Don Marquis Collection | Hogan Jazz Archive

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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 5: Excerpts from Books and Articles / Interviews

Folder 1: Book and Article Excerpts

Excerpts from previous books and articles about Buddy Bolden.

Series 1: Notebook

In which Don Marquis made notes and copied out excerpts about Bolden from various books and articles.

Item 1: Booklet from Folkways Record Album 2465, c. 1959: "The Music of New Orleans Vol. IV: The Birth of Jazz"
Item 2: "The End of an Era, July-August 1966: by Dr. Edmond Souchon. The Second Line vol. XVII
Item 3: "Jazz Instrumentation and Arrangement from Buddy Bolden to the Duke", 1948: by Alan Dare. Gold Diggin.' a publication of the Portland Record Collector's Club. Bill Peterson and Howard E. Penny eds.
Item 4: "Elgin Movements in my Hips", 1949: by Harnett T. Kane. Queen New Orleans (book). Chapter 15. Wm. Morrow & Co., N.Y. pp. 285-6.
Item 5: Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans, 1954: by Louis Armstrong. Chapter 2. Prentice-Hall Inc., N.Y. pp. 22-24.
Item 6: "Hot Jazz: Prophet without Honor, 1944: by Paul Eduard Miller. Esquire's Jazz Book. Chapter 1. Smith and Durell Inc., N.Y. pp. 12.
Item 7: Jazz: A History, 1938: by Winthrop Sargent. McGraw-Hill Book Co., N.Y. p. 18.
Item 8: Jazz, 1953: by Rex Harris. Chapter 5: The Pioneer Jazzmen. Penguin Books, Melbourne. pp. 78-91.
Item 9: The Collector's Jazz, 1953: by John S. J.P. Lippincott Co. Philidelphia. pp. 13-15.
Item 10: The Story of Jazz, 1958: by Marshall W. Stearns. Part 2, Chapter 7: "Buddy Bolden and the Growth of Jazz." Oxford University Press.
Item 11: History of Popular Music, 1961: by David Ewen. Chapter : Jazz. Barnes and Noble Inc. New York. pp. 61-62.
Item 12: Mister Jelly Roll, 1950: by Alan Lomax. Grosset and Dunlap. New York. pp. xiv, 13, 57-60, 79, 86, 90-91, 98-100, 276.
Item 13: The New Jazz Book, 1962: by Joachim Berendt. Hill and Wang. New York. pp. 31, 32-35, 106, 130, 201.
Item 14: The Baby Dodds Story, 1962: As told to Larry Gara. Contemporary Press. Los Angeles. pp. 12, 17.
Item 15: Jazzmen, 1939: Frederick Ramsey Jr. and Charles Edward Smith, eds. Harcourt, Brace & Co. New York. pp. 3-6, 9-12, 15-21, 23-25, 45, 59, 62, 120, 246, 248, 266, 275.
Item 16: Blues People, 1963: by Leroi Jones. William Morrow & Co. New York. pp. 75-76, 128, 144-146.
Item 17: Jazz: New Orleans 1885-1963, 1963: by Samuel B. Charters. Oak Publications. New York. pp. 3,4,11-12, 13, 21, 24, 25, 28, 34, 38, 49, 52, 65, 70, 133.
Item 18: Shining Trumpets: A History of Jazz, 1949: by Rudi Blesh. Alfred A. Knopf. New York. pp. 156-157, 167, 169, 170, 174, 180-184, 195-6, 222, 252, 257, 314.
Item 19: Jazz Masters of New Orleans, 1967: by Martin Williams. The Macmillan Co. New York. pp. xi, xiv, xvii, 1-15, 26, 92, 108, 142, 167, 222, 226-227, 231, 256.
Item 20: The Real Jazz, 1960: by Hughes Panassie. A.S. Barnes & Co. New York. Chapter 5. p. 77.
Item 21: Hear Me Talkin' to Ya, 1955: Nat Shapiro and Nat Hentoff eds. Rinehart & Co. New York. Chapter 5. p. 17, 20, 28, 31, 34, 35, 36-39, 80, 410.
Item 22: They All Played Ragtime, 1950: By Rudi Blesh and Harriet Janis. Alfred A. Knopf. New York. p. 24. 59, 63, 77, 165, 170, 182.
Item 23: The Jazz Story, 1964: By Dave Dexter Jr. Prentice Hall Inc. Engwood Cliffs, New Jersey. p. 10, 11, 12, 14, 25, 28, 35, 153.
Item 24: Treat it Gentle, 1960: By Sidney Bechet. Hill & Wang. New York. p. 2, 62, 83, 84, 85, 88, 123, 163, 176, 203.
Item 25: The New Encyclopedia of Jazz, 1960: By Leonard Feather. Bonanza Books. New York. p. 139.
Item 26: Pictorial History of Jazz, 1962: By Orrin Keepnews and Bill Grauer Jr. Crown Publishers Inc. New York. p. 1, 3, 6, 19, 103.
Item 27: New Orleans Jazz: A Family Album, 1967: by Al Rose and Edmond Souchon. LSU Press, Baton Rouge.
Item 28: I Like Jazz, 1964: by Donald Myrus. MacMillan Company, New York. pp. 36, 51.
Item 29: Jazz: Its Evolution and Essence, 1956: by Andre Hodeir. Grove Press, New York. p. 24.
Item 30: Salute to Satchmo, 1970: by Max Jones, John Chilton and Leonard Feather. IPC Specialist and Professional Press Ltd., London. pp. 51, 97.
Item 31: Recorded Jazz: A Critical Guide, 1958: by Rex Harris and Brian Rust. Penguin Books, London. pp. 86-88, 96, 164.
Item 32: The Heart of Jazz, 1956: by William L. Grossman and Jack W. Farrell. New York University Press, New York. pp. 32, 67, 70, 175, 238, 246, 267.
Item 33: Jazz, 1959: Nat Hentoff and Albert J. McCarthy eds. Grove Press, New York. pp. 25, 28, 29, 30, 33, 35, 36, 62, 311, 352.
Item 34: History of Classic Jazz, 1956: by Charles Edward Smith. Bonanza Books, New York.
Item 35: Esquire 1945 Jazz Book, 1945: Paul Edward Miller, ed. A.S. Barnes & Co., New York. pp. 9, 61, 70, 74, 83, 84.
Item 36: Duke Ellington, August 1933: by Ralph de Toledano. Fortune Magazine. p. 48.

