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SERIES: Files on
musicians and music
subjects
1 1 Musicians - A (Canadian) File containing documents on musicians,
predominantly or all Canadian, with surnames
beginning with the letter A. Included are: press
clippings; biographical notes; correspondence;
poster for a 1968 benefit concert for drummer
Archie Alleyne; photograph of vibraphonist
Peter Appleyard at a Liberal Party banquet,
with MP Robert Stanbury and Prime Minister
Pierre Trudeau, [1969].
0.5 cm of textual
records (2
folders).
[ca. 1953-1977]
3 1
7 1 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5
cm.
1 2 Musicians - A (foreign) File containing documents on musicians,
predominantly or all non-Canadian, with
surnames beginning with the letter A. Included
are: press clippings; programme for a concert
by the saxophonist Julian "Cannonball"
Adderley; list of musicians.
13 textual records
(2 folders).
1942-1970
3 2
1 3 Louis Armstrong File containing documents on the trumpeter
and singer Louis Armstrong: press clippings;
concert programmes; promotional portrait;
other promotional material.
0.5 cm of textual
records (2
folders).
1949-1971
5 1
HELEN McNAMARA FONDS (R13917): Listing of textual records and photographs
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7 2 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5 x 21 cm.
1 4 Musicians - B (Canadian) File containing documents on musicians,
predominantly or all Canadian, with surnames
beginning with the letter B. Included are: press
clippings; biographical notes; promotional
material for pianists Cal Bostic and Paul Bley;
interview with saxophonist Paul Brodie;
photographs of Brodie, guitarist Lenny Breau,
pianist Bernie Black.
0.5 cm of textual
records (2
folders).
[ca. 1953-1975]
5 2
7 3 3 photographs : b&w ; 26 x 20.5 and
18.5 x 12.5
cm.1 5 Musicians and other
subjects - B (foreign)
File containing documents on musicians
(predominantly or all non-Canadian, with
surnames beginning with the letter B) and other
subjects. Included are: press clippings;
promotional material for pianist Eubie Blake
and for the New York jazz club Birdland;
programme for a concert by pianist Dave
Brubeck; photographs of Blake, Brubeck with
saxophonist Gerry Mulligan, tap dancer Bunny
Briggs.
0.5 cm of textual
records (2
folders).
[ca. 1940-1969]
5 3
7 4 3 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 25.5 and
12.5 x 10.5
cm.
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1 6 Ballrooms File containing press clippings, promotional
material, interview notes.
0.5 cm of textual
records (2
folders).
[ca. 1940-1977]
5 4
1 7 Count Basie File containing documents on the pianist and
bandleader Count Basie: press clippings,
chronology, list of orchestra personnel.
0.5 cm of textual
records (2
folders).
[ca. 1950-1969]
5 5
1 8 Salome Bey File containing documents on the singer and
actress Salome Bey: press clippings,
promotional material, photograph.
11 textual records
(2 folders).
[ca. 1967-1975]
5 6
7 5 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5 x 20.5
cm.
1 9 Johnny Burt File containing documents on the arranger,
composer, and pianist Johnny Burt: press
clippings, biographical and interview notes.
7 textual records. [ca. 1950-1975]
1 10 Musicians - C (foreign) File containing documents on musicians,
predominantly or all non-Canadian, with
surnames beginning with the letter C. Included
are press clippings, draft article,
correspondence.
0.5 cm of textual
records (2
folders).
[ca. 1952-1970]
3 3
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1 11 Musicians and other
subjects - C (Canadian)
File containing documents on musicians
(predominantly or all Canadian, with surnames
beginning with the letter C) and other subjects.
Included are: press clippings; biographical and
interview notes; correspondence; promotional
material for pianist Alf Coward, trumpeter and
composer Johnny Cowell, accordionist Charles
Camilleri, composer and bandleader Ron
Collier; programmes for concerts by Collier
groups; photographs of Collier and of clarinetist
Henry Cuesta.
1.5 cm of textual
records (2
folders).
[ca. 1949-1974]
5 7
7 6 2 photographs : b&w ; 26 x 20.5 and
22 x 17 cm.
1 12 Culleys (Toronto family of
musicians)
File containing documents on the Culley family:
press clippings, notes on interviews with
saxophonist Ed (Edwin) Culley. Includes
photocopies of press clippings dating from [ca.
192- to 194-].
