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Title: Alexander Kipnis
Description: Seated portrait of opera bass-baritone Alexander Kipnis. He sang with the Metropolitan Opera.
Date: 1945~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Musical Quartet and Singers
Description: African-American quartet playing music with a group of men singing.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Negative

Title: A. H. Whitney Co.
Description: Advertising card for A. H. Whitney Co. showing a portrait of a woman identified as Emma Abbott. Front of card says: "C. B. Detrick, Mgr. A. H. Whitney Co., Pianos and Organs." Front lower left corner has number 925. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 18 West 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Jane Kaye
Description: Close-up portrait of vocalist Jane Kaye, featured with Joe Sanders and his orchestra in the 1930s.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Rudy Vallee
Description: Autographed publicity portrait of singer Rudy Vallee. Autograph reads: "To Joe Sanders, Co-partner of America's finest all around dance band. Most Sincerely, Rudy Vallee."
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Bidu Sayao
Description: Full body pose on stair steps of Brazilian coloratura soprano Bidu Sayao.
Date: 1945~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Campell College Glee Club
Description: Group of nine men and two women, members of the Campell College Glee Club, posing in front of a building. All wearing hats, suits, and ties, some carrying coats and suitcases.
Date: 1915~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Dory DeAngelo and Friends
Description: Interior view, location not given. Includes left to right: Dorothy Coulter, singer; Phillipe de Rosier, designer; Dory DeAngelo; and Richard Berger, producer. All of these individuals were associated with Starlight Theater at one time.
Date: 1970~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: It's His World
Description: Profile of Kansas City lounge singer Al Lotta, house entertainer at the Cigar Box Bar, 1519 Grand Boulevard.
Date: 2005-02-24
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: KC Blues Scene Mourns Singer
Description: Annetta "Cotton Candy" Washington, local blues singer, died December 25, 2007, at the age of 76. Her death was due to complications from a stroke. "She was a founding member of the Kansas City Blues Society...and was among the first women to be named an Elder Statesman of Jazz in Kansas City." Next year would have been her 40th year in the Kansas City music scene. Includes her picture.
Date: 2007-12-26
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Music of Freedom
Description: Historical article about the Jackson Jubilee Singers, a group of African American performers from Western University (Quindaro, KS) who toured the U.S. and Canada during the first half of the twentieth century. The Singers, under the direction of Dean Robert G. Jackson, helped promote the music department of the University through their uplifting performances and helped preserve black spiritual music. The article profiles several former students of Western University which closed its doors in 1944.
Date: 2008-02-24
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Opera Legend Pavarotti Dies
Description: Famed Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti died September 5, 2007, in Italy. According to the article: "After a decade of world wide operatic successes through the 1960s and early '70s, in February 1973 he made his international solo recital debut on the Fine Arts Series of William Jewell College in Liberty (now the Harriman-Jewell Series)." In the article Richard Harriman recalls his experiences with him and how his signature hankerchief got its start in Liberty, Missouri.
Date: 2007-09-06
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Between Rock and a Good Place
Description: Article profiles twelve women who are influencing the local music scene in various ways: Kristie Stremel, soloist and former member of Frogpond and Exit 159; Hearts of Darkness singers Brandy Gordon, Rachel Christia, and Erica Townsend; Alicia Solombrino, lead singer of Beautiful Bodies; Jeriney Homegrown, host of the "Homegrown" radio show on KRBZ (96.5 FM); Julia Haile, vocalist for Good Foot, a retro-soul band; musician Amy Farrand, who hosts a weekly music show called the Weirdo Wednesday Supper Club; fiddle player Betse Ellis, founding member of the Wilders; Lauren Krum, singer for the Grisley Hand and Ruddy Swain; Abigail Henderson, musician and co-founder of the Midwest Music Foundation, a support organization for musicians; and Jacki Beckerm, music promoter and owner of Up to Eleven, a live-music promotion company.
Date: 2012-01-29
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: KC Mourns Loss of Singer, Advocate
Description: The local music community is mourning the death of singer/songwriter Abigail Hope Henderson. During her music career Henderson performed with bands such as Trouble Junction, the Gas Lights, and Atlantic Fadeout. After being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008, Henderson and her husband formed the Midwest Music Foundation, which assists local musicians in dealing with health care issues.
Date: 2013-08-29
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: 54 Million Votes Put Cook on Top
Description: David Cook, of Blue Springs, MO, won the American Idol competition on May 21, 2008. "Cook gathered nearly 56 percent of the 97.5 million votes cast." 25-year-old Cook defeated David Archuleta for the title and won a $1 million recording contract.
Date: 2008-05-22
Object Type: Newspaper Article

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