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Collection Overview
Title: Tim Kelly papers, 1923-1982
ID: HJA/MS 002
Primary Creator: Kelly, Tim (1905-1990)
Extent: 0.42 Linear Feet
Arrangement: The collection consists of four series that are arranged chronologically by decade: I. Clippings, correspondence and other papers, II. Telegrams, III. Photographs and IV. Restricted fragile.
Date Acquired: 02/06/2012
Subjects: Clarinetists, Jackson (Mississippi), Jazz, Jazz musicians, Kelly, Tim, 1905-1990, Teagarden, Jack, 1905-1964
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The collection consists of materials related to Kelly’s music career and his career in music industry sales from 1923-1982. It includes scrapbook pages, clippings, correspondence, telegrams, photographs and some ephemeral material. Most of the telegrams were sent from listeners to the Buddies Blue Melody Boys via Radio WFAA in Dallas, Texas, however several personal telegrams can be found interspersed throughout Series II of the collection.
Collection Historical Note
Tim Kelly (1905-1990) also known as E. Tim Kelly was born Edward Timothy Kelly in Lockhart, Mississippi. He grew up in Marshall, Texas where he began playing clarinet professionally in 1922 with a local band called The Melody Three. He performed with a number of musicians, bands and orchestras throughout his career including the Ham Crawford trio, Buddies Blue Melody Boys, Duncan-Marin Southern Entertainers, Louisiana Ramblers, Bob Crosby and the Bobcats, the World’s Greatest Jazz Band, and the Doc Ross Band where he made a lifelong friend in jazz trombonist, Jack Teagarden. He also performed in radio show broadcasts in Texas where he would advertise his dances in nearby towns. By the late 1920s, Kelly embarked on a second career in sales for the music industry. He worked at Werlein’s Music Store in New Orleans, Brown’s Music Co. Werlein’s in Jackson, Mississippi as well as Allegrezza Piano Co. in Ridgeland, Mississippi. Kelly continued to play clarinet with local bands in Jackson and was instrumental in forming the New Bourbon Street Jazz Society.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Hogan Jazz Archive
Access Restrictions:
This collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions:
Property rights to the physical object belong to the Hogan Jazz Archive, Tulane University. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where Tulane University does not hold the copyright.
Physical Access Note:
Restricted fragile materials in Series IV may only be consulted with permission of Jazz Archive staff. Preservation photocopies for reference use have been substituted in the main files.
Related Materials:
Hogan Jazz Archive Oral Histories - Tim Kelly 12/3/1978
Hogan Jazz Archive Oral Histories - Tim Kelly 3/26/1979
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Box:
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Box 1],
[All]
- Box 1
- Series 1: Clippings, correspondence and other papers
- Folder 1: 1920s
- Folder 2: 1930s
- Folder 3: 1940s
- Folder 4: 1950s-80s
- Series 2: Telegrams
- Folder 5: 1920s-30s
- Series 3: Photographs
- Folder 6: 1920s
- Folder 7: 1920s
- Folder 8: 1930s
- Folder 9: 1940s
- Folder 10: 1950s-70s
- Series 4: Restricted fragile
- Folder 11: Originals - Clippings, correspondence and other papers, 1920s
- Folder 12: Originals - Clippings, correspondence and other papers, 1930s and 1950s
- Folder 13: Originals - Telegrams, 1920s-30s
