The papers contain three letters written to Kenny Rice and newspaper clippings about Rice dating 1977, 1984, and 1990. The collection is arranged chronologically. In the spring and summer of 1977, The Kenny Rice Quartet played in Tampa, Florida. There are newspaper clippings from Tampa papers and a letter of thanks from the Student Government Productions at the University of South Florida for their performance at the River Riot. On June 26, 1984, Rice participated in a panel for the sixth symposium of St. Louis and the River: The Next 20 Years sponsored by The Center for Metropolitan Studies and the University of Missouri-St. Louis. There are two letters and three pages from the symposium summary which highlight Rice’s contributions. The final item in the collection is a newspaper article from the Hazelwood-Bridgeton Journal dated June 6, 1990. Brad Holiday presented a history of Rice’s career and his weekly appearance at Hilary’s Bar & Restaurant in St. Louis’ Soulard neighborhood with the Peanuts Whalum Quintet.