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MSS 506
Interviews with Musicians about Jelly Roll Morton
1938-1991
Bulk dates 1968-1970
Extent: 487 items
This collection, a part of the larger William Russell Collection, consists of typed interviews
about the jazz composer, pianist, and conductor Ferdinand “Jelly Roll” Morton (1885?-1941) and
of other material which Russell collected for an intended book about Morton. The title of the
collection derives from Russell‟s own descriptive phrase on folders and other packing material.
However, the interviews were conducted not only with musicians, but also with others who could
shed some light on Morton‟s story, including Frances M. Oliver (folder #118), Morton‟s sister;
Joseph Fogarty (folder #54), grandson of Judge John J. Fogarty, who is mentioned in a Morton
song; two retired vaudeville performers known as Mack and Mack (folder #108); Morton‟s onetime
manager Harrison Smith (folder #174); and many others.
Also in this collection are a few letters (folder #157, for instance), many of Jelly Roll‟s own
autobiographical writings (folder #104), and several clippings, including an important obituary
of Roy Carew (folder #87). The few photographs (none of Morton) are generally those
mentioned in the accompanying interview article, and were probably intended as illustrations.
Russell also collected the output of other people‟s research. John Steiner‟s chronology, “Jelly
Roll in The Chicago Defender” (folders 183-185) and the beginning of Dave Stuart‟s book about
his own friendship with Morton (folders 187-191) are examples of these.
This material served as the basis for William Russell‟s book “Oh Mister Jelly!”: A Jelly Roll
Morton Scrapbook.
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Interviews with Musicians about Jelly Roll Morton, MSS 506, Williams
Research Center, The Historic New Orleans Collection.
Original order.
English.
Researchers may be limited to consulting one or two items at a time, per
the discretion of the Reading Room staff. Reproduction of original
documents, when permitted, must be performed by the Williams Research
Center staff.
Please provide the reference staff with the manuscript call number and
folder number.
92-48-L

MSS 506, Williams Research Center, page 2
Table of Contents
Folder #
Name of Interviewee
1-2 Bernard Addison
3-4 Red Allen (by John Chilton)
5-6 Shep Allen
7-8 Hayes Alvis (by Bob Greene)
9-11 Frank Amacker
12-13 Lil Hardin Armstrong
14-15 Louis Armstrong
16-17 Lovie Austin
18-19 Paul Barbarin
20-21 Danny Barker
22-24 Paul Barnes
25-27 Tommy Benford
28-30 Barney Bigard (by Floyd Levin)
31-34 Eubie Blake
35-36 Rudi Blesh
37-38 Joseph “Fan” Bourgeau
39-40 Bricktop
41-42 Georg Brunis
43-44 Albert “Happy” Caldwell
45-47 Roy Carew
[See also George W. Kay]
48-49 Lillie Delk Christian

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50-53 Amide Colas and Gene Colas
54-57 Bill Colburn
58-59 Lee Collins
60-62 Sam Davis (by John G. Heinz)
63-64 Volly De Faut
65-66 Wilbur De Paris
67-68 Baby Dodds
69-70 Natty Dominque
71-72 Harold Drob
73-74 Charles Elgar
75-78 [Duke] Ellington, Etc.
“A Few Other Opinions on Jelly Roll”
Wallace Bishop
Shelton Brooks
Dave Brubeck
Duke Ellington
John Hammond
Earl Hines
Louis Metcalf
Marili Morden [Levin]
Rex Stewart
79-81 “Quotes by Others Not Used”
Donald Byrd
Cozy Cole
Leonard Feather
Louis Metcalf
George Orendorff
Harry Prather
Charley Thompson
Joe Turner
82-83 Don Ewell

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84-85 Joseph Fogarty
(Interviewed about Judge John J. Fogarty)
86-87 Pops [George Murphy] Foster
88-89 Ed “Montudi” Garland
90-91 Bob [Robert S.] Greene
92-93 George Guesnon
94-95 J. C. Higginbotham
96-97 Paul Howard
98-99 Kenneth Hulsizer
100-101 Willie Humphrey
102-103 Preston Johnson
104-105 Dink Johnson
106-107 Bunk Johnson
108-110 James P. Johnson
111-112 Manzie Johnson
113-114 Rosalind Johnson
115-122 George W. Kay
123-124 Karl Kramer
125-126 Floyd Levin
127-128 Creole Charlie Levy
129-130 Harry Lim
131-133 Alan Lomax
134-135 Jelly Roll Morton
“Jelly Writings” (autobiographical essays)
[see also William Russell]

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136-137 Lawrence Lucie
138-139 Billy McBride and Mary McBride
[Mack & Mack]
140-141 Manuel “Fess” Manetta
142-143 Punch Miller
144-145 George Mitchell
146-147 Albert Nicholas
148-149 Frances M. Oliver
150-151 Kid Ory
152-153 Russell Procope
154-155 Fred Ramsey (Frederic Ramsey, Jr.)
156-157 Bill [Beale A.] Riddle
158-159 “Banjo” Ikey Robinson
160-161 Al Rose
162-163 Jimmy Rushing
164-167 William Russell
“Jelly Roll at the Music Box”
168-186 William Russell
“Orchestration” and “Jelly Orchestration” files
174 Frog-I-More Rag
175 Morton‟s piano style
176-178 Stop & Go
179 Fingerbreaker
183 Victor Album Notes
187-190 William Russell
“Jelly in Europe”
191 William Russell
“Order of Pages in Jelly Book”

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192-193 Eleanor Simeon
194-195 Omer Simeon
196-197 Marge Creath Singleton
198-201 Zutty Singleton
202-203 Charles Edward Smith
204-207 Harrison Smith
208-210 Stephen W. Smith
211-212 Willie “The Lion” Smith
213-214 “Reb” and Johnny Spikes
216-217 Johnny St. Cyr
218-221 John Steiner
“Jelly Roll in The Chicago Defender”
(Chronology)
222-226 Dave Stuart
224-226 “Dave Stuart‟s Jelly Roll Book”
227-228 Billy Taylor
229-231 Butch Thompson
232-233 Benny Waters
234-235 J. Mayo “Ink” Williams
236-237 Willie Woodman
238-239 Al[bert] Wynn
240-241 Trummy Young

Folder List
Folder 1 Bernard Addison (New York, 1970 May 7)
Typed interview with introduction. Annotated.
Introduction, [1] p. (p. “A”); interview, 4 pp., 1 item
Folder 2
Folder marked “Bernard Addison,” with other notations (pencil), 1 item
Folder 3 Red Allen (London, 1973 August 30)
“John Chilton‟s Notes on Red Allen and Jelly Roll.”
Typed, with annotations in ink and red pencil.
Page four in pencil in Russell‟s hand.
4 pp., 1 item
Folder 4
Folder marked “Red Allen (Chilton),” with other notations (pencil)
Verso: flyer for “Stand Up for Life” Rally, 2 items
Folder 5 Shep Allen (Washington, DC, 1970 July 15)
Typed interview with introduction.
Introduction, [1] p. (p. “A”); interview (photocopy), 3 pp., 1 item
Folder 6
Folder marked “Shep Allen,” with other notations (pencil)
Note, “Shep Al
2 items
Folder 7 Hayes Alvin (Washington, DC, 1968 October 23)
Typed interview by Bob Greene, with introduction
Introduction, [1] p. (p. “A”); interview, 4 pp.
With duplicate , 2 items
Folder 8
Folder marked “Hayes Alvis,” with other notations (pencil), 1 item
Folder 9 Frank Amacker (New Orleans, 1970 October 23)
Typed interview with introduction
Introduction, [1] p. (p. “A”); interview, 2 pp., 1 item
Folder 10
Folder 11
Photograph (glossy black and white, 12½ cm X 17½ cm), of Frank Amacker.
With duplicate (photocopy), 2 items
Folder marked “Amacker,” with other notations (pencil)
Note, “Frank Amacker” (ink and pencil), 2 items
Folder 12 Lil Armstrong (New Orleans, 1969 Jan. 19)
Typed interview with introduction
Introduction, [1] p. (p. “A”); interview, 3 pp., 1 item

