 [N.D.] |
| Box 28 | Folder 5 | 10” LP, Bill Doggett, His Organ and Combo, King Records, KLP-80 [N.D.] |
| Box 28 | Folder 6 | 10” LP, Eroll Garner Rhapsody, Altantic, ALR 109 [N.D.] |
| Box 28 | Folder 7 | 10” LP, Erroll Garner Piano Solos, Atlantic, ALR 112 [N.D.] |
| Box 29 | Folder 1 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 78, Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, Mood Indigo and The Mooche, RCA Victor 78, 24486 [ND] |
| Box 29 | Folder 5 | 78, Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra, Daybreak and There Are Such Things, Victor 78, 27974 [ND] |
| Box 29 | Folder 6 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 78, Dinah Washington, When a Woman Loves a Man and Oo-Wee Walkie Talkie, Mercury 78, 8010 [ND] |
| Box 29 | Folder 10 | 78, Frank Sinatra, Oh! What it Seemed to Be and Day by Day, Columbia 78, 36905, HCO 1520 [ND] |
| Box 29 | Folder 11 | 78, Ink Spots, I Cover the Waterfront and Prisoner of Love, Decca 78, 18864, 73448 [ND] |
| Box 29 | Folder 12 | 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 | 78, Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, Magenta Haze and Tulip or Turnip, Musicraft 78, 483, 5841 [ND] |
| Box 30 | Folder 1 | 12” LP, Black, Brown and Beige, Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, featuring Mahalia Jackson, Columbia, JCS 8015, 1973 |
| Box 30 | Folder 2 | 12” LP, After Hours, Sarah Vaughan, Columbia, JCL 660, 1973 |
| Box 30 | Folder 3 | 12” LP, Webster’s Unabridged ’Hush,’ Quantum [N.D.] |
| Box 30 | Folder 4 | 12” LP, WVON Good Guys Holiday Package [N.D.] |
| Box 30 | Folder 5 | 12” LP, Coltrane Jazz, Atlantic, SD-1354 [N.D.] |
| Box 30 | Folder 6 | 12” LP, Opus de Jazz, Savoy, MG-12036 [N.D.] |
| Box 30 | Folder 7 | 12” LP, Franz Jackson and the Original ’Jass All-Stars’ No Saints, Replica Records, 1006 [N.D.] |
| Box 30 | Folder 8 | 12” LP, Bunk Johnson’s Band 1944, Storyville, SLP 152 [N.D.] |
| Box 30 | Folder 9 | 12” LP, Johnny Rivers’ Golden Hits, Imperial, LP-9324 [N.D.] |
| Box 31 | Folder 1 | 12” LP, The Johnnie Pate Trio, Subtle Sounds, Gig Records, GLP-100 [N.D.] |
| Box 31 | Folder 2 | 12” LP, Ahmad Jamal, Chamber Music of the New Jazz, Creative, No. 602 [N.D.] |
| Box 31 | Folder 3 | 12” LP, Lud Gluskin et son Jazz, Paris-Berlin 1928-1932, Wolverine (Warren K. Plath), 1976 |
| Box 31 | Folder 4 | 12” LP, Eubie Blake Blues and Rags, Biograph, BLP 1011Q, 72-750929 [N.D.] |
| Box 31 | Folder 5 | 12” LP, Ragtime Stompers, George Lewis and Kid Thomas, GHB-Jazzology, GHB-5 [N.D.] |
| Box 31 | Folder 6 | 12” LP, Von Freeman Quartet, Young and Foolish, Affinity, AFF-184, [N.D.] |
| Box 31 | Folder 7 | 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 | 12” LP, Black and White Jazz in Europe, 1929, Sam Wooding and Lud Gluskin and Gregor, Wolverine 5 [N.D.] |
| Box 31 | Folder 9 | 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 | CD, Jazz Profiles: Gene Ammons 75th Birthday Tribute, NPR, 2000 |
| Box 31 | Folder 11 | CD, Walton on “City 2000,” 2000 |
| Box 31 | Folder 12 | CD, The Great Lakes Experience, Over the Edge Entertainment, 2003 |
| Series 7: Photographs, 1920s-1990s | ||
| Box 32 | Folder 1 | Jimmy Wade band, Moulin Rouge, 1920s |
| Box 32 | Folder 2 | Pops Foster, Chas. Elder, Darnell Howard [N.D.] |
| Box 32 | Folder 3 | Marl Young, Gov. Jerry Brown, 1970s (?) |
| Box 32 | Folder 4 | Du Sable Hotel, 1950 |
| Box 32 | Folder 5 | Sultans of Swing, Richard Overton, 1946 |
| Box 32 | Folder 6 | Local 208 officers, 1957? |
| Box 32 | Folder 7 | Local 208 Officers, 1937 |
| Box 32 | Folder 8 | Marl Young, Lucille Ball, Phil Harris [N.D.] |
| Box 32 | Folder 9 | Dave Young’s group, Ritz Show Lounge, 1947 |
| Box 32 | Folder 10 | Lonnie Simmons, Red Saunders, Leon Washington, 1960s |
| Box 32 | Folder 11 | Jimmy Reed, Al Smith, at Veejay Records |
| Box 32 | Folder 12 | Walter Dyett, Du Sable High School, 1946 |
| Box 32 | Folder 13 | Lonnie Simmons, Von Freeman, US Navy Band WWII, 1940s |
| Box 32 | Folder 14 | US Navy Band, Dave Young, OC Johnson, Lonnie Simmons, 1940s |
| Box 32 | Folder 15 | Signed publicity still, Lonnie Simmons to Red Saunders, 1944 |
| Box 32 | Folder 16 | Gladys Knight, Jerry Butler, Vivian Carter, c. 1962 |
| Box 32 | Folder 17 | Red Saunders/DeLisa, Publicity Still [N.D.] |
| Box 32 | Folder 18 | Willie Randall band, c. 1963 |
| Box 32 | Folder 19 | Jimmy Boyd, publicity still [N.D.] |
| Box 32 | Folder 20 | Allen Drew [N.D.] |
| Box 32 | Folder 21 | Floyd Smith, 1930s |
| Box 32 | Folder 22 | Andy Kirk |
| Box 32 | Folder 23 | Floyd Smith in front of Du Sable Hotel, 1940s |
| Box 32 | Folder 24 | Floyd Smith, Booker Collins, DuSable Lounge, 1940s |
| Box 32 | Folder 25 | Malcolm X College jazz Band, early 1970s |
| Box 32 | Folder 26 | Morocco Lounge Show, Curtis Ferguson, Tom Archer, Red Cooper [N.D.] |
| Box 32 | Folder 27 | VJ Records, Jimmy Abner, Vivian Carter [N.D.] |
| Box 32 | Folder 28 | Nancy Wilson, Artie Frazier [N.D.] |
| Box 32 | Folder 29 | John Young Trio-Lulene Hunter, Bruz Freeman, Leroy Jackson, Ritz Show Lounge [N.D.] |
| Box 32 | Folder 30 | Ed Samuels, Local 208, [N.D.] |
| Box 32 | Folder 31 | AFM 1957 Convention, Gray, Samuels, McCann, Elder, 1957 |
| Box 32 | Folder 32 | Local 208 AFM Convention, 1957 |
| Box 32 | Folder 33 | Local 208 AFM Convention, 1957 |
| Box 32 | Folder 34 | AFM Convention, 1957 |
| Box 32 | Folder 35 | Amos Milburn Leroy Jackson, Fats Maller, Ritz Show Lounge [N.D.] |
| Box 32 | Folder 36 | McKie Fitzhugh, publicity photo [N.D.] |
| Box 32 | Folder 37 | Chess Records, Leonard Chess, Bernadine Washington [N.D.] |
| Box 32 | Folder 38 | Leonard Chess, Andrew Young, WVON Good Guys [N.D.] |
| Box 33 | Folder 39 | Malachai Favors, Will Green, Thomas Walton, Louis Blackwell, Charles Walton [ND] |
| Box 33 | Folder 40 | Marl Young, publicity still, [ND] |
| Box 33 | Folder 41 | Malcolm X Jazz Band, c. 1969 |
| Box 33 | Folder 42 | US Navy “Hell Coats” 1945 |
| Box 33 | Folder 43 | Cottage Grove and 63rd, 1952 |
| Box 33 | Folder 44 | Du Sable Hotel, “Toast of the Town”, [ND} |
| Box 33 | Folder 45 | Unknown, 1950s (?) |
| Box 33 | Folder 46 | Unknown |
| Box 33 | Folder 47 | Al Benson, Vivian Carter, Jimmy Carter at Sutherland Hotel [ND] |
| Box 33 | Folder 48 | Unknown |
| Box 33 | Folder 49 | Parkway Ballroom, 45th and South Parkway, 1950s |
| Box 33 | Folder 50 | 39th and Cottage Grove, WWII, 1940s |
