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Little Joe Bell collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 909
Finding aid note: Stored onsite in the Woodson Research Center. Request access to this digital material (stored on Fondren Library's nearline / non-public server) by contacting Woodson Research Center staff at woodson@rice.edu. Please use the Identifier number in your request.

Content Description

This collections consists of photographs, digital images, ephemera, and an oral history.

Dates

  • 1974 - 2019

Conditions Governing Access

This material is open for research.

Stored onsite in the Woodson Research Center.

Request access to this digital material (stored on Fondren Library's nearline / non-public server) by contacting Woodson Research Center staff at woodson@rice.edu. Please use the Identifier number in your request.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish from this material must be obtained from Kenneth Bell.

Biographical / Historical

Kenneth Bell followed in his father, Joe Bell's footsteps learning to play Blues guitar in and around Houston. When his father was unable to play the guitar, local musicians reached out Kenneth Bell referring to him by the nicknam Little Joe Bell. He kept the moniker and is still performing today under that stage name.

To learn more about Kenneth Bell and his father, please view his oral history: https://scholarship.rice.edu/handle/1911/109355

Extent

1 Files (1 folder)

0.373 Gigabytes (Nearline access: MS0909aip_001 (0.373 GB))

8.68 Gigabytes (Nearline access: MS0909aip_002 (8.68 GB))

Language of Materials

English

Overview

This collections consists of photographs, digital images, ephemera, and an oral history.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Kenneth Bell in 2019.
Title
Guide to the Little Joe Bell collection, 1974-2011
Status
Completed
Author
Norie Guthrie
Date
2021
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository

Contact:
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA