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Size | 2.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 1200 items) |
Abstract | John Frank Edwards (1921-1976), better known as "Johnny" and "Junior," was a white musician known for his expertise as a jazz drummer in New Orleans, La., playing with bands that included the original Dukes of Dixieland. The collection documents his musical career and Edwards family history and consists of audiovisual materials, scrapbooks, letters, original and copy print photographs, legal and financial records, ephemera, and other papers. Included are letters written from Jefferson County, Miss., Meridian, Miss., and Delta, La.; letters written during the Great Depression; letters from Edwards to family in New Orleans, La., while he served as a musician with the band of the 67th Armored Regiment of the 2nd Armored Division in the U.S. Army during World War II; an 1896 sharecropper agreement with Littleton Henry; account statements from Cohn Bros. in Lorman, Miss.; clippings about Harold Cooper, who played jazz clarinet with the Dukes of Dixieland; family history materials; detailed notes from family members that provide collection context; annotated LP covers; family and publicity photographs; and a scrapbook, 1930s-1940s, of photographs and letters of Libby Edwards. The collection also contains audiovisual materials, including audio recordings of music by Johnny "Junior" Edwards, Harold Cooper, and others, as well as video recordings documenting a reunion of descendants of the Jersey Settlers of Adams County, Miss. |
Creator | Edwards, John Frank, 1921-1976. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Nancy Kaiser, Patrick Cullom, and Anne Wells, May 2019
Encoded by: Nancy Kaiser and Anne Wells, May 2019
Updated by: Anne Wells and Meredith Kite, September 2019
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John Frank Edwards (1921-1976), better known as "Johnny" and "Junior," was a white musician known for his expertise as a jazz drummer in New Orleans, La., playing with bands that included the original Dukes of Dixieland. During World War II he served in the band of the 67th Armored Regiment of the 2nd Armored Division of the U.S. Army. His wife, Elizabeth "Libby" Helton Edwards, survived him and later married his friend and bandmate, jazz clarinetist Harold Cooper.
Back to TopThe Johnny "Junior" Edwards Collection documents the musical career of John Frank Edwards (1921-1976) and Edwards family history and consists of audiovisual materials, scrapbooks, letters, original and copy print photographs, legal and financial materials, ephemera, and other papers. There are letters written from Jefferson County, Miss., Meridian, Miss., and Delta, La.; letters written during the Great Depression; letters from Edwards to family in New Orleans, La., while he served as a musician with the band of the 67th Armored Regiment of the 2nd Armored Division in the U.S. Army during World War II; an 1896 sharecropper agreement with Littleton Henry; account statements from Cohn Bros. in Lorman, Miss.; clippings about Harold Cooper, who played jazz clarinet with the Dukes of Dixieland; family history materials; detailed notes from family members that provide collection context; annotated LP covers; family and publicity photographs; and a scrapbook, 1930s-1940s, of photographs and letters of Libby Edwards. The collection also contains audiovisual materials, including audio recordings of music by Johnny "Junior" Edwards, Harold Cooper, and others, as well as video recordings of a reunion of descendants of the Jersey Settlers of Adams County, Miss. Audio recordings are on audiocassette, while video recordings are on VHS.
Back to TopArrangement: as received.
Box 1 |
Johnny "Junior" Edwards scrapbooks |
Box 2 |
Papers |
Image Box 1 |
Family and travel photographs, 1940s-1950sBlack-and-white and color photographic prints |
Publicity photographs, 1950s-1960sBlack-and-white and color photographic prints |
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Image Box 2 |
Family and travel photographs, 1940sNegatives |
Family and travel photographs, 1960sKodachrome transparencies |
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Oversize Volume SV-20467/1 |
Libby Edwards scrapbook |
Oversize Box 1 |
Annotated LP covers |
Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-20467/1 |
"Hell on Wheels": War Against the Axis; 2nd armored division |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20467/1 |
Butch Barrone, Jack Teagarden Jr, John Martin, Harold Cooper, and Junior Edwards; Harold Cooper and Junior Edwards1/4" Open Reel Audio Related documentation found with recording resides in box 2. |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20467/2 |
Basin Street Six, Pete Fountain1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20467/3 |
Big three, four counts1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20467/4 |
Blind AB and Junior Edwards, studio test1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20467/5 |
Harold Cooper1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20467/6 |
Harold Cooper, [Maddox], Dave, Junior Edwards, studio tape; Babe [Brasfield], Buzzard Smith1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20467/7 |
Sam [DeKemel], Basin Street Six1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20467/8 |
Dixieland jazz and swing1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20467/9 |
Junior [Edwards] with Wingey Maron1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20467/10 |
Arthur Fowler1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20467/20 |
Allen [Furn]; Jackie Gleason; Jingle Bells; Big Bands1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20467/11 |
George Girard with Basin Street Six1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20467/12 |
Johnny Little John, Junior Edwards, and others; Blind AB and Junior Edwards, studio test1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20467/13 |
Neiman Marcus; Dallas1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20467/14 |
Eddie Miller, Basin Street Six1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20467/15 |
Tapes of [Peanut Husks]; Charlie T., Jim Dorsey; Charlie T., Jack T.; Loaded, Abe Lincoln, Ernie Matty1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20467/16 |
Records of Santo, Thomas Jefferson1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20467/17 |
Sharkey and Junior Edwards1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20467/18 |
Windmill Club1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20467/19 |
Roy Zimmerman, J.W. House; Dick Martin, waterfront café1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20467/21 |
[unidentified sound recording]1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20467/22 |
[unidentified sound recording]1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20467/23 |
[unidentified sound recording]1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20467/24 |
[unidentified sound recording]1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20467/25 |
[unidentified sound recording]1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20467/26 |
[unidentified sound recording]1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20467/27 |
[unidentified sound recording]1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20467/28 |
[unidentified sound recording]1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20467/29 |
[unidentified sound recording]1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20467/30 |
[unidentified sound recording]1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20467/31 |
[unidentified sound recording]1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20467/32 |
[unidentified sound recording]1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20467/33 |
[unidentified sound recording]1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20467/34 |
[unidentified sound recording]1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20467/35 |
[unidentified sound recording]1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20467/36 |
[unidentified sound recording]1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20467/37 |
[unidentified sound recording]1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20467/38 |
[unidentified sound recording]1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20467/39 |
[unidentified sound recording]1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20467/40 |
[unidentified sound recording]1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20467/41 |
[unidentified sound recording]1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20467/42 |
[unidentified sound recording]1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20467/43 |
[unidentified sound recording]1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20467/44 |
[unidentified sound recording]1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20467/45 |
[unidentified sound recording]1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20467/46 |
[unidentified sound recording]1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20467/47 |
[unidentified sound recording]1/4" Open Reel Audio |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20467/1 |
Harold Cooper with the Alamo City Jazz Band, liveAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20467/2 |
Texas tape, daddy with Dr. Chuck RileyAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20467/3 |
Jr. Edwards, Road Map dubAudiocassette |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20467/4 |
Harold Cooper, Charlie B., Bill Bachman, Joe Johnson, Tony Belson, Bob Mannerd; Ft. Benjamin Harrison, 14 March 1976Audiocassette |
Videotape VT-20467/1 |
Jersey Settlers Reunion Genealogical Workshop, Natchez, Miss., 2 May 1992VHS |
Videotape VT-20467/2 |
Jersey Settlers, 2 May 1992; Kingston Methodist Church dinner on grounds, 3 May 1992VHS |