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 is presented with the 1998 Master Artist Award

Claude "Fiddler" Williams and an unidentified white man stand in front of a sculpted bust of President George Washington in the White House in Washington, D.C. as Claude has been presented with the Folk & Traditional Arts Program of the National Endowment for the Art Master Artist for 1998. He holds up the framed certificate and grins at the camera. The man looks down at the certificate. Claude wears a boutonnière.
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Rod Fleeman, Claude "Fiddler" Williams, and Keter Betts perform at the National Folk Festival

Rod Fleeman, playing guitar; Claude "Fiddler" Williams, playing the fiddle; and Keter Betts, playing a double bass, stand on stage at the National Folk Festival in a tent. A banner hung on the tent wall behind the stage reads, "National Folk Festival. Stage Presented Byߪ"
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams with a jazz guitarist

An African American male guitarist leans over and smiles, as he holds the neck of a guitar, to be included in a photograph with Claude "Fiddler" Williams who sits and holds his fiddle by the neck. Both wear tuxedos with bow ties.
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Russ Long and Claude "Fiddler" Williams perform at the Old Northeast Festival

Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands on stage wearing an overcoat and fedora hat as he plays the fiddle with Russ Long, a keyboard player, who is sitting next to Claude at the Old Northeast Festival in Kansas City, Missouri. Two people with cameras have their back to the photographer as they stand by the edge of the stage. Houses and a church are behind the stage. A banner hangs from the stage front that reads, "One, Inc. Old Northeast, Inc. Serving Historic Northeast Since 1984." The date, "10 16 '99," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams speaks into the microphone

African American and white students sit in rows of chairs in an auditorium watching Claude "Fiddler" Williams speak as an unidentifed white female fiddle player and double bass player, and an unidentified, seated, white male jazz guitarist perform. The double bassist is nearly completely obscured by Claude, yet her face and bass are visible.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays with Russ Long at the Old Northeast Festival

Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands on stage wearing an overcoat and fedora hat as he plays the fiddle with Russ Long, a keyboard player, who is sitting next to Claude at the Old Northeast Festival in Kansas City, Missouri. The date, "10 16 '99," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Five string performers play with Claude "Fiddler" Williams

A group of five white men and one woman string players join Claude "Fiddler" Williams on stage in a performance. Two fiddler players stand to the left side of the photograph. A guitarist sits next to Claude. A double bass player, and a guitar player stand to the right side of the photographer. The backs of the heads of the audience are visible int he foreground of the photograph. The bottom of a box seat section is on the upper right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Announcer keeps things going while Claude "Fiddler" Williams leaves the stage

A white male announcer stands center stage speaking into a microphone as he looks right toward Claude "Fiddler" Williams who is walking off the stage with his fiddle and bow.
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays with two other musicians

Claude "Fiddler" Williams bends at the knees and smiles as he stands and plays his fiddle with a seated guitarist and a double bass player. The unidentified white male guitarist laughs as he looks up at Claude. The undientified white female double bassist stands with her side to the audience.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs for students

African American and white students sit in rows of chairs in an auditorium watching Claude "Fiddler" Williams perform with another, white female, fiddler, and a double bass player completely obscured by Claude, and a seated white male jazz guitarist.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams speaks as he performs for students

African American and white students sit in rows of chairs in an auditorium watching Claude "Fiddler" Williams speak into a microphone as an unidentifed white female fiddler player and double bass player, and an unidentified, seated, white male jazz guitarist, perform.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams speaks as he performs with a string band

African American and white students sit in rows of chairs in an auditorium watching Claude "Fiddler" Williams speak as an unidentifed white female fiddle player and double bass player, and an unidentified, seated, white male jazz guitarist perform.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-115.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Trio performs on stage

A trio of a white male fiddler, a white male mandolin player, and a white female guitar player perform on stage. The mandolin player in the center of the trio sings into the microphone as he plays. He wears a cowboy hat. The guitarist also stands straight as she sings into the microphone. The back of the heads of the audience are visible in the foreground of the photograph.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Quartet of two fiddles, a slide guitar, and a keyboard

Two fiddlers stand on stage facing a seated keyboard player and possibly a slide guitarist with the slide guitar on his lap (all white men). The backs of the heads of the audience are in the foreground of the photograph. The bottom of a box seat section is on the upper right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs for students

African American and white students sit in rows of chairs in an auditorium watching Claude "Fiddler" Williams perform with an unidentified white female double bass player and a seated white male jazz guitarist.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-112.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147