University of Missouri-Kansas City Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Department of Special Collections NOT TO BE USED FOR PUBLICATION TABLE OF CONTENTS Biographical Sketch …………………………………………………………………… 2 Scope & Content …………………………………………………………………… 3 Series Notes …………………………………………………………………………… 4 Container List: Series I: Preliminary/Background Information …………………………… 5 Series II: Interview Notes and Transcripts …………………………………… 5 Series III: Correspondence …………………………………………………… 5 Series IV: Research Documents …………………………………………… 5 Series V: Logistics …………………………………………………………… 6 Series VI: Photos/Photocopies …………………………………………… 6 Series VII: Books ………………………………………………………….… 8 MS312-Judy Chaikin Collection 1 University of Missouri-Kansas City Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Department of Special Collections NOT TO BE USED FOR PUBLICATION BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH An award-winning film writer, director and producer, Judy Chaikin came of age artistically in Los Angeles. As a youth, she studied dance and played trumpet in her junior high school band. After suffering from harassment by boys in the band, she put down her trumpet. After a brief stint as a chorus girl in Las Vegas, she returned to Los Angeles where she launched her career as an actor performing for television, films, theater and several improvisation companies. Chaikin soon discovered that she preferred to be behind the camera. In 1970, Chaikin directed her first play, Womanspeak, featuring Jane Fonda. Her work as Second Unit Director on her first feature film, I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, led to an invitation to attend the American Film Institute’s Directing Workshop for Women. In 1988, Chaikin was nominated for an Emmy for her PBS documentary Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist. In 2004, she received another Emmy nomination for Building on a Dream: The NoHo Art Project. Her short film Cotillion ’65 won numerous awards at several film festivals, including Best Short and Best Comedy. In 2011, Chaikin released The Girls in the Band, a documentary film about the untold stories of women instrumentalists in jazz groups and big bands from the 1930s to 2000s. This film has won several awards, including Best Documentary at the High Falls and Omaha Film festivals, and Best Film at the Victoria (Canada) Independent Film & Video Festival. Chaikin served as writer, director, and producer for The Girls in the Band. Biography by Chuck Haddix, Marr Sound Archives; edited by Derek Long, Marr Sound Archives MS312-Judy Chaikin Collection 2 University of Missouri-Kansas City Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Department of Special Collections NOT TO BE USED FOR PUBLICATION SCOPE AND CONTENT The Judy Chaikin Collection was gifted to the UMKC University Libraries by Chaikin in October 2017. The collection contains materials related to the creation and production of Chaikin’s 2011 documentary film The Girls in the Band. The film tells the story of female jazz musicians, from the genre’s inception to contemporary times, detailing prominent figures and the struggles they faced competing in a male-dominated world. Among the collection, there are biographical notes on musicians, interview transcripts, correspondence, general research information, newspaper and periodical clippings, logistical information, photographs, and books. The materials cover a wide array of topics and, in some cases, a time span of over sixty years (newspaper clippings, for example). As Chaikin is an established filmmaker, and this documentary has been well-received, this collection is a useful resource in the planning, preparation, research, correspondence, and logistics involved in creating a successful independent documentary film. MS312-Judy Chaikin Collection 3 University of Missouri-Kansas City Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Department of Special Collections NOT TO BE USED FOR PUBLICATION SERIES NOTES Series I: Preliminary/Background Information Series I contains preliminary notes on the project, including lists of female jazz musicians and biographies. Material is located in box 1, folders 1-5. Series II: Interview Notes and Transcripts Series II contains interview notes and interview transcripts. Material is located in box 1, folders 6-8, and boxes 2 and 3. Series III: Correspondence Series III is comprised of correspondence, from 2004-2013, with a few undated items. Material is located in box 4. Series IV: Research Documents Series IV contains the bulk of the collection’s research materials. There are handwritten notes; information from archives; descriptions and metadata of archival items; printouts from websites; newspaper clippings; and periodical clippings, among other things. Material is located in boxes 5, 6 and 7. Series V: Logistics Series V is comprised of logistical information, including budgeting documents; licensing agreements, requests, and releases; IRS correspondence; fees, invoices, and payments; and travel documents, calendars, and itineraries. Material is located in box 8. Series VI: Photos/Photocopies Series VI contains photographs and photocopies of musicians as well as various areas of cultural importance (e.g. segregation, the military, FDR). Material is located in box 9. Series VII: Books Series VII is comprised of books pertaining to female jazz musicians. These books have been added to LaBudde Special Collections’ rare book collection and can be searched for in the library catalog. MS312-Judy Chaikin Collection 4 University of Missouri-Kansas City Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Department of Special Collections NOT TO BE USED FOR PUBLICATION Box Folder Description CONTAINER LIST SERIES I: PRELIMINARY/BACKGROUND INFORMATION Box Folder Description 1 1 Names of female jazz musicians 2 Preliminary info and reference sheets 3 Presentation material 4 Bios 5 Flash cards SERIES II: INTERVIEW NOTES AND TRANSCRIPTS Box Folder Description 1 6 Interview notes 7 Geneva Town Shoot 8 Transcripts: Diva Band 2 1 Transcripts: Classroom w/kids; Hollywood Blvd.; Kennedy Center; Maiden Voyage; NPR’s Women in Jazz 2 Transcripts: Gerri Allen; Cheryl Bailey; Jane Ira Bloom; Clora Bryant 3 Transcripts: Jessie Buster; Kim Clarke; Anat Cohen 4 Transcripts: Carol Comer; Comer & Diane Gregg; Comer & Females 1 & 2; Roz Cron 3 1 Transcripts: Sylvia Cuenca; Peggy Gilbert; Paula Hampton; Herbie Hancock; Bertha Hope; Ingrid Jenson; Jennifer Leitham 2 Transcripts: Sherrie Maricle; Stanley and Sherrie Maricle; Kit McClure; Marian McPartland; James Briggs Murray 3 Transcripts: Peter O’Brien; Ann Patterson; Carline Ray; Maria Schneider; Viola Smith; Esperanza Spalding; Sumi Tanoka; Billy Taylor; Jerri Thill; Nedra Wheeler 4 Transcripts: Willie Mae Wong; Helen Woods SERIES III: CORRESPONDENCE Box Folder Description 4 1 Correspondence: No date; 2004-2005 2 Correspondence: 2006-2008 3 Correspondence: 2009 4 Correspondence: 2010 5 Correspondence: 11/2012-05/2013 6 Correspondence: 06/2013-12/2013 SERIES IV: RESEARCH DOCUMENTS Box Folder Description 5 1 Handwritten notes MS312-Judy Chaikin Collection 5 University of Missouri-Kansas City Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Department of Special Collections NOT TO BE USED FOR PUBLICATION Box Folder Description 5 2 General archive/research info: archive forms and info, research logs and lists 3 Research item descriptions 4 Image/footage metadata 5 Website printouts 6 Web searches 6 1 Newspaper clippings and facsimiles: clippings; facsimiles (1935-1956); facsimiles (1960-1988); facsimiles (1995-2013); facsimiles (unknown dates) 2 Misc. Periodicals, magazines: clippings; facsimiles (ca. 1935-1945); facsimiles (ca. 1973-2008) 3 Downbeat facsimiles 4 Metronome facsimiles 5 Journal articles/book chapters 6 Misc. Documents: “Band Leaders” covers; full journals/magazines; letters 7 NBC Broadcasting Report 8 Collection of print ads 9 Sheet Music 7 1 Jazz festival materials 2 Concert programs 3 Piney Woods materials 4 Promotional materials: early jazz; female jazz musicians ca. 2000 5 Promotional materials: advertisements, flyers; USPS jazz stamp postcards; tickets; misc. [Album covers/liner notes] Oversized Box 10, Folder 1 SERIES V: LOGISTICS Box Folder Description 8 1 Budgeting 2 Agreements, requests, and releases 3 Clearance logs 4 Fees, invoices, and payments 5 Travel, calendars, and itineraries 6 IRS Correspondence SERIES VI: PHOTOS/PHOTOCOPIES Box Folder Description 9 1 Photos from Chaikin herself: International Sweethearts of Rhythm & misc. 2 Photos from Chaikin: Marian McPartland 3 Photos/Photocopies of individual female jazz musicians Lil Armstrong; Jessie Bailey; Rosa Caruso Bellamy; Jane Ira Bloom Clora Bryant; Vi Burnside; Ina Byrd; Blanche Calloway MS312-Judy Chaikin Collection 6 University of Missouri-Kansas City Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Department of Special Collections NOT TO BE USED FOR PUBLICATION Box Folder Description Joy Cayler; Kim A. Clarke; Alice Coltrane; Sylvia Cuenca; Tiny Davis Gwen Delbaugh; Dorothy Donegan; Ella Fitzgerald; Peggy Gilbert; Paula Hampton; Billie Holiday; Bertha Hope Ina Ray Hutton; Carol Kaye; Joan Lee; Julia Lee; Ada Leonard; Melba Liston Marian McPartland; Bettye Miller; Terry Pollard Billie Rogers; Bessie Smith; Viola Smith; Myra Taylor; ‘Sweet’ Sue Terry Mary Lou Williams; Anna Mae Winburn Others 9 4 Photos/Photocopies of individual male jazz musicians Louis Armstrong; John Coltrane; Tommy Dorsey; Duke Ellington Dizzy Gillespie; Benny Goodman; Glen Grey Coleman Hawkins; Woody Herman; Milt Hinton; David Stone Martin; Joe “King” Oliver; Sy Oliver; Charlie Parker Sonny Rollins; Ulysses Slaughter; Art Tatum; Garland Wilson; Gerald Wilson Others 5 Photos/Photocopies of ensembles Cabaret Coquettes Main characters of film