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Don Ewell Collection

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Don Ewell Collection | Hogan Jazz Archive

By Samantha Bruner

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Collection Overview

Title: Don Ewell Collection

ID: HJA/MS 009

Primary Creator: Ewell, Don

Extent: 0.0

Date Acquired: 01/16/2007

Languages: English, Japanese

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, LP records, performance cassette tapes, books, and other papers of Don Ewell.

Administrative Information

Repository: Hogan Jazz Archive

Access Restrictions: This collection is open for research.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Box:

[Box 1: Books],
[Box 2: CDs and Cassette Tapes],
[Box 3: Reel-to-Reel Tapes],
[Box 4: Reel-to-Reel Tapes and Video Cassettes],
[Box 5: Sheet Music],
[Box 6: Correspondence, 1945-2004],
[Box 7: Vertical Files],
[Box 8: Records],
[Box 9: Records],
[All]

Box 1: Books

Item 1: Treat it Gentle, 1960: Sidney Bechet, Cassell and Company LTD.
Item 2: Original Classic Waltzes for the Piano, 1978: Blake, Eubie. Edward B. Marks Music Corporation.
Item 3: Classic Piano Rags, 1973: Rudi Blesh. Dover.
Item 4: Ludwig van Beethoven Sonatas for Pianoforte Solo, 1894: Hans von Bulow and Sigmund Lebert. G. Schirmer.
Item 5: Who’s Who of Jazz, 1978: John Chilton. Time-Life. Hardback
Item 6: Who’s Who of Jazz, 1985: John Chilton. DaCapo. Paperback
Item 7: Oh, Didn’t He Ramble: The Life Story of Lee Collins as Told to Mary Collins, 1974: Lee Collins, Mary Collins, Frank J. Gillis, and John W. Miner. U of Illinois Press. Contains record.
Item 8: The Jazz Legacy of Don Ewell, 1991: John Collinson and Eugene Kramer. Storyville. Inscribed by Collinson. Includes a newspaper clipping for a Glover Compton performance and a note from Eugene Kramer.
Item 9: Current Standard Songs from the 50’s – 60’s – 70’s, vol 1
Item 10: Jazz Away from Home, 1979: Chris Goddard. Paddington.
Item 11: Father of the Blues, 1970: W.C. Handy. Collier.
Item 12: A Pictorial History of Jazz: People and Places from New Orleans to the Sixties, 1966: Orin Keepnews and Bill Grauer. Bonanza.
Item 13: Preservation Hall Portraits, 1968: Noel Rockmore, Larry Borenstein and Bill Russell. LSU Press. Includes a hand drawn portrait of Don Ewell and inscription by Noel Rockmore. Two page handwritten note on the history of Preservation Hall.
Item 14: Eubie Blake, 1979: Al Rose. Schirmer.
Item 15: The Big Bands, 1981: George T. Simon. Schirmer.
Item 16: Music on My Mind: Memoirs of an American Pianist, 1964: Willie The Lion Smith and George Hoefer. Doubleday. Inscribed by Willie The Lion.
Item 17: Jack Teagarden’s Music: His Career and Recordings, 1960: Howard J. Waters. Walter C. Allen. Inscribed by Gail and Ruby Aldridge. Don Ewell’s name is inscribed on the cover.

