Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Barbara and Spencer Barefield stand arm-in-arm with their heads together to smile at the camera as they stand in a yard in front of a wooden fence. The date, "4 14 '01,"," is imprinted by the camera...

The Barefield family: Barbara, A. Spencer IV, and A. Spencer, stand together in a yard in front of a wooden fence and smile at the camera. The parents lean toward their child in the center. Barbara...

Barbara and A. Spencer Barefield bend over to pet each end of a Saint Bernard as their son, 14-year-old A. Spencer Barefield IV, stands between them with his hands on the dog's back. All raise their...

Blanche Williams stands among the restaurant's tables with the chef of the Harlequin Café, 8047 Agnes, Detroit, Michigan (8045 Agnes). A wall decorated with photographs is behind them. The date, "4 13...

Blanche Williams stands outdoors with a big grin on her face as she holds a jack-o-lantern. She wears a denim jumpsuit. A demolished building spreads across the lot behind her.

Blanche Williams stands by a double window gesturing towards a bird decoration and smiling at the camera. A carved cabinet is behind her with African art objects displayed on top. The date, "1 12 '01...

Blanche Williams sits sideways in her chair while she talks at a dining table with a glass of juice and a calculator sitting on the placemat on the table at her place. A china cabinet, the doorway to...

Blanche Williams looks to the left side of the photograph as she speaks to someone who out of the photograph. She sits in the Blue Room in the American Jazz Museum in the 18th and Vine District of...

Blanche Williams sits on the floor with wall-to-wall carpet and leans on one hand in front of a decorated Christmas tree. An antique chair is next to the tree. She wears a denim jumpsuit.

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 seriously down at the camera.

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.

Blanche Williams smiles at the camera as she holds a large bouquet of long-stemmed roses with greenery and babies' breath. A china cabinet is behind her. The date, "5 13 '00,"," is imprinted by the...

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.

Blanche Williams stands in next to a large illustrated graphic art piece of New York tourist sites from a bird's eye view. A large floral arrangement sits on a table in front of the picture. The art...

Blanche Williams stands on the sidewalk in New York City and grins at the camera as a white limousine is parked behind her. A bus advertising The New York Times is in the next lane.

Blanche Williams walks behind a red Cadillac with a white roof. The license plate might say "Fouse." A person is mostly out of the photograph on the right side of the photograph.

In a double photograph, Claude "Fiddler" Williams' promotional photograph on the left of him holding up his fiddle with the body on a table he is seated at and the neck held beside his face as he...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams and Blanche Williams stand on either side of 14-year-old A. Spencer Barefield IV. The tops of their heads are out of the top of the photograph but their smiles can be seen as...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams takes a break from performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri, by sitting at a table with his wife, Blanche Williams. He smiles at the camera...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams sits at a table on the lower level of the Blue Room in the American Jazz Museum in the 18th and Vine District of Kansas City, Missouri on the left side of the photograph with...

On the occasion of Claude "Fiddler" Williams' 93rd birthday celebration, he signs an autograph for an unidentified African American woman who bends toward him as he sits at a table in the Blue Room in...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands with friends and family in the lobby of the Sheldon Concert Hall in St. Louis, Missouri during the Merging Generations concert. He wears a tuxedo and bow tie. The...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams turns his head to look at the camera as he stands in front of a food truck with his wife, Blanche, smiling and standing in the center between him and Buck O'Neil. Buck smiles...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams and Blanche Williams stand in the middle of another couple and smile for a photograph in the lobby of the Sheldon Concert Hall in St. Louis, Missouri, during the Merging...

In a series of three photographs, Claude "Fiddler" Williams blows up a modeling balloon as he is in a big crowd. Blanche Williams blows up a modeling balloon as she is in a big crowd. And then the two...