Kid Clayton
Music
Jimmy “Kid” Clayton was a New Orleans trumpet player during the heyday of traditional jazz.
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Encyclopedia Entries
Images
Kid Clayton’s Band
Music
James "Kid" Clayton on trumpet, John Casimir on clarinet, and Wilbert Tillman on alto saxophone perform at a dance hall in Uptown New Orleans in 1956. Clayton was considered one of the most exciting horn men of his time.
James ‘Kid’ Clayton
Music
James "Kid" Clayton, seen here at home with his wife in 1956, was a specialist in the New Orleans blues style. Clayton was a force in the rough and tumble neighborhood bands in the "battlefield" area of Uptown New Orleans.
Clay Objects
Geography, History
Decorated cooking stones and various other objects found at Poverty Point. The objects represent early Native American experimentation with design and beauty.
Encyclopedia Entries
Clay Latimer
History
Attorney and feminist activist Clayton, or Clay, Latimer was instrumental in many of the reforms achieved by the modern women's rights movement in Louisiana.
Magazine Articles
Louisiana’s Loess Bluffs
Geographer's Space, Magazine, Winter 2020
A cultural region?
Audio Files
Dr. John on Smiley Lewis
Music
An interview with Malcolm John "Mac" Rebennack, Jr., recorded in London in 1972, where he discusses fellow New Orleans musician Smiley Lewis.
Images
“Oyster shuckers in Dunbar Cannery” by Lewis Wickes Hine
Art
Lewis Hine took his photo of children shucking oysters in the Dunbar Cannery in March of 1911. As part of his work for the National Child Labor Committee, Hine came to Louisiana seeking evidence to support the abolition of child labor.
Robert Lewis with Bass Drum
Music
Eureka Brass Band member Robert Lewis with a bass drum. The band was active in New Orleans from the 1920s through 1975 when it disbanded.
Jerry Lee Lewis performing at the The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in 2007
Music
Jerry Lee Lewis performing at the 2007 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. A native of Ferriday, Lewis was one of the first inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio.
