Skip to main content

UMKC University Libraries logoUMKC University LibrariesDigital Collections

UMKC University Libraries

UMKC University Libraries

  • Collections
  • About

Breadcrumb

  1. Home
  2. Search Results

Search Results

176 - 200 of 290 items

Claude "Fiddler" Williams tries out a Mark Wood Viper violin

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams concentrates as he tries out a Mark Wood Viper violin while John Blake provides accompaniment by playing the piano at the...

Date Published
2002
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams turns 92

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays the fiddle at Club Mardi Gras for his 92nd Birthday. He's wearing a striped suit and looks down at the bow crossing...

Date Published
February-21-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams turns 93

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams is smiling as he speaks into a microphone while standing in front of a drawing of himself playing the fiddle that. The...

Date Published
February-19-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams visits the Northeast neighborhood organization

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiles as he stands holding a plate of food and balancing a beverage on the plate. He stands next to a desk at the Northeast...

Date Published
October-16-1999
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams waves

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiles and waves as he stands between the stair cases outside of the Topeka Performing Arts Center, 214 SE 8th Avenue...

Date Published
May-28-2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams with a jazz guitarist

Image

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"...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams with a young friend

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands outside of the mess hall with a young white girl who is attending the Mark O'Connor Fiddle Camp in Montgomery Bell...

Date Published
April-01-1999
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams with a young lady

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams and a white teenage girl sit side-by-side grinning at the camera as they sit in possibly a mess hall at a fiddler camp...

Date Published
April-01-1999
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams, Blanche Williams and Mike Fitzgerald at the Kansas City Blues & Jazz Festival

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams, wearing a fedora and holding a violin and bow in his left hand, waves as Mike Fitzgerald hands him the Jazz Ambassador...

Date Published
July-21-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams, Blanche Williams, and Bryan Hicks

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams, Blanche Williams, and Bryan Hicks sitting left to right at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams, Blanche Williams, and Buck O'Neil visit in front of a food truck

Image

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...

Date Published
September-29-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams, Bobby Watson, and J.T. Lotozo perform during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival

Image

In the glow of a light hanging from a tent or awning covering the stage, Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands sideways to the camera drawing his bow...

Date Published
July-21-2000
July-23-2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams, Little Hatch, Millage Gilbert, and Debbie Dennis at the Gem Theater

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiles while looking down as he stands to the right of a seated Little Hatch wearing a printed tuxedo, bowtie, and a fedora...

Date Published
January-22-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams' trio entertains at a café

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams, fiddle, and Spencer Barefield, jazz guitar, sit beside Dan Pliskow, double bass, as they perform from the corner of a...

Date Published
April-13-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude and Blanche with another couple at the Merging Generations Concert

Image

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...

Date Published
June-16-1999
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude Williams and David Daahoud Williams at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

Image

Claude Williams and David Daahoud Williams performing at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Claude is...

Date Published
1994
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Claude Williams and David Daahoud Williams at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

Image

Claude Williams and David Daahoud Williams performing at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Claude is sitting...

Date Published
1994
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Claude Williams at the City Light Jazz Club

Image

Claude Williams performing at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. He is closing his eyes while playing the fiddle. George Spaits is...

Date Published
October-1991
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Claude Williams at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

Image

Claude Williams playing fiddle for an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Williams is wearing a brown leather jacket...

Date Published
October-1992
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Claude Williams at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

Image

Claude Williams playing fiddle during a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Williams is looking down while...

Date Published
1994
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Claude Williams at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

Image

Claude Williams playing fiddle during a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Williams is facing away from the...

Date Published
1994
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Claude Williams with unidentified musicians at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

Image

Claude Williams with unidentified musicians at an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Williams is wearing a brown...

Date Published
October-1992
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Claude Williams with unidentified musicians at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

Image

Claude Williams with unidentified musicians at an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Williams is wearing a brown...

Date Published
October-1992
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Collaboration

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams, on the right side of the photograph stands sideways to the audience to look back at Dan Pliskow, double bassist, and the...

