Don Marquis Collection | Hogan Jazz Archive

By Samantha Bruner

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Collection Overview

Title: Don Marquis Collection

ID: HJA/MS 007

Primary Creator: Marquis, Donald M., 1933-

Extent: 17.0 Boxes

Abstract

This collection is comprised of the research materials assembled by Donald M. Marquis for his monograph In Search of Buddy Bolden, First Man of Jazz (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1978), and was digitized with generous funding from the Jay Pritzker Foundation.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Folder:

[Folder 1: Marquis's Indices],
[Box 1: Original Typed manuscript of 'In Search of Buddy Bolden', 1977],
[Box 2: Bolden in Retrospect / Pre-publication Correspondence],
[Box 3: Bolden Family Members],
[Box 4: Bolden Side-Men and Contemporaries],
[Box 5: Excerpts from Books and Articles / Interviews],
[Box 6: Locations],
[Box 7: South Rampart & Perdido],
[Box 8: East Louisiana State Hospital],
[Box 9: Documents / Publication],
[Box 10: Pinchpenny Press],
[Box 11: Correspondence / Letters of Congratulation],
[Box 12: Ads and Mentions of 'Searching for Buddy Bolden'],
[Box 13: Buddy Bolden Funeral and Memorial, 1996],
[Box 14: Book Reviews and Controversies],
[Box 15: Photos and Negatives],
[Box 16: Excerpts from Books and Articles about Buddy Bolden],
[Box 17: Miscellaneous],
[Box 18: Addenda],
[Box 19: Cassettes],
[All]

Box 8: East Louisiana State Hospital

Folder 1: East Louisiana State Hospital

Series 1: Primary Documents

Documents pertaining to Charles "Buddy" Bolden's incarceration in the Insane Asylum of Louisiana.

Item 1: Correspondence: Hon. Paul Capdevielle, 9/25/1903: Letter to Paul Capdevielle, Mayor of New Orleans, protesting the incarceration of mentally ill persons in the Police Jail.
Item 2: Persons Examined by Dr. J. O'Hara, 4/4/1907: List of persons examined by Dr. J. O'Hara and Certified insane. "Bolden, Charles" listed.
Item 3: Certificate of Admission, Louisiana State Asylum, 6/5/1907: Certificate attesting to Bolden's admission to the Louisiana State Asylum.
Item 4: Correspondence: Alice Bolden/Superintendent of Louisiana State Asylum, 3/23, 3/29/1930: Letter from Bolden's mother, inquiring after her son's health in the asylum and the superintendent's response.

Series 2: Correspondence

Correspondence between Don Marquis and various informants regarding his research into the Insane Asylum of Louisiana and Charles "Buddy" Bolden's incarceration therein.

Item 1: Correspondence: Blue Walters, 4/14/1967
Item 2: Correspondence: H.K. Sweeney, 4/27/1967
Item 3: Correspondence: Lionel Gremillion, 5/11/1967
Item 4: Correspondence: Mrs. George L. Gayden, 6/4/1967
Item 5: Correspondence: Lionel Gremillion, 6/4/1967: Letter from Marquis to Gremillion
Item 6: Correspondence: John Crosley, 3/17/1969: Letter from Lionel Gremillion to Crosley
Item 7: Correspondence: Lionel Gremillion, 8/14/1970: Letter from Marquis to Gremillion
Item 8: Correspondence: Superintendent, 5/20/1971: Letter from Marquis to the superintendent of East Louisiana State Hospital.
Item 9: Correspondence: Mrs. Smith, 6/8/1971: Letter from Marquis to Mrs. Smith
Item 10: Correspondence: Lionel Gremillion, 6/8/1971
Item 11: Correspondence: Lionel Gremillion, 6/12/1971: Letter from Marquis to Gremillion.
Item 12: Correspondence: Mrs. Smith 6/15/1971
Item 13: Telephone Conversation: Mrs. George Gayden, 6/16/1971
Item 14: Correspondence: Lionel Gremillion, 6/17/1971
Item 15: Correspondence: Lionel Gremillion, 6/25/1971: Letter from Marquis to Gremillion.
Item 16: Telephone Conversation: Lionel Gremillion, 7/3/1971
Item 17: Correspondence: Lionel Gremillion, 8/6/1971
Item 18: Correspondence: Lionel Gremillion, 11/18/1974
Item 19: Correspondence: Lionel Gremillion, 8/21/1976: Letter from Marquis to Gremillion.
Item 20: Correspondence: Lionel Gremillion, 9/9/1976
Item 21: Correspondence: Lionel Gremillion, 5/8/1978: Letter from Marquis to Gremillion.

Folder 2: Early Photos

Item 1: Photos, 1902-1914 Report of the Louisiana State Asylum: Xeroxed photos with Marquis's introductory remarks.
Item 2: Physicians Cottages
Item 3: New Main Entrance - Center Building to Gate
Item 4: Operating Room, Parker Hospital
Item 5: Motor Service - Milk and Beef
Item 6: Hospital Graveyard
Item 7: Business Manager's Cottage, Superintendent's Cottage
Item 8: Parker Hospital
Item 9: New Superintendent's Cottage, Interior View
Item 10: Yearly Farm Colony May-Day Picnic: Oversized. No digital image.
Item 11: View: Farm Colony: Oversized. No digital image.
Item 12: Lake Nicholson: Oversized. No digital image.
Item 13: Reinforced Concrete Colored Buldings, Showing Front and Back Views: Oversized. No digital image.
Item 14: Criminal Buildings, Nos. 1 and 2: Oversized. No digital image.

Item 1: Book: Biennial Report of the East Louisiana Hospital for the Insane, 1914-1916

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