James B. Gantt Collection
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of materials related to Gantt’s personal and professional life as well as his love of jazz music including newspaper clippings, correspondence, radio transcripts, cue sheets, sheet music, music publications, and photographs related to Kansas City jazz. The collection also contains material related to Gantt’s work as an artist including original sketches, newspaper clippings, Kansas City Art Institute and Midwestern Artists’ Exhibition memorabilia, art exhibition publications, and photographs. The bulk of the collection dates from the 1930s-1940s.
Dates
- 1728 - 2017
Creator
- Gantt, James Britton, 1911-1984 (Person)
Conditions Governing Use
Donor has transferred copyright of materials they have created
Extent
9.3 Linear Feet (5 Boxes, 1 Photograph Box, 1 Map Drawer)
Language of Materials
English
- Author
- LaBudde: Beth Stewart, Lindy Smith (supervising archivist)
- Date
- July 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Missouri-Kansas City Special Collections and Archives Repository