Folder 13
Folder marked “Lil Armstrong” with other notations (pencil)
Two notes, “Lil Armstrong” and “Lil” about interview
and photographs. 3 items
Folder 14 Louis Armstrong (1970 May 5)
Typed article from interview.
Article, 3 pp., 1 item
Folder 15
Folder marked “Louis Armstrong Jelly Roll Article” with other notations (pencil),
1 item
Folder 16 Lovie Austin (Chicago, 1969 April 25)
Typed interview with introduction
Introduction, [1] p. (p. “A”); interview, 3 pp., 1 item
Folder 17
Folder marked “Lovie Austin,” with other notations (pencil)
Note, “Lovie Austin” (pencil), 2 items
Folder 18 Paul Barbarin (New Orleans, 1968 December 4)
Typed interview with introduction. Annotated.
Introduction [1] p.; interview, 5 pp., 1 item
Folder 19
Folder marked “Paul Barbarin,” with other notations (pencil)
Note, “Use with Paul Barbarin” (ink and pencil)
Note, “Pau
, 3 items
Folder 20 Danny Barker (New Orleans, 1968 August 18; 1985 December 21)
Typed interview with introduction
Introduction, [1] p. (p. “A”); interview, 12 pp., 1 item
Folder 21
Folder marked “Danny Barker” (pencil)
Clipping, advertisement for Hart Schaffner & Marx suits, 4 items
Folder 22 Paul Barnes (New Orleans, 1968 October 15)
Typed interview with annotations, 6 pp., 1 item
Folder 23
Two drafts of a biographical sketch of Paul Barnes
Each is 1 p. (pencil with ink annotations)
Verso: 1955 Oct. 31 invoice, Co-Service Printing Co., Newark, NJ, to
American Music Records, Chicago, IL
Verso: 1949 July 19 TLS, Lee Ruttle, Oakland, CA, to [William] Russell,
[Pittsburgh, PA?]
Photo of Jelly Roll Morton and band (photocopy), 3 items

Folder 24
Folder marked “Paul Barnes,” with other notations (pencil)
ncil)
Note, “Make Correc
3 items
Folder 25 Tommy Benford (New York City, 1970 May 4)
Typed interview with introduction
Introduction, [1] p. (p. “A”); interview, 4 pp. (photocopy), 1 item
Folder 26
Folder 27
Photograph (black and white, 26 cm X 21 cm) of Palm Cafe (photocopy)
Photograph (black and white, 6½ cm X 14 cm) of Tommy Benford (photocopy), 2
items
Folder marked “Tommy Benford,” with other notations (pencil)
, 2 items
Folder 28 Barney Bigard (Los Angeles, 1969 July 25)
Typed interview by Floyd Levin, with introduction
Introduction, [1] p. (p. “A”); interview (photocopy), 4 pp., 1 item
Folder 29
Folder 30
Clipping, “Jelly Roll Morton, an Interview with Barney Bigard [by Floyd Levin]”
by Bill Russell, Footnote, 1980 Aug./Sept.
Annotated photocopy.
Includes cover (photograph of Barney Bigard), 1 item
Folder marked “Barney Bigard,” with other notations (pencil)
, 2 items
Folder 31 Eubie Blake (New Orleans, 1969 June 5)
“Eubie Blake Talks About Jelly”
Typed interview
Includes photocopy of photograph of Eubie Blake by Jules Cahn.
Interview, 6 pp.; photograph, [1] p. (photocopies), 1 item
Folder 32 Eubie Blake (New Orleans, 1969 June 5)
“Eubie Blake Talks About Jelly”
Typed interview, 5 pp., 1 item
Folder 33
Folder 34
Photocopy of clipping about Vladimir de Pachmann.
Annotated., 1 item
Folder marked “Eubie Blake” with other notations.
Note, “Eubie Blake” (ink and pencil), 2 items

Folder 35
Folder 36
Rudi Blesh (1944 Aug.)
Manuscript interview, reconstructed by Russell from notes.
With note attached, “The character in Oliver Twist ...”
Interview, 3 pp. (ink); note, 1 p. (ink), 2 items
Folder marked “Rudi Blesh,” 1 item
Folder 37 Joseph “Fan” Bourgeau (New Orleans, 1970 Jan. 24)
Typed interview with introduction
Introduction, [1] p. (“A”); interview, 2 pp., 1 item
Folder 38
Folder marked “Fan Bourgeau” with other annotations
Two notes, “Fan” and “Fan Bourgeau” (both ink and pencil), 3 items
Folder 39 Bricktop (New York, Nov. 1974)
Typed article, written 1985.
Article, 2 pp., 1 item
Folder 40
Folder marked “Bricktop” with other notations
Note, “Bricktop ...” (ink), 2 items
Folder 41 Georg Brunis (Chicago, 1958 June 3; New Orleans, 1971 Nov. 14)
Typed interview with introduction
Introduction, [2] pp. (“A” and “A-2”); interview, 2 pp., 1 item
Folder 42
Folder marked “Geo. Brunis” with other notations
Note, “Geo. Brunis ...”, about photographs, 2 items
Folder 43 Albert “Happy” Caldwell (New York, 1970 Dec. 24)
Typed interview with introduction
Introduction, [2] pp. (“A” and “A-2”); interview, 4 pp., 1 item
Folder 44
Folder marked “Happy Caldwell” with other notations
Two notes, about which photographs to use with article, 3 items

Folder 45
Roy Carew, several parts of the typescript of “Oh Mister Jelly!” A Jelly Roll
Morton Scrapbook compiled by William Russell (Washington, DC, 1947 March)
Title page: “Oh Mister Jelly!” A Jelly Roll Morton Scrapbook compiled
by William Russell
“Preface” by William Russell, 1 p.
At bottom: “Add second page” (pencil)
[See folder 28 for second page notes]
New Orleans Recollections, Roy J. Carew
“Milneburg Joys”, pp. 1-4
“Parades, Gretna, Blues, Rain”, pp. 5-18
“1211 U Street, Northwest”, pages numbered 1-9
“Let Jelly Speak for Himself”, 1 p.
At bottom: “R.C.”
Total of 30 pp., typed (photocopy), 1 item
Folder 46 Items that were in the “Roy Carew” folder in folder 29:
Rough draft, “Page Two of Preface” [See folder 27], 1 p. (pencil)
List of names of people and institutions, 1 p. (pencil); Verso: TLS, Harry E.
Godwin, [Memphis, TN] to Bill [Russell], 1982 January 20
Note, “Use with Roy Carew
Clipping, “Jelly Roll Charts Jazz” by Harold Philips, Washington Daily News,
Washington, DC, 1938 Mar. 19 (photocopy), 4 items
Folder 47
Folder marked “Roy Carew,” with other notations (pencil) 1 item
Folder 48 Lillie Delk Christian (Chicago, 1970 Nov. 23)
Typed interview with introduction
Introduction, [1] p. (“A”); interview, 1 p., 1 item
Folder 49
Folder marked “Lillie Delk Christian” with other notations, 1 item
Folder 50 Amide Colas (Los Angeles, 1969 July 28)
Typed interview
Interview, 3 pp., 1 item
Folder 51 Amide Colas and Gene Colas (New York, 1978)
Typed article, possible introduction to Amide Colas interview.
Article, [2] pp. (“A” and “B”), 1 item
Folder 52
Folder 53
Photocopy of photograph of Amide Colas, 1980 Nov.
Photograph by Tim Fitak, 1 item
Folder marked “Amide Colas and Gene Colas” with other notations
Three notes (ink and pencil), 4 items

Folder 54 Bill Colburn (written, New Orleans, 1971 Jan. 7)
“Storm Over the Golden Gate”
Typed article by William Russell
Article, 11 pp.; with 4 additional, unpaginated leaves of illustrations, 1
item
Folder 55
Folder 56
Folder 57
Folder 58
Folder 59
Folder 60
Davis.
Folder 61
Folder 62
Hand-copy of Golden Gate Stamp from 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition (ink and
pencil, with photocopy)
Note, “Bill Colburn Article” with list of possible illustrations
Note, “Cats” with quotations taken from The Literary Cat.
Postcard showing aerial view of San Francisco, from C. & J. to Bill Russell, New
Orleans, La. 1988 July 4
Clipping of small photograph in envelope marked “Bill Colburn from Esquire,
Stand. Oil Ory Bd.”
Envelope, 8 items
Envelope marked “Cat Photos”
Clipping from USA Today about best-selling cat books.
Two photocopies of a picture of a black cat in silhouette
Postcard of drawing of cat, with edges trimmed off
Postcard of photograph of three kittems asleep on a book
Birthday card in envelope with picture of cat on front, 8 items
Folder marked “Bill Colburn” with other notations, 1 item
Lee Collins
“Lee Collins Talks about Jelly Roll”
Excerpt from Oh, Didn’t He Ramble. The Life Story of Lee Collins as told
to Mary Collins (in Evergreen Review, No. 30, 1965 March, p. 70)
Typed article, 3 pp., 1 item
Folder marked “Lee Collins” with other notations
Two notes (ink and pencil), 3 items
“Sam Davis” by John G. Heinz
This article is taken from Heinz‟s notes of a 1948 interview with Sam
Typed, 7 pp., plus introduction, 1 p., 1 item
Photograph (black and white, 18 cm X 13 cm) of Sam Davis (photocopy)
Labeled on verso: “Sam Davis at Circle Inn, Lathams, N.Y. c. 1951”
(ink), 1 item
Folder marked “Heinz - Sam Davis,” with other notations (pencil)
Note, “Sam Davis -
), 2 items

Folder 63 Volly De Faut (Chicago, 1970 November 21)
[Although the spelling “Volly” is generally accepted, and this is how Russell had
spelled the name originally, he went back and changed it to “Volley” everywhere
it appears in these two folders.]
Typed interview with introduction
Introduction, [1] p. (p. “A”); interview, 4 pp., 1 item
Folder 64
Folder marked “Volley De Faut” with other notations (pencil)
Note, “Volley De Faut
2 items
Folder 65 Wilbur De Paris (New York City, 1970 July 13)
Typed interview with introduction
Introduction, [1] p. (p. “A”); interview, 3 pp., 1 item
Folder 66
Folder 67
Folder 68
Folder marked “Wilbur de Paris,” with other notations (pencil)
Note, “Wilbur DeParis” (pencil and ink), 2 items
Baby Dodds ([no place or date])
Typed interview with introduction
Introduction, [1] p. (p. “A”); interview, 5 pp., 1 item
Folder marked “Baby Dodds” with other notations (pencil)
Note, “Baby Dodds” (green paper, ink and pencil)
paper, pencil and ink), 3 items
Folder 69 Natty Dominique (Chicago, 1968 November 6)
Typed interview with introduction
Introduction, [1] p. (p. “A”); interview, 4 pp., 1 item
Folder 70
Folder marked “Natty Dominique” with other notations (pencil)
Note, “Natty Dominique” (ink and pencil), 2 items
Folder 71 Harold Drob (Palo Alto, CA, 1969 July 17)
“Harold Drob Talks about Jelly Roll”
Typed interview with introduction
Introduction, [1] p. (p. “A”); interview, 4 pp., 1 item
Folder 72
Folder marked “Herold [sic] Drob” (pencil) with other notations, 1 item
Folder 73 Charles Elgar ([no place], 1970 November 20)
Typed interview with other notations
Introduction, [1] p. (p. “A”); interview, 2 pp. (photocopy), 1 item
Folder 74
Folder marked “Ch. Elgar,” with other notations (pencil)
No
2 items

Folder 75
Folder 76
[Duke] Ellington, etc.
“A Few Other Opinions on Jelly Roll”
Quotes from various sources; individuals represented: Duke Ellington,
John Hammond, Rex Stewart, Dave Brubeck, Shelton Brooks,
Wallace Bishop, Earl Hines, Louis Metcalf, and Marili Morden.
From folder, “Ellington, Etc.”
Typewritten; 5 pp., 5 items
Handwritten notes and reproductions from printed sources. These contain many
of the quotes used in “A Few Other Opinions about Jelly Roll” (folder 45)
From folder, “Ellington, Etc.”
Includes:
il)
Clipping, “Duke Ellington‟s Intro. to [Leonard] Feather‟s Encyclopedia”
(photocopy)
Clipping, “Jelly Roll 30 Years Ago” by Marili Levin, Rag Times, 1970 Sept.
(photocopy)
Clipping, “Duke Ellington and John Hammond on Jelly. ([Leonard] F[eather]‟s
Encyclopedia)” (photocopy, annotated)
Note, “Jelly Material in Books” (pencil, 2 pp.)
Note, “Brubeck, Down Beat Sept. 5, 1957” (pencil and ink)
Note, “Earl Hines” and “Trumpeter Louis Metcalf” (ink)
Note, “Shelton Brooks on Jelly Roll” (pencil, 2 pp.)
Note, “The World of Earl Hines” (ink, 2 pp.), 10 items
Folder 77 Various items related to the jazz drummer Wallace Bishop (1906-1986.)
From folder, “Ellington, Etc.”
Includes:
Note, “W. Bishop on Jelly
Used envelope relabeled “Wallace Bishop” (pencil)
[The Wallace Bishop Story by Henk Kleinhout and Wim VanEyle], p. 9 and 11
(photocopy)
____, p. 13 (photocopy, same page on back and front)
____, p. 13 (photocopy) with handwritten notes about the book on the verso
____, p. 13 and 15 (photocopy, annotated)
The World of Earl Hines, by Stanley Dance, 1977, p. 175 (photocopy, annotated)
Note, “Wallace Bishop (A Jazzman in Europe) by Roger Richard” (pencil, 2 pp.),
9 items
Folder 78
Folder marked “Ellington, etc.” with other notations (pencil), 1 item

Folder 79
Folder 80
Folder 81
Items from folder marked “Quotes by Others Not Used”:
Note, “Louis Metcalf on Jelly” (pencil)
Note, “Cozy Cole on Jelly” (pencil)
Note, “Mezz Mezzrow on Jelly” (pencil, 2 pp.)
Note, “Charley Thompson on Jelly Roll” (pencil)
Clipping, “Red Hot Pepper to Ink Spot” by Jeff Aldam, Melody Maker, 1958 June
30 (photocopy)
Clipping, “A Night at the Grand Theater, An Interview with George Orendorff”
by Dave Bourne, [RagTimes], 1970 Sept. (photocopy)
Clipping, album liner notes, “Joe Turner Stride by Stride” (photocopied on 2 pp.),
8 items
Folder marked “Quotes by Others Not Used,” with other notations on inside of
folder (pencil), 1 item
[Milw(aukee)?] Journal,
1971 Feb. 2
About the jazz trumpeter and teacher Donald Byrd (b. 1932); includes his
opinion of Jelly Roll Morton.
At top: “From J.[ohn] S.[teiner]” (pencil), 1 item
Folder 82 Don Ewell (New Orleans, 1969 February 19)
Typed interview with introduction
Introduction, [1] p. (p. “A”); interview, 6 pp., 1 item
Folder 83
Folder marked “Don Ewell,” with other notations
Note, “Don Ewell” (salmon paper, ink and pencil), 3 items
Folder 84
Folder 85
Joseph Fogarty (New Orleans, 1969 June)
Typed biography of Judge John J. Fogarty and interview with his
grandson, Joseph Fogarty, with introduction
4 pp., numbered 1-5, with pages three and five photocopied onto one
sheet, 1 item
Folder marked “Fogarty,” with other notations (pencil)
Used envelope marked “Judge Fogarty Photo etc.” (pencil)
Note, “Judge Fogarty” (ink and pencil)
Clipping, photo and biographical sketch of Judge John J. Fogarty from Behrman
Administration Biography (3 photocopies)
Fragment with the words “Judge John J. Fogarty” (reproduction of printed
source), 7 items

