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Guide to the Troyce Key Papers

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Guide to the Troyce Key Papers MS 83 1 Guide to the Troyce Key Papers

Collection number: MS 83

African American Museum & Library at Oakland Oakland, California Processed by: Sean Heyliger Date Completed: 11/14/2013 Encoded by: Sean Heyliger © 2013 African American Museum & Library at Oakland. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary Title: Troyce Key papers Dates: circa 1920s-1997 (b. 1958-1992) Collection number: MS 83 Creator: Key, Troyce. Collection Size: 5 linear feet(11 boxes + 1 oversized box) Repository: African American Museum & Library at Oakland (Oakland, Calif.) Oakland, CA 94612 Abstract: The Troyce Key papers include correspondence, photographs, financial records, flyers, publicity material, and publications documenting the musical career of blues musician and nightclub owner Troyce Key. The papers are organized in to four series: Eli Mile High Records, Eli’s Mile High Club & Restaurant records, photographs, and assorted material. Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English Access No access restrictions. Collection is open to the public. Access Restrictions Materials are for use in-library only, non-circulating. Publication Rights Permission to publish from the Troyce Key Papers must be obtained from the African American Museum & Library at Oakland. Preferred Citation Troyce Key papers, MS 83, African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library. Oakland, California. Processing Information Processed by Sean Heyliger, 11/14/2013. Biography / Administrative History Blues musician and night club owner Troyce Key (1937-1992) was born on September 7, 1937 in Jordon Plantation, Louisiana to Verdell and Lula May Key. The child of white sharecroppers, his father at one time worked on the railroad while the family lived in a box-car. In 1938, the Key family decided to move to Oregon but ran out of gasoline and money in Bakersfield, California. The family worked as migrant workers picking cotton and grapes and settled near Fresno, California where Troyce Key attended various schools. His father played the and harmonica and often sang at local house parties. Troyce Key began playing guitar as a teenager and moved to Mississippi and absorbed the and blues playing of local recording artists as well as those from Texas. In Mississippi he contracted tuberculosis, having a lung and some ribs removed. While recuperating at a sanatorium in the Sierras, he listened to donated recordings played by staff for the benefit of the patients, becoming hooked on the music and buying a guitar. Key befriended teenage patient R.C. Gardner, and the pair tried to copy the songs that were played. Discharged in 1956, Key and R.C. began gigging around Fresno, playing R & B and Elvis Presley-influenced music. They guested on Al Radka’s House Party, a local T.V. program. Female viewer fans wrote admiring letters of Key's Elvis impersonations. Other fans called Key the “mad

Guide to the Troyce Key Papers MS 83 2 coon.” By 1958 he was traveling to the Bay Area to perform at rock & roll dances with a group called the Campus Kings. In 1958, he traveled to Hollywood with a demo tape and signed a record contract with Warner Brothers Records in 1958, being the first rock & roll artist to sign with Warner's. That year, Key released four singles-“Drown In My Tears,” “Baby Please Don’t Go,” “Most of All,” and “She’s Sumpin’ Else,” - with Eddie Cochran on guitar, Howard Roberts on , and Eddie Palmer on drums. Warner Brothers sent Key on a promotion tour and he toured the country performing on various teen dance television programs and in 1959 appeared on Dick Clark’s American Bandstand. “Drown In My Tears” made the regional charts on African American stations in , Fresno, Tulsa and Dallas-Fort Worth. By the third issuing Key felt he was on the way out with Warner and then decided to move fully towards a blues sound. After returning to Fresno, he formed the band The Rhythm Rockers with J.J. Malone, C.A. Carr, Charles Banks, and Calvin Peele. Although Key was quite a celebrity in the Fresno region, white clubs were reluctant to hire an African American band with a white performer. Shortly after C.A. Carr left the Rhythm Rockers in 1966 to join 's band, Key quit to find work tending a bar in Los Angeles. He moved to Oakland in 1970, gigging and touring frequently in venues throughout California during the 1970s with the Rhythm Rockers (sometimes performing as the Over The Hill Blues Band), releasing two on the Red Lightnin' label – I've Gotta a New Car (1980) and Younger than Yesterday (1982). In 1979, Key purchased Eli’s Mile High Club upon the death of the club’s founder Eli Thornton from remaining owner Alberta Thornton. Known as the ‘West Coast Home of the Blues,’ Eli’s Mile High Club attracted notable blues and R&B performers throughout the 1970s-1980s and was awarded the Bay Area Blues Society’s Blues Night Club of the Year award in 1991. In 1986, Key founded Eli Mile High Records, a blues which released J.J. Malone’s Bottom Line Blues (1989) and Eddie Ray’s Blues At Midnight (1985). He continued to perform as part of Eli's Mile High Club house band J.J. Malone Blues Band with Troyce Key. Troyce Key died of leukemia on November 9, 1992 in Oakland, California. Scope and Content of Collection The Troyce Key papers include correspondence, photographs, financial records, flyers, publicity material, vhs tapes, and publications documenting the musical career of blues musician and nightclub owner Troyce Key. The papers are organized in to five series: Eli Mile High Records, Eli’s Mile High Club & Restaurant records, photographs, vhs tapes and assorted material. Eli’s Mile High Records include musician record contracts, business cards, brochures, correspondence with radio stations and fans, radio playlists for various blues radio stations, and publicity material related to albums by Eddie Ray and J.J. Malone released under the label in the 1980s. The Eli’s Mile High Club & Restaurant records includes administrative and financial records related to the operation of the night club, publicity kits and flyers of various performers, performance calendar, newspaper clippings, records documenting the establishment of the Troyce Key Scholarship Fund, and the Bay Area Blues Society’s Blues Night Club of the Year award. The bulk of the collection are 608 slides and photographs of the Key family and Key’s career as a blues musician. The photographs are organized into four subseries: Music, Key family photographs, Troyce Key funeral service, and assorted. Photographs documenting Key’s music career include photographs sorted by Eli's Mile High Club, performances, festivals, television appearances, publicity stills, and assorted. Family photographs include portraits and family photographs of the Key family in Louisiana, Fresno, California, and Oakland, California in the 1930s-1980s. Arrangement Series I. Eli Mile High Records Series II. Eli’s Mile High Club & Restaurant Series III. Photographs Series IV. VHS tapes Series V. Assorted Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Key, Troyce. Malone, J.J. Fulson, Lowell. Ray, Eddie. Eli’s Mile High Club (Oakland, Calif.). Blues (Music)--California-- Bay Area. Oakland (Calif.) -- Social life and customs. Photographs. Sound recordings. Related Material Banks (Charles) Papers, African American Museum & Library at Oakland Malone (J.J.) Audiovisual Collection, African American Museum & Library at Oakland

Guide to the Troyce Key Papers MS 83 3 Eli Mile High Records Physical Description: 12 folders Series Scope and Content Summary Includes record contracts, radio playlists, flyers, correspondence, publicity packets, and financial records related to Eli Mile High Records label. Arrangement Arranged by format.

Box 1:1 Alameda County business name statement 1986 Box 1:2-3 Correspondence 1988-1989 Box 1:4 Financial records 1989 Box 1:5 Brochure circa 1980s Box 1:5 Business card circa 1980s Box 1:6-7 Radio playlists 1988-1989 Box 1:8 Transcript of Maria Bainer’s interview with Troyce Key 1992 Box 1:9 Troyce Key publicity packet circa 1988 Box 1:10 Eddie Ray and J.J. Malone flyers circa 1980s Box 1:11 Clarence “Guitar” Sims resume 1988 Box 1:12 Eddie Ray record contracts 1985-1987 Eli’s Mile High Restaurant & Club Physical Description: 18 folders Series Scope and Content Summary Includes performance contracts, flyers, performance calendar, and publicity kits of various performers that played at Eli's Mile High Restaurant & Club. Arrangement Arranged by format.

