Blue Tempo/Toad Davis collection

Archive

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Saugatuck Douglas Historical Society

f. Liquor Control Act

f. Liquor Control Act

Name/Title

Blue Tempo/Toad Davis collection

Entry/Object ID

2022.03.09

Scope and Content

Documents pertaining to the Blue Tempo House of Music Bar or Lounge and its owner Donald "Toad" Davis. a. The Commercial Record, July 22, 1976 - “Fire Marshals Checking Blue Tempo Blaze” newspaper article. b. Tribute to Donald Davis “TOAD” - by Tammy Grigg c. Memories of “The Blue Tango” by ALan J. Weener, 2/13/2105 d. Petition supporting the creating of “TOAD-VILLE” e. Drawing of the proposed “TOAD-VILLE” f. Liquor Control Act g. “Davis interview with Jack Sheridan (Oct 2006?)” NOTE: We assume this is the handwritten “memoir” Davis wrote to himself before the actual interview. h. Downloadable WORD transcript of Davis’ “memoir”.

Acquisition

Accession

2022.03

Notes

Items had migrated to the gay history file and have been returned to the Jazz box since the Blue Tempo was initially a jazz bar that later became a popular and safe-ish hang-out for gay people.

Archive Items Details

Title

Michigan Liquor Control Act

Description

photocopy of Davis' rules and regulation booklet

Title

Petition in support of Donald Davis' plan to convert the Ed-Mar into "Toad-Ville USA"

Title

Davis' rendering of new, castle-themed venue.

Title

Commercial Record, July 22, 1976

Description

front page story about the burning of the Blue Tempo building

Title

Handwritten memoir by Don "Toad" Davis.

Description

transcript as a Word document attached to this entry

Title

Don "Toad" Davis interview with Mike Sweeney

Description

2 mp3 files created from cassette tape of original interview.

Location

Box

029 Jazz

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Blue Tempo/349 Culver/Ed-Mar/Louis Beuerle Hotel ?-1976, Davis, Donald "Toad"

Create Date

February 4, 2022

Update Date

December 16, 2024