Box 2: CDs and Cassette Tapes

Item 1: Audiophile ACD 143: Memories of You: Claire Austin and Don Ewell. 3 copies.
Item 2: Chiaroscuro CR(D) 106/127: 3 Solo Piano LPs: Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon, A Jazz Portrait of the Artist, Take it in Stride.
Item 3: GHB BCD 342: Don Ewell Meets Pamela and Llew Hird with the Sydney Stompers: 3 copies.
Item 4: GHB BCD 378/379: Don Ewell and the Yarra Yarra Jazz Band: 6 copies.
Item 5: GHB BCD 461/462: Jimmy Archey and Don Ewell @ The Emporium of Jazz 1967: 6 copies.
Item 6: Jazzology JCD 179: Don Ewell in Japan with Yoshio Toyama, 1975
Item 7: Solo Art SACD 89: Don Ewell Live at the 100 Club, 1992
Item 8: Delmark DC-220: George Lewis Reunion with Don Ewell.: 2 copies.
Item 9: 2. NOR-7203: Lee Collins – Don Ewell – Bunk Johnson
Item 10: S.O.S. 1062: Don Ewell
Item 11: The Barrel Band: Side B also contains a selection from Don Ewell and Lee Collins.
Item 12: Bee Hive, 1949 (?): Baker's spoken Comment at the end.
Item 13: Blues Alley, January 7, 1969
Item 14: Bunk
Item 15: Bunk Johnson & Don Ewell, June, 1946
Item 16: Bunk, O’Brien, Sister Washington
Item 17: Colonial Tavern, Toronto: Don Ewell with Band, King Porter.
Item 18: Dixie at the Cove
Item 19: Don Ewell /Jelly Roll Basin St. Radio program, Nov. 2, 1969 / June, 1940
Item 20: Don Ewell, December 26, 1981
Item 21: Don Ewell at the 100 Club/Yellow Dog Blues
Item 22: Don Ewell Band, 1967 / 1954: Mendota / San Francisco
Item 23: Don Ewell at the Bee Hive and Gaffer’s
Item 24: Don Ewell, August 1957: Chicago
Item 25: Don Ewell and Claire Austin / Don Ewell and Jack Teagarden, 1975 / 1958, 1961
Item 26: 19. Don Ewell Denver Concert/Don Ewell and Olive Brown
Item 27: Don Ewell with Dewey Jackson/Lee Collins: Contains a handwritten note.
Item 28: Don Ewell and Friends, April, 1967: Minnesota
Item 29: Don Ewell and friends (Pt. II)/Don Ewell and Bill Price, 1967-68
Item 30: Don Ewell, George Lewis, Jim Robinson, Cie Frazier: Boyden High School, Salisbury, NC
Item 31: Don Ewell at Hanratty’s, September 26, 1981
Item 32: Don Ewell with Herb Hall, May 30, 1971: Toronto
Item 33: Don Ewell interview parts I and II
Item 34: Don Ewell interview parts III and IV
Item 35: Don Ewell Jazz Band Ball, June 3, 1979
Item 36: Don Ewell with Kid Ory, solo at Hangover: No case.
Item 37: Don Ewell Memorial Service
Item 38: Don Ewell Memorial Service, August 13, 1983: 3 copies.
Item 39: Don Ewell in Osaka
Item 40: Don Ewell Program: Bill Riddle. Radio broadcast.
Item 41: Don Ewell, Royal Palm
Item 42: Don Ewell, Royal Palm Dinner Theatre
Item 43: Don Ewell, Royal Palm Theatre Quintet
Item 44: Don Ewell in Toronto, May 30, 1971
Item 45: Don Ewell Trio with Herb Hall / Don Ewell & Willie The Lion
Item 46: Don Ewell Trio / Don Ewell and Willie The Lion
Item 47: Don Ewell at Unitarian Church, November 7, 1971: Lakewood, Colorado.
Item 48: Don Ewell Well-Well Video / Don Ewell Live at the 100 Club
Item 49: Don Ewell and Wild Bill Davidson
Item 50: Don Ewell and Willie The Lion: Toronto
Item 51: Don Ewell and Willie The Lion: Toronto No. 1.
Item 52: Don Ewell and Willie The Lion, 1967: Toronto
Item 53: Don Ewell and Willie The Lion, 1967: Toronto (No.2)
Item 54: 47. Don Ewell and Yoshio Toyama / Don Ewell and the Dixieland Saints
Item 55: Dukes, Icon Hall
Item 56: Early Duke (Okeh)/Jazz Sounds of Twenties
Item 57: Ewell
Item 58: Ewell – Blumberg
Item 59: Ewell Interview 1967/Ewell, Lion at Toronto party, 1967
Item 60: Ewell, Justice
Item 61: Fats/Jas. P.
Item 62: Free ’N Easy /Kid Ory’s Creole Jazz Band
Item 63: Hangover Club #2
Item 64: Indianapolis Jazz Club
Item 65: Jack Armstrong Blues/ “Jazz Decades”: Radio broadcast?
Item 66: Jazz at the Hayloft/Don Ewell & Cotton City Jazzband
Item 67: Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon, 1957: Chicago.
Item 68: Jazz Ultima, 1952: Art Tatum
Item 69: Joe Sullivan
Item 70: Kid Ory Band broadcast from Hangover Club / Ken Colyer Jazzmen, October 1954 / June 1970
Item 71: Kid Ory Creole Jazz Band/Don Ewell and Yoshio Toyama
Item 72: Kid Ory’s Jazz Band / Ewell Big 4, 1954
Item 73: KPFA Recital: Don Ewell, St. Louis.
Item 74: Louis Armstrong Hot 5 Hot 7 II: Tape inside labeled "Joe Sullivan." Contains 1 four-leaf clover.
Item 75: Musical offering including Heifitz, A. O./Don Ewell and Marian McPartland, 1967
Item 76: Music Lesson / Don Ewell at the Golden Nugget, 1947: Don Ewell and Bunk Johnson.
Item 77: New Orleans Jazz Festival
Item 78: Prairie Home Companion, July 9, 1983: Featuring Don Ewell, Lee Collins and Jack Teagarden.
Item 79: Proposed LP – Bakers, Ewell, Brown / Monologue, January 1969 / April 25, 1971: Monologue spoken by Gene Kramer.
Item 80: Toronto: Blake, Ewell, Darch, 1972-1973
Item 81: Unlabeled, sides 1 and 2
Item 82: Unlabeled, sides 3 and 4
Item 83: Wellstood
Item 84: WGBH Boston Broadcast: Bunk Johnson and Don Ewell.
Item 85: WPFW Broadcast, February 12, 1984: Don Ewell and Bill Riddle.
Item 86: WWL-NOJC Broadcast, May 21, 1978: Don Ewell at New Orleans Jazz Club