Box 1:13 Performance contract – Mark Hummel and the Blues Survivors 1997 Box 1:14 Flyers circa 1980s Box 1:14 Performance calendar March 1988 Publicity kits Box 1:15 The Aces 1994 Box 1:16 Archibald, Red 1996 Box 1:17 Eubanks, Howard circa 1980s Box 1:18 Gogo, David 1997 Box 1:19 Hemphill, Jesse Mae 1986 Box 1:20 J.J. Malone, Troyce Key, and the Rhythm Rockers 1982 Box 2:1 Marla BB 1992 Box 2:2 Mudbone, Butch circa 1990s Box 2:3 Najla circa 1990s Box 2:4 Powerhouse Blues Band 1995-1997 Box 2:5 Table Top Productions 1996 Box 2:6 Tattoo Blue 1997 Box 2:7 White Bread Blues Band 1992 Box 2:8 Newspaper clippings 1980-1992 Box 2:9 Troyce Key Scholarship Fund 1993 Box 8 Bay Area Blues Society’s Blues Night Club of the Year award 1991

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Photographs Physical Description: 626 photographs Series Scope and Content Summary Includes Key family photographs and photographs related to Troyce Key's music career. Arrangement Arranged into series and thereafter by photograph identification number.

Music Eli's Mile High Club Box 3:1 Troyce Key and Lowell Fulson in Eli's Mile High Club [005] 1981 Box 3:1 Troyce Key and Lowell Fulson in Eli's Mile High club [007] 1991 Box 3:1 C.A. Carr, Lowell Fulson, and Margaret Key [011] 1991 Box 3:2 Lowell Fulson, Margaret Key, and Troyce Key at Eli's Mile High Club [014] 1991 Box 3:2 Troyce Key, Sonny, Lane, Dave Wilhousen, Duke Robillard, Charles Houff, and Curtis Lawson at Eli's Mile High Club [021] 1983 Box 3:4 Lowell Fulson at Eli's Mile High Club [043] circa 1980s Box 6 Troyce Key and Eli Thornton at Eli's Mile High Club [057] 1976 Box 4 Two men standing on sidewalk in front of Eli's Mile High Club [128] circa 1980s Box 4 Three men standing outside Eli's Mile High Club [129] 1991 Box 4 Audience watching performance [131] circa 1990s Box 4 Man in suit standing at the bar [133] circa 1990s Box 4 Troyce Key and Eli Thornton at Eli's Mile High Club [144] 1976 Box 4 Troyce Key and band at Eli's Mile High Club [145] circa 1980s Box 4 Man smiling at camera [147] circa 1990s Box 5 Two men and women at Eli's Mile High Club [207] circa 1990s Box 5 Man wearing Eli's Mile High Club t-shirt [211] circa 1990s Box 5 Two men and woman at Eli's Mile High Club [215] circa 1990s Box 5 Two men at Eli's Mile High Club [229] circa 1990s Box 5 Troyce Key holding 'Troyce Key's Eli's Mile High Club Home of the West Coast Blues Oakland, California est. 1980' plaque [247] 1992 Box 5 Troyce Key being presented with Eli's Mile High Club plaque on stage [251] 1992 Box 5 Two men sitting in front of concert posters [257] circa 1950s Box 5 Troyce Key, Margaret Key, and Lowell Fulson [268] circa 1990s Box 5 Two men holding Eli's Mile High Club 'I sho' do love the blues' bumper sticker [278] circa 1980s Box 5 Troyce Key leaning against car holding guitar under Eli's Mile High Club sign [280] circa 1980s Box 5 Troyce Key and man standing behind the bar [286] circa 1980s Box 3:6 99 race car with Eli's Mile High Club sponsorship logo [607] circa 1980s Performances Box 7 Troyce Key and two men playing electric in studio [479] 1970 Box 3:2 Sugar Pie DeSanto and the Troyce Key Blues Band performing at the Omni [022] 1992 Box 3:3 Troyce Key [?] performing on stage with band [025] circa 1970s Box 3:3 Ray Charles performing on stage [032] circa 1990s Box 3:4 Troyce Key and band performing on stage [045] circa 1950s Box 3:5 Troyce Key performing on stage [048] circa 1980s Box 6 Troyce Key performing on stage [055] circa 1980s Box 6 Troyce Key and band performing on stage [062] circa 1950s Box 6 Troyce Key performing on stage [064] circa 1980s Box 6 Troyce Key performing on stage [066] circa 1980s Box 6 Troyce Key Blues Band performing on stage [067] circa 1980s Box 6 Troyce Key performing on stage [068] circa 1980s Box 4 Two young men playing guitars next to house [118] 1954 Box 4 Man playing the harmonica on stage [130] circa 1990s Box 4 Man playing the harmonica on stage [134] circa 1990s

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Box 4 Troyce Key and J.J. Malone performing on stage [136] 1983 Box 4 Sugar Pie DeSanto and the Troyce Key Blues Band performing at the Omni [154] circa 1990s Box 4 Troyce Key playing guitar on staircase [155] circa 1990s Box 5 Band performing on stage [208] circa 1990s Box 5 Woman on stage with band [218] circa 1990s Box 5 Man singing on stage with band [220] circa 1990s Box 5 Woman singing on stage with band [223] circa 1990s Box 5 Troyce Key and four female performers on stage [237] circa 1990s Box 5 Troyce Key and band performing on stage [238] circa 1990s Box 5 Troyce Key and four female performers on stage [239] circa 1990s Box 5 Troyce Key and band performing on stage [240] circa 1990s Box 5 Man playing guitar on stage [250] circa 1990s Box 5 Man playing guitar on stage [252] circa 1990s Box 5 Man speaking into microphone on stage next to silver briefcase [253] circa 1990s Box 5 Troyce Key and four female performers on stage [254] circa 1990s Box 5 Woman singing with band on stage [261] circa 1990s Box 5 Man playing guitar on stage [262] circa 1990s Box 5 Woman singing on stage with band [264] circa 1990s Box 5 Woman singing on stage with band [265] circa 1990s Box 5 Woman singing on stage with band [266] circa 1990s Box 5 Troyce Key and band playing on stage [277] circa 1950s Box 5 Troyce Key and man performing on stage [287] circa 1980s Box 5 Troyce Key holding guitar at wedding, San Francisco, California [288] 1991 Box 5 Band performing [294] 1990 Box 5 C.A. Carr and Bernard Anderson performing [295] 1990 Box 7 Man playing the drums [342] 1967 Box 7 Man in plaid shirt [343] 1967 Box 7 Man in plaid shirt playing the drums [344] 1967 Box 7 Man playing guitar [345] 1967 Box 7 Man in plaid shirt playing the drums [347] 1967 Box 7 Band performing on stage [348] 1967 Box 7 Man playing the guitar and singing on stage [350] 1967 Box 7 Troyce Key playing [493] 1971 Box 7 Troyce Key and band performing on stage [576] 1976 Box 7 Man singing on stage with band [577] 1976 Box 7 Man playing the tambourine and drummer performing on stage [578] 1976 Box 7 Saxophonist performing on stage [579] 1976 Box 7 Man singing into microphone on stage [580] 1976 Box 7 Troyce Key sitting on amplifier playing the guitar [581] 1977 Box 7 Man playing the [583] 1977 Box 7 Troyce Key playing electric guitar [585] 1977 Box OM21 Troyce Key playing electric guitar [610][photograph taped to newspaper clippings] circa 1950s Box OM21 Eli Thornton and Alberta Thornton [611] 1977 Box OM21 Portrait of J.J. Malone [612] 1973 Box OM21 Hi-Tide Harris performing at the San Francisco Blues Festival 613] 1976 Box OM21 C.A. Carr performing [614] 1976 Box OM21 Charles Brown performing at the San Franciso Blues Festival [615] 1976 Box OM21 C.A. Carr, Troyce Key, J.J. Malone, and Charles Banks performing in Monterey, California [616] 1963 Box OM21 Warren, Bob Klein, Richard Milton, Troyce Key, and J.J. Malone in Lake Tahoe [617] 1978 Box OM21 J.J. Malone and Troyce Key leaning next to car Oakland, California [618] 1978 Box OM21 Richard Milton performing in Alameda, California [619] 1976 Box OM21 Bob Klein, Richard Milton, J.J. Malone, Troyce Key, and Warren leaning next to RV in Lake Tahoe [620] 1978

