Little Joe Bell collection

Collection

Identifier: MS 0909

Staff Only

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

Creation: 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