Chesterman C. Linley scrapbooks
Overview
Chesterman C. Linley was a University of Kansas alum and lawyer in Kansas. His collection consists of personal scrapbooks chronicling the jazz movement in Kansas City during the 1960s and 1970s.
Dates
- Creation: 1950 - 1979
Creator
- Linley, Chesterman C. (Compiler, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Biography of Chesterman C. Linley
Chesterman C. "Tim" Linley received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Kansas in the 1930s and practiced law for much of his life in Cimarron, KS and at the Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co. in Liberal, KS. Starting in 1955, he was also the assistant general counsel for the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC).
Chesterman was an avid jazz enthusiast and closely followed the jazz movement in Kansas City as well as Topeka, Denver, New Orleans, and Europe. Linley attended countless shows in the Kansas City area and was a revered guest at many festivals and events. Due to his constant attendance and interest, he became close friends with renowned jazz pianist and vocalist Jay McShann.
Extent
24 Volumes ; Volume sizes vary, 33 x 41 cm or smaller.
Language of Materials
English
Scope and Contents
Chesterman C. "Tim" Linley was deeply interested in the jazz movement, particularly in Kansas City, during the 1960s and 1970s. This collection consists of 21 scrapbooks compiled by Linley and his family chronicling the jazz scene during that time in Kansas City, Topeka, Denver, New Orleans, and Europe. The scrapbooks contain newspaper articles, personal correspondence, signed cards from jazz musicians, and show and festival programs.
There is also in the collection one family photograph album and two volumes of his personal record inventory, listed alphabetically A-O.
Chesterman began numbering his scrapbooks himself but stopped after volume 15; Spencer Research Library continued that number sequence when processing the books.
Physical Location
RH MS EK5
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transfer from University of Kansas Sound Archive, 2012.
Subject
- McShann, Jay (Person)
- Faurot, Albert (Person)
Source
- University of Kansas. Sound Archive (Donor, Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Chesterman C. Linley Collection
- Subtitle
- Chesterman C. Linley scrapbooks
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by skt and mes, 2014; revised by mhr, 2015; reivsed by mwh, 2017.
- Date
- 2014
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in<language encodinganalog="language">English</language>
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/2730375455
- Preferred citation
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Chesterman C. Linley scrapbooks, Kansas Collection, RH MS Ek5, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository