Jean Kittrell smiling for the camera at a party in 1982. Other guests and tables with drinks are visible in background. Back of photo reads "St. Louis Rivermen 1982"

Black and white photo of Jean Kittrell (center front) on piano performing with Old Guys Jazz Band members Cal Meyers (trumpet), Deane Wiley (trombone), and Warren Brown (clarinet) aboard the Delta Queen paddle wheel river boat. The boat was en route…

Jean Kittrell used this black Samsonite briefcase to carry her music in for performances, covering the outside with stickers from some of the places she traveled and festivals where she performed. The most prominent of these is the large St. Louis…

Color photograph of Jean Kittrell's parents and daughters taken in 1966. Left to right: Camille Kittrell (age 14), David McCarty (back), Rebecca Kittrell (age 16), and Dorothy Ethel Clark McCarty (center). They are pictured standing together under a…

Color photo of Jean Kittrell with fellow musicians at the dedication of the National Ragtime and Jazz Archive. Pictured (left to right) are Dan Bolt (banjo), Jim Hansen (drums), Jerry Fuller (clarinet), Jean Kittrell (piano), Billy Butterfield…

Color photograph donated by Don Franz of the Lt. Robert E. Lee Showboat and Restaurant. Jean Kittrell and her bands, including the seven piece St. Louis Rivermen and three (later four) piece Jazz Incredibles, performed here on weekend nights.

Color photograph of David "Red" Lehr performing on sousaphone aboard the Goldenrod Showboat. He is wearing a Goldenrod Showboat button or nametag, and there is a microphone on a stand pointed toward the bell of the sousaphone. Lehr was a foundational…

This letter, printed on the Mahan Creek Dental Office letterhead, was the first of many sent by Dr. Mike Mahan to nominate Jean Kittrell to the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame. Mahan, who resides in Alabama, highlights some of Kittrell's many…

Logo for the National Ragtime and Jazz Archive at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

Jean Kittrell performed with the Old Guys Jazz Band on board the Delta Queen, a paddle wheel steamboat. Photos from one of these performances note that they were taken at some point in the 1980s. The steamboat docked in St. Louis, Missouri, and also…