Folder 86 Pops [George Murphy] Foster (St. Paul, MN, 1968 October 21)
“Pops Foster Talks about Jelly Roll”
Introduction, [1] p. (p. “A”); article, 4 pp. Typed
With second copy (4 pp., no p. “A”) Typed carbon copy, 2 items
Folder 87
Folder marked “Pops Foster,” with other notations (pencil)
Note, “Pops Foster” (salmon paper, ink)
Note, “Pops Foster for [Page] A” (white paper, ink and pencil, 2 pp.), 3 items
Folder 88 Edward “Montudi” Garland (Los Angeles, 1969 July 30)
Typed interview with introduction
Introduction, [1] p. (p. “A”); interview, 6 pp., 1 item
Folder 89
Folder 90
Folder 91
Folder 92
Folder 93
Folder marked “Ed „Montudi‟ Garland,” with introduction (pencil)
Note, “Ed Garland” (ink and pencil), 2 items
Bob [Robert S.] Greene (no place, no date)
“Bob Greene Writes about Jelly Roll”
Introduction, [1] p. (p. “A”); interview, 3 pp.
Typed (photocopy), 1 item
Folder marked “Bob Greene,” with other notations (pencil)
Note, “Bob Greene” (ink), 2 items
George Guesnon (New Orleans; 1958 June 21; 1959 September 18; 1967 May
25)
Typed summary of interviews, with introduction
Introduction, [1] p. (p. “A”); interview, 12 pp. (photocopy), 1 item
Folder marked “Geo. Guesnon,” with other notations (pencil)
Note, “George Guesnon” (yellow paper, ink and pencil)
Note, “Photo Jno. T.
3 items
Folder 94 J. C. Higginbotham (New York City, 1970 December 23)
Typed interview with introduction
Intorduction, [1] p.; interview, 2 pp. (photocopy), 1 item
Folder 95
Folder marked “J. C. Higginbotham,” with other notations (pencil)
Note, “Higginbotham” (ink and pencil), 2 items
Folder 96 Paul Howard (Los Angeles, CA, 1969 July 31)
Typed interview with introduction
Introduction, [1] p. (p. “A”), interview, 3 pp. (photocopy), 1 item

Folder 97
Folder 98
Folder 99
Folder marked “Paul Howard,” with other notations (pencil)
Note, “Paul Howard” (ink and pencil), 2 items
Kenneth Hulsizer, “Jelly Roll Morton in Washington”
Article based on conversations with Jelly Roll Morton beginning ca. 1935-
1936.
With introduction by William Russell
Typed
Introduction, 1 p.; article, 17 pp.
Article pages numbered 1-18; p. 15 missing, 1 item
Folder marked “Kenneth Hulsizer,” with other notations (pencil)
Note, “Ken Hulsizer” (ink and pencil), 2 items
Folder 100 Willie Humphrey (Stanford University [Palo Alto], CA, 1969 July 25)
Typed interview, 2 pp., 1 item
Folder 101
Folder marked “Willie Humphrey,” with other notations (pencil)
Note, “Willie Humphrey” (ink and pencil), 2 items
Folder 102 Preston Jackson (New Orleans, 1974 April 24)
“Jelly Roll Morton in Chicago”
Typed interview with Preston Jackson, with introduction
Introduction, [1] p. (p. “A”); interview, 3 pp. (photocopy), 1 item
Folder 103
Folder marked “Preston Jackson,” with other notations, 1 item
Folder 104 “Dink Johnson (1892-1954)”
Biographical article by William Russell focusing on Johnson‟s connection
to Jelly Roll Morton
At end: “W.R. New Orleans, February 20, 1989”
10 pp., typed with annotations, and 1 p., pencil, of “inserts,” 1 item
Folder 105
Folder 106
Note, “Use with Dink Article,” (yellow paper)
Verso: last page (unnumbered) of ALS, Tommy Boone, Houston, TX, to
[William Russell]
Note (“For Dink Article”) (pencil)
Verso: note, scratched out, “Reproduce Business Cards of Interviewees
2 items
“Bunk [Johnson] Writes about Jelly Roll”
Article by William Russell focusing on excerpts of letters written by
Johnson about Morton
At end: “New Orleans, May 31, 1988 WR”
Typed, 4 pp. (photocopy?), 1 item

Folder 107
Folder 108
Folder marked “Bunk” [Johnson], with other notations (ink)
Note, “Bunk Photos” (ink and pencil), 2 items
“James P. Johnson” [probably by William Russell], three drafts of an article:
Handwritten draft (pencil) with numerous revisions (red pencil), 2 pp.
Verso of page one: “Official Inventory Mags page 1 / Magazines - Tulane
U[niversity] - Jazz Archives” (typed with notations in pencil and
ink)
Verso of page two: “Richard B. Allen - Sell to Tulane,” p. 2 (typed)
Handwritten draft (ink), 2 pp.
Verso of page one: “Barney Bigard,” p. 1 only (typed)
Typed draft with photo illustration, 2 pp. (photocopy), 3 items
Folder 109 Notes for James P. Johnson article (see folder 78):
Note, “Tom Davin Conversations with James P. Johnson” (pencil)
Note, “James P. Johnson” (unlined scrap paper, pencil)
Note, “Davin‟s remarks in Hasse Ragtime” (pencil)
Note, “James P. Johnson” (lined notebook paper, pencil)
Note, “The Jazz Review -
Johnson by Tom Davin” (ink) 2 pp., 5 items
Folder 110
Folder marked “James P. Johnson,” with other notations (pencil), 1 item
Folder 111 Manzie Johnson (New York City, 1969 April 21)
Typed interview with introduction
Introduction, p. [1] (p. “A”); interview, 5 pp., 1 item
Folder 112
Folder marked “Manzie Johnson,” with other notations (pencil), 1 item
Folder 113 Rosalind Johnson (New Orleans, 1970 Feb. 23)
Typed interview with other notations
Introduction, [1] p. (p. “A”); interview, 7 pp., 1 item
Folder 114
Folder 115
Folder marked “Rosalind Johnson,” with other notations (pencil), 1 item
[George W. Kay folder] “A Tribute to Roy Carew, Not Forgetting Jelly Roll”
Typescript copy of article from Jazz Journal, May 1968, Vol. 21, No. 5
Main body of article is by Roy J. Carew, with introduction by Geo[rge] W.
Kay.
Typed, 8 pp., 1 item

Folder 116
Folder 117
Folder 118
Folder 119
Folder 120
Folder 121
Three short letters from George W. Kay to William Russell:
ND, TLS, George W. Kay to Bill [Russell]
1968 July 23, TLS, George W. Kay, Washington, DC to William Russell, New
Orleans, LA
1976 Jan. 15, TLS, George W. Kay, St. Petersburg, Fla., to Bill [Russell], 3 items
Clipping, “Roy J. Carew” by George W. Kay, The Second Line, 1967 Sept./ Oct.
Obituary.
Photocopy, 3 pp., 1 item
Carbon copy of handwritten notes about article to be written about Roy J. Carew
by George W. Kay for Russell‟s book on Morton:
“Jelly Roll Book / G[eorge] W. K[ay] on Roy J. Carew“
Verso: “Bill Russell has the following tape[?] / Interviews of R. J. Carew that
belong / to G. W. Kay - Feb. 13, 1975,” 1 item
Article, “Movie Ball Fiasco” by George W. Kay, 1970 Dec.
Typed, 1 p., 1 item
Clippings:
Three xerox pages containing two articles:
“Basin Street Stroller, Part 1: New Orleans and Tony Jackson” by George
W. Kay, Jazz Journal, June 1951.
“Basin Street Stroller, Part 2: Washington, DC and Jelly Roll Morton” by
George W. Kay, Jazz Journal, 1951 July/ Aug.
The second page of Part One is on the verso of the first page of Part Two.
[“A Tribute to Roy Carew, Not Forgetting Jelly Roll”] Photocopy of part of this
article by Roy J. Carew, with introduction by George W. Kay from Jazz
Journal, May 1968. [See folder 85 for complete article in typescript.], 3
items
Items relating to George W. Kay:
Advertisement, “Cabaret Night,” Jelly Roll Morton, Friday, June 3, 1938
(photocopy, with copy, also a photocopy)
Calling card, George W. Kay, St. Petersburg, Fla. Address typed on verso.
Cancelled check, William Russell, New Orleans, La., to George W. Kay for “Jelly
Roll - Roy Carew Article,” 1970 Dec. 30
Note, “G. W. Kay. 1969 (Sept.)” (pencil)
Verso: clipping, “Music: P. D. Q. Bach at Carnegie Hall” by Michael
Kimmelman, [New York Times?] (photocopy)
Advertisement, “Grand Movie Ball,” Jelly Roll Morton, at the Collonnade, Wed.,
Sept. 21 (photocopy), 9 items