Box 3: Reel-to-Reel Tapes

Item 1: 22 Scott Joplin Rags: 7" reel.
Item 2: Art Tatum: 7" reel. Dubbed from records.
Item 3: Bonanza Room: 7" reel.
Item 4: Boyden High School, Salisbury N.C., 7/5/66: 7" reel.
Item 5: Claire Austin / Fats Waller: 7" reel. Contains track list.
Item 6: Colonial Tavern, 1967: 7" reel. Don Ewell, Herb Hall, Jim McHarg, George Reed
Item 7: Denver Concert with Barbara Dane: 7" reel.
Item 8: Don Ewell, 1942: 7" reel. Announcer's Tape
Item 9: Don Ewell with Band: 7" reel. Includes King Porter solo.
Item 10: Don Ewell at Blues Alley Washington D.C., January 7, 1969: 7" reel.
Item 11: Don Ewell, Pianist at Royal Palm Dinner Theatre: 7" reel.
Item 12: Don Ewell at the Royal Palm Dinner Theatre: 7" reel. Les Romer Benefit
Item 13: Don Ewell Trio and Quartet, June 5, 1966: 7" reel. Contains track list
Item 14: Fats Waller: 7" reel.
Item 15: Fats Waller and James P. Johnson: 7" reel. Inscribed by “Smokey”
Item 16: Jack Teagarden: 7" reel. (dubs of records)
Item 17: Mary and Don Ewell, Jane and the Lion at Toronto: 7" reel. Contains a track list for “Legendary Masters of the Piano”
Item 18: Louis Armstrong / Billie Holiday: 7" reel. Dubbed from records.
Item 19: Morton: 7" reel.
Item 20: Playboy Jazz Festival, August 8, 1959: 7" reel. Jack Teagarden Sextet
Item 21: Potomac River Jazz Club Show: 7" reel.
Item 22: Petrushka / Le Sacre du Printemps: 7" reel. Igor Stravinsky. Ernest Ansermet conducting L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romanade (commercial release).
Item 23: Swing Low Sweet Spiritual / Jack Teagarden Orchestra with Cub Teagarden on Drums, Oct./Nov. 1956, Jan. 1957: 7" reel.
Item 24: Teagarden Story, December 24, 1958: Produced either for or in Vietnam. Badly degraded.
Item 25: Teagarden, Jack - Capitol LP T820, 1939: 7" reel.
Item 26: Omer Simeon with Earl Hines, Benny Goodman, Fats Waller: 5" reel. Dubbed from records. No case.
Item 27: Teagarden Sextet / Pusan: 5" reel. South Korea.
Item 28: Premium Records Sides, December 1949: 4" reel.

Box 4: Reel-to-Reel Tapes and Video Cassettes

Item 1: 12 unlabeled reels.: Contains a note and partial track list.
Item 2: Traditonal Jazz: Don Ewell. VHS.
Item 3: Traditional Jazz: Don Ewell. Sony KCA 30BRK.

Box 5: Sheet Music

Items relating to the Asia Tour filed with that collection. Items which occur as attachments to correspondence have been filed with their respective letters.

Folder 3: Bechet Sidney

Item 1: The Twenty-Third Psalm: Printed. Pages missing.

Folder 4: Ewell, Don

All pieces are handwritten.

Item 1: Blame it on the Blues
Item 2: Meat Rack Blues
Item 3: Rioter Blues
Item 4: Take it in Stride
Item 5: Wallerin’ Around

Folder 5: Ewell, Don, Incomplete works

All are handwritten.

Item 1: Clarinet
Item 2: Stomp Henry Lee
Item 3: South Side Chicago

Folder 6: Morton, Jelly Roll

Printed.