5 textual records. [ca 1971-1973]
1 13 Musicians and other
subjects - D (Canadian)
File containing documents on musicians
(predominantly or all Canadian, with surnames
beginning with the letter D) and other subjects.
Included are: press clippings; biographical and
interview notes; promotional material for
drummer Larry Dubin and singer-actress Terry
Dale.
0.5 cm of textual
records (2
folders).
[ca. 1959-1974]
5 8
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1 14 Musicians - D (foreign) File containing press clippings on musicians,
predominantly or all non-Canadian, with
surnames beginning with the letter D.
0.5 cm of textual
records (2
folders).
1950-1970
5 9
2 19 Dance bands - research
and notes
File containing interview and research notes,
list of musicians, press clippings, record
catalogues, captions for photographs.
0.5 cm of textual
records.
[ca. 1947-1974]
1 15 Jimmy "Trump" Davidson File containing documents on the cornetist
Jimmy "Trump" Davidson: press clippings;
interview and biographical notes; promotional
material; photocopy of a 1938 concert
programme.
0.5 cm of textual
records (2
folders).
[ca. 1950-1978]
3 4
1 16 Gordon Delamont File containing documents on the composer
Gordon Delamont: press clippings; interview
and biographical notes; typescript copy of an
article by Delamont; promotional material;
correspondence from Delamont.
0.5 cm of textual
records (2
folders).
[ca. 1950-1969]
3 5
5 10 Musicians - E (foreign) File containing press clippings on non-
Canadian musicians with surnames beginning
with the letter E.
4 textual records. 1954-1970
1 17 Duke Ellington File containing documents on the composer,
bandleader, and pianist Duke Ellington: press
clippings, concert programmes.
0.5 cm of textual
records (2
folders).
[ca. 1942-1962]
5 11
1 18 Duke Ellington File containing documents on the composer,
bandleader, and pianist Duke Ellington: press
clippings; concert programmes; booklet and
other promotional material; newsletters.
1.5 cm of textual
records (4
folders).
[ca. 1959-1969]
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1 19 CBC television special on
Duke Ellington
File containing records concerning the CBC
television special on the composer, bandleader,
and pianist Duke Ellington, filmed in September
1964 and broadcast on 3 March 1965: outlines;
synopsis; script; correspondence; notes;
biography; quotes; press releases and
clippings; newsletter; poem.
1 cm of textual
records (2
folders).
1964-1965
5 13
1 20 Duke Ellington recording of
music of Canadian
composers
File containing documents on the recording
issued as North of the Border in Canada,
featuring Duke Ellington (piano) and the Ron
Collier orchestra performing works by Canadian
composers. Included are: press clippings;
promotional material; photograph of Ellington
with composers Collier, Gordon Delamont,
Norman Symonds.
0.5 cm of textual
records (2
folders).
1967-1968
5 14
7 7 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 25.5 cm.
1 21 Duke Ellington File containing documents on the composer,
bandleader, and pianist Duke Ellington: press
clippings; concert programme; printed text for
the ballet The River; festival poster; wire
service print out of obituary for Ellington's
collaborator, Billy Strayhorn.
0.5 cm of textual
records (2
folders).
[1967]-1974
5 15
3 6 Duke Ellington - death File containing press clippings. 8 textual records. 1974
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1 22 Duke Ellington - reviews File containing press clippings. 18 textual records
(2 folders).
[ca. 1955-1967]
5 16
1 23 Duke Ellington - Stratford File containing press clippings. 16 textual records
(2 folders).
[ca. 1958-1969]
5 17
1 24 Duke Ellington - sacred
concerts
File containing concert programmes, wire
service print outs, press release and clippings.
0.5 cm of textual
records (2
folders).
[ca. 1965-1971]
5 18
1 25 Musicians - F (Canadian) File containing documents on musicians,
predominantly or all Canadian, with surnames
beginning with the letter F. Included are: press
clippings; biographies; correspondence
(autograph letter signed) from the singer,
accordionist, arranger, and bandleader Joan
Fairfax.
0.5 cm of textual
records (2
folders).
[ca. 1954-1974]
5 19
1 26 Musicians and other
subjects - F (foreign)
File containing documents on musicians
(predominantly or all non-Canadian, with
surnames beginning with the letter F) and other
subjects. Included are: correspondence
(autograph letter signed) from the singer Ella
Fitzgerald; photographs of the critic Leonard
Feather; press clippings.