Folder 122
Folder 123
Folder 124
Folder 125
Folder 126
Folder marked “Geo. W. Kay,” (pencil)
Envelope addressed to William Russell, New Orleans, LA, from George W. Kay,
New Orleans, LA, 1970 July 28, 2 items
Karl Kramer, “Jelly Roll in Chicago; The Missing Chapter”
With introduction by William Russell
Typescript, 11 pp., 1 item
Folder marked “Karl Kramer,” with other notations (pencil), 1 item
“Floyd Levin Writes about Anita Gonzales” by Floyd Levin
Typed with annotations
Introduction, 1 p. (p. “A”); interview, 12 pp., 1 item
Folder marked “Floyd Levin,” with other notations (pencil)
Note, “Notes about Anita Gonzales …” (ink and pencil) 1 p., 2 items
Folder 127 Creole Charlie Levy (Chicago, Ill., 1969 April 24)
Typed interview, 3 pp. (photocopy)
Two drafts of introduction, 1 p. each (p. “A”), one typed, one ink and pencil, 3
items
Folder 128
Folder marked “Creole Charlie Levy Apr. 24 „69,” with other notations (pencil)
Note, “Creole Charlie Levy” (ink), 2 items
Folder 129 Harry Lim (New York, 1970 July 14)
Typed interview with introduction. Annotated.
Introduction, [2] pp. (p. “A”); interview (photocopy), 3 pp.
Notes for introduction, “Harry Lim (from Met, Dec. 43) [Leonard] Feather”. 1
pp. (ink), 2 items
Folder 130
Folder 131
Folder marked “Harry Lim,” with other notations (pencil)
Note, “Harry Lim” (ink), 2 items
[Alan Lomax
May 7, 1982”
Part of transcript of symposium; participants quoted here include [Alan]
Lomax, Danny Barker, [?] Joyce, and Al Rose.
Pp. 24-34
11 p., photocopy of computer printout, annotated, 1 item

Folder 132 Alan Lomax (New Orleans, 1982 May 7)
Three drafts of an article taken from remarks made by Lomax at the Jelly Roll
Morton Symposium at Tulane University, 1982 May 7:
Draft in pencil with numerous corrections and rewrites, 5 pp.
Versos:
Page one: p. 9 of a report on the work of the Jazz Archive at Tulane
University
Page two: Request by Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities for
“Humanities Scholar Evaluation” to be done by William Russell.
Page three: ALS, 1988 Feb. 29, Barry Kernfeld, The New Grove
Dictionary of Jazz, State College, PA, to Bill [Russell]
Page four: Flyer for Louis Armstrong Foundation, Inc., New Orleans, LA,
lecture “Jelly-Roll - a New Insight,” with photograph of Jelly Roll
Morton
Typed draft, two copies, 2 pp. each, 3 items
Folder 133
Folder marked “Alan Lomax” (pencil)
Note, “Lomax photo? See his video tape” (pencil)
Note (pencil), “p. 24 -
(Page numbers here refer to the transcript in folder 101)
Verso: TLS, [date cropped off], Don [Marquis], New Orleans Jazz Club
Collections of The Louisiana State Museum to Bill [Russell], New
Orleans, La, 3 items

Folder 134
Folder 135
[“Jelly Writings”]
Typescript, 41 pp. (Various paginations)
Composed of eight essays with the following titles:
1 - “Fragment of an Autobiography” by Jelly Roll Morton;
introduction by R. J. Carew, 1944. 8 pp.; plus introduction,
[1] p.
2 - “This short autobiography of Jelly came from the Tempo Music
Co. files and dates from 1938” 6 pp.
3 - “Library of Congress Material” [by Alan Lomax?] from 1938
interviews with Jelly Roll Morton; introduction by
W[illiam] R[ussell] 11 pp.; plus introduction, [1] p.
4 - “The Texas Invasion,” “The New Orleans District,” and “A List
of Some New Orleans Pimps” by Jelly Roll Morton, ca.
1938. [4] pp. (Paginated by hand 12-15)
5 - “Jelly Roll‟s Own Chronology” and “Notes on Jelly‟s
Chronology by WR” [2] pp. (Paginated by hand 16 and 17)
6 - “History of the Elite No. 2” by Jelly Roll Morton, ca. 1938,
with closing “Commentary” by W[illiam] R[ussell], 1988.
[4] pp.; plus commentary, [1] p.
7 - “Buddy Petit” by Jelly Roll Morton (as told to Herman
Rosenberg), originally published in Jazz Information, 1940
Sept. 20. 2 pp.
8 - “We the People” taken from remarks by Jelly Roll Morton on
the “We the People” radio program, 1939 Oct. 31. [1] p., 1
item
Folder marked “Jelly Writings,” with other notations (pencil)
Note, “Jelly Corrections for Denmark” (white paper, pencil and ink)
Verso: note, “Xerox Interviews” (pencil and ink)
Note, “Page 8 -
Note, “Use with „Jelly‟s Writings‟ Section” (blue paper, ink)
Verso: page 2 of TLS, 1958 April 21, Sidney Shalett to Bill Russell, 5
items
Folder 136 Lawrence Lucie (New York, 1971 Sept. 11)
Typed interview with introduction
Introduction, [1] p. (p. “A”), interview, 6 pp.
Note by and signature of Lawrence Lucie on p. 6.
Introduction and pp. 1-5 of interview are photocopies, 1 item
Folder 137
Folder marked “Lawrence Lucie,” with other notations (pencil)
Note, “Keep orig. page 6” (white paper, pencil)
Note, “Lawrence Lucie A” (yellow paper, pencil), 3 items

Folder 138 Billy McBride and Mary McBride [Mack and Mack] (Chicago, 1970 Nov. 23)
Typed interview with introduction; photocopy
Introduction, [1] p. (p. “A”); interview, 3 pp., 1 item
Folder 139
Folder 140
Folder 141
Folder marked “Mack & Mack,” with other notations (pencil)
” (White paper, ink andpencil), 2 items
Manuel „Fess‟ Manetta (no place or date)
“Fess Manuel Manetta Talks about Jelly Roll”
Typescript, 8 pp. including introduction
With editing marks in pink pencil
With duplicate of page two, 2 items
Folder marked “Manuel Manetta,” with other notations (pencil)
Note, “Man.
2 items
Folder 142 Punch Miller (New Orleans, 1968 Oct. 1)
“Punch Talks about Jelly Roll”
Typed; Introduction, [1] p. (p. “A”), interview, 9 pp.
With duplicate copy of interview, 2 items
Folder 143
Folder marked “Punch,” with other notations (pencil)
(beige paper, ink and pencil), 2 items
Folder 144 George Mitchell (Chicago, 1959 July 1)
Typed interview with introduction
Editing marks in pencil and ink
Introduction, [1] p. (p. “A”); interview, 2 pp., 1 item
Folder 145
Folder marked “Geo. Mitchell,” with other notations (pencil)
Verso: three paragraphs of TLS, ca. 1947 Sept., Hugh Davis, [Technical
Recording Service, Chicago, IL?] to [William Russell, Canton,
MO?], 2 items
Folder 146 Albert Nicholas (New Orleans, 1970 Jan. 8)
“Albert Nicholas Talks about Jelly Roll”
Typed interview with introduction
Introduction, [1] p. (p. “A”); interview, 18 pp., 1 item
Folder 147
Folder marked “Albert Nicholas,” with other notations (ink and pencil)
Note, “Albert Nicholas” (ink and pencil)
Verso: first two paragraphs of TL, 1948 June 13, [Hugh Davis], Technical
Recording Service, Chicago, IL, to William Russell, AM Records,
Canton, MO (For end of letter, see folder 119.), 2 items