Series 2: Articles

Photocopies of articles about Buddy Bolden.

Item 1: I Thot I Heard Buddy Bolden: by Roy Carew in The Record Changer.
Item 2: A Memory of King Bolden, March or Sept. 1965 [?]: by Danny Barker. Gift of Alan Ward on May 1, 1970.
Item 3: Thoughts on Jazz Historiography: "Buddy Bolden's Blues" vs. "Buddy Bottley's Baloon": by William J. Schafer. Unbound signature from Journal of Jazz Studies
Item 4: Buddy Bolden: Man or Myth, 1965-1966: Chapter from original book by Don Marquis and John Bentley
Item 5: Buddy Bolden and Billy the Kid, Sept. 2001: by Brian Wood. New Orleans Music, Vol. 9, No. 5.
Item 6: Layin' Buddy Down: by Bill Amatneek. Contains a letter from Amatneek to Don Marquis.
Item 7: Charles "Buddy" Bolden: by Lili LeGardeur. Manuscript with corrections.
Item 8: Buddy Bolden Combs: by Eddie "Clean Head" Vinson.
Item 9: Jazz on the Rails, Summer 2003: from Louisiana Life.

Folder 2: Interviews

Item 1: Interview: Beatrice Alcorn, 6/23/1971: Interview with Mrs. Beatrice alcorn, her daughter Cordelia, and son, Alvin.
Item 2: Interview: Cecile Augustine, 7/17/1971: Interview with Mrs. Lean (Cecile) Augustine.
Item 3: Interview: Paul Barbarin
Item 4: Interview: Rev. W. E. Hausey, 7/31/71: Interview with Rev. W.E. Hausey of St. John First Baptist church. Telephone conversation.
Item 5: Interview: Eugenia Jackson and Laura Laws, 6/25/1971, 7/2/71: Interview on Friday June, 25, 1971 with Mrs. Eugenia Jackson and Mrs. Laura Laws.
Item 6: Interview: Louis Jones, Mrs. Louis Jones: Original summary of Louis Jones interview held at Tulane Archives. The interview with Mrs. Louis Jones was conducted by Don Marquis on 4/30/1971 and 5/7/1971.
Item 7: Interview: John Jules, Leonard Johnson, Paul Caesar, 7/16/71: Interview at Midget's Bar of John Jules (74), Leonard Johnson (71) and Paul Caesar (72).
Item 8: Interview: Susanna Pickett, 8/5/1971: Telephone Conversation.
Item 9: Interview: Bill Russell, 8/31/1962: Excerpt from summary of an interview with Bill Russell (Reel III).

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