Claude "Fiddler" Williams is presented with the 1998 Master Artist Award

Description

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 boutonniÃ¨re.

Date Issued

1998

Type

Image

Extent

1 photograph : color print ; 13 x 9 cm

Genre

Color photographs

Member of

Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Time Period

1991-2000

Subject (Name)

White House (Washington, D.C.),National Endowment for the Arts. Folk Arts Program

Williams, Claude, 1908-2004

Subject (Topical)

African American jazz musicians

Subject (Geographic)

Washington (D.C.)

Rights

Copyright Not Evaluated

Rights Note

Items in this collection may be freely viewed, searched, and displayed for research and educational purposes. Permission is required for publication, distribution, or other uses beyond viewing and searching, whether in print or electronic formats.

To request permission, please email LaBudde Special Collections.

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Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Source

Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Unit

LaBudde Special Collections