Folder 148 Frances M. Oliver (New Orleans, 1969 May 10)
[The younger sister of Jelly Roll Morton.]
Typed interview with introduction
Introduction, [1] p. (p. “A”); interview, 7 pp., 1 item
Folder 149
Folder marked “Frances Oliver,” with other notations (pencil)
Verso: last paragraph of TLS, [1948 June 13], Hugh Davis, [Technical
Recording Service, Chicago, IL], to [William Russell, AM
Records, Canton, MO] (For beginning of letter, see folder 117.), 2
items
Folder 150 Kid Ory (Honolulu, Hawaii, 1969 Aug. 2)
Typed interview with introduction; with editing marks
Introduction, [1] p. (p. “A”); interview, 3 pp., 1 item
Folder 151
Folder marked “Kid Ory,” with other notations (pencil)
Verso: first paragraph of TL, [Hugh Davis?, Technical Recording
Service, Chicago, IL], to Bill [Russell, AM Records, Canton, MO],
2 items
Folder 152 Russell Procope (New Orleans, 1970 Apr. 25)
Typed interview with introduction
Introduction, [1] p. (p. “A”); interview, 3 pp. (photocopy), 1 item
Folder 153
Folder 154
Folder 155
Folder marked “Russell Procope,” with other notations, 1 item
Fred Ramsey
Ramsey‟s notes on Jelly Roll‟s recording sessions in 1939 and 1940, with
introduction by W[illiam] R[ussell].
Typed (photocopy)
Introduction, [1] p. (p. “A”); interview, [14] pp., numbered 1-13 with
page 4A (hand-drawn diagram of RCA Victor Studio #3) inserted
after page 4
With duplicate of p. 4A, 2 items
Folder marked “Ramsey,” with other notations (pencil)
Note, “Fred Ramsey
2 items
Folder 156 Bill [Beale E.] Riddle ([1969], 1971, 1985)
Typed interview (photocopy)
Introduction by William Russell (1988)
Introduction, [1] p. (p. “A”); interview, 8 pp., 1 item

Folder 157
Folder marked “Bill Riddle,” with other notations (pencil), 1 item
Folder 158 “Banjo” Ikey Robinson (Chicago, 1969 April 23)
Typed interview with introduction; photocopy, annotated.
Introduction, [1] p. (p. “A”); interview, 5 pp.
With duplicate of interview (photocopy, annotated), 2 items
Folder 159
Folder 160
Folder 161
Folder marked “Banjo Ikey Robinson,” with other notations (pencil)
(on used envelope, pencil), 2 items
Al Rose, “Recommended for Mature Adults Only”
Typed note on page 1: “Material on Jelly Roll Morton for Bill Russell‟s
book”
Typed, 8 pp. with introduction, 1 p., 1 item
Folder marked “Al Rose,” with other notations (pencil), 1 item
Folder 162 Jimmy Rushing (New York, 1971 Sept. 13)
Typed interview with introduction (photocopy)
Introduction, [1] p. (p. “A”); interview, 4 pp., 1 item
Folder 163
Folder marked “Jimmy Rushing,” with other notations (pencil)
, 3 items
Folder 164 William Russell, “Jelly Roll at the Music Box” (1986)
Typed, 10 pp. (photocopy)
[See following two folders for accompanying photograph and floor plan],
1 item
Folder 165
Folder 166
Folder 167
[William Russell, “Jelly Roll at the Music Box”]
Photo (black and white) of 1211 U Street, Washington, DC, illustration for “Jelly
Roll at the Music Box” (in folder 134), 1 item
[William Russell, “Jelly Roll at the Music Box”]
Two versions of floor plan of 1211 U Street, Washington, DC, illustration for
“Jelly Roll at the Music Box” (in folder 134)
Sketch #1, with two duplicates, all xeroxes with annotations
Sketch #1, with sketch #2 on verso, photocopy with annotations
Sketch #2, photocopy with annotations, 5 items
Folder marked “W. R.,” with notations (pencil), 1 item

Folder 168
Fragments of clippings about orchestration, most marked “Orchestration” or
“Jelly Orchestration,” and several annotated
newspaper
d newspaper
Metronome
No title, newspaper article about Duke Ellington; annotation (pencil,) “J. S.
Wilson May 25, 74”
No title, newspaper article about [?] Pasatieri, a composer, with one section
highlighted
“Notes on the Program,” page from concert program?; section highlighted, “Five
Preludes / Ruth Crawford”; with extensive annotations titled “Jelly
Orchestration”
“Gil Evans,” obituary, [International Musician?], 1988 May, underlined
No title, article about Jelly Roll Morton‟s arrangements, [New Yorker?], 1980
June 23. Photocopy, with annotation: “c. 41-42 / Baby Dodds /
Orchestration”
“Gerry Mulligan” by Burt Korall, International Musician, 1973 March,
underlined, 9 items
Folder 169
Fragments of clippings in which the word “orchestration” is used in a non-musical
sense:
newspaper
Ford Times
in red pencil)
“According to Plan,” unidentified magazine
Part of newspaper advertisement for [Schwegma]nn‟s [Supermarket], 1975 Jan.
(written in red pencil), 5 items
Folder 170
Clippings:
“Stravinsky, Ives, and Jelly Roll‟s Jazz” by Donal Henahan, New York Times,
1973 Nov. 20. Review of a Gunther Schuller concert.
No title, [unidentified newspaper], 1974 Nov. Fragment of a review of a
performance of the Viola Concerto by William Walton, 2 items
Folder 171 Clipping, “Charivari” by Don Cerulli, Down Beat, 1957 Nov. 14, pp. 40-42.
Concerning Martin Williams‟s notes for the Riverside re-release of Jelly
Roll Morton‟s Library of Congress interview.
Photocopy with duplicate, 2 items

Folder 172
Folder 173
Folder 174
Folder 175
Clipping, “Thomson at Seventy-Five” by C. J. Luten, Opera News , 1972 April
15, p. 12. Fragment.
With underlining, and annotation, “Jelly Orchestration,” 1 item
Clipping, “Instrumentation in Jazz” by John S. Wilson, International Musician,
1962 Jan., pp. [?], 19 and 45, 1 item
William Russell, two notes on the Jelly Roll Morton composition “Frog-I- More
Rag”:
“Review of Frogie,” [draft of an article?] (2 pp., pencil)
“Additions & Revisions” (1 p., pencil), 2 items
William Russell, notes on Jelly Roll Morton‟s piano style (?), some possibly
drafts of sections of an article:
, 2 pp., pencil)
“Chicago Style -
cut off, 2 pp., pencil)
working draft. (2 pp., pencil)
e 6. Apparently
, 5 items
Folder 176
Folder 177
Folder 178
William Russell, notes for orchestration article:
“Orch Outline,” outline of article (2 pp., ink)
“WRs Orchestration Article” (2 pp., pencil)
“If Bartok‟s [Concerts?] for Ork
for World Watch, pencil)
“Jelly Orchestration” Possibly working draft of article (1 p., pencil)
“For [some reason?] Jelly of course was def pred against L.
pencil), 5 items
William Russell, “Thoughts on the Publication of Jelly‟s „Stop & Go‟ (including
possible notes to be printed with the music.)”
6 pp., ink, 1 item
William Russell, notes on the Jelly Roll Morton composition “Stop & Go”:
“Stop & Go -
Verso: one measure of music (ink)
“Intro - Stop and Go” Contains several measures of music (pencil and ink)
The Nation,
pencil, red pencil, and ink)
“Stop & Go / (Errors - in notation both parts & score.)” With one musical
example on verso. (on ACLU flyer, pencil), 4 items

