Clyde Bysom collection
Overview
This collection contains photographs, letters, audiovisual files, books, magazines, diary entries, newspaper clippings and ephemera belonging to and relating to Clyde Bysom. Bysom was a jazz musician from Lawrence, Kansas.
Dates
- Creation: 1925 - 2015
Creator
- Bysom, Clyde (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Audio visual materials are stored in the KU Annex off-site storage area.
All researchers interested in reviewing this material must consult Spencer Research Library Public Services staff (785-864-4334 or ksrlref@ku.edu, 9-5 M-F CST) before a planned visit; staff will respond within three days, though materials may not be available in that timeframe. Access to audio visual materials may require digitization first. Be advised that drop-in requests for this material cannot be accommodated.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Biography of Clyde L. Bysom
Clyde Leon Bysom was born October 13, 1917, in Adrian, Missouri, the son of Walton and Edna Bysom. He graduated and attended Lawrence High School and the University of Kansas, both in Lawrence, Kansas. Bysom was a tailgunner in a B-29 in the Pacific Theater during World War II, serving under the command of Colonel Paul Tibbets, Jr.
After the war, Bysom returned to Lawrence and was a member of many different jazz bands, including the Lawrence City Band, New Horizons, and KU Alumni Band, all of which he helped found. He primarily played saxaphone and clarinet. He helped fund his music passion through working at the Westinghouse Jet Engine Division of Boeing Aircraft and later constructing pipe organs at Reuter Organ Company. He was also in his retirement an instrument repair technician with Hume Music.
Bysom married Pauline Moore in 1943; she passed away in 2012. They had one child, Terry (Bysom) Stringer. Clyde Bysom died June 1, 2015.
Extent
1 Linear Feet (2 document cases + 2 oversized folders)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Photographs have been physically separated from textual materials in the collection and are located at RH MS-P 1493. Oversize items, including a copy of the Kansas City Star's entertainment magazine with Bysom on the cover and some photographs, have also been physically separated and are located at RH MS Q459.
Physical Location
RH MS 1493
Physical Location
RH MS-P 1493
Physical Location
RH MS Q459
Physical Location
KC AV 110
Physical Location
A/V items at Annex (Contact Spencer Library Public Services)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, Terry Bysom Stringer, 2017
Source
- Stringer, Terry Bysom (Donor, Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Clyde Bysom Collection
- Subtitle
- Clyde Bysom collection
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by gem, 2019. Finding aid encoded by gem, 2019. Finding aid revised by mwh, 2021.
- Date
- 2019-06-19
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/3412969317
- Preferred citation
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Clyde Bysom collection, RH MS 1493, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository