26 October 1943

Western Union

Telegram

Title: to Dr. H. Hamilton Williams

Sympathy telegram sent to H. Hamilton Williams by Dr. and Mrs. Spaulding, after the death of Williams' brother LeRoi.

GLC09587.107

circa 1919-1943

Photograph

Title: [LeRoi Williams and two possible siblings]

A photograph of LeRoi Williams with two possible siblings. It is likely that the girl in the center is Virginia Williams, his older sister, and that the boy on the right is one of his brothers.

GLC09587.108

circa 1919-1943

Photograph

Title: [LeRoi Williams]

A photograph of LeRoi Williams as a youth.

GLC09587.109

circa 1919-1943

Photograph

Title: LeRoi Williams

A photograph of LeRoi Williams as a youth.

GLC09587.110

circa 1919-1943

Photograph

Title: [LeRoi Williams]

A photograph of LeRoi Williams as a youth.

GLC09587.111

circa 1919-1943

Photograph

Title: [LeRoi Williams]

A photograph of LeRoi Williams as a youth.

GLC09587.112

circa 1919-1943

Photograph

Title: [LeRoi Williams]

A photograph of LeRoi Williams as a young man in a garden.

GLC09587.113

circa 1919-1943

Photograph

Title: [LeRoi Williams]

A photograph of LeRoi Williams as a youth.

GLC09587.114

circa 1919-1943

Photograph

Title: [LeRoi Williams]

A photograph of LeRoi Williams as a youth.

GLC09587.115

circa 1919-1943

Photograph

Title: [LeRoi Williams]

A photograph of LeRoi Williams as a young man in his military uniform. It was found with a newspaper article titled "27 Army Pilots" (see GLC09587.068).

GLC09587.116

circa 1919-1943

Photograph

Title: [T. A. Wilson]

A photograph of T. A. Wilson, a Major in the United States Air Force. He is sitting behind his desk. On the desk, there is his nameplate, a photograph of a woman, and many tall stacks of bills.

GLC09587.117

1919-1945

Photograph

Title: [People sitting on stoop]

Group of men and one woman sitting on a stoop. They are all wearing shirts with wings and an "H" on them. LeRoi Williams may be in the photograph.

GLC09587.118

1919-1943

Finley, Otis E. Jr., fl. 1941-1945

Photograph

Title: [Planes in a field]

Four planes in a field. Reverse says "photography by Otis E. Finley Jr. 2nd Lt. H.C Box 89, I AAF, Alabama."

GLC09587.119

circa October 1943

Photograph

Title: [LeRoi Williams' funeral]

LeRoi Williams' casket, draped with an American flag with mourners surrounding him.

GLC09587.120

circa October 1943

Photograph

Title: [Men standing around LeRoi's Williams' casket]

LeRoi Williams' casket, draped with an American flag with mourners surrounding him. Three men are standing over the casket.

GLC09587.121

circa October 1943

Photograph

Title: [Carrying LeRoi's body from funeral]

Men carrying LeRoi Williams' casket, draped with an American flag, down the stairs from his funeral. There are mourners in the background.

GLC09587.122

circa October 1943

Photograph

Title: [Standing outside church]

Mourners standing outside the church after LeRoi Williams' funeral.

GLC09587.123

circa October 1943

Photograph

Title: [Mourners standing outside church]

Mourners standing outside the church after LeRoi Williams' funeral. The photograph is similar to GLC09587.123 but there is a larger crowd in the street.

GLC09587.124

circa October 1943

Photograph

Title: [Mourners walking into church]

Mourners walking into the Church for LeRoi Williams' funeral. The photograph is similar to GLC09587.123 and GLC09587.124.

GLC09587.125

circa October 1943

Photograph

Title: [LeRoi' Williams' funeral]

Three men standing over LeRoi's casket, draped with an American flag. There are other mourners in the background. Photograph is the same as GLC09587.121.

GLC09587.126

1943

Photograph

Title: [color photograph of LeRoi Williams' funeral]

In the center of the room sits a flag draped coffin, above, a picture of LeRoi Williams. The room is filled with flowers.

GLC09587.127

September 1937

Hampton Institute

Pamphlet

Title: The Southern Workman: The Public Forum And Civic Education

The September 1937 issue of The Southern Workman, the monthly pamphlet of the Hampton Institute. It published a letter written to the Hon. Newton D. Baker by LeRoi Williams, thanking him for $100 of scholarship aid.

GLC09587.128

September 1943

United States. Army Air Forces

Pamphlet

Title: Airways Flying: A Handbook For Military Pilots

A handbook of procedures, vocabulary, and policies for military pilots in World War II.

GLC09587.129

May 27, 1964

The Hampton Institute, fl. 1946

Pamphlet

Title: The Hampton Bulletin: Veterans Homecoming Number

A booklet dedicated to the alumni and students of the Hampton Institute who served in World War II and how the Institute ran during the war. There is a photo of LeRoi S. Williams on page 22 and a caption about his service and death. Vol 43.

GLC09587.130

21 June 1940

Typed document signed

Title: Certification of Student Solo Cross County Flight

Details of a Solo Cross-Country Flight made by LeRoi Williams. Gives checkpoints, times, altitude, conditions, and instructor notes. Signed by James A. Honaker.

GLC09587.131.02