Folder 179
Folder 180
William Russell, “Note for score of Finger Breaker”
Rough draft (ink)
Verso: Photocopy of clipping, “Early Jazz with Lou McElroy,” 1 item
William Russell, two drafts of “Jelly Roll‟s Orchestration”
Verso: flyer for Handgun Control Inc.
Verso: Notes, “„The Art of Orchestration‟ Radio Program (Karl Haas)”
(pencil), 2 items
Folder 181
William Russell, notes on orchestration:
“Orchestration - Grove Dict.” (2 pp., ink)
“Orchestration D. Beat (Handy article)” (pencil)
“Orchestration (from Balliett)” (ink)
pencil)
“Jelly - Orchestration” (2 pp., pencil)
Verso: TL, Harry Fox, New York, NY, to American Music Records,
Chicago, IL, 1953 Sept. 23, 6 items
Folder 182
William Russell, notes on Jelly Roll Morton‟s orchestration:
“Orchestration
the ACLU Foundation of Louisiana, ink)
“Jelly Ork / oom-pah / dynamics
The Progressive, ink)
Verso: “Big Lip Story” (pencil)
)
“Palladrum
Verso: ALS, Frank Cassare, New York, NY, to Mr. [William] Russell,
1991 Nov. 8
scratched out] (pencil), 11
items

Folder 183
Folder 184
Folder 185
Folder 186
Folder 187
Notes, on pages from a small loose-leaf binder, each marked “Jelly Roll Morton”
and about Victor Album Notes:
“Victor Album Notes” with sections titled “Sidewalk Bl[ues],” “Deep Creek,”
“Ice Berg,” “Pretty Lil,” and (on verso) “Jelly‟s Style,” and “Life” (2 pp.,
pencil and ink)
“Material for Victor Notes” Verso is titled but has no notes. (2 pp., pencil)
“Victor Notes” with sections titled “Deep Creek,” Dead Men,” “Sidewalk,” and
(on verso) “Style” (2 pp., pencil), 3 items
William Russell, “Jelly Roll‟s Orchestratons” (pencil and ink)
(Draft of #155)
At end of p. Z: “WR New Orleans Dec. 1991”
12 numbered pages, plus pages marked 5A, 8A, 9A, Y, Z, ZA and a final
leaf titles “Notes at end of Orch Article”
Pages Y, Z, and ZA are between pages 9A and 10. 5A, 8A, and 9A follow
pages 5, 8, and 9, respectively.
Verso of page 2: “Jelly‟s Orchestration Outline”
Verso of page 3: part of an article about [George] Niangoran-Bouah‟s
photographs of Africa, New Yorker. (photocopy)
Verso of page 4: flyer from RCAR
Verso of page 5: part of an article about [George] Niangoran-Bouah‟s
photographs of Africa, New Yorker. (photocopy)
Verso of page 5A: TLS, 1948 May 18, Hugh Davis, Technical Recording
Service, Chicago, IL, to William Russell, Canton, MO
Verso of page 6: flyer for Co-op America
Verso of page 7: flyer for Guarneri House 1983 Catalogue
Verso of page 8: pre-registration form, international association for the
study of popular music
Verso of 8A: ALS, 1989 Jan. 2, Gene Anderson, Richmond, VA, to Bill
[Russell]
Verso of page 9A: circular for Altruist Foundation for Musicians, 1 item
William Russell, “Jelly Roll‟s Orchestration” (1992 Jan.)
Photocopy of handwritten draft of an article
10 pp., numbered, 1 item
Four folders and six used envelopes, most marked “Jelly‟s Orchestration,” “Jelly
Material,” “Orchestration,” etc.
One folder has a list of its former contents, 10 items
TLS, 1979 June 30, Karl Gert zur Heide, Bremen, West Germany, to Bill
[Russell]. Concerning Jelly Roll Morton in England in 1911, and other
topics, 1 item

Folder 188
Folder 189
Folder 190
Folder 191
William Russell, “Jelly Roll in Europe”
Draft of article in folder 159
On verso of pages from chronology [of Jelly Roll Morton?]
2 leaves, ink, 1 item
William Russell, “Jelly Roll in Europe”
Article with musical illustration
Typed, 2 pp., 1 item
Folder marked “Jelly in Europe” (pencil), 1 item
William Russell, “Order of Pages in Jelly Book”
Photocopy of handwritten document, 6 pp., 1 item
Folder 192 Eleanor Simeon (Chicago, 1956 Jan. 5, 1973 Aug. 10)
Typed interview, 4 pp., 1 item
Folder 193
Folder marked “Eleanore Simeon” (pencil)
items
” (on used envelope, ink), 2
Folder 194 Omer Simeon (Chicago, 1955 Aug. 18)
Typed interview with introduction
Interview section has editing marks
Introduction (p. “A,” photocopy), 1 p.; interview, 2 pp., 1 item
Folder 195
Folder marked “Omer Simeon,” with other notations (pencil)
(yellow paper, ink and pencil), 2 items
Folder 196 Marge Creath Singleton (New York, 1969 Feb. 9)
“Marge Creath Singleton Remembers Jelly Roll in East St. Louis”
Typed interview with introduction
Editing marks (red pencil)
Introduction, 1 p. (paginated “1” in top center, and “A” in upper right);
interview, pp. 2-8, 1 item
Folder 197
Folder marked “Marge Creath Singleton” (pencil), 1 item
Folder 198 Zutty Singleton (New York, 1969 Feb. 9)
“Zutty Singleton Talks about Jelly Roll to Bob Greene”
Typed interview with introduction
Editing marks (red pencil)
Introduction, p. 1/A; interview, pp. 2-9, with insert page 7A (after p. 7)
10 pp. total, 1 item

Folder 199
Folder 200
Folder 201
“Zutty Singleton by Picasso (& Zutty)”
Pencil drawing on brown paper taped to typed note
“From a xerox of the original, done in ink on a scrap of tan wrapping
paper,” 1 item
Clipping, photocopy of cover, The Second Line magazine (issue?)
Photographed cover with caption, “„The Hands of Zutty [Singleton]‟ by
George Fletcher (Des Moines),” 1 item
Folder marked “Zutty Singleton,” with other notations (pencil)
Note, “Original Waters” (on used envelope, pencil)
(white paper, pencil), 5 items
Folder 202 “Charles Edward Smith (1904-1970)”
Article about Smith and Jelly Roll Morton by William Russell
At end: “WR, New Orleans, 1990 June 7”
Typed, [25] pp., paginated 1-26 (p. 10 and p. 11 on same leaf), 1 item
Folder 203
Folder marked “Chas. Ed. Smith,” with other notations (pencil)
Note, “Use with Ch. E. Smith Article” (ink and pencil)
Verso: reprint of an article from Times-Picayune / States-Item, 1986 June
12, “Jazzfest Foundation Agrees to Purchase Station WWOZ-FM,”
by Benjamin Morrison, 2 items
Folder 204 Harrison Smith (Brooklyn, NY, 1970 July 13)
Typed interview with introduction
10 pp. labeled A, B, 1-8
P. 8 titled “Harrison Smith‟s 1971 Notes on Ben Garrison”
Second version of p. 7, without illustration
[See also folders 175 and 176], 2 items
Folder 205
Folder 206
Photocopied sheet of illustrations [referred to on last page of interview in folder
174]:
TLS, 1965 Feb. 20, Jimmy Durante to Harrison [Smith]
Drawing of Harrison Smith, 1 item
Photocopies of photograph of Ben Garrison, labeled “from Harrison Smith, …
New York, NY”:
Two 8½” x 10‟ sheets, each containing four copies of photograph
Three loose copies of photograph
One typed label, “Ben Garrison,” 6 items