| Box 33 | Folder 51 | Johnny Pate Trio, Pate, Lionel Bright, Charles Walton [ND] |
| Box 33 | Folder 52 | Johnny Pate Trio, Pate, Lionel Bright, Charles Walton [ND] |
| Box 33 | Folder 53 | Duke Groner Combo, 1954 (?) |
| Box 33 | Folder 54 | Strand Lounge, Sonny Stitt, Benny Green, Prince James [ND] |
| Box 33 | Folder 55 | VJ Records, 14th and Michigan, 1950s |
| Box 33 | Folder 56 | Johnny Pate Trio at Sutherland, c. 1955 |
| Box 33 | Folder 57 | Lonnie Simmons and DeLisa chorus girls, 1960s |
| Box 33 | Folder 58 | Harold Ousley [ND] |
| Box 33 | Folder 59 | Club DeLisa, 1937 |
| Box 33 | Folder 60 | Parkway Ballroom, 1950s |
| Box 33 | Folder 61 | Sammy Stewart Orchestra, 1920s |
| Box 33 | Folder 62 | Fletcher Butler’s Orchestra, 1950s |
| Box 33 | Folder 63 | Roy Butler and group, 1920s |
| Box 33 | Folder 64 | Carl Irving [Carl Smith], 1950s |
| Box 33 | Folder 65 | Unknown |
| Box 33 | Folder 66 | Unknown |
| Box 33 | Folder 67 | Unknown |
| Box 33 | Folder 68 | Unknown |
| Box 33 | Folder 69 | Red Saunders and daughter, 1940s |
| Box 33 | Folder 70 | Ted Watson, 1971 |
| Box 33 | Folder 71 | Unidentified Person and Duke Groner |
| Box 33 | Folder 72 | Eddie McAfee, Oscar Lindsay |
| Box 33 | Folder 73 | “Jelly” Holt |
| Box 33 | Folder 74 | Teddi King, Streamliner, 1950s |
| Box 33 | Folder 75 | Unknown |
| Box 34 | Folder 76 | Ray Brown, George Freeman, Bill Yancy |
| Box 34 | Folder 77 | Vernell Fornay, John Young, Eddie Johnson |
| Box 34 | Folder 78 | Malcolm X College dance group, 1970s |
| Box 34 | Folder 79 | Malcolm X College jazz group, 1970s |
| Box 34 | Folder 80 | Arthur Prysock, c. 1960 [w/ Prince James/sax] |
| Box 34 | Folder 81 | Johnny Griffin, 1950s with Prince James |
| Box 34 | Folder 82 | Morocco Hotel show bar, 1950s |
| Box 34 | Folder 83 | Morocco Hotel show bar, 1950s |
| Box 34 | Folder 84 | Melvin Williams (R.) |
| Box 34 | Folder 85 | Ann Henry with Johnny Pate trio (c. 1955) at Streamliner |
| Box 34 | Folder 86 | Charles Walton at DeLisa, 1940s |
| Box 34 | Folder 87 | Oscar Lindsay, Doug Frazier, Neil Green, 1950s |
| Box 34 | Folder 88 | Oscar Lindsay, Leroy Gentry |
| Box 34 | Folder 89 | Miles Davis, c. 1950 |
| Box 34 | Folder 90 | Richard Durham, 1949 |
| Box 34 | Folder 91 | Wilbur Webb, pianist at Du Sable hotel |
| Box 34 | Folder 92 | Unknown |
| Box 34 | Folder 93 | Unknown |
| Box 34 | Folder 94 | Richard Durham 1949 |
| Box 34 | Folder 95 | Jocean Henderson [ND] |
| Box 34 | Folder 96 | Horace Henderson [ND] |
| Box 34 | Folder 97 | Groner playing in Nat Cole’s band (Nebraska) [ND] |
| Box 34 | Folder 98 | Jimmy Ellis, Larry Gray, Wilbur? [at wake] [ND] |
| Box 34 | Folder 99 | Unknown Performers [at wake] [ND] |
| Box 34 | Folder 100 | Dozier Boys [ND] |
| Box 34 | Folder 101 | Duke Ellington, 1946 (newspaper) |
| Box 34 | Folder 102 | Johnny Griffin [ND] |
| Box 34 | Folder 103 | Jesse White and U League Dir. [ND] |
| Box 34 | Folder 104 | Sonny Stitt, Charles Walton [ND] |
| Box 34 | Folder 105 | Unknown |
| Box 34 | Folder 106 | Unknown |
| Box 34 | Folder 107 | Unknown |
| Box 34 | Folder 108 | Perfomers at Savoy, 1948 (?) |
| Box 34 | Folder 109 | Unknown |
| Box 34 | Folder 110 | Ewart Abner, 1940s (?) |