Date Published
April-08-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Country music ensemble performing for children

Image

Four piece country music band with three guitarists and a fiddle player (all white). They are wearing cowboy attire, performing for patients (African...

Date Published
October-31-1967
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Pagination

  • First page « First
  • Previous page ‹
  • …
  • Page 6
  • Page 7
  • Current page 8
  • Page 9
  • Page 10
  • …
  • Next page ›
  • Last page Last »
  • Clear selected
  • Fiddlers

Member of

  • Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (223)
  • Betty Crow Collection (32)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (19)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (10)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (3)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (2)
  • Jay McShann Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (290)

Genres

  • Color photographs (246)
  • Group portraits (169)
  • Portrait photographs (96)
  • Snapshots (46)
  • Black & white photographs (44)
  • Gelatin silver prints (44)
  • Publicity photographs (14)
  • Photocopies (7)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (51)
  • 2001-2010 (10)
  • 1961-1970 (3)
  • 1981-1990 (2)
  • 1971-1980 (1)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (268)
  • African American jazz musicians (267)
  • African American men (234)
  • Men, White (131)
  • Jazz musicians, White (108)
  • Double bassists (104)
  • Guitarists (69)
  • Saxophonists (57)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (42)
  • Trumpet players (37)
  • Violinists (29)
  • Women, White (28)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (26)
  • Keyboard players (25)
  • Pianists (21)
  • Trombonists (20)
  • African American women (19)
  • Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) (19)
  • Music fans (18)
  • Music audiences (17)
  • Auditoriums (12)
  • Jazz singers (12)
  • Bow ties (10)
  • Jazz festivals (10)
  • Musicians' spouses (9)
  • Blues musicians (8)
  • Harmonica players (8)
  • Schools (8)
  • Women singers (8)
  • Birthdays (7)
  • African American high school students (6)
  • British (6)
  • Blues festivals (5)
  • Mandolinists (5)
  • Music festivals (5)
  • Violin (5)
  • Banjoists (4)
  • Birthday cakes (4)
  • Country musicians (4)
  • African American guitarists (3)
  • African American women jazz singers (3)
  • Bass guitarists (3)
  • Big bands (3)
  • Bowler hats (3)
  • Concerts (3)
  • Older people (3)
  • Older women (3)
  • Wheelchairs (3)
  • Audiences (2)
  • Autographs (2)
  • Awards (2)
  • Beverages (2)
  • Birthday parties (2)
  • Bluegrass musicians (2)
  • Bottleneck (Guitar playing) (2)
  • Boutonnieres (2)
  • Children--Hospital care (2)
  • Guitar (2)
  • Hospital patients (2)
  • Jukeboxes (2)
  • Masters of ceremonies (2)
  • Older men (2)
  • Photographers (2)
  • Piano (2)
  • Pictures (2)
  • Restaurants (2)
  • Vests (2)
  • African American children (1)
  • African American Muslims (1)
  • African American teenage boys (1)
  • Art (1)
  • Art museums (1)
  • Balloons (1)
  • Bandages and bandaging (1)
  • Banjo (1)
  • Baseball players (1)
  • Black Muslims (1)
  • Bouquets (1)
  • Breakfasts (1)
  • Children (1)
  • Children, White (1)
  • Christmas (1)
  • City council members (1)
  • Civil rights workers (1)
  • Costume (1)
  • Cowboys (1)
  • Cuff links (1)
  • Dogs (1)
  • Dressing rooms (Performing arts) (1)
  • Entertainers (1)
  • Folk musicians (1)
  • Girls (1)
  • Halls of fame (1)
  • Handshaking (1)
