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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Blanche Williams sits sideways in the passenger seat of a red vehicle with her legs out of the door looking toward the back of the car

Blanche Williams sits sideways in the passenger seat with her legs out of the door of a red vehicle with a red interior and white seats. She looks toward the back of the car.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Blanche Williams stands by a body of water

Blanche Williams stands outdoors against a cement wall between a body of water and a sidewalk and smiles at the camera while her right hand rests on the wall.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Dancing Cobras performing in Old Northeast

The Dancing Cobras, a dance troupe of African American children, perform in the middle of the street in Old Northeast in Kansas City, Missouri.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Incarnation of the Statesmen of Jazz stand on stage preparing to perform

An incarnation of the Statesmen of Jazz stand on stage getting ready to perform. Only Joe Wilder's head, hands, and horn are visible on the left side of the photograph as he holds his flugelhorn in front of him and enters the stage. Sitting at the back of the stage leaning his double bass back in his lap is Earl May. Standing at the microphones at the front of the stage are Benny Powell, holding his trombone and grinning as he looks down, possibly Oliver Todd holding his trumpet waste high and looking down seriously, and a saxophone player whose face is obscured by the third microphone on the right side of the photograph. Benny Powell stands in front of a drummer sitting at a drum set.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Everette DeVan sits on the stoop enjoying a beer

Everette Devan smiles as he sits on a step of a stoop with his fingers intertwined and his elbows resting on this thighs. A Budweiser beer can and a bundled up napkin sit on the step below him between his legs. A wooden patio table sits beside him with a boom box and unidentifiable items on it. A garden hose is rolled flat on the ground beside the table.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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House

A large house on a lot with a chain-link fenced. A three-layer rock wall is between the fence and the sidewalk. A large tree is in the front yard and bushes surround the elevated porch.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Hot backgammon game among friends

One Asian American man and three African Americans smile, greet, and wave hello at the camera as they sit around a table in a living room. A Budweiser beer sits on the table along with a backgammon board and a sugar bowl.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Putting a leaf in the table is a group effort

Five unidentified African American women sit and stand around a dining room table putting a leaf in the center of the table. The woman farthest on the right side of the photograph turns her head to look at the camera with an unsupported cigarette in her mouth as her hands are moving to pull the edge of the table toward her. The next woman to the left also holds a cigarette just in her mouth as she holds two plates of food; one in each hand. She looks back and down at a woman sitting at the table motion toward the leaf with one hand as she holds a drinking glass in her other hand. A woman bends over the table putting in the leaf. The woman farthest to the left side of the photograph stands at the other end of the table to help pull it open for the leaf. A china cabinet is against the wall behind the table.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Couple share as they stand on a bridge

An unidentified African American man and woman stand on a white bridge over a body of water and share something from a plastic cup. The woman, leaning against the railing of the bridge, looks up and smiles at the camera as she dips the fingers of her right hand into the cup that the man is holding. He looks down at the cup. He holds a stack of empty cups with brochures rolled up inside with his other hand.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams reaches to carry his own fiddle as people load up the van

An unidentified white man wearing a sun hat begins to close the back door of a mini van with his back to the camera as two other unidentified white men start toward the other side of the van to load up. Claude "Fiddler" Williams, standing behind the group, bends and reaches forward to take his fiddle from the hand of the man in front of him. An unidentified African American teenage boy stands on the sidewalk with a backpack watching Claude take the fiddle.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Marshal Royal and Gus Johnson are glad to see each other

Marshal Royal and Gus Johnson stand outdoors next to each other in a crowded venue, in possibly Nice, France, both wearing casual summer clothing. They laugh as they look at the camera as if they are surprised to see each other. Each holds a pair of sunglasses in their hand. A tall structure is behind them.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Couple sit together on a glider seat outdoors in a back yard

An unidentified African American man and woman sit on a double glider chair outdoors in a backyard as they look up at the camera and smile. He holds a black dog with a patch of white between them on both of their laps as she pets the dog. A striped ball is lying on the ground by the glider. A clapboard house is in the background as well as the neighbor's clapboard house.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays with Luqman Hamza and Rusty Tucker

On the left side of the photograph at an unidentified venue, possibly the Mutual Musicians Foundation, Musicians Local 627, in Kansas City, Missouri, 18th and Vine district, of wood paneled walls and a low ceiling, Claude "Fiddler" Williams looks to the left as he draws his bow across the strings of his fiddle. In the center of the photograph, Luqman Hamza can be seen above a Hammond B3 organ as he grins at Claude. Rusty Tucker looks over to Claude as he plays a drum set on the right side of the photograph. The upper left-hand corner of the photograph is broken off.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Focused

Double bassist Aaron Bell sits on a stool on the left side of the photograph and looks up at Claude "Fiddler" Williams across the stage, as he plucks the strings of the bass. Guitarist Ted Dunbar sits on a chair in the center of the stage, looking down at his hands playing his guitar with a slight smile on his face. Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands on the right side of the photograph behind a microphone, bends, and closes his eyes as he draws the bow across the strings of his fiddle. All three are very focused on their performance.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams has the spotlight

Claude "Fiddler" Williams closes his eyes so tight that his face grimaces as he draws his bow across his fiddle in the spotlight of a dark stage. Only his fiddle, his face, and a jazz guitar on the right side of the photograph are illuminated. The spotlight is in the photograph toward the upper right-hand corner.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147