Williams family
Family
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Ava Williams papers
Collection
Identifier: Coll 225
Abstract
Ava Williams (1912-2003) performed as a popular music singer and pianist on stages on both coasts of the United States from 1939 to the late 1990s. She grew up in Eastern Oregon and spent her final years in Portland. In the intervening years, she lived and worked in California; New York City; Provincetown and Boston, Massachusetts; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her personal collection spans from her childhood to her death, and includes papers, photographs, and sound and video recordings,...
Dates:
1880-2004
E. R. Williams family photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1366
Abstract
Partially processed collection consisting primarily of photographic prints and postcards that are of or relate to the extended family of E. R. Williams. The images include scenes of logging and logging camps, railroad trains, blacksmith shops, and a dentist shop, as well as family portraits. Also included is a series of photographs focusing on the filming of "The General" with Buster Keaton. Most of the photographs were taken in the area of Grants Pass, Oregon. Family names mentioned include...
Dates:
1887-1965; Majority of material found within 1899-1930
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- Baseball -- Oregon -- Photographs 1
- General (Motion picture : 1926) 1
- Home and Family 1
- Logging -- Photographs 1
- Motion pictures -- Production and direction -- Oregon -- Photographs 1
- Oregon 1
- Performing Arts 1
- Performing arts -- Massachusetts -- Provincetown 1
- Performing arts -- New York (State) -- New York 1
- Performing arts -- Oregon -- Portland 1
- Photographs 1
- Popular music -- United States -- 20th century 1
- Portland 1
- Portland (Or.) -- Social life and customs 1
- Railroad trains -- Photographs 1
- Women 1
- Women musicians -- United States -- 20th century 1
- albums (sound recordings) 1
- clippings (information artifacts) 1
- scrapbooks 1
- videotapes 1 ∧ less
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