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Box OM21 Robert Lowrey performing at the San Francisco Blues Festival [621] 1976 Box OM21 Jimmy Reed, San Francisco, California [622] 1977 Box OM21 Sonny Rhodes performing on stage in Alameda, California [623] 1976 Box OM21 J.J. Malone and Troyce Key leaning against parked car, Oakland, California [624] 1978 Box OM21 Tom Mazzolini speaking at San Francisco Blues Festival [625] 1976 Box OM21 Bob Klein and Troyce Key standing in front of garage [626] 1977 Festivals Box 3:1 Troyce Key and unidentified man at Texas State Fair [009] 1959 Box 6 Robert Cray and Troyce Key at blues festival [053] circa 1980s Box 6 Troyce Key and J.J. Malone performing on stage at the San Francisco Blues Festival [054] 1980 Box 4 Man in red suit interviewed by news reporter at San Francisco Blues Festival [156] 1991 Box 4 Troyce Key and Margaret Key sitting in park at Blues 'n at Dunsmuir Festival [157] 1991 Box 4 Troyce Key and man sitting in backseat of car at San Francisco Blues Festival [162] 1991 Box 4 Troyce Key and Margaret Key sitting in park at Blues 'n Jazz at Dunsmuir Festival [163] 1991 Box 4 Troyce Key on stage at Blues 'n Jazz at Dunsmuir Festival [164] 1991 Box 4 Band performing on stage at Blues 'n Jazz at Dunsmuir Festival [165] 1991 Box 4 Three men smoking backstage at Blues 'n Jazz at Dunsmuir Festival [166] 1991 Box 4 Band performing on stage at Blues 'n Jazz at Dunsmuir Festival [167] 1991 Box 4 Troyce Key and band performing on stage at Blues 'n Jazz at Dunsmuir Festival [168] 1991 Box 4 Troyce Key and band performing on stage at Blues 'n Jazz at Dunsmuir Festival [169] 1991 Box 4 Man in red suit backstage at San Francisco Blues Festival [171] 1991 Box 4 Backstage at San Francisco Blues Festival [172] 1991 Box 4 Man standing next to parked car with passenger side door open [173] 1991 Box 4 Troyce Key standing on front porch [174] 1991 Box 4 J.J. Malone and Eddie Ray backstage [175] 1991 Box 4 Band members backstage at San Francisco Blues Festival [176] 1991 Box 4 Band members in front of house [177] 1991 Box 4 Drummer on stage at San Francisco Blues Festival [178] 1991 Box 4 Troyce Key getting out of car at Blues 'n Jazz at Dunsmuir Festival [179] 1991 Box 4 Troyce Key and man holding guitar at Blues 'n Jazz at Dunsmuir Festival [180] 1991 Box 4 Man holding guitar at Blues 'n Jazz at Dunsmuir Festival [181] 1991 Box 4 Man and woman getting out of car at Blues 'n Jazz at Dunsmuir Festival [182] 1991 Box 4 Troyce Key getting out of car at Blues 'n Jazz at Dunsmuir Festival [182] 1991 Box 4 Two men standing next to van at Blues 'n Jazz at Dunsmuir Festival [183] 1991 Box 4 Three men standing next to van at Blues 'n Jazz at Dunsmuir Festival [184] 1991 Box 4 Three men standing next to van at Blues 'n Jazz at Dunsmuir Festival [185] 1991 Box 4 Band performing on stage at Blues 'n Jazz at Dunsmuir Festival [186] 1991 Box 4 Backstage at San Francisco Blues Festival [187] 1991 Box 4 Man in red suit interviewed by news reporter at San Francisco Blues Festival [188] 1991 Box 4 Two men standing next to parked car [189] 1991 Box 4 Backstage at San Francisco Blues Festival [190] 1991 Box 4 Band performing on stage at San Francisco Blues Festival [191] 1991 Box 4 Man performing on stage at San Francisco Blues Festival [192] 1991 Box 4 Two men backstage at San Francisco Blues Festival [194] 1991 Box 4 Keyboardist performing on stage at San Francisco Blues Festival [195] 1991

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Box 4 Two band members standing in front of house [196] 1991 Box 4 Backstage at San Francisco Blues Festival [197] 1991 Box 4 Troyce Key and band members in car [198] 1991 Box 4 Band performing on stage at San Francisco Blues Festival [199] 1991 Box 4 Man standing on park bench [200] 1991 Box 4 Troyce Key standing next to park bench with guitar in black suit [201] 1991 Box 4 Troyce Key standing next to park bench with guitar in black suit [202] 1991 Box 4 Troyce Key playing guitar on staircase [203] 1991 Box 5 Troyce Key backstage at San Francisco Blues Festival [230] 1991 Box 5 Troyce Key backstage at San Francisco Blues Festival [231] 1991 Box OM 11 Troyce Key performing on stage with woman, caption: 'Steve's Show Little Rock, Arkansas 1958' [608] 1958 Television appearances Box 3:1 Troyce Key appearing on Steve's Show Little Rock, Arkansas [012] 1958 Box 3:2 Troyce Key appearing on Teenage Downbeat show Ft. Worth, Texas [016] 1958 Box 3:2 Troyce Key shaking hands with Buddy Dean Washington D.C. [017] 1958 Box 3:5 Troyce Key and Alan Freed shaking hands on the Alan Freed Show WNEW T.V. New York [047] circa 1950s Publicity stills Box 3:1 J.J. Malone publicity still [3 copies] [002] circa 1980s Box 3:1 Jessie Mae Hemphill publicity still [2 copies] [003] circa 1980s Box 3:3 Troyce Key publicity still [3 copies] [023] circa 1980s Box 3:3 Troyce Key Blues Band publicity still [4 copies] [024] circa 1980s Box 3:4 Troyce Key Blues Band publicity still [5 copies] [037] circa 1980s Box 3:4 Troyce Key and J.J. Malone publicity still [038] circa 1980s Box 3:4 Troyce Key publicity still [3 copies] [039] circa 1980s Box 4 Jimmy Witherspoon publicity still [082] undated Box 3:6 Troyce Key publicity still [127] 1988 Box OM21 Troyce Key portrait [609] circa 1960s Assorted Box 3:1 Troyce Key and Johnny Adams Memphis, Tennessee [001] 1989 Box 3:1 Troyce Key and Lowell Fulson in nightclub [004] circa 1980s Box 3:1 Troyce Key in leopard print jacket standing in record shop with unidentified woman, New Orleans, Louisiana [006] 1959 Box 3:1 Troyce Kay, Margaret Key, Tina Mayfield, and Lowell Fulson [008] circa 1980s Box 3:2 Troyce Key and John Lee Hooker at the Marin County Fair [018] 1981 Box 3:2 Earl "Good Rockin" Brown, Lowell Fulson, and Troyce Key Oakland, California [019] 1983 Box 3:2 Troyce Key and two unidentified men at recording session [020] 1958 Box 3:3 Ike Turner, Margaret Key, and Troyce Key [031] 1991 Box 3:3 Troyce Key, Cool Papa, and Poppa's wife Elis at the bar [033] 1983 Box 3:4 J.J. Malone and Troyce Key [044] 1983 Box 3:5 Portraits of Troyce Key, J.J. Malone, and Eddie Ray [81 photographs] [049] circa 1980s Box 6 Lou Rawls, Margaret Key, and Troyce Key [050] 1987 Box 6 Lowell Fulson, Albert King, Sadie Fulson, and Troyce Key [051] circa 1980s Box 6 Troyce Key and J.J. Malone [052] circa 1980s Box 6 Lou Rawls, Margaret Key, and Troyce Key [059A] 1987 Box 6 Junior Wells, Margaret Key, and Troyce Key [059B] 1987 Box 6 Troyce Key with guitar and dog [060] 1985 Box 6 Troyce Key, Ruth Brown, and Margaret Key at the W.C. Handy awards Memphis, Tennessee [061] 1989 Box 6 Troyce Key with guitar [063] 1985 Box 6 Troyce Key with guitar and dog [065] 1985 Box 6 Troyce Key portrait [069] circa 1980s Box 6 Troyce Key, J.J. Malone, Lowell Fulson, and three shirtless men standing on staircase [070] circa 1970s Box 4 Troyce Key and three men sitting on couch Hollywood, California [077] 1961

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Box 3:6 Portrait of Troyce and Margaret Key [088] 1992 Box 4 Troyce Key wearing leopard print jacket standing next to first electric guitar in living room Fresno, California [108] circa 1950s Box 4 Troyce Key, Tommy Lofgrens, and Bjorn Khonberg standing next to car [137] 1992 Box 4 Troyce Key sitting on park bench with guitar [139] circa 1990s Box 4 Troyce Key sitting on park bench with guitar [140] circa 1990s Box 4 Man sitting on park bench [141] circa 1990s Box 4 Troyce Key and man sitting next to amplifier [143] circa 1980s Box 4 Troyce Key and Lowell Fulson sitting on couch [146] circa 1990s Box 4 Troyce Key and Lowell Fulson [159] circa 1990s Box 4 Troyce Key, Margaret Key, and Junior Wells [193] 1987 Box 5 Troyce Key playing acoustic guitar on front steps [235] 1991 Box 5 Troyce Key, Tommy Lofgrens, and Bjorn Khonberg eating watermelon [241] 1992 Box 5 Troyce Key, Tommy Lofgrens, and Bjorn Khonberg eating watermelon [242] 1992 Box 5 Portrait of Troyce Key and Margaret Key [248] 1992 Box 5 Troyce Key holding a split watermelon [249] 1992 Box 5 Troyce Key playing acoustic guitar on front steps [269] 1991 Box 5 Troyce Key with acoustic guitar next to park bench [270] circa 1990s Box 5 Troyce Key with acoustic guitar next to park bench [271] circa 1990s Box 5 Troyce Key holding acoustic guitar on front steps [272] 1991 Box 5 Troyce Key sitting on front steps playing acoustic guitar [281] circa 1990s Box 5 Man sitting on park bench [283] circa 1990s Box 5 Troyce Key standing in street holding guitar [284] circa 1990s Box 5 Troyce Key and five men at Livermore Veterans Rehabilitation Center, reverse: 'C.A., T.K. J.J. Chris Charlie sittin' [289] 1990 Box 5 Four men at Livermore Veterans Rehabilitation Center [290] 1990 Box 5 Charlie [-] and young man at Livermore Veterans Rehabilitation Center [291] 1990 Box 5 Big Bob DeArnez [?] [292] 1990 Box 5 Beverley Stovall [293] 1990 Box 7 Troyce Key and man standing next to Jaguar XKE convertible in field [367] 1968 Box 7 Troyce Key lying on hood of Jaguar XKE convertible with guitar [368] 1968 Box 7 Troyce Key and three men in front of fence [370] 1968 Box 7 Troyce Key and three men in front of fence [371] 1968 Box 7 Man smiling in field [373] 1968 Box 7 Troyce Key standing in field [374] 1968 Box 7 Troyce Key and four men sitting on blue car [376] 1968 Box 7 Troyce Key and three men on rock ledge [380] 1968 Box 7 Troyce Key standing in front of rock ledge [381] 1968 Box 7 Troyce Key and three men on rock ledge [382] 1968 Box 7 Troyce Key and three men on rock ledge [383] 1968 Box 7 Troyce Key and three men standing in chaparral [384] 1968 Box 7 Troyce Key and three men with guitar standing in chaparral [385] 1968 Box 7 Troyce Key standing next to car holding book The Bible Speaks to You [386] 1968 Box 7 Man in hat and sunglasses sitting on the beach [387] 1968 Box 7 Louise Whithery and the Invaders on Tip Top Dance Club sign [396] 1968 Box 7 Four men mock hitting each other next to cars [431] 1969 Box 7 Troyce Key and two men standing next to car [432] 1969 Box 7 Troyce Key wearing tie standing in field [433] 1969 Box 7 Troyce Key wearing tie standing in field [434] 1970 Box 7 Troyce Key wearing tie standing in field holding guitar [435] 1970 Box 7 Troyce Key wearing tie standing in field playing guitar [436] 1970 Box 7 Troyce Key and two men [437] 1970 Box 7 Two men standing in doorway [438] 1970

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Box 7 Troyce Key and J.J. Malone in field [463] 1970 Box 7 Troyce Key and J.J. Malone standing next to tree [464] 1970 Box 7 J.J. Malone and woman on front porch [465] 1970 Box 7 J.J. Malone standing next to shed [466] 1970 Box 7 Troyce Key standing in field [467] 1970 Box 7 Troyce Key and dog on roadside [468] 1970 Box 7 Troyce Key and three men holding musical instruments [469] 1970 Box 7 Troyce Key and three men holding musical instruments [470] 1970 Box 7 Troyce Key and three men holding musical instruments [471] 1970 Box 7 Troyce Key standing on old crane [472] 1970 Box 7 Troyce Key and three men standing on old crane [473] 1970 Box 7 Troyce Key and three men standing on old crane [474] 1970 Box 7 Troyce Key, three men holding musical instruments, and dog crouching next to parked car [475] 1970 Box 7 Troyce Key standing on tree stump [476] 1970 Box 7 Troyce Key standing on tree stump [477] 1970 Box 7 Four men and women standing on gravel road in citrus grove [494] 1971 Box 7 Troyce Key waving hands standing on gravel road in citrus grove [495] 1971 Box 7 Troyce Key holding guitar in field waving [498] 1971 Box 7 Man wearing Shultz malt liquor hat sitting in passenger seat of car [575] 1976 Box 4 Troyce Key and Lowell Fulson sitting on couch [142] circa 1990s Key family photographs Box 3:1 Margaret Key in kitchen [013] 1984 Box 3:3 Soccer portrait of boy [026] circa 1980s Box 3:3 Christmas portrait of boy and girl [028] circa 1980s Box 3:3 Portrait of boy and two girls [029] circa 1980s Box 3:3 Christmas portrait of boy and girl [030] circa 1980s Box 3:3 Portrait of girl [035] circa 1980s Box 3:4 Portrait of girl [040] circa 1980s Box 3:4 Colorized portrait of Verdell and Lula May Key [041] circa 1930s Box 3:4 Portrait of boy [042] circa 1980s Box 3:5 Lula May Key and Troyce Key sitting on wood pile [046] circa 1940s Box 6 Troyce Key kissing Margaret Key at wedding ceremony [056] 1985 Box 6 Troyce and Margaret Key wedding ceremony [058] 1985 Box 6 Margaret Key in wedding dress [071] 1985 Box 6 Troyce and Margaret Key wedding ceremony [072] 1985 Box 4 Verdell Key and unidentified man next to potato truck on Shafter Farms [073] circa 1944 Box 4 Group of children in front of schoolhouse [074/075] circa 1930s Box 4 Troyce Key standing next to car parked in driveway [076] circa 1950s Box 4 Class photograph, Lerdo School District [079] 1944 Box 4 Group of young men in wooden area [080] circa 1950s Box 4 Scandanavian School 3rd grade class photograph Fresno, California [081] 1946 Box 4 Portrait of Troyce Key and brother [083] circa 1940s Box 4 Verdell and Lula May Key standing on dock on the Tensas River [084] circa 1930s Box 4 Key family in yard [085] circa 1940s Box 3:6 Class photograph [086] 1951 Box 3:6 Colorized portrait of Troyce Key [087] circa 1950s Box 4 Portrait of Troyce Key [090] circa 1940s Box 4 Portrait of Lula May Key [?] [091] circa 1960s Box 4 Verdell Key standing next to barbed wire fence [092] circa 1930s Box 3:6 8th Grade students seated at desks in classroom, McKinley School [093] 1951 Box 4 Verdell Key standing next to barbed wire fence [095] circa 1930s Box 3:6 Class photograph, Franklin School [096] 1948 Box 4 Portrait of Troyce Key [097] circa 1943 Box 4 Troyce Key sitting on hood of car, vineyard in the background [098] 1939 Box 4 Portrait of Troyce Key [099] circa 1950s Box 4 Speedboat in driveway [100] circa 1950s

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Box 4 Verdell Key holding a guitar next to Lula May Key [101] circa 1930s Box 4 Man and woman standing in front of Wawona tree [102] circa 1950s Box 4 Lula May Key and Troyce Key sitting on wood pile [103] circa 1940s Box 4 Key family, pictured (left-right): Hilda, Walter Parker, Verdell Key, Dick Hickman, Kenny Key, Troyce Key, Lula May Key, Myrtle Hickman [104] 1942 Box 4 Two girls in Halloween costumes [105] circa 1940s Box 4 Children in yard, reverse: '5th grade - 1948 Fairview Ave. Projects Tikey standing next to Vonie & sisters and Kenny' [106] 1948 Box 4 Grandma Parker standing next to tree in yard [107] 1951 Box 4 Verdell Key and Claude Scales pointing revolvers at each other [109] circa 1930s Box 4 Key family standing in yard [110] circa 1940s Box 4 Portrait of Grandma Parker [111] circa 1930s Box 4 Verdell Key playing to group assembled in living room, Fresno, California [112] circa 1946 Box 4 Boy at beach putting hand over building in background [113] circa 1960s Box 4 Troyce Key sitting on bicycle [114] circa 1950s Box 4 Portrait of Troyce Key [115] circa 1940s Box 4 Portrait of Troyce Key [116] circa 1940s Box 4 Portrait of Troyce Key [117] 1938 Box 4 Four children in yard [119] circa 1940s Box 4 Troyce Key standing next to parked car Fresno, California [120] 1958 Box 4 Verdell Key, Kenny Key, and Troyce Key in field [121] circa 1940s Box 4 Troyce Key in park [122] circa 1940s Box 4 Grandpa Hickman [123] circa 1930s Box 4 Verdell Key and Troyce Key in Kearney Park Fresno, California [124] circa 1940s Box 4 Troyce Key graduation portrait [125] 1955 Box 4 Margaret Key reading a magazine [153] circa 1990s Box 5 Troyce Key and Margaret Key prior to boarding the Royal Caribbean Viking Serenade [233] 1992 Box 5 Verdell and Lula May Key [?] [234] circa 1990s Box 5 Portrait of Troyce Key [reproduction][244] 1992 Box 5 Troyce Key and Margaret Key [245] 1992 Box 5 Troyce Key and Margaret Key [246] 1992 Box 5 Portrait of baby girl [282] circa 1980s Box 5 Portrait of young woman [285] 1989 Box 5 Man in military uniform standing on river dock, reverse: 'Meridian, Mississippi' [296] circa 1920s Box 7 Boy wearing a red shirt [297] 1967 Box 7 Boy wearing a red shirt [298] 1967 Box 7 Man sitting at dining room table smoking a cigar [299] 1967 Box 7 Boy in red shirt looking into mirror [300] 1967 Box 7 Boy in red shirt looking into mirror [301] 1967 Box 7 Boy in red shirt looking into mirror [302] 1967 Box 7 Man sitting at dining room table [303] 1967 Box 7 Boy smiling at camera [304] 1967 Box 7 Man in suit in front of house [305] 1967 Box 7 Man in suit in front of house eating potato chips [306] 1967 Box 7 Man standing next to picnic table with ski slope in the background [307] 1967 Box 7 Boy and girl standing next to table [308] 1967 Box 7 Boy wearing tie and jacket [309] 1967 Box 7 Five children sitting on red car hood [310] 1967 Box 7 Five children sitting on red car hood [311] 1967 Box 7 Girl standing next to dog [312] 1967 Box 7 Three children and man on hillside [313] 1967 Box 7 Three children standing on hillside [314] 1967 Box 7 Man and boy taking bath [317] 1967 Box 7 Man sitting in bathtub [318] 1967 Box 7 Girl sitting on lawn [320] 1967

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Box 7 Girl standing in doorway [321] 1967 Box 7 Girl in plaid dress [329] 1967 Box 7 Boy riding toy horse [334] 1967 Box 7 Troyce Key in tuxedo pointing to ladies room sign [338] 1967 Box 7 Verdell Key and Lula Mae Key [?] [339] 1967 Box 7 Boy and girl standing next to outdoor fountain [340] 1967 Box 7 Tethered balloons in the sky [341] 1967 Box 7 Three children smiling [346] 1967 Box 7 Boy standing next to plant [349] 1967 Box 7 Two boys and girl standing in front of store front [351] 1967 Box 7 Boy and girl playing on playground [352] 1967 Box 7 Girl in plaid dress posing in front of marble wall [353] 1967 Box 7 Two boys standing next to marble wall [353] 1967 Box 7 Man leaning on lamp post in front of store front [354] 1967 Box 7 Boy holding onto tree branch [356] 1967 Box 7 Girl holding onto tree branch [357] 1967 Box 7 Girl playing on playground [358] 1967 Box 7 Girl smiling at camera [359] 1967 Box 7 Boy holding onto tree branch [360] 1967 Box 7 Boy in profile [361] 1967 Box 7 Boy looking at camera [362] 1967 Box 7 Sailboat on water at sunset [363] 1967 Box 7 Four boys in front of chain link fence [364] 1967 Box 7 Two boys in front of chain link fence [365] 1967 Box 7 Girl eating with spoon [366] 1967 Box 7 Boy and girl playing drums and guitar [369] 1968 Box 7 Boy playing guitar [372] 1968 Box 7 Boy lying in grass [375] 1968 Box 7 Girl lying in grass holding a hat [377] 1968 Box 7 Boy climbing a tree [378] 1968 Box 7 Boy and girl in field holding metal rod and stick [379] 1968 Box 7 Woman lying on blanket on lawn holding baby [392] 1968 Box 7 Boy riding a pony [393] 1968 Box 7 Two men and boy in front of apartment complex [394] 1968 Box 7 Man and boy standing next to chain link fence [397] 1968 Box 7 Boy running on beach [398] 1968 Box 7 Boy and girl running on the beach [399] 1968 Box 7 Boy walking on the beach [400] 1968 Box 7 Girl playing in surf at the beach [401] 1968 Box 7 Boy playing in surf at the beach [402] 1968 Box 7 Boy eating a cupcake [403] 1968 Box 7 Boy smiling at camera [406] 1968 Box 7 Girl in paisley dress and pink leggings standing in front of wall [407] 1968 Box 7 Boy and girl standing in subway entrance [408] 1968 Box 7 Boy and girl standing in subway entrance [409] 1968 Box 7 Boy and girl standing in subway entrance [410] 1968 Box 7 Boy and girl sitting at table [411] 1968 Box 7 Two girls sitting next to house [412] 1968 Box 7 Troyce Key sitting on trash cans playing guitar [413] 1968 Box 7 Troyce Key sitting on trash cans holding guitar [414] 1968 Box 7 Troyce Key wearing beads standing in front of wall [415] 1968 Box 7 Wooden area [416] 1969 Box 7 House with Christmas wreath on front door [417] 1969 Box 7 Troyce Key [418] 1969 Box 7 Troyce Key sitting next to bougainvillea bush [419] 1969 Box 7 Troyce Key sitting on bench in the woods [422] 1969 Box 7 Two girls and boy running in the street [424] 1969 Box 7 Boy running in the street [425] 1969

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Box 7 Girl in plaid dress resting arm on tree branch [426] 1969 Box 7 Boy in plaid shirt sitting on tree trunk [427] 1969 Box 7 Troyce Key and boy and girl sitting on tree trunk [428] 1969 Box 7 Girl in white dress standing next to pony [429] 1969 Box 7 Man leaning against car giving peace sign [430] 1969 Box 7 Dented frontend of Jaguar XKE convertible [439] 1970 Box 7 Troyce Key, Verdell Key, and Lula Mae Key walking in park [440] 1970 Box 7 Troyce Key sitting in chair with folded arms [441] 1970 Box 7 Girl sitting in car [442] 1970 Box 7 Troyce Key, woman, and two children sitting next to My Mother Candle trailer [443] 1970 Box 7 Family standing in front yard [444] 1970 Box 7 Woman in black dress standing next to man with arm on shoulder [445] 1970 Box 7 Man and woman sitting in car giving peace sign [446] 1970 Box 7 Verdell Key [?] cutting brush with shears [447] 1970 Box 7 Boy standing next to car [448] 1970 Box 7 Verdell Key, Lula Mae Key, Troyce Key, boy, and girl standing next to car [449] 1970 Box 7 Troyce Key and boy [450] 1970 Box 7 Boy, girl, and Troyce Key in front of tree [451] 1970 Box 7 Boy, girl, and Troyce Key standing next to tree [452] 1970 Box 7 Troyce Key hugging Lula May Key [?][453] 1970 Box 7 Verdell Key [?] in the garden [454] 1970 Box 7 Troyce Key standing next to shed [457] 1970 Box 7 Troyce Key next to ivy-covered wall [458] 1970 Box 7 Troyce Key kneeling next to fence on roadside [460] 1970 Box 7 Troyce Key holding onto bar on semi truck [461] 1970 Box 7 Puppy in the weeds [462] 1970 Box 7 Headshot of Doberman pincher [482] 1970 Box 7 Six children sitting at table [484] 1970 Box 7 Two boys with arms around each other [485] 1970 Box 7 Boy looking at camera [486] 1970 Box 7 Troyce Key and boy [487] 1970 Box 7 Troyce Key and Doberman pincher [488] 1970 Box 7 Man on walkway looking back at camera [489] 1970 Box 7 Man standing next to parked car [490] 1970 Box 7 Troyce Key sitting on truck of green car [491] 1970 Box 7 Boy in profile [492] 1971 Box 7 Doberman pincher in field [502] 1972 Box 7 Troyce Key and Doberman pincher standing next to tree [507] 1972 Box 7 Troyce Key and Doberman pincher sitting on front porch of farm house [508] 1972 Box 7 Troyce Key standing on dining table shirtless [509] 1972 Box 7 Troyce Key standing on dining table shirtless [510] 1972 Box 7 Young woman in a brown dress [521] 1972 Box 7 Boy and girl [522] 1972 Box 7 Girl in red striped shirt and sunglasses on lake [523] 1972 Box 7 Boy by lake looking back at camera [524] 1972 Box 7 Troyce Key and man sitting on couch in living room [525] 1972 Box 7 Troyce Key and man sitting on couch in living room [526] 1972 Box 7 Troyce Key wearing hat with feather sitting in chair [527]] 1972 Box 7 Troyce Key sticking tongue out [528] 1972 Box 7 Troyce Key and two men sitting on couch [529] 1973 Box 7 Troyce Key and Doberman pincher standing in field next to convertible Alfa Romeo Milano [530] 1973 Box 7 Troyce Key in field of flowers [531] 1973 Box 7 Convertible Alfa Romeo Milano in field [532] 1973 Box 7 Troyce Key sitting in back seat of convertible Alfa Romeo Milano parked in field [533] 1973

