Carroll King's Club (poster, drawings, and photographs, print by Jim Wyatt).
Scope and Contents
Carroll King's Club: poster, drawings, and photographs. Scope: Print by Jim Wyatt of Carroll King's bar/restaurant at 1001 South Gay Street. Folder also includes a 16 x 20 color drawing (cartoon) of some of the entertainers (with their signatures) or (people who were regular customers?): Jonathan Edwards, Jene Jones, John Richards, Joe Meibes, Marcia Henderson, Tommy Legate, and Kit Kimbell (no artist, no date); a caricature of Ellis Mayes and Carroll King on a Christmas card; an original sketch of Paul Jones, an entertainer at the club, 1948-1953; 1 photograph: Rufus at the piano, "Pete" Kerr, and Jerry Mullach; 1 photo of an unidentified young lady in a souvenir photo; and 2 pcs. information.
Dates
- 1950s
Conditions Governing Access
Material is available for research. Prior arrangement MUST be made by contacting the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection at mcclung-archivist@knoxlib.org
Extent
2 folders
General
This club was built on one of the original 13 lots in Knoxville and was torn down to make room for the City-County Building.
- Bars Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Carroll King's Club Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Christmas cards Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Drawings Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ellis Mayes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Entertainers Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Jene Jones Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Jim Wyatt Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Joe Meibes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- John Richards Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Jonathan Edwards Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Kit Kimbell Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Marcia Henderson Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Paul Jones Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Posters Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Prints Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Restaurants Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tommy Legate Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Carroll King's Club (poster, drawings, and photographs, print by Jim Wyatt).
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection Repository
601 S Gay Street
3rd floor
Knoxville Tennessee 37902 United States
865.215.8814
mcclung-archivist@knoxlib.org
