Undated black and white photo of Jean Kittrell wearing a short, light colored fringe dress with thin straps, smiling for the camera as she plays an upright piano. A staircase is visible in the top left background of the photo, and a door and floor…

Black and white undated photograph of Jean Kittrell at the piano with a thin strapped fringe dress and short haircut. She is smiling and looking to the left of the camera. The photo is a headshot, cropped just beneath her shoulders, and appears to…

Black and white photograph of Jean Kittrell and Ed "Doc" Kittrell performing with their group, the Chesapeake Bay Jass Band. Jean is playing an upright piano barefoot, facing away from the camera, and Ed Kittrell is standing directly in front, also…

Black and white photograph of Jean Kittrell and Ed "Doc" Kittrell's group the Chicago Stompers during their European tour in 1959. The band is pictured on stage at Club Storyville in Frankfurt, Germany. Jean Kittrell (far right) is seated at the…

Black and white photograph of Jean Kittrell performing at the Levee House in St. Louis, Missouri. Photo is undated, but shows Jean with curled shoulder length hair and a black dress singing and playing piano. There is a microphone on top of the piano…

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 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…

Black and white publicity photo of the Old St. Louis Levee Band on the levee of the Mississippi river with the Lt. Robert E. Lee Showboat in the background. Left to right (standing): Bobby Grimm on banjo, David "Red" Lehr on sousaphone, Jean Kittrell…

Black and white photograph of Jean Kittrell taken during her tenure as chair of the Department of English at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville between 1982 and 1986. She is pictured at her desk wearing a corduroy blazer and light colored…

Black and white publicity photo of Jean Kittrell performing at the Levee House in St. Louis, Missouri. She is wearing a short, light colored fringe dress with thin straps. She is playing an upright piano while turned toward the camera and singing…