0.5 cm of textual
records (2
folders).
[ca. 1956-1970]
5 20
7 8 2 photographs : b&w ; 18 x 13 and 9
x 7 cm.
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1 27 Percy Faith File containing: correspondence with the
conductor, arranger, and composer Percy
Faith; research and biographical notes; press
clippings.
0.5 cm of textual
records.
1940-1976
1 28 Robert Farnon File containing documents on the composer
and arranger Robert Farnon: correspondence,
including a letter from Farnon; promotional
material; discographies; biographical notes;
photograph; press clippings.
1.5 cm of textual
records (2
folders).
1941-1974
3 7
7 9 1 photograph : b&w ; 21.5 x 17 cm.
1 29 Musicians - G (Canadian) File containing documents on musicians,
predominantly or all Canadian, with surnames
beginning with the letter G. Included are: press
clippings; biography; biographical and interview
notes.
0.5 cm of textual
records (2
folders).
[ca. 1952]-1975
5 21
1 30 Musicians and other
subjects - G (foreign)
File containing press clippings on musicians
(predominantly or all non-Canadian, with
surnames beginning with the letter G) and other
subjects.
0.5 cm of textual
records (2
folders).
[ca. 1949-1968]
5 22
1 31 Bobby Gimby File containing documents on the composer,
arranger, trumpeter, and bandleader Bobby
Gimby: biography; press clippings; photographs
of Gimby with his pied piper horn and leading a
parade of children.
0.5 cm of textual
records (2
folders).
1967-1975
3 8
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7 10 2 photographs : b&w ; 25.5 x 20.5
cm.
1 32 Musicians - H (Canadian) File containing documents on musicians,
predominantly or all Canadian, with surnames
beginning with the letter H. Included are:
correspondence with the orchestra leader
Johnny Holmes; biographies; biographical
notes; press clippings and releases;
promotional material for the vibraphonist and
composer Hagood Hardy; concert programme
for the composer and pianist Herbie Helbig;
photographs of Hardy, Helbig, and of Paul
Hoffert and Skip Prokop of the group
Lighthouse.
0.5 cm of textual
records (2
folders).
[ca. 1954-1977]
3 9
7 11 3 photographs : b&w ; 20.5 x 26 cm
or smaller.
1 33 Musicians - H (foreign) File containing documents on musicians,
predominantly or all non-Canadian, with
surnames beginning with the letter H. Included
are: postcard from the clarinetist Edmond Hall
and his wife Winnie Hall; typescript list of
personnel of the Fletcher Henderson orchestra
and of personnel in Henderson's imaginary "all-
time all-star band"; press clippings; photograph
of the pianist Earl Hines.
0.5 cm of textual
records (2
folders).
[ca. 1945-1970]
5 23
7 12 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 8.5
cm.
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1 34 Clement (Clem) Hambourg
and family
File containing documents on the pianist and
Toronto jazz club owner Clement Hambourg
and his family: letters from Clement Hambourg,
including one that incorporates a short musical
sketch (manuscript, 1 p.); notes on interviews
with Clement Hambourg and Ruth Hambourg;
typescript article by Helen McNamara; research
notes; promotional material; press clippings.
0.5 cm of textual
records (2
folders).
[ca. 1952-1973]
3 10
1 35 Art Hallman File containing documents on the singer,
arranger, saxophonist, and bandleader Art
Hallman: correspondence from Hallman,
interview notes, promotional material, press
clippings.
9 textual records
(2 folders).
[ca. 1946-1975]
5 24
3 11 Coleman Hawkins File containing press clippings on the
saxophonist Coleman Hawkins.
12 textual records. 1944-1967
1 36 Musicians - J (Canadian) File containing documents on musicians,
predominantly or all Canadian, with surnames
(or, in the case of Juliette, stage name)
beginning with the letter J. Included are: press
clippings; biographies; biographical notes;
promotional material for the pianist Calvin
Jackson; print photographs of Jackson in
performance, with his quartet (Howie Reay,
drums; Peter Appleyard, vibraphone; Johnny
Elwood, bass) and with bassist [first name
illegible] Bray; negative and print photographs
of the singer, guitarist, and composer Lonnie
Johnson.
0.5 cm of textual
records (2
folders).
[ca. 1950-1975]
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4 1
7 13 3 photographs : b&w ; 25.5 x 20.5
and 22 x 17
cm.9 1 6 photographs : b&w
negatives ;
35 mm.
1 37 Musicians - J (foreign) File containing documents on musicians,
predominantly or all non-Canadian, with
surnames beginning with the letter J. Included
are: correspondence (autograph letter signed)
from the pianist Pete Johnson; press clippings.
0.5 cm of textual
records (2
folders).
1954-1969
3 12
1 38 Musicians - K (Canadian) File containing documents on musicians,
predominantly or all Canadian, with surnames
beginning with the letter K. Included are: press
clippings; biographical notes; promotional
material for the pianist Alex Kallao and the
saxophonist Ed Karam.
0.5 cm of textual
records (2
folders).
[ca. 1954-1976]
4 2
3 13 Musicians - K (foreign) File containing documents on musicians,
predominantly or all non-Canadian, with
surnames beginning with the letter K. Included
are: press clippings; concert programme for the
Stan Kenton orchestra.
9 textual records. [ca. 1950-1973]
3 14 Jack Kane File containing press clippings and biographical
notes on the clarinetist, arranger, composer,
and orchestra leader Jack Kane.
10 textual records. [ca. 1960-1964]
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3 15 Mart Kenney and Norma
Locke
File containing documents on the saxophonist,
clarinetist, and bandleader Mart Kenney and
his wife, the singer Norma Locke: press
clippings; biographies; biographical and
interview notes; list of orchestra personnel.
0.5 cm of textual
records.
[ca. 1941-1972]
1 39 Moe Koffman File containing documents on the woodwinds
player, composer, and bandleader Moe
Koffman: press clippings; interview notes;
typescript articles, including ones by Helen
McNamara; correspondence; promotional
material; photographs, comprising individual
portraits and a group portrait of Koffman in
performance with an unidentified flautist.
0.5 cm of textual
records (2
folders).
[ca. 1948-1974]
4 3
7 14 4 photographs : b&w ; 26 x 20.5 and
20.5 x 25.5
cm.1 40 Musicians - L (Canadian) File containing documents on musicians,
predominantly or all Canadian, with surnames
beginning with the letter L. Included are: press
clippings; biography; biographical notes;
promotional material for the singer Ada Lee
and for the Australian Jazz Quartet (touring
with Canadian bassist Jack Lander); letters
from Johnny Lindon and from the dance band
leader Benny Louis.
0.5 cm of textual
records (2
folders).
[ca. 1951-1974]
4 4
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1 41 Musicians - M (Canadian) File containing documents on musicians,
predominantly or all Canadian, with surnames
beginning with the letter M. Included are: press
clippings; biography; photographs of the singer
Anne Marie Moss and her husband, the singer
Jackie Paris; promotional material for Paris and
for the Ronn Metcalfe Orchestra; research
notes.
0.5 cm of textual
records (2
folders).
[ca. 1947-1977]
4 5
7 15 3 photographs : b&w ; 25.5 x 21 and
25.5 x 20.5
cm.
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1 42 Musicians - M (foreign) File containing documents on musicians,
predominantly or all non-Canadian, with
surnames or group names beginning with the
letter M. Included are: correspondence from
the pianist Marian McPartland (autograph
postcard, signed; autograph letter signed, on
the reverse of a photograph of McPartland with
her husband, the cornetist Jimmy McPartland);
other group and individual photographs of the
McPartlands, including one image of them in
performance with the trombonist Vic
Dickenson, the clarinetist [Herb Hall ?], and
other unidentified musicians; photograph of the
Modern Jazz Quartet (Milt Jackson, Percy
Heath, John Lewis, Connie Kay), and
promotional material for Lewis, the group's
pianist; photographs of the baritone
saxophonist Gerry Mulligan; press clippings;
commemorative booklet on the orchestra
leader Glenn Miller.
1 cm of textual
records (2
folders).
McPartland letter
on reverse of
photograph is
stored in
photograph
container.
[ca. 1946-1971]
4 6
7 16 12 photographs : b&w ; 26 x 20.5 cm
or smaller.
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1 43 Musicians - Mc (Canadian) File containing documents on musicians,
predominantly or all Canadian, with surnames
beginning with the letters Mc. Included are:
press clippings; biographies; biographical
notes; photographs of the groups Jim McHarg's
Metro Stompers and Jim McHarg's
Dixielanders; promotional material for the Metro
Stompers, the composer and arranger William
McCauley, and the pianist Cy (Sy) McLean;
McHarg's alternative lyrics for The Maple Leaf
Forever (copy, 1 p.); newsletter; annotated
periodical.
1 cm of textual
records (2
folders).
[ca. 1944-1976]
4 7
7 17 2 photographs : b&w ; 25.5 x 20.5
cm.
3 16 Rob McConnell File containing documents on the composer,
arranger, bandleader, and valve trombonist
Rob McConnell and his orchestra, The Boss
Brass: press clippings, biography, lists of
personnel.
0.5 cm of textual
records.
[ca. 1965-1975]
3 17 Murray McEachern File containing documents on the trombonist
and saxophonist Murray McEachern: press
clippings, interview and biographical notes,
typescript article.
14 textual records. 1958-1975
2 1 Musicians - N (Canadian) File containing documents on marimba player
Jimmy Namaro: press clippings, biography,
promotional material.
7 textual records. 1960-1973
3 18 Musicians - N (foreign) File containing press clippings on musicians,
predominantly or all non-Canadian, with
surnames beginning with the letter N.
20 textual records. 1946-1968
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2 2 Phil Nimmons File containing documents on the clarinetist,
composer, arranger, and bandleader Phil
Nimmons: press clippings; biography;
biographical notes; concert programme; list of
orchestra personnel; photograph.
0.5 cm of textual
records (2
folders).
[ca. 1950-1972]
4 8
7 18 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5 x 20.5
cm.
2 3 Bert Niosi File containing documents on the bandleader
and woodwinds player Bert Niosi: press release
and clippings; interview and biographical notes;
draft article.
17 textual records. [ca. 1945-1977]
4 9 Billy O'Connor File containing press clippings. 5 textual records. 1968-1973
3 19 Musicians - P (Canadian) File containing documents on musicians,
predominantly or all Canadian, with surnames
beginning with the letter P. Included are: press
clippings; biography; photograph of Bernie
Piltch in performance on the alto saxophone.
6 textual records. [ca. 1970-1976]
7 19 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5 x 21 cm.
4 10 Musicians - P (foreign) File containing press clippings on musicians,
predominantly or all non-Canadian, with
surnames beginning with the letter P. Included
are clippings on Jazz at the Philharmonic.
11 textual records. [ca. 1947-1969]
3 20 Charlie Parker File containing press clippings and a booklet on
the alto saxophonist and composer Charlie
Parker.
14 textual records. [ca. 1949-1967]
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2 4 Oscar Peterson File containing documents on the pianist,
composer, and bandleader Oscar Peterson:
press clippings; promotional leaflet for
Peterson's Advanced School of Contemporary
Music; photographs, comprising individual
portraits and a group portrait of Peterson with
his friend George Kadota, president of
Toronto's Lakeshore Lions Club.
1 cm of textual
records (3
folders).
[ca. 1946-1976]
3 21
4 11
7 20 4 photographs : b&w ; 26 x 20.5 and
20.5 x 25.5
cm.2 5 Musicians and other
subjects - R (Canadian)
File containing documents on musicians
(predominantly or all Canadian, with surnames
beginning with the letter R) and on other
subjects. Included are: press clippings;
biographical notes; promotional material for the
saxophonist Pat Riccio and for the woodwinds
player and bandleader Dal Richards.
0.5 cm of textual
records (2
folders).
[ca. 1942-1976]
4 12
2 6 Musicians - R (foreign) File containing documents on musicians,
predominantly or all non-Canadian, with
surnames beginning with the letter R. Included
are: press clippings; promotional material for
the drummer Buddy Rich; photograph of the
clarinetist Pee Wee Russell.
0.5 cm of textual
records (2
folders).
1946-1968
3 22
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7 21 1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 20.5 cm.
2 7 Musicians and other
subjects - S (Canadian)
File containing documents on musicians
(predominantly or all Canadian, with surnames
beginning with the letter S) and on other
subjects. Included are: press clippings;
biographical notes; promotional material for the
violinist Maurice Solway and for the Ken
Stanley Trio; list of songwriters; photographs of
the trumpeters Fred Stone and Herbie Spanier,
the latter in performance at the Toronto jazz
club George's Spaghetti House.
0.5 cm of textual
records (2
folders).