Item 1: Big Fat Ham, 1956
Item 2: Finger Buster
Item 3: Frog-I-More Rag, 1947
Item 4: If You Knew (How I Love You), 1938
Item 5: My Home Is In a Southern Town, 1938
Item 6: Sweet Substitute, 1938
Item 7: The Crave, 1950
Item 8: The Miserere, 1949
Item 9: The Naked Dance, 1950
Item 10: Why?: A Musical Interrogation, 1938
Item 11: Winin’ Boy Blues, 1950

Folder 7: Set Lists / Key Signatures

Folder 8: Various Composers

Item 1: Jonatha: Handwritten. Composer's name illegible.
Item 2: Ruby: Printed. Heinz Roemheld and Mitchell Parish.
Item 3: Hilarity Rag: Printed. Composed by James Scott.
Item 4: The Sheik of Araby: Printed. Ted Snyder, Francis Wheeler and Harry B. Smith composers.

Item 1: Black Binder, Unlabeled

Contains hand written pages of sheet music.

Item 2: The Compositions of Don Ewell

Transcribed by Ray Smith. Bound in book format. Handwritten.

Box 6: Correspondence, 1945-2004

The personal and professional correspondence of Don Ewell. Letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and chronologically within those files. Undated materials have been placed in the backs of folders.

