ca. 1810 - 11 Mar. 2015, predominantly 11 Dec. 1925 - 1990
This fonds consists of records of Weiller & Williams Co. Ltd.’s business dealings, the Williams’ family history, and Lee Williams' horse breeding and horse racing.
This series contains all files created by the Weiller & Williams Co. Ltd. board of directors. Examples include minutes, agendas, registers, shareholder transfers, by-laws and policies, etc.
The file contents consist of identification tags, business cards, school report cards and school diploma certificates, boy scout records, and biography regarding Jack Leland Redavats Williams, and a letter written from Jack to his mother. Also, one photograph intended for identification purposes - possibly for Kodak or for a passport.
This series contains records of the Williams and Redavats family history. Redavats was originally spelled as Riudavets. Some early documents use the original spelling, however, the majority of the records use the new spelling of Redavats. It is thought that the spelling changed after the Redavats family moved to New York. Examples of records in this series include photograph albums, newspaper articles, travel journals, correspondence, etc.
The files in the subseries consist of the personal records of Jack Leland Riudavets Williams, the only son of Leland Stanford Williams and Marion Peacock Williams. Examples include photographs, travel journals, film reels, letters, etc. The Riudavets names has also been spelled Redavats in many papers in this subseries.
The file contents consist of a company envelope with Weiller & Williams Co. Ltd. logo which was sent to Jack Williams by D. Allen. Also included is the envelope that the company envelope was received in.
The file contents consist an envelope sent to Mark Williams (son of Jack) by Joan Bodmer, but ended up in Jack's possession, which held Weiller & Williams invoices including ones from 1951 that Mark purchased on eBay for $135, a Weiller & Weiller calendar, and cheques/promises to pay for Weiller & Williams Co. Ltd.
The file consists of correspondence and papers from Oliver MacDonald and Livestock Identification Services Ltd. regarding the Weiller & Williams Co. Ltd brands, images of the Weiller & Williams Co. Ltd. logo and brands, a photograph of the Weiller & Williams Co. Ltd. brands imprinted into a concrete slab, and photographs of the Weiller & Williams Co. Ltd. grain elevators in Namao before repairs and Sioma. Also includes a framed Weiller & Williams Co. Ltd. brand certificate.