In "A Foundation for Kansas City Jazz" (May 3, 2010), author Lucas Homer analyzes the relationship between jazz music and place within the African American community in Kansas City. Homer authored this paper as an undergraduate student (2007-) in music and American studies at the University of Kansas. This file also contains biographical information on Etta Moten Barnett and Claude Albert Barnett.

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.

This collection consists of a 1982 walking tour pamphlet of the 18th and Vine historic district of Kansas City, Missouri and a black and white map with a corresponding list of jazz clubs and their addresses. The walking tour guide was developed through the Office of Housing & Community Development and the Landmarks Commission of Kansas City, Missouri, and the listing of jazz clubs is on Kansas City Jazz Commission letterhead.