Claude "Fiddler" Williams, sits on the edge of an upholstered chair with a quilt cover over it and looks at the camera in a living room setting. He holds his fiddle at an angle in front of his lap allowing the body of the fiddle to rest on his lap. He wears red suspenders. The date, "1 17 '03," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-061.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147
Todd Bolton smiles and stands by the seated Claude "Fiddler" Williams. Claude turns his head to the right to smile at the camera. Claude's violin case is open on the table in front him. There are large instrument trunks in the room behind the two men. The date, "2 10 '03," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-063.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147
Claude "Fiddler" Williams and Joe Wilder, trumpet player, stand on either side of Todd Bolton and smile at the camera. Joe Wilder holds a camera with both hands that is hanging from a strap around his neck. Todd has an arm around the shoulders of each nominee. The date, "2 10 '03," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-064.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147
Todd Bolton smiles and stands by the seated Claude "Fiddler" Williams. Claude turns his head to the right to smile at the camera. Claude's violin case is open on the table in front him. There are large instrument trunks in the room behind the two men. The date, "2 10 '03," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-065.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147
Joe Wilder looks down or closes his eyes as he sits on a coffee table holding his trumpet between his knees with both hands. He faces Claude "Fiddler" Williams who sits on a couch playing his fiddle. There is a pillow propped on the wall and the back of the couch behind Claude's head. They sit in a living room situation preparing for the ceremony to be given the status of Honorary Members of the Count Basie Society in England. The date, "2 10 '03," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-066.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147
Todd Bolton looks down at a paper he is writing on as he sits at a table by Claude "Fiddler" Williams who is looking at a photograph. They are in a kitchen setting. A white amaryllis flower sits on the table. The date, "2 10 '03," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-067.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147
Todd Bolton looks over at a photograph that Claude "Fiddler" Williams is looking at and holding in his hands as they sit at a table in a kitchen setting. A white amaryllis flower sits on the table. The date, "2 10 '03," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-068.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147
Todd Bolton stands with his arm around the shoulders of Joe Wilder, trumpet. They both smile at the camera. Joe holds a camera in his left hand. They stand behind a seated Claude "Fiddler" Williams. Claude's fiddle in its case lies on the table in front of him in a ballroom of a hotel. The date, "2 10 '03," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-069.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147
Claude "Fiddler" Williams bends slightly over the table that holds his 95th birthday cake and looks up to smile at the camera. He carries a cane. Plates are on the table behind his cake. The date, "2 11 '03," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-071.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147
Claude "Fiddler" Williams grins at the camera as someone holds his 95th birthday cake in front of his chest. The date, "2 11 '03," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-072.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147
The white male keyboardist laughs as he looks down at the keyboard he is seated behind. The white male double bass player next to him smiles and continues playing. An African American male saxophone player is completely obscured by Claude "Fiddler" Williams sitting in a chair on the edge of the stage in the foreground of the photograph with his back to the camera. His head is turned to watch the keyboard player. Joe Wilder, trumpet, is slightly bent forward on the opposite side of the stage where he stands. The date, "2 11 '03," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-073.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147
Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands on one side of the stage with his back to the camera while Joe Wilder stands on the opposite side of the stage holding his trumpet down by his side. The unidentified white male keyboard player is obscured by Claude. The white male double bass player standing and playing in the center of the stage smiles as he looks down at his bass. An unidentified African American saxophone player stands between the bass player and Joe Wilder smiling toward the keyboard player. He is holding a soprano saxophone. Four seated audience members are in the foreground of the photograph with their backs to the camera.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-074.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147
Claude "Fiddler" Williams, with his side to the camera, speaks to someone across the stage that is out of the photograph as an unidentified white woman stands beside him presenting him with a birthday cake celebrating his 95th birthday. An unidentified African American man grins across the stage as he stands in the back corner with his hands behind his back. The unidentified white male keyboard player lifts his head to listen to Claude. An unidentified white woman stands at the front center of the stage behind a music stand and turns her head to smile at Claude. Three different saxophones sit on the stage in saxophone holders. Todd Bolton stands off stage holding a microphone at chest level and also turned to listen to Claude. The date, "2 11 '03," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-075.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147
Claude "Fiddler" Williams, an unidentified African American saxophone player, and Joe Wilder, trumpet, stand together in front of the food table and smile at the camera on the occasion of Claude's 95th birthday. Joe holds a camera with his left hand that is held by a strap around his neck. The saxophone player has two saxophone straps around his neck. A sign behind them is partially obscured but refers to a Clarion Hotel and Black History. The date, "2 11 '03," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-076.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147
Claude "Fiddler" Williams sits on one side of the stage with his back to the camera, playing his fiddle, while Joe Wilder stands on the opposite side of the stage holding his trumpet down in front of him. An unidentified African American male saxophone player, stands next to Joe holding a saxophone across his body. Both he and Joe Wilder are smiling toward the unidentified white male double bass player. The unidentified white male keyboard player is looking up at the double bassist as he plays. The double bass player standing and playing in the center of the stage smiles as he plays. The date, "2 11 '03," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-077.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147