  • Hats (1)
  • Hospital beds (1)
  • Laughter (1)
  • Male musicians (1)
  • Microphone (1)
  • Music--Awards (1)
  • Music-halls (1)
  • Musical instruments (1)
  • Musicians, Cajun (1)
  • Music students (1)
  • Music teachers (1)
  • Negro leagues (1)
  • Nurses (1)
  • Organists (1)
  • Percussionists (1)
  • Plaques, plaquettes (1)
  • Promoters (1)
  • Rings (1)
  • Socks (1)
  • Teenage boys (1)
  • (-) Fiddlers (290)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (84)
  • 18th and Vine District (17)
  • Washington (D.C.) (13)
  • St. Louis (Mo.) (11)
  • Boca Raton (Fla.) (7)
  • Detroit (Mich.) (5)
  • New York (N.Y.) (4)
  • Topeka (Kan.) (3)
  • Birmingham (England) (2)
  • Chattanooga (Tenn.) (2)
  • Forty-first Street (New York, N.Y.) (2)
  • Muskogee (Okla.) (2)
  • Burns (Tenn.) (1)
  • Monterey (Calif.) (1)
  • Salina (Kan.) (1)
  • San Diego (Calif.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (265)
  • Holloway, Larry (Double bassist) (20)
  • Barefield, A. Spencer (15)
  • Gabriel, Charlie, 1932- (14)
  • Pliskow, Dan, 1923-2015 (14)
  • Belgrave, Marcus (13)
  • Betts, Keter (13)
  • Pizzarelli, Bucky (12)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (11)
  • Kessler, Stan (10)
  • Wilder, Joe (10)
  • Williams, Blanche Fouse (9)
  • Clark, Tyrone (Bassist) (8)
  • May, Earl, 1927-2008 (8)
  • Turner, Julie (Singer) (8)
  • Watson, Bobby, 1953- (8)
  • Albright, James (Double bassist) (7)
  • Masso, George (7)
  • McBeth, Ida (7)
  • Newman, David, 1933-2009 (7)
  • BIssonette, Big Bill (6)
  • Clarke, Chris (Pianist) (6)
  • Higgins, Eddie, 1932-2009 (6)
  • Spaits, Gerald (6)
  • Abshire, Steve (5)
  • Dodgion, Jerry (5)
  • Fleeman, Rod (5)
  • Henry, Lisa (Vocalist) (5)
  • McShann, Jay (5)
  • Ross, Richard (Vocalist) (5)
  • Saunders, Eddie (5)
  • Bowman, Bob (Bassist) (4)
  • Harris, Isaac Jerome (4)
  • Long, Russ, 1937-2006 (4)
  • Bartee, Al (3)
  • Brown, Clarence, 1924-2005 (3)
  • Cartwright, Joe (Pianist) (3)
  • Colombo, Lou (3)
  • Dunn, Gerald (3)
  • Jarvis, Jane (3)
  • Kynard, Ben, 1920-2012 (3)
  • Locke, Eddie (3)
  • Long, Russ (3)
  • Moore, Mary (3)
  • Powell, Benny (3)
  • Tate, Buddy (3)
  • Williams, David, 1946- (3)
  • Wurtzel, BIll (3)
  • Young, Lionel (3)
  • Baker, Eddie, 1927- (2)
  • Blake, John, 1947-2014 (2)
  • Brooks, Alvin L., 1932- (2)
  • Jacquet, Illinois (2)
  • Kenner, Sonny, 1933-2001 (2)
  • Ning, Mike (2)
  • Park, Kim (2)
  • Ruskin, Tommy (2)
  • Smith, Frank, 1932-1999 (2)
  • Strait, Todd (2)
  • Williams, Joe, 1918-1999 (2)
  • Bell, Aaron, 1922-2003 (1)
  • Benson, George, 1943- (1)
  • Butler, Henry (Pianist) (1)
  • Carter, Regina (1)
  • Coleman, Ginny (1)
  • Crenshaw, Roscoe (1)
  • Dennis, Debbie (1)
  • Dunbar, Ted, 1937-1998 (1)
  • Ellis, Betse (1)
  • Falah, Tayammum (1)
  • Faye, Andra (1)
  • Fitzgerald, Michael D. (1)
  • Fontenot, Allen (1)
  • Gawron, Nate (1)
  • Gilbert, Millage (1)
  • Glaser, Matt (1)
  • Hall, Regina (1)
  • Hamza, Luqman (1)
  • Hicks, Bryan (1)
  • Hoard, J. Henry (John Henry), 1918-2010 (1)
  • Krauss, Alison, 1971- (1)
  • Leary, Washboard Chaz (1)
  • Leonard, Jerry (Electric bass player) (1)
  • Little Hatch, 1921-2003 (1)
  • Lotozo, J. T. (1)
  • Lyttelton, Humphrey, 1921-2008 (1)
  • McShann, Marianne (1)
  • Naber, Roger (1)
  • Nasser, Jamil (1)
  • O'Neil, Buck, 1911-2006 (1)
  • Oskar, Lee (1)
  • Pearson, Al (1)
  • Santa Claus (Fictitious character) (1)
  • Shelton, Ike (1)
  • Solberg, Dick (1)
  • Terry, Clark (1)
  • Tucker, Rusty, 1925-2006 (1)
  • Vest, Elsa (1)
  • Wade, Phil (1)
  • Watson, Robert, 1953- (1)

