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Title: A KC Landmark Goes Overlooked
Description: Article marking the 100th year of the Hotel Muehlebach at 12th and Baltimore. First opened in May 1915 on the former site of the old First Baptist Church, the 500-room, 12-story, $2 million hotel quickly became a social epicenter for locals and visitors alike, and remained so through the mid-20th century. The hotel's elegant decor, various restaurants, musical entertainment, and high service standards attracted famous names such as Helen Keller, Bob Hope, The Beatles, Theodore Roosevelt, and Harry Truman. The guest rooms are no longer in use, but the hotel's public spaces are frequently booked for events, and most of the areas have been preserved as they originally appeared.
Date: 2015-04-21
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Biography of Joe Sanders (1896-1965), Musician
Date: 2008
Object Type: Biography

Title: Biography of Carleton Coon (1893-1932), Musician
Date: 2008
Object Type: Biography

Title: ''Rupe'': Wayne Ruppenthal
Description: Article describing the life and career of trumpeter Wayne Ruppenthal. Ruppenthal, a native of Russell, Kansas, began taking cornet lessons at age 13 from "Mr. Deines", a former member of the Coon-Sanders Nighthawks Orchestra.
Date: 1997-02
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Floyd Eugene Estep
Description: Interior view of a seated Floyd E. Estep, at age 87. Location is Los Angeles, California. Estep played reeds in the Coon-Sanders Nighthawks.
Date: 1987
Object Type: Photograph

Title: The Big Band Almanac
Description: History of the Coon-Sanders Band, also known as the Kansas City Nighthawks, formed in 1919 with their first broadcasting over the radio in 1921. Subject of "doubtless the first radio fan club. ..the 'Nighthawk Club,'" on early WDAF radio programming.
Date: 1978
Object Type: Book

Title: The Dance Band Era--The Dancing Decades from Ragtime to Swing: 1910-1950
Description: History of the Coon-Sanders Band, also known as the Kansas City Nighthawks, a Kansas City and Chicago-based band (led by Joe Sanders and Carleton Coon) of the late 1910s to the early 1930s, performing regularly on WDAF radio, with photo and map.
Date: 1971
Object Type: Book

Title: Joe Richolson
Description: Exterior view of Joe Richolson. Outside of negative envelope reads: "Joe Richolson - (Tpt. C-S), Bakersfield, July, 1961."
Date: 1961
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Harold Thiell and Russ Stout
Description: Exterior view, identified from left to right as Harold Thiell, Ed Rettberg (Harvey's son), and Russ Stout.
Date: 1961
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Harold Thiell and Russ Stout
Description: Exterior view identified from left to right as Harold Thiell, Ed Rettberg, and Russ Stout. Also identifies as sax and clarinet and gives the address of 6042 Bolling Drive, Orlando, Florida. This appears to be Thiell's address and the photo may have been taken at this location. Ed Rettberg is the son of Harvey Rettberg.
Date: 1961
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Rex Downing and Hilda Rettberg
Description: Exterior view, identified as Rex Downing and Hilda Rettberg. Negative envelope reads: "Rex Downing (Tbn.,Coon-Sanders), Little Rock [Arkansas], June, 1961".
Date: 1961
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Rex Downing and Harvey Rettberg
Description: Exterior view with Harvey Rettberg on the left and Rex Downing on the right. Negative envelope reads: "Nighthawks-West Coast Trip".
Date: 1961
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Harold Thiell
Description: Exterior view, identified as Harold Thiell who played reeds with the Coon-Sanders Band. Location of photograph given as St. Augustine, September 1961.
Date: 1961
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Clyde Hahn and Others
Description: Exterior view, identified on negative envelope as left to right: Hilda Rettberg, Sis Stout, Clyde Hahn, and Russ Stout. Taken at Whitewater Falls (South Carolina?) in 1961.
Date: 1961
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Floyd Estep
Description: Exterior view of Floyd Estep. Identification written on negative envelope: "Floyd Estep (Reeds, C-S), Burbank, Cal., 1961".
Date: 1961
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Rites for Carlton Coon
Description: Article describing the funeral of Carleton Coon, co-director of the Coon-Sanders Orchestra. The services were conducted by a minister of the Third Church of Christ Scientist, and Coon was buried in Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
Date: 1932-05-06
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Carlton Coon Rites Friday
Description: Article announcing the death of Carleton Coon and the arrival of his body in Kansas City. Coon died May 4, 1932 in Chicago as a result of blood poisoning caused by an abcessed jaw.
Date: 1932-05-05
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Group Portrait
Description: Joe Sanders with group of musicians which may be part of the Coon-Sanders Band shortly after the death of Carleton Coon. Identified on back as 1932 Nighthawk Band.
Date: 1932
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Carleton Coon
Description: Exterior view of Carleton Coon seated in the back seat of a convertible with two women in Olean, New York. Edmiston identifies in his book as: "A very ample Coonie, with female chaperones, Olean, New York, 3 October 1931. On Coonie's left is Eleanor Fisher, who with husband Bob, was instrumental in bringing the band to Olean. Others unidentified."
Date: 1931-10-03
Object Type: Photograph

Title: El Patio Dancing Hall
Description: Exterior, front view of the El Patio Dancing hall located at Lakeside Park, Denver, Colorado. Sanders captioned photo as found in SC1, Scrapbook A, p. 67: "Where we smashed all records, giving Isham Jones the beating of his young life." According to Edmiston's book, the band played here July 18-31, 1931.
Date: 1931
Object Type: Photograph

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