Don Marquis Collection | Hogan Jazz Archive
By Samantha Bruner
Collection Overview
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 4: Bolden Side-Men and Contemporaries

- Folder 1: Bolden Sidemen: General Listings

- Names, dates and addresses of Bolden sidemen.
- Folder 2: Bartley, Buddy: Balloon Ascensionist

- Marquis's notes on Buddy Bartley
- Folder 3: Cornish, Willie

- Marquis's notes on Willie Cornish, trombonist for Bolden.
- Folder 4: Cornish, Bella

- Folder 5: Duson, Frank

- Documents pertaining to Frank Duson and his family.
- Item 1: Duson Family


- Name and dates of Duson family members.
- Item 2: Correspondence - Barbara Harris Jones, 3/8/1999, 5/12/1999


- Correspondence between Don Marquis and Barbara Harris Jones. Two letters.
- Item 3: Questionaire


- Questionaire pertaining to Duson's family.
- Item 4: Photograph - Ethel Wells Duson, 1920s


- Item 5: Photograph - Ethel Wells Duson, 1930


- Item 6: Photograph - Thelma and Bertie Mae Duson, c. 1938


- Item 7: Correspondence - Frank Duson/Viola, 4/7/1927


- Letter from Frank Duson to his sister-in-law Viola. Digital material contains a photocopy of the handwritten letter and Marquis's transcription thereof.
- Item 8: Correspondence - Frank Duson/Ethel Duson, 12/21/1930


- Letter from Frank Duson to his wife, Viola. Digital material contains a photocopy of the handwritten letter and Marquis's transcription thereof.
- Item 9: Correspondence - Frank Duson/Thelma and Bertie Mae, 12/21/1930


- Letters from Frank Duson to his daughters, Thelma and Bertie Mae Duson. Digital material contains a photocopy the greeting card and its form and Marquis's transcription of the insides.
- Item 10: Police Reports, 9/13/1904


- List of arrests made in the Eighth Precinct of New Orleans. Frank Duson listed. Digital material scanned in two parts because of size.
- Item 1: Duson Family
- Folder 6: Galloway, Charley

- Documents pertaining to the life of Charley Galloway.
- Item 1: Galloway Names and Residence Listings


- Residence listings for Charles Galloway and his family members ranging from 1869-1926.
- Item 2: Obituary - Theodore Galloway, 6/3/1902


- Newspaper clipping pertaining to the death of Theodore Galloway. Digital material contains a typed annotation by Don Marquis.
- Item 3: Police Record, 2/29/1896


- Report of arrests made in the First Precinct of New Orleans.
- Item 4: Marriage License, 12/20/1896


- Marriage License for Charlie Galloway and Carrie Moses.
- Item 5: Marriage License 1/16/1901


- Marriage License for W.M. Galloway and Lula Davis.
- Item 1: Galloway Names and Residence Listings
- Folder 7: Gibson, James

- Folder 8: Hall, Manuel

- Item 1: Names and Residence Information


- Residential information for Manuel Hall and those with similar names. Ranges from 1874-1946.
- Item 2: Marriage License, 7/4/1880


- Marriage License for Manuel Hall and Catherine Johnson.
- Item 3: Marriage License, 12/9/1901


- Marriage license for Manuel Hall and May Variste.
- Item 1: Names and Residence Information
- Folder 9: Johnson, Jimmy

- Documents pertaining to Jimmy Johnson, Buddy Bolden's bass player.
- Item 1: Nancy Johnson


- Birth, death and residence information. Includes a list of the names of her children and grandchildren.
- Item 2: Jimmy Johnson Signature


- Item 3: Marriage Licenses of Johnson and Lorenzo Tio Jr.


- Marriage license of Jimmy Johnson photocopied with a portion of Lorenzo Tio Jr.'s marriage license with Marquis's notes.
- Item 4: Johnson Marriage License, 2/3/1904


- Marriage License of Jimmy Johnson and Florine Sentmanat.
- Item 5: Don Albert


- Residence information for Don Albert. Bibliographic citation, interview contacts.
- Item 6: Family Obituaries


- Citations and transcriptions of the obituaries of Florine Johnson and Vertlee Turner.
- Item 7: Interview Notes-Louis Cottrell Jr.


- Marquis's notes from his interview of Louis Cottrell Jr. regarding Jimmy Johnson.
- Item 8: Residence Lists, 1887-1910


- Residence listings for Richard, Victoria and James Johnson.
- Item 9: Record Information


- Information pertaining to a record Johnson made with Don Albert's band in San Antonion, Texas, 11/18/1936.
- Item 1: Nancy Johnson
- Folder 10: Jones, Louis

- Documents pertaining to Louis Jones.
- Item 1: Residence Lists


- Residence Listings for Louis Jones from 1902-1960.
- Item 2: Obituary Lists


- List of Obituary dates ranging from 2/20/57-7/28/68.
- Item 3: Oral History Sumary, 1/19/1959

- Summary of an Oral History with Louis Jones. Interviewers: William Russell and Richard B. Allen. From the Hogan Jazz Archive.
- Item 1: Residence Lists
- Folder 11: Landry, Octave

- Folder 12: Lewis, Frank

- Folder 13: Lopez, Raymond

- Folder 14: Lyons, Bob

- Folder 15: Mansion, Henry

- Folder 16: Martin, Milton "Mooney"

- Folder 17: Milo Family

- Folder 18: Mumford, Jeff

- Folder 19: Tillman, Cornelius

- Folder 20: Walker, W.W.

- Folder 21: Warner, William W.

- Folder 22: Zeno, Henry

- Folder 1: Bolden Sidemen: General Listings
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]
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