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Box 7 Troyce Key standing in orchard with arms spread [534] 1973 Box 7 Troyce Key standing in living room with arms out [535] 1975 Box 7 Boy holding camera with towel around neck [537] 1975 Box 7 Troyce Key and two boys at the beach flexing biceps [538] 1975 Box 7 Young woman running in the surf at the beach [539] 1975 Box 7 Young woman and two boys playing in the sand at the beach [540] 1975 Box 7 Young woman looking at camera [541] 1975 Box 7 Young woman in tube top [542] 1975 Box 7 Young woman in tube top [543] 1975 Box 7 Young woman wearing sunglasses [544] 1975 Box 7 Young woman wearing sunglasses [545] 1975 Box 7 Boy eating ice cream cone [546] 1975 Box 7 Young woman looking at camera [548] 1975 Box 7 Troyce Key holding a flower smoking [549] 1975 Box 7 Troyce Key holding a flower smoking [550] 1975 Box 7 Troyce Key shirtless wearing a hat [551] 1975 Box 7 Troyce Key shirtless wearing a hat opening camper door [552] 1975 Box 7 Young women wearing hoop earrings Dodge logo in the background [553] 1975 Box 7 Troyce Key standing next to fence with flower behind ear [554] 1975 Box 7 Young women eating a tomato [555] 1975 Box 7 Troyce Key sitting on rocks on shoreline [556] 1975 Box 7 Troyce Key sitting on rocks on shoreline [557] 1975 Box 7 Troyce Key lying on rocks on shoreline [558] 1975 Box 7 Troyce Key lying on rocks on shoreline [559] 1975 Box 7 Troyce Key sitting on rocks on shoreline [560] 1975 Box 7 Troyce Key sitting on rocks on shoreline [561] 1975 Box 7 Young woman sitting against wall [562] 1975 Box 7 Young woman sitting against wall [563] 1975 Box 7 Young woman sitting against wall [564] 1975 Box 7 Young woman sitting against wall [565] 1975 Box 7 Young woman and two boys wearing hats sitting next to wall [566] 1975 Box 7 Young woman and two boys wearing hats sitting next to wall [567] 1975 Box 7 Woman and boy sitting at table [568] 1975 Box 7 Two young women in bell bottoms standing in park [569] 1975 Box 7 Group photograph in the park [570] 1975 Box 7 Group photograph in the park [571] 1975 Box 7 Troyce Key in nylon shirt [572] 1976 Box 7 Troyce Key in nylon shirt [573] 1976 Box 7 Troyce Key standing next to tree on shoreline [574] 1976 Box 7 Boy wearing yellow shirt and newsboy hat [581] 1977 Box 7 Troyce Key smiling shirtless [582] 1977 Box 7 Man and two boys [587] 1977 Box 7 Two boys in living room [589] 1977 Box 7 Exterior of house [590] circa 1970s Box 7 Troyce Key in jean jacket [591] circa 1970s Box 7 Blond-haired boy [592] circa 1970s Box 7 Girl wearing red jacket [593] circa 1970s Box 7 Boy standing next to Doberman pincher next to pool [594] circa 1970s Box 7 Boy holding a bag [595] circa 1970s Box 7 Boy holding a bag [598] circa 1970s Box 7 Boy looking up [599] circa 1970s Box 7 Doberman pincher in field [600] circa 1970s Box 7 Snow on roof of house [601] circa 1970s Box 7 Troyce Key, boy and two Doberman pinchers next to farm shed [602] circa 1970s Box 7 Boy and girl sitting on lawn beneath umbrella [603] circa 1970s Box 7 Blond-haired boy [604] circa 1970s Box 7 Boy sitting on steps [606] circa 1970s Troyce Key funeral service

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Box 4 Mourners at Troyce Key memorial service [148] 1992 Box 4 Pallbearers carrying casket at Troyce Key memorial service [149] 1992 Box 4 Mourners at Troyce Key memorial service [150] 1992 Box 4 Margaret Key at Troyce Key memorial service [151] 1992 Box 4 Margaret Key at Troyce Key memorial service [152] 1992 Box 4 Mourners at Troyce Key memorial service [158] 1992 Box 4 Mourners at Troyce Key memorial service [160] circa 1990s Box 4 Margaret Key sitting in pew at Troyce Key memorial service [204] 1992 Box 5 Pallbearers carrying casket at Troyce Key memorial service [205] 1992 Box 5 Mourners at Troyce Key memorial service [206] 1992 Box 5 Mourners sitting in pews at Troyce Key memorial service [209] 1992 Box 5 Mourners sitting in pews at Troyce Key memorial service [210] 1992 Box 5 Mourners at gravesite at Troyce Key memorial service [214] 1992 Box 5 Funeral motorcade at Troyce Key memorial service [216] 1992 Box 5 Funeral motorcade at Troyce Key memorial service [224] 1992 Box 5 Funeral motorcade at Troyce Key memorial service [226] 1992 Box 5 Funeral motorcade at Troyce Key memorial service [227] 1992 Box 5 Funeral motorcade at Troyce Key memorial service [228] 1992 Box 5 Funeral motorcade at Troyce Key memorial service [255] 1992 Box 5 Funeral motorcade at Troyce Key memorial service [258] 1992 Box 5 Funeral motorcade at Troyce Key memorial service [259] 1992 Assorted Box 3:1 Troyce Key with man and woman [010] circa 1980s Box 3:2 Troyce Key and Lowell Fulson sitting on couch [015] 1992 Box 3:3 Troyce Key and two unidentified men [027] circa 1980s Box 3:3 Margaret Key and Troyce Key dressed as Bonnie and Clyde for halloween [034] circa 1980s Box 3:4 Troyce Key performing in fake glasses and mustache [036] circa 1980s Box 4 Man standing on front porch [078] circa 1950s Box 4 Troyce Key standing in field [089] circa 1970s Box 4 Smoke cloud from fire, caption: 'Fire picture of a hundred faces. Could these serious and hedious [sic] faces in the death well flames something which is beyond human understanding three men were burned to death - Jack Nolan' [094] undated Box 4 Troyce Key and two men standing next to car parked on shoulder [126] circa 1950s Box 4 Troyce Key standing next to man holding briefcase [132] circa 1990s Box 4 Two women sitting on chair [135] circa 1990s Box 4 Troyce Key leaning against car [138] 1992 Box 4 Two men carrying suitcases [161] 1991 Box 5 Man and women smiling [213] circa 1990s Box 5 Three men in suits [217] circa 1990s Box 5 Two women, girl, and man sitting at dining table [219] circa 1990s Box 5 Two women, girl, and man sitting at dining table [221] circa 1990s Box 5 Man sitting next to Mo' better blues poster [222] circa 1990s Box 5 Three men in suits [225] circa 1990s Box 5 Troyce Key and four friends drinking [232] circa 1980s Box 5 Troyce Key standing on patio at Lake Tahoe [236] 1991 Box 5 Troyce Key wearing hat and sunglasses smiling at camera [243] 1992 Box 5 Two men in suits [256] circa 1990s Box 5 Man in tuxedo [260] circa 1990s Box 5 Two unidentified women [263] circa 1990s Box 5 Man in tuxedo [267] circa 1990s Box 5 Troyce Key standing on patio at Lake Tahoe [273 A/B] 1991 Box 5 Harolds Club Silver Dollar 1949 Buick woody wagon postcard [274] undated Box 5 Harolds Club gun collection postcard [275] undated Box 5 Reno arch postcard [276] undated Box 5 Woman wearing a black hat [279] circa 1980s

