Series 1. Family and the early years of
William Grant Still, 1890-1918. Photographs 1-12.
In series 1 through series 7, multiples of a photograph will be
noted by an M followed by the number of images. Negatives will be
noted by an N.
Box 126
Photograph 1. Carrie Lena Fambro Still Shepperson (mother of
William Grant Still), ca. 1894, (2x3), (6x8), (8x10), M-3.
Photograph 2. William Grant Still, Sr. (father of William
Grant Still), ca. 1894, (2x3), (3x3), M-2.
Photograph 3. Family grouping including William Grant Still's
grandmother, father, mother, stepfather, wife, children, and dog,
n.d., (8x10).
Photograph 4. Family grouping same as photograph 3 except
William Grant Still is cut out, the children's picture is
different, and there is an insert of Ozam, the dog, n.d., (8x10).
Photograph 5. Graduation of Carrie Lena Fambro from the State
Normal School, Huntsville, Alabama, ca. 1890, (5x7).
Photograph 6. "Babe Will," William Grant Still, ca. 1896,
(4x5).
Photograph 7. High school graduation of William Grant Still,
1911, (8x10).
Photograph 8. William Grant Still with school friends at
Wilberforce University, Ohio, ca. 1915, (3 1/2 x 4 1/2).
Photograph 9. Wilberforce String Quartet, William Grant Still
is seated with his violin, ca. 1915, (5x7).
Photograph 10. Coleridge-Taylor and Wilberforce String
Quartet grouping, ca. 1915, (8x10).
Photograph 11. William Grant Still with cello, ca. 1916,
(3x5).
Photograph 12. William Grant Still playing violin in the
Navy, ca. 1918, (3x5).
Series 4. Career and professional
photographs of William Grant Still and Verna Arvey, 1928-1975.
Photographs 63-103.
Box 126
Photograph 63. William Grant Still and W.C. Handy at the 1939
World's Fair, New York City, 1939, (8x10).
Photograph 64. Poster at 1939 World's Fair, New York City,
1939, (5x7), (5x8), M-2.
Photograph 65. William Grant Still, 1936, (4x6), (5x7), M-2.
Photograph 66. William Grant Still, 1936, (9 1/2 x 12 1/2).
Photograph 67. William Grant Still, autographed to Verna
Arvey, 1933, (5x7).
Photograph 68. William Grant Still, seated, ca. 1935, (8x10).
Photograph 69. William Grant Still with musical score, ca.
early 1960s, (5x7).
Photograph 70. William Grant Still, 1963, (4x5).
Photograph 71. William Grant Still at the piano, ca. 1965,
(5x7).
Photograph 72. William Grant Still at the piano, ca. 1965,
(8x10).
Photograph 73. William Grant Still at Oberlin College, 1970,
(5 x 6 1/2).
Photograph 74. William Grant Still, ca. 1968, (3 x 4 1/2).
Photograph 75. William Grant Still at the fireplace, ca.
1963, (5x7), (5x8), M-2.
Photograph 76. Sculpture of William Grant Still by Joseph
Portanova, Aug 1939, (7 1/2 x 9 1/2).
Photograph 77. Sculpture of William Grant Still by Joseph
Portanova, 1939, (8x10).
Photograph 78. William Grant Still and others at Oberlin
College, Honorary Doctor of Music degree, June 1947, (5x7).
Photograph 79. William Grant Still with David W. Mullins,
Fred Pickens, and Robert McDermott at the University of Arkansas,
Fayetteville, Honorary Doctor of Laws degree, 1971, (5x7).
Photograph 80. William Grant Still and Verna Arvey with David
W. Mullins at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, 1972,
(5x7).
Photograph 81. William Grant Still with John Cowell, Sam
Sizer, and Royal Pope at the University of Arkansas,
Fayetteville, ca. 1972, (5x7).
Photograph 82. William Grant Still and Eubie Blake, 1966,
(8x10).
Photograph 83. William Grant Still and composers at the
Hollywood Bowl. Composers are, left to right, George Antheil,
Eugen Zador, Arthur Bergh, Italo Montemezzi, Miklos Rozsa,
Richard Hageman, W.G. Still, Igor Stravinsky, Ernst Toch, Louis
Gruenberg, and Erick Wolfgang Korngold, 1940s, (8x10).
Photograph 84. Group portrait from the Festival of American
Music at the Eastman School of Music. Standing from left to right
are Burrill Phillips, Douglas Moore, and Still. Seated from the
left are Irving Landau, Lazare Saminsky, Edward Burlingame Hill,
Bernard Rogers, and Laurence Powell, 1933, (4x5), (5x7), M-2.
Photograph 85. Group portrait. In the front row, left to
right, are Still, Harry Lawrence Freeman, W.C. Handy, John
Rosamond Johnson, and Will Henry Vodery. In the back row, third
from left is Charles "Doc" Cooke, and fifth from left is Noble
Sissle, ca. 1928, (5x7).
Photograph 86. William Grant Still with violinist, Louis
Kaufman, ca. 1947, (8x10).
Photograph 87. William Grant Still with violinist and folk
music collector, Elisabeth Waldo, ca. 1947, (8x10).
Photographs 88 and 89. William Grant Still and Mississippi
Governor Bill Waller at ceremony naming Still "a distinguished
Mississippian," 1974, (5x7).
Photograph 90. Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley presenting a
citation and birthday cake to William Grant Still, May 11, 1975,
(8x10).
Photograph 91. William Grant Still and Verna Arvey being
presented with certificates making them honorary citizens of
Jackson, Mississippi, Nov 17, 1974, (5x7).
Photograph 92. William Grant Still rehearsing at the
Hollywood Bowl, ca. 1936, (3 1/2 x 6).
Photograph 93. A standing ovation for conductor-composer,
William Grant Still, at Tulane University, 1968, (8x10), N.
Photograph 94. The original Shuffle Along Orchestra, William
Grant Still seated fourth from right, Eubie Blake at the piano,
1921, (5x7).
Photograph 95. William Grant Still conducting the San Diego
Symphony, Aug 1, 1939, (8x10).
Photograph 96. William Grant Still conducting at the
Hollywood Bowl, Sept 8, 1965, (8x10).
Photograph 97. William Grant Still conducting, ca. 1965,
(5x7).
Photograph 98. William Grant Still at the 68th Street School
in Los Angeles, 1968, (5x7), (8x10), M-2.
Photograph 99. Verna Arvey at the 68th Street School in Los
Angeles, 1968, (5x7).
Photograph 100. Certificate of William Grant Still's
appointment as an Arkansas Traveler, Mar 2, 1972, (5x7).
Photograph 101. Commendation and citation from the University
of Arkansas to William Grant Still, June 5, 1971, (5x7).
Photograph 102. Page from William Grant Still's notebook in
preparation for writing the Afro-American Symphony, ca. 1930,
(8x10).
Photograph 103. Trophies of William Grant Still, n.d., (3 1/2
x 5).
Series 5. Toys made by William Grant
Still for his children, Duncan and Judith Still, 1940s.
Photographs 104-131.
Box 126
Photographs 104-131. Wooden toys made by William Grant Still
for Judith and Duncan in the 1940s. Rag dolls were made by Judith
when she was a child. (3 1/2 x 5), (4x5), (5x7).
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