Folder 1: Booking, 3/13/72--1/15/75
Folder 2: Business Miscellany, 5/8/58--11/10/81, undated
Folder 3: Charity Organizations, 9/30/71--undated: Includes material from American Civil Liberties Union, Committee to Defend the Panthers, The Harrisburg Defense Committee, UNICEF. Organized alpha-chronologically according to charity name.
Folder 4: Fan Mail: Filed alpha-chronological by correspondent.
Folder 5: Greeting Cards: Filed alphabetically by correspondent. Unknown correspondents filed in back of folder.
Folder 6: Jazz Clubs: Filed alpha-chronologically by club name. Includes correspondence from Central Florida Hot Jazz Society, Connecticut Traditional Jazz Club, Indianapolis Jazz Club, Jazz Club of Arkansas, New Jersey Jazz Society, New Orleans Jazz Club, The Ragtime Society, San Antonio Jazz Society, University of Chicago Jazz Club.
Folder 7: Legal, 7/14/47, 7/25/58: Contains correspondence from Beverly Axelrod and Coady and Farley Attorneys at Law.
Folder 8: Newsletters: Filed alphabetically by title.
Folder 9: Record Mailing Lists
Folder 10: Unidentified: Contains correspondence from unidentified individuals.
Folder 11: Abrams, Mary, 6/11/71
Folder 12: Allen, Richard B., 8/5/74—12/9/74
Folder 13: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP, 2/17/78—8/15/80
Folder 14: American Federation of Musicians, 9/8/55—12/3/71
Folder 15: Ardmore Music Corporation, 4/22/58—2/15/63
Folder 16: Armstrong, Lilian, 9/27/65—10/21/65
Folder 17: Assunto, Frank, 2/20/71
Folder 18: Atlantic Recording Corporation/ Neshui Ertegun, 12/18/67
Folder 19: Atwell, Jim, 1/9/96—9/6/97: For further correspondence from Mr. Atwell see the correspondence file for Chiaroscuro Records/ Hank O’Neil.
Folder 20: Audiophile Records, 3/30/71—3/26/75
Folder 21: Avery, Ray, 6/2/70—2/13/73
Folder 22: Ayoma Music Production Co., 9/22/75
Folder 23: Bachrach, Richard M., 3/20/47—4/2/47, undated
Folder 24: Baldwin and Howell Licensed Real Estate Brokers, 8/12/58—9/15/58
Folder 25: Barringer, Harold, 5/9/74
Folder 26: Bartha, Andy, 8/4/64—4/25/66
Folder 27: Beecher, David, 7/18/47
Folder 28: Blake, Eubie, 12/20/67—9/6/68, undated
Folder 29: Bole, Geoff, 5/3/71
Folder 30: Borcher, Bill, 2/27/74—4/9/74, undated
Folder 31: Brandelius, E.C. “Brandy”, 11/5/71, undated
Folder 32: Brown, Eric J., 9/17/75—10/19-75
Folder 33: Buchanan, John W., 11/8/71
Folder 34: Buck, George H., 5/28/70—6/8/75, undated
Folder 35: Carruth, Hayden, 6/23/70—3/23/77
Folder 36: Carson, Ernie and Sunny, 10/6/58—4/9/75
Folder 37: Cav-A-Bob, 6/16/72—7/31/72
Folder 38: Charles, Cecil, 6/30/70—9/8/70, undated
Folder 39: Chiaroscuro Records / Hank O’Neil, 11/21/71—2/21/04, undated
Folder 40: Coda Publications/John Norris, 12/1/60—7/12/74, undated
Folder 41: Collins, Lee, 8/14/53
Folder 42: Contemporary Records/ Lester Koenig, 11/14/60—8/11/77
Folder 43: Cuff, Jack and Jean, 5/3/71—4/14/74
Folder 44: Daubresse, Jean-Pierre, 4/24/71—7/4/73, undated
Folder 45: Delmark Records, 1/21/71—8/4/97
Folder 46: DeWitt, Keith, 3/4/84
Folder 47: Dobell’s Jazz Record Shop/Doug Dobell, 2/25/71—1/29/73, undated
Folder 48: DuBarry de la Salle, Pierre, 11/28/71
Folder 49: Evans, Paul “Doc”, 10/15/74, undated
Folder 50: Ewell, Don to Mary Ewell, 10/19/50—11/30/80, undated
Folder 51: Ewell, Kathy, 10/19/50—12/21/71
Folder 52: Ewell, Mary, 1/15/52—10/31/03
Folder 53: Ewell, Mary to Don Ewell, 1/10/57—10/5/75, undated
Folder 54: Ewell, “Mother”, 7/16/58—12/15/58, undated
Folder 55: Fairchild, Sherman, 12/22/67—12/28/67
Folder 56: Fat Cat’s Jazz / Johnson McRee, Jr., 11/11/68--6/21/74, undated
Folder 57: First National Bank of Lake Linden / Ray Audette, 4/29/58—9/4/58
Folder 58: Featherstone, John G., 4/30/66—6/5/66
Folder 59: Festival Productions Inc., 6/7/67—6/13/67
Folder 60: Frederickson, Alan, 4/28/74—5/13/74
Folder 61: Garland, Edward B., 10/19/58
Folder 62: G.H.B. Jazz Foundation, 6/15/96—7/20/96
Folder 63: Gillman, David, 10/25/75—6/23/76: Includes two letters from Don that may or may not be to this David.
Folder 64: Godwin, Harry, 1/6/67—8/24/74
Folder 65: Goodtime Jazz Record Co., 6/24/57
Folder 66: Granato, James J.,, 1972
Folder 67: Grosz, Marty, 12/10/70
Folder 68: Hall, Herbert
Folder 69: Hall, Stan
Folder 70: Hamilton, Bud, 9/12/74
Folder 71: Hammond, John, 12/20/67
Folder 72: Hammond, Mark K., 3/6/76—4/1/76
Folder 73: Hardin, Caroline J.
Folder 74: Harvey, Rampton and Carol, 1/4/59—8/6/00, undated
Folder 75: Havens, Dan, 5/16/72—9/7/74
Folder 76: Hayakawa, S. I., 3/25/50—2/10/61
Folder 77: Herwin Records, 9/10/74
Folder 78: Hilbert, Bob, 6/24/82—7/19/91
Folder 79: Hocutt, George D., 1/15/96
Folder 80: Hoefer, George, 8/23/57—1/30/67
Folder 81: Hopper, Lee, 5/8/69—11/5/69
Folder 82: Howard, Darnell, 8/7/65—7/18/66
Folder 83: Jasen, David A., 1/29/71
Folder 84: John Boddy Agency, 4/18/71—2/11/74
Folder 85: Johnson, Lonnie
Folder 86: Kercheval, John, 3/8/74—3/23/74, undated
Folder 87: Kessler, Carol
Folder 88: Kindler, Jan, 12/27/67—1/28/(68?)
Folder 89: Kittrell, Jean, 2/24/73—9/7/73
Folder 90: Kramer, Eugene, 12/8/58—8/27/04, undated: Articles inscribed by Mr. Kramer are treated as attachments to letters and are filed with correspondence. Duplicates may appear in relevant vertical file folders.
Folder 91: Levy, Dick, 11/27/71—4/20/79, undated
Folder 92: Lucas, John, 2/24/68—11/14/80
Folder 93: Martin, Charles E., 8/23/75—3/31/76
Folder 94: Martyn, Barry, 12/22/54—12/19/70
Folder 95: McCormick, Hubert “Hanush” and Adelaide, 7/4/72—5/29/74, undated
Folder 96: McNeil, Don, 8/2/70—5/4/71
Folder 97: McPartland, Marion
Folder 98: Meiersdorff, Leo, 10/24/69
Folder 99: Miller, Bob, 8/21/82
Folder 100: Morel, Martine, 4/6/71—2/7/72
Folder 101: Mother Entertainment Promotions, 12/6/71—2/21/73, undated
Folder 102: New Orleans Records, 7/2/74—7/13/74
Folder 103: Nicholas, Albert, 11/12/48—9/4/73
Folder 104: Ohst, Ken, 1/28/65—4/28/66, undated
Folder 105: Ory, Edward “Kid”, 9/12/53—9/21/53
Folder 106: Paramount Booking Agency / Paul Lentz, 6/21/78—8/24/78
Folder 107: Peterson, Harney, 10/7/69
Folder 108: Planetary Music Publishing Corporation, 11/4/60—10/5/61
Folder 109: Ramey, Bern C., 10/14/58
Folder 110: Regester, Jim, 12/5/67—12/12/67, undated
Folder 111: Richards, Red
Folder 112: Riddle, Bill, 3/31/64—1/8/68, undated
Folder 113: Robertson, Robert, 7/30/67
Folder 114: Rose, Al, 1/3/77
Folder 115: Russell ,Bill, 3/19/45—7/14/73, undated: Copies of some of these letters are filed in folder 90 (Eugene Kramer) as they were attached to brief letters to Mary Ewell.
Folder 116: Simmen, Johnny, 10/20/57—9/27/80
Folder 117: Smith, Birch, 3/28/53—10/30/74
Folder 118: Smith, Keith, 9/26/75—1/24/76
Folder 119: Smith, Ray, 1/4/70—9/29/71
Folder 120: Smith, Willie “The Lion”, 7/3/66—1/18/67, undated
Folder 121: Smithsonian Institution, 1/3/78—11/16/78, undated
Folder 122: Stanley, Jack, 1/25/72
Folder 123: Steel, Burton B., 4/26/76—9/26/83, undated
Folder 124: Strickland, Colin, 5/7/80—6/69/80
Folder 125: Thompson, Butch, 7/11/83
Folder 126: Thompson, Mary Lou, 11/28/58—7/2/74, undated
Folder 127: Townley, Helen M., 6/23/66—12/20/67, undated
Folder 128: Toyama, Keiko and Yoshio, 12/16/70—8/4/75, undated
Folder 129: Turnock, Brian
Folder 130: University of Virginia / John Canaday, 7/28/49—11/6/49
Folder 131: University of Wyoming / Gene M. Gressley, 11/2/83—1/24/84
Folder 132: Valin, Meg, 12/14/67
Folder 133: Walshe, Leolie and Nova, 3/29/71—6/23/71
Folder 134: Waldo, Terry, 2/8/74—3/6/75
Folder 135: Washington, Earl E., 7/23/71
Folder 136: Waters, Howard, 12/6/66—12/10/67, undated
Folder 137: Welch, Vince and Avril, 11/7/58
Folder 138: Wellstood, Dick, 7/7/69—11/5/71, undated
Folder 139: Williams, Martin, 10/7/49—7/19/51, undated
Folder 140: Wolsgaard, Peter, 4/25/71—2/11/75
Folder 141: Zack, George, 11/8/66—11/16/73, undated
Folder 142: Zwicky, Theo, 4/7/74—7/26/74