[ca. 1951-1974]
4 13
7 22 2 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 25.5 and
20.5 x 25.5
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2 8 Musicians - S (foreign) File containing documents on musicians,
predominantly or all non-Canadian, with
surnames or group names beginning with the
letter S. Included are: press clippings;
promotional material and concert poster for the
saxophonist Archie Shepp; correspondence
(unsigned typescript) from the pianist and
composer George Shearing; correspondence
from the jazz critic Leonard Feather about
Shearing; photograph of Shearing with a dog;
promotional material and tour programme for
the group The Saints and the Sinners; business
card for the pianist Willie "The Lion" Smith;
promotional material for the cornetist Muggsy
Spanier; jazz studies syllabus; photograph of
the singer Pinky Smith. The Shearing
photograph is embossed with the musician's
name in the Braille alphabet.
1 cm of textual
records (2
folders).
[ca. 1947-1969]
4 14
7 23 2 photographs : b&w ; 25.5 x 20.5
and 14 x 9.5
cm.2 9 Norman Symonds File containing documents on the composer
Norman Symonds: press clippings; concert
programmes for Symonds' octet; photograph.
0.5 cm of textual
records (2
folders).
[ca. 1954-1972]
4 15
7 24 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 10.5 cm.
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Stratford Shakespearean
Festival - jazz at
File containing documents on the presentation
of jazz and other music at the Stratford
Shakespearean Festival: programmes for
concerts by Canadian and foreign artists,
among them Henry "Red" Allen, Count Basie,
Mario Bernardi, Ron Collier, Wilbur de Paris,
Duke Ellington, Maynard Ferguson, the Festival
Singers conducted by Elmer Iseler, Dizzy
Gillespie, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday,
Langston Hughes, Moe Koffman, Carmen
McRae, the Modern Jazz Quartet, Gerry
Mulligan, Oscar Peterson, Oscar Shumsky,
Billy Taylor, Teddy Wilson; telegrammes
containing the text of articles reporting on
concerts; historical booklet; biography of the
singer Jimmy Rushing; press clippings.
1.5 cm of textual
records (3
folders).
[ca. 1956-1973]
4 16
2 12 Musicians and other
subjects - T (foreign)
File containing press clippings and a biography
on musicians (predominantly or all non-
Canadian, with surnames beginning with the
letter T) and on other subjects.
0.5 cm of textual
records (2
folders).
[ca. 1946-1970]
4 17
Vol.
No.
File
No.
Title Scope and Content Extent Other
physical
détails
Dimensions General note Dates
2 13 Toronto jazz File containing documents on the jazz scene in
Toronto: newsletters; correspondence; press
clippings; biography; biographical notes;
promotional material for Jerry Toth and Rudy
Toth; programme for a concert featuring Henry
Cuesta and Olive Brown; concert poster for
Russell Grant and His New Orleans Stompers;
photograph of and posters for Kid Chapman's
Olympia Band; photographs of the violinist
Harvey Tishcoff in performance, and a group
portrait of him with the violinist Joe Venuti;
photograph of an informal musical session with
Moe Koffman (flute), Julius Pickarz [Piekarz?]
(trumpet), and unidentified musicians on sitar,
tambura, and flute, with Lucio Agostini, Teddy
Roderman, and others observing.
0.5 cm of textual
records (2
folders).
[ca. 1949-1976]
4 18
7 25 5 photographs : b&w ; 25.5 x 21 cm
or smaller.
2 14 Musicians and other
subjects - V (Canadian)
File containing documents on the bandleader
Denny Vaughan and on the violin in jazz.
Include are: press clippings; obituary; draft
encyclopedia article; biographical notes;
biographies of members of the Hot Club
Canadien, and a photograph of the group (Vic
Newman and Bill Hicks, guitars; Jan Makkreel,
violin; Jimmy Ma, bass).
14 textual records. [ca. 1957-1972]
7 26 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5 x 21 cm.
Vol.
No.
File
No.
Title Scope and Content Extent Other
physical
détails
Dimensions General note Dates
3 23 Musicians - V (foreign) File containing press clippings on musicians,
predominantly or all non-Canadian, with
surnames beginning with the letter V.
