The Legacy of Depression-Era Sumner Alumni

Items

• Count Basie And His Orchestra - Every Tub (featuring Wardell Gray)
  A YouTube video of Jimmy Wilkins' first time recording with Count Basie in May 1951. The band is playing Basie's 'Every Tub.'
• Dr. Kenneth Billups
  A black and white photograph of Dr. Kenneth Billups
• Sumner High School Choir, c.1930-1939
  A black and white photograph of the Sumner Choir from c. 1930-1939.
• Album Cover of "Montreux" by the Ernie Wilkins Almost Big Band (1996)
  An album cover of "Montreux" by the Ernie Wilkins Almost Big Band.
• Album Cover of "Ernie Wilkins and the Almost Big Band" by Ernie Wilkins and the Almost Big Band (1981)
  Album Cover of "Ernie Wilkins and the Almost Big Band" by Ernie Wilkins and the Almost Big Band (1981)
• Album Cover of "Live on 57th Street" Clark Terry's Big Bad Band (1976)
  The album cover of "Live on 57th Street" by Clark Tery's Big Bad Band.
• Ernie Wilkins Named Bandmaster of the Naval Band
  A 1943 newspaper article from the St. Louis Argus announcing that Ernie Wilkins was named as the bandmaster for the US Naval Band.
• Robert McFerrin - "Pari siamo" from Verdi's "Rigoletto"
  A YouTube video of a recording of Robert McFerrin playing "Pari siamo" from Verdi's "Rigoletto" (from original LP). The image of the video comes from the album's cover.
• Wirt D. Walton Writes K.U. Song
  A 1941 article from the St. Louis Globe Democrat about Wirt D. Walton winning first prize in a contest to write a song for Kansas University.
• From Sumner High to Debut at 'Met'
  A St. Louis Argus newspaper article detailing Robert McFerrin's debut performance in "Aida" at the Met. An image accompanies the article depicting McFerrin in costume as Amonasro.
• Students Make Pilgrimage to Lincoln's Home
  A newspaper article from the New Pittsburgh Courier that names Wirt D. Walton as a choir director on a trip to Lincoln's home in 1939.
• Robert McFerrin, February 28, 1955
  A black and white photograph of Robert McFerrin taken in 1955
• Sumner Alma Mater
  A document with the lyrics to Sumner's Alma Mater song.
• Sumner's Acapella Choir
  A 1943 St. Louis Start Times newspaper article about the Sumner Acapella Choir
• City Park Named for William "Pops" Beckett
  A newspaper from the Saint Louis Globe-Democrat about a park being named after William "Pops" Beckets
• Robert McFerrin Sumner Acapella Concert Performance 1938
  a newspaper article in the St. Louis Argus detailing Robert McFerrin's performance at the Summer Acapella Concert in 1938.
• William "Pops" Beckett with Tarbell Award
  This photograph shows William H. J. Beckett (right) standing behind a table and receiving a Tarbell Medallion, an award presented to Springfield College alumni who have demonstrated varied outstanding service over a period of time to his or her alma mater.
• St. Louis Sumner to Play Kansas City Sumner
  A 1939 newspaper article from the St. Louis GLode-Democrat about two high schools playing a basketball game.
• Newspaper Article Announcing the Opening of Douglass University
  A newspaper article from the St. Louis Post Dispatch announcing the opening of Douglass University.
• Dr. Herman Dreer And Julia Davis With Teachers Trained At Saturday School Of Negro History
  Photograph of Dr. Herman Dreer and Julia Davis pictured with several other individuals.
• Photograph of Dr. Herman Dreer
  A black and white portrait photograph of Dr. Herman Dreer.
• 1949 Yearbook Photo of Charles H. Anderson
  1949 yearbook photograph of Charles H. Anderson.
• Red Cross Aid
  A newspaper article from The Daily Standard (1942) that discusses bringing red cross aid to African Americans in Missouri.
• Font Cover of Naomi Long Madgett's "Pink Ladies in the Afternoon" (1990)
  The front cover of "Pink Ladies in the Afternoon" by Naomi Long Madgett (1990).
• The Sumner Cub Journal Vol 8 No 3