Consisting of over 1,400 charts and nearly 1,000 record albums, the John L. Buchholz Jazz Library presents a treasure of jazz information available to scholars, musicians and other researchers. Particularly strong in big band charts and recordings of the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, the collection contains materials from numerous jazz legends including Count Basie, Les and Larry Elgart, Maynard Ferguson, Neal Hefti, Woody Herman, Bill Holman, Stan Kneton, Billy May, Rob McConnell, Buddy Rich and Shorty Rogers. Collected over a span of forty years by Edward "Pete" Petersen, a Dallas area big band leader, the collection was given to the University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire in 2012. The collection was named in honor of John L. Buchholz, a UW-Eau Claire professor emeritus of English and longtime jazz musician and supporter of jazz studies. Includes an oral history interview with Petersen conducted by University Archivist Greg Kocken in 2013.