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Horace H. Burrell & Son, Building Journal #2
No full textWritten by Horace & Edward Burrell, builders for the Singing Tower, this journal details the day-to-day activities of the construction of the tower. The journal contains 71 pages of handwritten notes and drawings in 13 sections, plus 33 additional pages of appendices and 32 pages of loose notes held within the journal. Financial information has been redacted digitally. Six pages of loose cost sheets have not been included. The contents are housed in a black, leather, three-ring binder. This is the second of two journals
Burrell Tibbs
No full textBurrell Tibbs right and an unidentified man standing inside a house. Image displayed (72 dpi JPEG), Master image (600 dpi TIFF)
Burrell Tibbs
No full textBurrell Tibbs, right, and an unidentified man celebrating the 44th anniversary of Tibbs' solo flight with a cake. Image displayed (72 dpi JPEG), Master image (600 dpi TIFF)
[Horace Burrell at the Singing Tower construction site, Mountain Lake Sanctuary (Lake Wales, Fla.)]
No full texteye-level views;This image shows Horace Burrell, construction contractor for the Singing Tower, with the pile driver. This machine was used to install the 160 pilings used to stabilize the Singing Tower at the Mountain Lake Sanctuary (now Bok Tower Gardens). Construction men and other equipment are visible in the image. '2-14-27 - Chief' appears on the bottom of the negative. This negative is included in a set of three books which include Mr. Burrell's photographic documentation of the construction of the Singing Tower
Burrell Tibbs with Student Pilots
No full textBurrell Tibbs, 6th from left, with student pilots gathered for a group picture in front of two airplanes. Image displayed (72 dpi JPEG), Master image (600 dpi TIFF)
Interview with Dr. Anna Burrell
No full textAnna Porter was born in 1902 in Knoxville, TN. She graduated from a Normal School in Pennsylvania in 1921. In 1923, Anna Porter received her Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from the University of Pennsylvania. After graduating, she taught chemistry at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri. In 1926, Anna Porter was awarded a Master of Science Degree in Medical Science from University of Pennsylvania. She taught bacteriology at Howard University from 1926-28. In 1945, Miss. Porter enrolled in the Doctoral Program in Psychology and Human Relations at New York University. In 1948, Anna Porter married Robert Burrell, who later was an attorney in the Buffalo District Attorney’s Office and City Court Judge. Also in 1948, Dr. Burrell came to Buffalo to teach at the State University College at Buffalo. She was the first African American faculty member to be hired by the college. In 1959, she was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to study at Jabalpu University in India. Dr. Burrell was appointed director of the India Project at the State University College at Buffalo. She was also director of the college’s Human Relations Workshops. Dr. Anna Burrell retired in 1972. She passed away in 1981.https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/bsc_oral_history/1032/thumbnail.jp
Interview with David Burrell, 21 May 2009
No full textDavid Burrell started his teaching career in grammar schools but moved into teacher training when still in his twenties. He talks about the early days of Bulmershe College of Education, in the 1960s a pioneer of new approaches to teaching history. He worked there with John Fines, the 'guru' of 'active' teaching methods of history. Burrell moved to Sussex University Education Department where he was instrumental in establishing their ground-breaking training scheme, which meant student teachers were based in schools and school staff acted as mentors to them. For David Burrell, part of the attraction was the potential to influence existing teachers and get them to try new methods. Despite this, Burrell casts doubt on the idea that the sixties and seventies saw radical changes in history teaching - bearing in mind the resource constraints in schools and the longevity of history teachers in post, change was always a long-term business. Interviewed by Nicola Sheldon
Oral History Interview with Eddie Burrell, July 28, 2016
No full textMr. Burrell was born in Turkey Creek (Liberty) in 1946. He discussed his experiences living in a segregated neighborhood and attending segregated schools. Burrell also discussed how who you knew or were affiliated with influenced your experiences during segregation. He mentioned some fights between white and Black children that occured during his childhood. Burrell was the first of his family to attend college. He was drafted into the army after dropping out of school to work following his sophomore year in college and served in Vietnam. Burrell descibed the lack of Black officers within the military structure despite a large and disproportionate amount of Black soldiers serving. He believed that it may have been attempt to "get rid" of Black folks. Burrell discussed the stigma that Vietnam veterans faced. He went back to school after leaving active duty. Burrell described benefitting from the Civil Rights Movement in terms of affirmative action in the workplace. He also described his experiences dealing with discrimination in the workplace and housing. Burrell worked as an engineer. He ultimately worked for and retired from NASA. Burrell along with his wife and others (Concerned Citizens for the Future) fought racist and discriminatory practices in the local schools that negatively effected his sons and other children
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Interview with Kenny Burrell
No full textInterview with Kenny Burrell. A recording engineer named Neil is identified only by his first name. The recording begins with discussion of jazz organist Jimmy Smith and Albert Lyons being in the audience and hearing them, which led to several records on Blue Note. Burrell describes his working relationship with Smith, comparing him to Michael Jordan, and he discusses working with John Coltrane, "blowing sessions" on Blue Note, Bob Weinstock at Prestige, and Ozzie Cadena at Savoy and Prestige, the difficulty of grasping the significance of a moment as it happens, Coltrane's dedication to finding his own music, jazz as an artform and not simply a commercial enterprise, appreciation of harmony and the tune Your Host, activities in his Detroit days and encouragement from peers, his study of music theory and composition in college, doing studio work in New York and joining the Benny Goodman band in a chair once held by Charlie Christian, rhythm guitarist Steve Jordan, Bud Johnson's mentoring of Burrell in the Goodman band, Mel Powell and Mousey Alexander, carrying a heavy amplifier to gigs, the physical wear and tear of touring, his album Guitar Forms and work with Creed Taylor, Gil Evans, and Rudy Van Gelder, working with large ensembles, the Christmas album, working with Don Sebesky, the Weaver of Dreams album, John Hammond hearing him sing at Basin Street East in New York, his career as a lyricist, his work with the Boys Choir of Harlem, extended discussion of Duke Ellington, Burrell's position as director of jazz studies at UCLA, people on the jazz faculty there at that time, the curriculum, and course offerings, musician/instructors as "primary sources," future course offerings, contrasting Wayne State University and UCLA on jazz, his mother's advice to go to college, accompanying Billie Holiday and other singers, the general state of jazz guitar, his affinity for the blues, the importance of being oneself, the lyricism of his playing and how he may have changed, the double albums Ellington Is Forever, Volumes 1 and 2, guiding young musicians, the origins of the guitar band concerpt, his affinity for latin jazz and love of Brazilian music, why this music will last, his preference for "approach" rather than "attack" to describe playing an instrument, all of the factors that affect a guitarist's sound, whether there was a down point in his career, trying to get record company buy-in for projects, times he had to do things other than music for a living, things people might be surprised to know about him, his interest in learning tap dancing, how he would like people to think of him historically, and plans for touring in Japan and the upcoming Ellington centennial. The interview concludes with Conley requesting contact information for Dee Dee Bridgewater, with a mention of Burrell's recent gig at Yoshi's with James Moody
Bourdon (largest) bell on truck
No full textInscription on the bourdon (largest) bell reads: This carillon is a tribute to the affection from Edward William Bok to his grandparents: Lovers of beauty 1926. The tower was designed by Milton B. Medary of Philadelphia; the landscape gardening by Frederick Law Olmsted of Brookline, Massachusetts; the sculpture Lee Lawrie of New York City; the bells were cast by John Taylor and Company Loughborough England; the ironwork by Samuel Yellin of Philadelphia; the marble from the quarries of Tate, Georgia; the faience by J.H. Dulles Allen of Enfield, Pennsylvania; the tower was built by Horace H. Burrell and son of Philadelphia
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