The Dundee Jazz Club

• Reference:GB 254 MS 278
• Dates of Creation:1952-1979
• Name of Creator:
  The Dundee Jazz Club
• Physical Description:
  1 Box and 3 Folders

• Scope and Content

  Minute book 1955-1965, letters to Gordon Sneddon, secretary, from or relating to Pee Wee Russell 1959-1967, file of correspondence with Gordon Sneddon 1952-1962, brochures, programmes, newspaper supplements mainly 1960s (one from 1979).

• Administrative / Biographical History

  The club existed from 1955 and was formally discontinued in 1965, though it had effectively stopped most of its activites in 1962. The American jazz musician Pee Wee Russell (1906-1969) accepted an invitation to become honorary President of the Dundee Jazz Club in 1959.

• Arrangement

  Usually chronological within series.

• Access Information

  Open for consultation subject to preservation requirements. Access must also conform to the restrictions of the Data Protection Act (2018), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, 2018) and any other relevant legislation or restrictions. Clinical information is closed for 100 years.

• Acquisition Information

  Unknown

• Note

  The club existed from 1955 and was formally discontinued in 1965, though it had effectively stopped most of its activites in 1962. The American jazz musician Pee Wee Russell (1906-1969) accepted an invitation to become honorary President of the Dundee Jazz Club in 1959.

• Other Finding Aids

  Descriptive list.

• Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

  Paper and photographs.

• Archivist's Note

  Fonds level description compiled by Penelope McMahon on the 18th July 2009.

• Conditions Governing Use

  Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges may be made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply; please check with the Duty Archivist.

• Custodial History

  The material was held by the secretary of the Club, Gordon Sneddon, and was handed over to James Thomson (a member of the club) by his widow. A former employee of the Archives suggested that Mr Thomson deposit the material.

• Accruals

  Not expected

• Additional Information

  Published

  Catalogued

  MS 278

• Subjects

  Music

  Societies