Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Description
Claude "Fiddler" Williams (22 February 1908 - 25 April 2004), violinist and guitarist, was born Claude Gabriel Williams in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Williams enjoyed a great deal of well-deserved acclaim in the twilight of his long jazz career.
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LaBudde Special Collections
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams in a publicity photograph

Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiles in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Only the peg box, neck, and upper bout of his fiddle are visible in the lower right-hand corner of the photograph as well as the frog of his bow. He has a damaged front tooth. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "CLAUDE FIDDLER WILLIAMS." Printed in handwritten script along the line of his suit on the right-side of the photograph, is the signature of the photographer, "Nancy Miller Elliott."
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams looks down as he plays his fiddle

Claude "Fiddler" Williams looks down as he plays his fiddle. He wears a large-checked suit jacket with wide lapels.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147