Collection #

BV 3555–3558

Brice Williams, sr.
collection, 1880s–1957

Collection Information

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Content Note

Contents

Cataloging Information

Processed by

Paul Brockman
May 2007

Manuscript and Visual Collections Department
William Henry Smith Memorial Library
Indiana Historical Society
450 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269

www.indianahistory.org

COLLECTION INFORMATION

VOLUME OF COLLECTION:	8 bound volumes in 4 phase boxes
COLLECTION DATES:	1880s–1950s
PROVENANCE:	Richard E. Williams, Indianapolis, August 1972
RESTRICTIONS:	None
COPYRIGHT:
REPRODUCTION RIGHTS:	Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained from the Indiana Historical Society.
ALTERNATE FORMATS:
RELATED HOLDINGS:
ACCESSION NUMBER:	1972.0810
NOTES:	Formerly M 0279 and OMB 0076

BIOGRAPHiCAL SKETCH

Brice Williams, Sr. (1875–ca. late 1950s) was a businessman and inventor from Kokomo, in Howard County Indiana.  He worked as a printer/typesetter and later as a salesman and a manufacturer who invented the peanut vending machine.  Williams married Caroline Emily Hoon (1864–1952) in 1897 and they had three children: Josephine, Brice, Jr. and Kenneth.

Sources:

Information in collection

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The collection, contained in 8 volumes, includes “parts” of genealogical and autobiographical writings, photographs and general material collected by Brice Williams, Sr.; these have been pasted into loosely bound company ledger books.

The first part contains genealogical material regarding the Williams family including those of his wife.

Part two contains Williams’ autobiography “Once a step-child, always a step-child” covering his professional, political and personal life from the 1890s through the 1940s.

Part three contains typed newspaper articles and letters dealing with a variety of subjects, some of which were authored or contained stories about Williams, 1882–1950.

Typed verses and writings by Brice Williams comprise part four.  These include poetry, history and childhood reminiscences. 

Part five contains original letters, photographs, and printed items regarding Williams’ daughter, Josephine Maude Williams Smith.

The sixth part is made up of original family photographs and other original related items. 

Part seven consists of photographs, newspaper clippings, and printed family items, of Kenneth W. Williams, his son and an architect in Kokomo. 

Part eight contains photographs and information about the family of Edward Nicholas (1881–1949) a grocery store operator in Kokomo. 

CONTENTS

CONTENTS	CONTAINER
Part I “Our Family Tree”	BV 3555
Part II “Once A Step-child, always a step-child” (autobiography)	BV 3555
Part III Newspaper Articles and Letters (typed)	BV 3556
Part IV Verses and Writings by Williams	BV 3556
Part V Josephine Maude Williams Smith	BV 3556
Part VI Photographs and Family Related Items	BV 3557
Part VII Kenneth Williams Materials	BV 3558
Part VIII Edward Nicholas Family Materials	BV 3558

CATALOGING INFORMATION

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