Second son of photographer William Williams (1858-1949) and Lydia Myrtle Devereux (1857-1938). Brother of Edgar Richard Williams (1891-1983).
Williams, Owen William, 1893-1972
Lydia Williams and her sons fishing, Dunedin
Date: 1897
From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera
Reference: 1/1-025745-G
Description: Lydia Williams, with her sons Edgar and Owen, fishing on the banks of a Dunedin stream. Photograph taken by William Williams in 1897. Exhibited in 'Lydia' photographic exhibition held 17 July - 25 September in 1993, first floor foyer, National Library. Showed images of Lydia Myrtle Williams, wife of the photographer William Williams. Other Titles - The gentle craft, Feby, 1897, Dunedin [title taken from lantern slide] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Edgar Williams playing in the garden outside his parents' house Viewbank on Maitland St...
Date: Sep 1894
From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera
Reference: 1/2-141207-G
Description: Edgar Williams looking through a play camera in the garden outside his parents house `Viewbank' on Maitland Street, Dunedin, January 1892. Owen's mother Lydia and brother Owen are visible inside the house. Photograph taken by Edgar's father, William Williams. Exhibited in 'Lydia' photographic exhibition held 17 July - 25 September in 1993, first floor foyer, National Library. Showed images of Lydia Myrtle Williams, wife of the photographer William Williams. Other Titles - Sunlocks take Kim Poto Inscriptions: Caption on original lantern slide reads: Sunlocks take Kim Poto [Sunlocks and Kim appear to be nicknames for Edgar and Owen Williams] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative
Richard L Williams at incinerator in garden with children Edgar Richard Williams, Edith...
Date: [Feb?] 1902
From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera
Reference: 1/2-140267-G
Description: Photograph taken by William Williams Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Photographer identified by curator John Sullivan. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Stereographic dry plate glass negative
Williams family children in garden, including Edgar Richard Williams, Owen William Will...
Date: Feb 1902
From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera
Reference: 1/2-140274-G
Description: Photograph taken by William Williams Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Photographer identified by curator John Sullivan. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Stereographic dry plate glass negative
Owen W Williams, Kew
Date: December 1896
From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera
Reference: 1/1-025762-G
Description: Portrait of three year old Owen W Williams holding a shoe brush and a boot. Taken in December 1896, in Kew by William Williams. Inscriptions: Owen W Williams. Kew. Dec 1896 - 3 years old. W.W. (from lantern slide) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Group of children, Motohou, near Wanganui
Date: 1903
From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera
Reference: 1/2-140273-G
Description: Owen Williams (front left), Edgar Williams (back right), Edith Kenworth (front right), and two unidentified girls, at Motohou, Brunswick, near Wanganui. The farm was owned by the grandparents of the Williams children. Photographed 1903 by William Williams. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - top right - FEB. 03. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Stereoscopic glass 1/2 plate negative
Waiwhetu, Lower Hutt
Date: 1901
From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera
Reference: 1/2-140509-F
Description: Waiwhetu, Lower Hutt, 1901, photographed by William Williams. Fields of crops are visible. The photographer's sons, Owen and Edgar can just be seen in the centre. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative
Group, including Edgar Richard and Owen William Williams, sitting in field, Leith, Waik...
Date: [between 1896-1902]
From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera
Reference: 1/2-140706-G
Description: Photograph taken by William Williams Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Photographer identified by curator John Sullivan. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Stereographic dry plate glass
Edgar Richard Williams, Owen William Williams and a third child [Edith Kenworth?] in ga...
Date: 1902
From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera
Reference: 1/2-140272-G
Description: Photograph taken by William Williams Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Photographer identified by curator John Sullivan. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Stereographic dry plate glass negative
Edgar and Owen Williams
Date: ca 1895
From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera
Reference: 1/2-140474-G
Description: Edgar and Owen Williams wearing sailor tunics and hats, standing on a small wooden foot bridge in an unidentified location. Photographed ca 1895 by their father William Williams. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass plate stereographic negative
Edgar and Owen Williams and Edith Kenworth inspect a Nikau palm flower bud
Date: 1901
From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera
Reference: 1/2-140268-G
Description: Edgar (left) and Owen Williams (centre) with their cousin Edith Kenworth (right) inspecting a Nikau palm flower bud at their grandparents' farm at Motohou near Wanganui. Photographed 1901 by William Williams. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass stereoscopic negative
Edgar Richard Williams in garden with his [grandmother?] and with Daisy Sutherland and ...
Date: Feb 1903
From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera
Reference: 1/2-140276-G
Description: Photograph taken by William Williams Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Photographer identified by curator John Sullivan. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Stereographic dry plate glass negative
Owen Williams in the railway office, Hillside, Dunedin
Date: 2 February 1897
From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera
Reference: 1/2-140599-G
Description: Owen Williams standing on a chair to reach a telephone at the railway office, Hillside, Dunedin. Photographed 2 February 1897 by William Williams. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - bottom left - 7.2.97 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Stereoscopic glass negative
Invercargill water tower
Date: 1900
From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera
Reference: 1/2-140682-G
Description: Lydia Williams with her sons, Edgar and Owen, looking at the view from the water tower during a visit to Invercargill in 1900. Taken by Mrs William's husband, William Williams. Exhibited in 'Lydia' photographic exhibition held 17 July - 25 September in 1993, first floor foyer, National Library. Showed images of Lydia Myrtle Williams, wife of the photographer William Williams. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Owen Williams standing on a beach holding a hoe and an umbrella, Catlins District, Otag...
Date: Dec 1925
From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera
Reference: 1/4-121078-F
Description: Photograph taken by Edgar Richard Williams. Other - Note in register states: '(from original envelope) Xmas 1925. Catlins with Maudii & Owen - and Cromwell.' Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Photographer identified by Curatorial Services Leader John Sullivan. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative
Owen Williams and Edith Kenworth on a wooden ladder in the garden of Motohou, Brunswick...
Date: [1903?]
From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera
Reference: 1/2-141190-G
Description: Photograph taken by William Williams Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Photographer identified by curator John Sullivan. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Stereographic dry plate glass negative
Edgar Williams empties a box of hay over his brother Owen Williams while Edith Kenworth...
Date: [1903?]
From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera
Reference: 1/2-141191-G
Description: Photograph taken by William Williams Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Photographer identified by curator John Sullivan. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Stereographic dry plate glass negative
Inward correspondence
Date: 30 Jul 1905-11 Jan 1954
From: Williams, Harold Whitmore, 1876-1928 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0555-2
Description: Includes letters from Owen Williams, William J to Owen, M Bridge to Mr Fraer, Rev J Napier Milne to William J Williams and Ariadna Williams to Mrs Williams. Also includes notes on mission to New Zealand, 1800-1814. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.