| Box 34 | Folder 111 | Walton, Judge AL Marowitz [ND] |
| Box 34 | Folder 112 | WAC Band, Post Theater #2, Des Moines, Iowa, 1940s |
| Box 34 | Folder 113 | WAC Band 1944 (War bond Drive at State and Madison), 1944 |
| Box 35 | Folder 114 | Ewart Abner, Vivian Carter, Sonny Stitt, “Okey Doke,” Blind Boys of Alabama, 1950s (?) |
| Box 35 | Folder 115 | Ewart Abner, Arthur Sheridan, Jimmy Bracken, 1950s (?) |
| Box 35 | Folder 116 | Local 208 Charter, [ND] |
| Box 35 | Folder 117 | John Young, Ben Webster at Beehive, 1950s |
| Box 35 | Folder 118 | Ewart Abner, two unidentified men, 1940s |
| Box 35 | Folder 119 | Grand Terrace, 1950s |
| Box 35 | Folder 120 | Tony Jackson, Cora Green, Carolyn Williams, Florence Mills, c. 1920 (via C. Sengstock, Jr) |
| Box 35 | Folder 121 | Brunswick Race Records poster on brick wall, with Ikey Robinson and JabboSmith (via Sengstock) |
| Box 35 | Folder 122 | Will Tyler, Joe Jordan, c. 1920 (via Sengstock) |
| Box 35 | Folder 123 | Count Basie (quintet) (via Sengstock) |
| Box 35 | Folder 124 | Count Basie (via Sengstock) |
| Box 35 | Folder 125 | Count Basie, Ed Sullivan (via Sengstock) |
| Box 35 | Folder 126 | Folder not Utilized |
| Box 35 | Folder 127 | Folder not Utilized |
| Box 35 | Folder 128 | Regal Theater, 1950s |
| Box 35 | Folder 129 | Metropolitan Theater, 1950s |
| Box 35 | Folder 130 | Folder not Utilized |
| Box 35 | Folder 131 | Grand Terrace, 1950s |
| Box 35 | Folder 132 | Camp Good Shepherd, Idlewild, Mich |
| Box 35 | Folder 133 | Folder not Utilized |
| Box 35 | Folder 134 | Folder not Utilized |
| Box 35 | Folder 135 | Folder not Utilized |
| Box 35 | Folder 136 | Sutherland Hotel bar, Kokomo Wellington (entertainer), Wiggler McLean (manager of lounge), Jack White (bartender) [ND] |
| Box 35 | Folder 137 | Folder not Utilized |
| Box 35 | Folder 138 | Dave Kellum, c. 1930 |
| Box 35 | Folder 139 | Dave Kellum in Billiken parade, 1933 |
| Box 35 | Folder 140 | Bud Billiken parade, 1933 |
| Box 35 | Folder 141 | Duke Ellington band at Billiken parade, 1933 |
| Box 35 | Folder 142 | Milt Hinton |
| Box 35 | Folder 143 | Folder not Utilized |
| Box 35 | Folder 144 | Duke Ellington, 1934, photo by Maurice Seymour |
| Box 35 | Folder 145 | Eleanor Roosevelt, Mayor Richard J. Daley, c. 1955 |
| Box 35 | Folder 146 | Edith Sampson, Cong. William Dawson, Helen K. Hall (state central committee woman) |
| Box 35 | Folder 147 | W.C. Handy, c. 1920 |
| Box 35 | Folder 148 | Folder not Utilized |
| Box 35 | Folder 149 | Folder not Utilized |
| Box 35 | Folder 150 | Folder not Utilized |
| Box 35 | Folder 151 | Cong. Dawson and district organization, 1940s (?) |
| Box 35 | Folder 152 | Women of Dawson’s district organization,1940s (?) |
| Box 35 | Folder 153 | Democratic social meeting with Cong. William Dawson at Mrs. McCulloch’s home, Feb 1948 |
| Box 35 | Folder 154 | Joe and Marva Louis, photo by Gus Jamerson, 1935 |
| Box 35 | Folder 155 | Citizens Committee for Democracy, Justice and Fair Play, flyer, June 1951 |
| Box 35 | Folder 156 | Citizens Committee for Democracy, Justice and Fair Play, flyer, June 1951 |
| Box 35 | Folder 157 | AFM 208, Denver, CO convention, 1957, Harry Gray |
| Box 36 | Folder 1 | Photo Album |