Box 7: Vertical Files

Series 1: Bands

Vertical File materials relating to various bands.

Folder 1: Billy Maxted Band, 9/14/64
Folder 2: The Dukes of Dixieland, 3/2/69, undated
Folder 3: Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band
Folder 4: Teagarden Sextet, 12/20/57-1/3/60, undated: Contains newspaper clippings, programs, flyers.
Folder 5: The Yarra Yarra Jazz Band

Series 2: Persons

Folder 1: Archey, Jimmy, 11/20/67
Folder 2: Armstrong, Louis, 7/24/65-7/4/70
Folder 3: Assunto, Frank, 3/31/74-3/23/75
Folder 4: Austin, Claire
Folder 5: Blake, Eubie
Folder 6: Brown, Olive, 1965-2/16/67, undated
Folder 7: Cuesta, Henry, 5/20/72
Folder 8: Dodds, Baby
Folder 9: Evans, Doc
Folder 10: Ewell, Arthur Donald: Family records and birth cards.
Folder 11: Ewell, Arthur Webster
Folder 12: Ewell, Kathy
Folder 13: Ewell, Mary
Folder 14: Gillespie, Dizzy, 5/7/68
Folder 15: Godwin, Harry
Folder 16: Hall, Edmond
Folder 17: Hines, Earl "Fatha"
Folder 18: Johnson, Bunk, 4/46-5/8/47, undated: Contains Correspondence
Folder 19: Johnson, Lonnie, 5/26/65-1/72, undated
Folder 20: Kaminsky, Max, 10/27/65
Folder 21: Martyn, Barry
Folder 22: McPartland, Marion
Folder 23: Mole, Miff
Folder 24: Nicholas, Albert
Folder 25: Robert, Elmer and Elmire, 5/22/76, undated
Folder 26: Smith, Willie "The Lion", 8/25/66-4/21/73, undated
Folder 27: Teagarden, Jack, 1/43-3/1/64, undated: Contains correspondence.
Folder 28: Tilley, Brick and Katie
Folder 29: Wellstood, Richard "Dick"
Folder 30: Yancey, Mama
Folder 31: Young, Lester, 1/81