8 textual records. 1946-1969
2 15 Musicians and other
subjects - W (Canadian)
File containing documents on musicians,
predominantly or all Canadian, with surnames
beginning with the letter W. Included are:
press clippings; biography; promotional
material for the singer, pianist, and guitarist
Jackie Washington; photograph of the
drummers Shawn Wilkinson and Gene Krupa;
photograph of the singer Stevie Wise, and
programme for a musical play featuring her.
0.5 cm of textual
records (2
folders).
[ca. 1946-1974]
4 19
7 27 2 photographs : b&w ; 13 x 18 and
15.5 x 12 cm.
2 16 Musicians - W (foreign) File containing documents on musicians,
predominantly or all non-Canadian, with
surnames beginning with the letter W. Included
are: press clippings; booklet on the composer,
pianist, organist, and singer Thomas "Fats"
Waller.
0.5 cm of textual
records (2
folders).
[ca. 1943-1969]
4 20
2 17 Moxie Whitney File containing documents on the bandleader
Moxie Whitney: press clippings;
correspondence, including a letter from
Whitney; promotional material for his hotel in
Grand Cayman.
0.5 cm of textual
records (2
folders).
[ca. 1961-1973]
4 21
Vol.
No.
File
No.
Title Scope and Content Extent Other
physical
détails
Dimensions General note Dates
2 18 Don Wright and Priscilla
Wright
File containing documents on the choir
conductor Don Wright and his daughter, the
singer Priscilla Wright: press clippings, career
résumé, interview notes.
0.5 cm of textual
records.
[ca. 1953-1974]
3 24 Lester Young File containing press clippings on the
saxophonist Lester Young.
9 textual records. 1949-1961
SERIES: The Bands
Canadians Danced To
2 20 The Bands Canadians
Danced To / Helen
McNamara and Jack
Lomas
File containing: original typescript; covering
letter from Griffin House Publishers, returning
the typescript to Helen McNamara.
1.5 cm of textual
records.
1973
2 21 The Bands Canadians
Danced To / Helen
McNamara and Jack
Lomas
Photocopy of the typescript, with editorial
markings.
1 cm of textual
records.
1973
2 22 The Bands Canadians
Danced To / Helen
McNamara and Jack
Lomas
Photocopy of galley proof, with editorial
markings and notes.
2.5 cm of textual
records.
1973
3 26 The Bands Canadians
Danced To / Helen
McNamara and Jack
Lomas
Mock up of the book, with text glued to pages
and rough pencil sketches in the place of
photographs.
1.5 cm of textual
records.
1973
6 The Bands Canadians
Danced To / Helen
McNamara and Jack
Lomas : dust jacket
1 textual record. 1973
SERIES: Other
photographs
Vol.
No.
File
No.
Title Scope and Content Extent Other
physical
détails
Dimensions General note Dates
8 1 Count Basie File containing portraits of the pianist and
bandleader Count Basie, in performance
seated at a piano.
3 photographs : b&w ; 28.5 x 35.5
cm.
[196-?]
8 2 Helen McNamara and
Peter Appleyard /
photographed by Frank
Grant, Toronto Telegram
Portrait of Helen McNamara and the
vibraphonist Peter Appleyard, with a pianist and
bassist (both unidentified) in the background.
McNamara is apparently presenting a jazz poll
certificate of merit to Appleyard.
1 photograph : b&w ; 36 x 28.5 cm. Copy negative
number NL
17564.
[195-]
7 28 Duke Ellington File containing group and individual portraits of
the composer, pianist, and bandleader Duke
Ellington. Several images, including group
portraits with the composers Ron Collier,
Gordon Delamont, and Norman Symonds, no
doubt date from the North of the Border in
Canada recording session, [July 1967]. One
promotional portrait shows Ellington with the
singer Frank Sinatra.
21 photographs : b&w ; 35.5 x 28.5
cm or
smaller.
[July 1967], [196-
?]
8 3
8 4 Group portraits with Helen
McNamara
File containing group portraits that include
Helen McNamara. Among those depicted with
McNamara are: the American jazz musicians
Nat King Cole, Duke Ellington, Art Tatum; the
British bandleader Ted Heath; the Canadian
jazz advocates and music journalists Alex
Barris and Phil McKellar.
7 photographs : b&w ; 22 x 29.5 cm
or smaller,
mounted on
board 31.5 x
30.5 cm or
smaller.
One portrait
shows
McNamara with
an unidentified
man. The other
images are
captioned.
[ca. 195- and
196-]