Folder 207
Folder marked “Harrison Smith,” with other notations (pencil)
Note, “Harrison Smith” (pinkish paper, ink and pencil)
Note, “Harrison Smith Article” (green paper, ink)
Note, “Xerox / Harrison Smith / etc.” (on used envelope, grey)
Note, “1945 – 802 Union – N.Y.” (white paper, pencil)
Note, “Oct. 24th 1929 …” (white paper, pencil), 6 items
Folder 208 Stephen W. Smith, “The 1939 RCA-Victor Recording Sessions” (1972 Jan. 5)
Typed, 3 pp., 1 item
Folder 209
Folder 210
Contract, “Artists Letter Agreement,” between RCA Manufacturing Company,
Inc., Camden, NJ, and Jelly Roll Morton, c/o Steve Smith, HRS Record
Shop, New York, NY
Contract dated 1939 Sept. 26, for four recordings to be made 1939 Sept.
28
Signed by an RCA vice-president and Jelly Roll Morton
Form with blanks filled in by typewriter (photocopy), 2 pp.
Receipt (photocopy), 1939 Oct. 13
For $210.00, received from Stephen W. Smith by Jelly Roll Morton
Signed by Morton, 2 items
Folder marked “Steve Smith” (pencil)
Note, “Steve Smith …” (blue paper, ink and pencil), 2 items
Folder 211 Willie “The Lion” Smith (New York City, 1970 Dec. 23)
“Willie „The Lion‟ Smith Talks About Jelly Roll”
Typed interview with introduction
Introduction, [1] p. (p. “A”); interview, 3 pp., 1 item
Folder 212
Folder marked “Willie „The Lion‟ Smith,” with other notations (pencil)
Note, “Willie The Lion Smith” (yellow paper, ink)
Note, “Add Insert page 1A …” (white paper, ink and pencil), 3 items
Folder 213 [Benjamin] “Reb” Spikes (Los Angeles, 1969 July 30)
Typed interview with introduction
Introduction, [1] p. (p. “A”); interview, 3 pp., 1 item
Folder 214 John C. Spikes (Pasadena, Calif., 1955 March 3)
Introduction by William Russell
Typed interview, with editing marks
Introduction, 1 p. (p. “B”); interview, 3 pp., 1 item
Folder 215
Folder marked “Reb Spikes (& John) July 30 „69,” with other notations
Note, “Reb Spikes …” (blue paper, ink and pencil)
Note, “Print & Neg. …” (on used envelope, ink), 3 items

Folder 216 Johnny St. Cyr (Los Angeles, 1958 Aug. 27)
Typed interview with introduction
Introduction, [1] p. (p. “A”); interview, 2 pp., 1 item
Folder 217
Folder 218
Folder 219
Folder 220
Folder 221
Folder marked “St. Cyr,” with other notations (pencil)
Note, “St. Cyr …” (ink and pencil), 2 items
John Steiner, compiler, “Jelly Roll in the Chicago Defender”
At top: “Not final copy”
Introduction by [William Russell], [2] pp. (pp. 1 and 1A), handwritten
(photocopy)
The rest of the pages mainly consist of paste-ups of typed sections of
chronology.
8 pp., numbered 1-7, with p. 1A following p. 1
Verso of P. 1A: ALS, [no date], Lars Edegran, New Orleans, LA, to Bill
[Russell] (Concerning a Mosaic Records Catalogue)
Verso of p. 3: “Archive of Jazz in New Orleans,” typed, p. 1.
Verso of p. 7: TLS, 1987 June 2, Eva Soltes, Lou Harrison 70th Birthday,
Berkeley, CA, to Bill Russell, New Orleans, LA. (Thank-you
letter for Russell‟s donation), 1 item
John Steiner, compiler, “Jelly Roll in The Chicago Defender”
At top: “Not final copy”
“WR” in upper right corner of each page
Different version of document in folder 183
Typed, with editing, 5 pp. (photocopy), 1 item
“Jelly Roll in the Chicago Defender”
Chronology by [John Steiner], with introduction by William Russell
Later [final?] version of document in folders 183 and 184
Typed, 7 pp., 1 item
Folder Marked “John Steiner” (pencil), 1 item
Folder 222 Dave Stuart (Hollywood, CA, 1969 July 28)
Typed (photocopy) with introduction
Introduction by William Russell (New Orleans, 1984)
Introduction, [1] p. (p. “A”); interview, 3 pp., 1 item
Folder 223
Folder marked “Dave Stuart,” with other notations (pencil)
Note, “Dave Stuart” (blue paper, pencil and ink), 2 items

Folder 224
David Stuart, “Dave Stuart‟s Jelly Roll Book”
Introduction, “Notes on David Stuart‟s Jelly Roll Book”, by William
Russell, New Orleans, 1984
Typed (photocopy), 20 pp., plus introduction, 1 p. (page “B”), 1 item
Folder 225 Photograph (photocopy), Bud Scott, ca. 1944, approximately 8” X 10”
Labeled on verso (ink)
Also on verso: “Use for Dave Stuart Book” (pencil), 1 item
Folder 226 Folder marked “Dave Stuart‟s Jelly Roll Book,” with other notations (pencil), 1
item
Folder 227
Folder 228
Billy Taylor, “The „Lost Generation‟ of Jazz”
With introduction
“Reprinted by permission of Esquire magazine, © 1958 by Esquire, Inc.”
Typed, 4 pp., 1 item
Folder marked “Billy Taylor,” with other notations (pencil), 1 item
Folder 229 “Butch Thompson Jelly Article” (New Orleans, 1987 Nov. 19)
With introduction by [William Russell?]
Typed; introduction, 1 p. (p. “A”); interview, 3 pp.
With ½ page of musical examples on music paper marked: “Musical
Examples for Butch Thompson Article for Morton Book”
(photocopy), 1 item
Folder 230
Folder 231
Thompson, Butch, “Some Notes on the Piano Arrangement of Stop and Go”
With postscript by William Russell
Typed, 2 pp., 1 item
Folder marked “Butch Thompson,” with other notations, including Thompson‟s
address (pencil)
Note, “Butch Thompson …” (green paper, ink and pencil)
Note, “For Butch File …” (white paper, pencil), 3 items
Folder 232 Benny Waters (New Orleans, 1988 April 30)
Typed interview with introduction (photocopy)
Introduction, [1] p. (p. “A”), interview, 3 pp., 1 item
Folder 233
Folder marked “Benny Waters,” with other notations (ink)
Note, “Benny Waters …” (buff paper, ink and pencil), 2 items
Folder 234 J. Mayo “Ink” Williams (Chicago, IL, 1970 Nov. 21)
Typed interview with introduction (photocopy)
Introduction, [1] p. (p. “A”), interview, 4 pp., 1 item

Folder 235
Folder marked “J. Mayo „Ink‟ Williams,” with other notations (pencil)
Note, “Mayo Wms …” (ink and pencil), 2 items
Folder 236 Willie Woodman (Los Angeles, 1969 Aug. 5)
Typed interview with introduction
Introduction, [1] p.; interview, 3 pp., 1 item
Folder 237
Folder marked “Willie Woodman Aug. 5 „69” (pencil)
Note (ink and pencil), 2 items
Folder 238 Al[bert] Wynn (Chicago, 1969 Apr. 24)
Typed interview with introduction
Introduction, [1] p. (p. “A”); interview, 1 p., 1 item
Folder 239
Folder marked “Al Wynn Apr. 24 „69,” with other notations (pencil)
Note, “Al Wynn …” (ink and pencil), 2 items
Folder 240 Trummy Young (Honolulu, 1969 Aug. 2)
Typed interview with introduction
Introduction, [1] p. (photocopy); interview, 3 pp., 1 item
Folder 241
Folder marked “Trummy Young Aug. 2 „69,” with other notations (pencil)
Note, “Trummy Young …” (ink and pencil), 2 items