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Box 7 Declaration of independence collage on pole [315] 1967 Box 7 Guitar oil painting [316] 1967 Box 7 Man smiling in front of building [319] 1967 Box 7 Man standing in front of building [322] 1967 Box 7 Man with goatee standing next to building [323] 1967 Box 7 Man standing next to red car with arms crossed [324] 1967 Box 7 Man and woman standing in front of building [325] 1967 Box 7 Four men and women standing in front of building [326] 1967 Box 7 Man standing in front of building [327] 1967 Box 7 Man standing in front of building [328] 1967 Box 7 Man standing next to brick building [330] 1967 Box 7 Man standing next to brick building [331] 1967 Box 7 Man standing next to brick building [332] 1967 Box 7 Man standing next to car in front of brick building [333] 1967 Box 7 Man in white shirt standing in front of building [335] 1967 Box 7 Man in suit and tie standing next to building [336] 1967 Box 7 Man in suit and tie standing next to building [337] 1967 Box 7 Two shoeshine boys holding a red balloon sitting on park bench in front of Security First National Bank [355] 1967 Box 7 Two men standing on porch [388] 1968 Box 7 Pay telephone surround by blue and green light [389] 1968 Box 7 Jaguar XKE convertible parked in driveway [390] 1968 Box 7 Man smoking pipe on porch [391] 1968 Box 7 Two unidentified men [395] 1968 Box 7 Two men lifting up woman [404] 1968 Box 7 Man holding case standing next to car trunk [405] 1968 Box 7 Troyce Key and man smoking [420] 1969 Box 7 Troyce Key standing in woods [421] 1969 Box 7 Man kneeling in front of building [423] 1969 Box 7 Man and woman [455] 1970 Box 7 Troyce Key and man next to white car [456] 1970 Box 7 Lily pond [459] 1970 Box 7 American flag in the shape of a peace sign in field [478] 1970 Box 7 Two men standing in front of store front with 10th Street [-] sign [480] 1970 Box 7 Blurred city lights [481] 1970 Box 7 Man getting into car flashing a peace sign [483] 1970 Box 7 Man, woman, and two children sitting next to building [496] 1971 Box 7 Green house parked in front of farm house [497] 1971 Box 7 Man, woman, and three children sitting in yard [499] 1971 Box 7 Unidentified man wearing orange vest [500] 1971 Box 7 Man in tie-dyed shirt and man in orange vest smiling [501] 1971 Box 7 Man and woman lying on floor head-to-head [503] 1972 Box 7 Troyce Key squatting next to wood fence [504] 1972 Box 7 Farm house [505] 1972 Box 7 Man and woman holding a baby [506] 1972 Box 7 Man and woman standing next to water fountain [511] 1972 Box 7 Troyce Key and man leaning out of window [512] 1972 Box 7 Troyce Key, man, and woman sitting on car [513] 1972 Box 7 Three men drinking from mugs standing next to wood shed [514] 1972 Box 7 Troyce Key and man feeding a horse [515] 1972 Box 7 Troyce Key and two men leaning out of window of shed [516] 1972 Box 7 Troyce Key and man sitting on shed [517] 1972 Box 7 Troyce Key and two men sitting on shed [518] 1972 Box 7 Troyce Key and two men talking next to flowing plant [519] 1972 Box 7 Troyce Key and two men drinking from mugs standing next to wood shed [520] 1972 Box 7 Greyhound bus logo [536] 1975 Box 7 Man in brown jacket [547] 1975

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Box 7 Man wearing brown leather jacket [584] 1977 Box 7 Unidentified man [586] 1977 Box 7 Man in stripped shirt and goatee [588] 1977 Box 7 Five unidentified men [596] circa 1970s Box 7 Man standing shirtless on walkway [597] circa 1970s Box 7 Man standing in front of house [605] circa 1970s VHS tapes Physical Description: 26 videotapes Series Scope and Content Summary Includes 26 vhs and beta tapes, 9 cassette tapes, and 11 Hi8 video cassettes of performance by J.J. Malone, Buddy Ace, and Troyce Key at Eli's Mile High Club. Arrangement Arranged by chronologically.

Box 9 Eli's Mile High Club 10th anniversary party circa 1984 Box 10 GTE Sprint Chi: Day I FV/TK 1985-08-06 Box 9 Sonny Rhodes 1985-12-18 Box 9 House party with band, Christmas eve / Sonny Rhodes, J.J. Malone, Eddie Ray, C. Deadman / Christmas Day at Connie's 1985-12-24 Box 9 Maurice McKinnies' story of the Oakland blues / Sonny Rhodes, Troyce Key, J.J. Malone, San Francisco Blues Festival 1985 Box 9 Buddy Ace and Carla Thomas at Eli's Mile High Club 1986-10-06 Box 11 J.J. Malone studio 1988-09-11 Box 10 Jazz festival New Orleans, Louisiana 1988 Box 11 Troyce Key interview with Rick Garcia, Oakland, California 1988 Box 11 Troyce Key Big Blues Band, Eli's Mile High Club 1990-02-19 Box 10 Channel 2 Joan Lourey at Eli's Mile High Club 1991-01-24 Box 9 Troyce Key Big Blues Band and Eddie Ray at Eli's Mile High Club 1991-03 Box 11 Troyce Key Big Blues Band and Leonard Robinson 1991-06-21 Box 11 Troyce Key Big Blues Band and Diane Swann 1991-06-22 Box 11 5th Amendment / Christmas at house / J.J. Malone’s house / Eli's Mile High Club 1991-12-25 Box 11 Christmas, Fresno, California 1991 Box 9 Jimmy McCracklin, Eli's Mile High Club 1991 Box 11 New Year’s Eve at Eli's Mile High Club 1991 Box 9 Waterfront blues festival 1991 Box 11 Woopie Ted, Orinda, California / Will, San Francisco, California 1992-04-16 Box 11 Troyce Key Big Blues Band, Eli's Mile High Club 1992-04-18 Box 11 Troyce Key Big Blues Band and Eddie Ray 1992-04-18 Box 11 Omni blues salute 1992-05-04 Box 11 J.J. Malone, Eli's Mile High Club 1992-05-06 Box 11 Troyce Key Big Blues Band with Diane Swann at Eli's Mile High Club 1992-05-09 Box 11 Troyce Key Big Blues Band 1992-05-15 Box 11 Terraplanes and Paulette Davis at Eli's Mile High Club 1992-05-16 Box 11 B. Stovall at Eli's Mile High Club 1992-06-05 Box 11 Cruise 1992 Box 9 Buddy Ace Chazz Band, Bay Area Blues undated Box 10 Clarence Sims undated Box 9 Dunsmuir undated Box 10 Little Frankie Lee, Sleeping Lady Fairfax, California undated Box 9 Nothin' but the blues undated Box 9 Sonny Rhodes and Eddie Ray undated Box 9 Troyce Key undated Box 11 Troyce Key Big Blues Band and Barbara Gainer at Eli's Mile High Club undated Box 11 Troyce Key promo undated Box 10 Troyce Key, "Works in progress," San Francisco State undated Box 10 Unlabeled undated

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Box 10 Unlabeled undated Box 10 Unlabeled undated Box 10 Unlabeled undated Box 10 Unlabeled undated Box 10 Unlabeled undated Box 10 Unlabeled undated Assorted Physical Description: 6 folders Series Scope and Content Summary Includes assorted blues publications, flyers, and albums, financial and business records documenting Key's funeral service, and a birthday poster signed by friends and family of Margaret Key. Arrangement Arranged by format.

Box 2:10 Funeral records 1992 Box 2:11 Postcards 1958 Box 2:11 Blues [?] undated Box OM11 Happy birthday Margaret poster 1988 Box 6 Newspaper clippings 1958-1981 Box 6 Telegrams 1958-1959 Albums Box 6 Bobi Jackson, Alligator Woman 1992 Box 6 The Scratchin Dogs Blues undated Box 6 The Stingers, Sam Old Blues 1992 Box 6 Troyce Key and J.J. Malone, "You’re a good lookin woman" / "I gotta a new car (I was framed)" undated Box OM11 Troyce Key, J.J. Malone, and the Rhythm Rockers, Younger than yesterday 1982 Publications Box 2:12 Bay Blues April 1989 Box 2:12 East Bay Times, vol. 2 no. 1 1985 Box 2:12 Blues & Rhythm no. 57 1990 Box 2:12 Living Blues no. 65/no.83 1985-1988 Box 2:13 Songs for Emma, vol. 1 1997 Box 2:13 Program of the Alameda County Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 23rd annual banquet [2 copies] 1991 Box 2:13 San Francisco Blues Festival and Paris Blues Festival flyers 1980 and undated

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