Events

  • "Cultural Exchanges: Jazz and Missouri Fiddling" (2001) (5)
  • 21-Sax Salute (Kansas City, Mo.) (3)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (2000) (3)
  • K.C. Blues & Jazz After Fest Jam (1999) (2)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (1999) (2)
  • Living Blues Party (2000) (2)
  • 18th & Vine Gala “Ellington at 99: Livin’ on the Vine” (1998 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)
  • Blues Masters at the Crossroads (4th : 2001 : Salina, Kan.) (1)
  • Kansas City Blues & Jazz Festival (2000) (1)
  • Mark O'Connor Fiddle Conference (1)

Date Published

  • 1991 (71)
  • 2000 (58)
  • 1981 (19)
  • 1990 (18)
  • 1998 (14)
  • 1980 (11)
  • 1999-06-16 (11)
  • 2001-09-15 (11)
  • 1971 (10)
  • 1995 (10)
  • 2003-02-11 (9)
  • 1992-10 (8)
  • 1999 (8)
  • 2001-04-08 (8)
  • 2000-05-16 (7)
  • 2001-02-19 (7)
  • 2001-04-10 (7)
  • 2003-02-10 (7)
  • 1991-10 (6)
  • 1992-09 (5)
  • 2001-04-12 (5)
  • 2001-08-11 (5)
  • 1994 (4)
  • 2001-04-13 (4)
  • 1985 (3)
  • 1999-07-17 (3)
  • 1999-10-12 (3)
  • 1999-10-16 (3)
  • 2000-02-21 (3)
  • 2000-05-28 (3)
  • 2000-11-17 (3)
  • 1961 (2)
  • 1970 (2)
  • 1975 (2)
  • 1993-10-01 (2)
  • 1996 (2)
  • 1997 (2)
  • 1999-04-01 (2)
  • 1999-07-18 (2)
  • 1999-10-13 (2)
  • 2000-01-22 (2)
  • 2000-07-21 (2)
  • 2000-11-16 (2)
  • 1967 (1)
  • 1967-10-31 (1)
  • 1968 (1)
  • 1981-08-01 (1)
  • 1984 (1)
  • 1991-02-22 (1)
  • 1993 (1)
  • 1994-02 (1)
  • 1998-08-05 (1)
  • 1998-09-11 (1)
  • 1999-07-16 (1)
  • 1999-08-06 (1)
  • 1999-11-29 (1)
  • 2000-02-22 (1)
  • 2000-04-15 (1)
  • 2000-05-13 (1)
  • 2000-07-20 (1)
  • 2000-07-22 (1)
  • 2000-07-23 (1)
  • 2000-12-25 (1)
  • 2001 (1)
  • 2001-04-14 (1)
  • 2001-09-29 (1)
  • 2001-10-12 (1)
  • 2002 (1)
  • 2003-01-17 (1)
  • 2003-10-25 (1)
  • 2004 (1)

Related Departments

Digital Projects

Digitized and described primary sources from UMKC Libraries’ Special Collections and University Archives.

LaBudde Special Collections

Print archives and research center serving scholars and organizations from around the world.

Marr Sound Archives

Over 400,000 items with a focus on the American experience as reflected in recorded sound.

University Archives

Records, catalogs, and publications from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

  • Contact Us   |  Terms of Use   |  Acknowledgments   | UMKC Libraries   |  Hosted by University of Missouri Library Systems   |  Copyright ©2025