Series 3: Subjects

Folder 1: Accounting: Receipts, tax records, royalties records, personal finances.
Folder 2: Army Records, 8/20/41-8/19/48: Official documents pertaining to Don Ewell's service with the United States Army.
Folder 3: Articles, 4/18/52-5/87, undated: Newspaper clippings containing biographical information, interviews or generalized remarks on Ewell's career.
Folder 4: Chess: Records of postal chess games. Contains correspondence.
Folder 5: Contracts, 8/30/48-4/30/75: Contracts for performances, record companies, songs. Where contracts occur as attachments to letters, they have been filed in correspondence.
Folder 6: Copyrights, 1/20/43-8/15/77: Copyright registration forms, copyright law. contains correspondence.
Folder 7: Discographies, 11/26/67, undated
Folder 8: Ephemera: Miscellaneous documents and scraps.
Folder 9: Flyers: Performance flyers.
Folder 10: The Golden Nugget Tavern, 5/15/65-7/16/68, undated: Clippings pertaining to Ewell's performances at the Golden Nugget in Toronto. Contains small flyers.
Folder 11: Japan, 1975/New Orleans Rascals: Publicity material from Ewell's performance in Japan with the New Orleans Rascals. Japanese language materials. Contains correspondence.
Folder 12: Jazzology Poll, 1964-6/66
Folder 13: Journals and Magazines, 1967-1990: Filed alpha-numerical according to journal title and issue. Includes Downbeat, Footnote, Go : The Authentic Guide to New Orleans, International Musician, Jazzbeat, Kansas City Key, This Week in the Nation’s Capital.
Folder 14: Manassas Jazz Festival, 11/30/79-12/1/79
Folder 15: Miscellaneous Articles, 1944-2/17/82: Articles which do not pertain directly to Don Ewell or his career.
Folder 16: Obituaries/Eulogies, 8/9/83-8/17/83
Folder 17: Performance Iteneraries
Folder 18: Performance Reviews, 11/27/59-6/24/67, undated: Clippings pertaining to Ewell's live performances.
Folder 19: Personal Records, 1922-8/2/34: Ewell's social security card, school records etc.
Folder 20: Programs: Performance programs.
Folder 21: Publicity, 2/46-10/8/81: Performance advertisements/announcements, mentions in articles.
Folder 22: Radio, 11/14/59-11/17/71: Radio transcripts and broadcast schedules.
Folder 23: Record Reviews, 5/6/46-5/87: Articles pertaining to Ewell's record releases.
Folder 24: Scrapbook Originals: Ewell's original binder folder with clippings. Most material dates from Ewell's years with Bunk Johnson and Jack Teagarden.
Folder 25: Set Lists
Folder 26: Toronto Benefit, 12/17/67-12/18/67: Clippings pertaining to the concert held to raise money for Ewell's hospital bills.
Folder 27: Travel: Airplane tickets, maps, hotel information.

Series 4: State Department Goodwill Tour of Asia, 1958-1959

Vertical file materials pertaining to the Teagarden Sextet's tour of Asia in the fall of 1958.

Folder 1: Articles, 11/1/58-1/7/59: Newspaper clippings.
Folder 2: Invitations, 10/2/58-1/1/59: Invitation cards to dinners and receptions.
Folder 3: Iteneraries, 7/22/58-1/10/59
Folder 4: Miscellany
Folder 5: Official Documents, 1/13/59
Folder 6: Pamphlets
Folder 7: Programs
Folder 8: Sheet Music: National Anthem scores for various countries.
Folder 9: Tourguides/Souvenirs: Cultural information about various countries.

Box 8: Records

Ewell's Collection of 45s, 78s, LPs.

Item 1: American Music 517: Bunk Johnson – Where the River Shannon Flows/When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain
Item 2: American Music 518: Bunk Johnson – Ja-Da/Poor Butterfly
Item 3: American Music 520: Bunk Johnson – I’ll Take You Home Again Kathleen/In the Gloaming
Item 4: Circle J-1001: Baby Dodds Trio (Ewell) – Wolverine Blues/Drum Improvisation No. 1
Item 5: Circle J-1039: Baby Dodds Trio (Ewell) – Buddy Bolden’s Blues/”Drum Improvisation No. 2”
Item 6: Teagarden Presents RB-112: Jack Teagarden and His Orchestra – Basin Street Blues/Martian Madness
Item 7: Alpha 7006: Don Ewell and the Cotton City Jazzband “New orleans Today, vol. 4”
Item 8: Audiophile AP-66: Don Ewell Quartette “Yellow Dog Blues and other favorites”
Item 9: Barbary Coast BC-33014: “Trouble In Mind” Barbara Dane Sings (Ewell)
Item 10: Biograph CEN-3: Don Ewell’s Hot 4 “New Orleans Dance Hall Series”
Item 11: Center CLP-3: Don Ewell Trio and Quartet
Item 12: Chiasoscuro CR 106: Don Ewell “A Jazz Portrait of the Artist”
Item 13: Chiasoscuro CR 127: Don Ewell “Take It in Stride” (2 copies)
Item 14: Chiasoscuro CR 130: Don Ewell (2 copies)
Item 15: Conntrad CTJC 3: Jazz of the Connecticut Traditional Jazz Club
Item 16: Delmark DS-220: George Lewis Reunion with Don Ewell
Item 17: 88 Up Right 88UR-002: Don Ewell Plays King Oliver Creole Jazz Band Tunes (solo)
Item 18: Exclusive Records 501: “Grand Piano” Willie (The Lion) Smith-Don Ewell duets
Item 19: Fat Cats Jazz FCJ-105:: The Wiggs-Burke Crescent City Stompers (Ewell)
Item 20: Fat Cats Jazz FCJ-109: Don Ewell “Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon” (solo)
Item 21: Fat Cats Jazz FJC-110: Don Ewell Bob Greene “Duet”
Item 22: Fat Cats Jazz FCJ-179: Kitchen Man – Pug Horton’s Blues (Ewell)
Item 23: Fat Cats Jazz FJC-183: “Jazz at the Hayloft-1975” (Ewell)
Item 24: Fat Cats Jazz FJC-194: “Easy Does It” Don Ewell-Jack Maheu Quartette
Item 25: Fat Cats Jazz FJC-218: “Hands Full of Keys” Don Ewell-Dick Wellstood Piano Duets
Item 26: GHB 30: Don Ewell in New Orleans
Item 27: GHB 50: Baby Dodds Trio “Jazz a’la Creole” (Ewell)
Item 28: GHB 68: Lewis-Ewell Big 4
Item 29: GHB 86: Olive Brown Sings! (Ewell)
Item 30: GHB 89: Boll Weevils “Red Hot in Memphis” (Ewell) (George Brunis drums)
Item 31: Good Time Jazz L-12004: Kid Ory’s Creole Jazz Band 1954 (Ewell)
Item 32: Good Time Jazz L-12008: Kid Ory’s Creole Jazz Band 1955 (Ewell)
Item 33: Good Time Jazz L-12021: “Music to Listen to Don Ewell By” (2 copies, 1 with cover missing)
Item 34: Good Time Jazz M-12043: “Man Here Plays Fine Piano!” (Ewell)
Item 35: Good Time Jazz M-12045: Kid Ory’s Creole Jazz Band “This Kid’s the Greatest!”

Box 9: Records

Ewell's collection of 45s, 78s and LPs.

Item 1: International Association of Jazz Record Collectors IAJRC 3: “San Antonio Jazz” Don Albert and his Orchestra/Boots and his Buddies
Item 2: International Association of Jazz Record Collectors IAJRC 4: “The Rhythmakers, vol. One”
Item 3: Jazzology J-29: Don Ewell and His All-Stars
Item 4: Jazzology J-54: Ernie Carson and His Capitol City Jazz Band (Ewell)
Item 5: Jazzology J-69: Don Ewell Quintet
Item 6: New Orleans NOR 7209: Don Ewell/Herb Hall Quartet in New Orleans (2 copies
Item 7: Offbeat Records ORLP-1007: ”Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans” Don Ewell, Yoshio Toyama and his Dixieland Saints
Item 8: Paragon PLE-M102: Bunk Johnson and Don Ewell with Doc Evans & His Band
Item 9: Pumpkin 120: Don Ewell “Denver Concert with Barbara Dane”
Item 10: RCA Victor LPM 1591: “The Legend of Bessie Smith”(cover missing)
Item 11: Sackville 2004: “Grand Piano” Willie The Lion Smith-Don Ewell duets
Item 12: 77 Records SEU 12/42: Don Ewell Live at the 100 Club
Item 13: Stomp Off SOS 1077: Don Ewell Chicago ‘57
Item 14: Storyville (Japan)ULX-76-V: Don Ewell-Yoshio Toyama Duet
Item 15: Windin’ Ball 103: Don Ewell Piano Solos of King Oliver Creole Jazz Band Tunes
Item 16: “Private session at ‘Le Lapin Rouge,’, July 24th, 1970: “To Don Ewell from J. P.” Paris,
Item 17: Sonic Recording Products- Test Pressing 4635: Unlabeled. Inscribed "This is a great record."
Item 18: Dial 402: “Dance Music of Martinique”
Item 19: Windin’ Ball 101: Don Ewell, pianist (2 copies)
Item 20: Windin’ Ball 102: Mama Yancey, singer; Don Ewell, pianist

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