Helen Wilson Williams

Helen Elizabeth Wilson Williams was born on October 8, 1900. She graduated from Wellesley College in 1921. Helen married Harry Julius Williams (1895-1992) - at that time an assistant provision manager for Wilson & Co. - on June 27, 1925. Together, they had four daughters: Karen E. (b. 1927), Gwain R. (b. 1929), Lynn H. (b. 1934), and Noel Ann (b. 1932). Helen Wilson Williams died on March 11, 1995.

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Black-and-white formal photographic portrait of Helen Wilson Williams pasted into a photograph album. Helen is a young white woman. She is wearing her dark hair pinned up, a light-colored dress, and a pearl necklace.
Photographic portrait of Helen Wilson Williams, circa 1910s-1920s.

Thomas E. Wilson Family Collection, Box 10, Folder 3, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.
Black-and-white photographic postcard of Helen Wilson Williams as a young girl standing with her nurse Millie and younger brother, Edward. Helen is wearing a white skirt, white brimmed hat, dark sweater and stockings, and dark leather boots. She is white and has long dark hair.
Postcard of Helen Wilson Williams, Edward Foss Wilson, and Nurse Millie, circa 1910s

Thomas E. Wilson Family Collection, Box 28, Folder 4, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.
Black-and-white photographic postcard depicting Helen Wilson Williams as a young girl seated in a horse-drawn buggy. Helen's nurse stands next to her. The buggy is on a lawn and sidewalk between two white houses. Helen is a young white girl with long dark hair. She is wearing a light-colored coat and a light-colored brimmed hat.
Postcard of Helen Wilson Williams in horse-drawn buggy, circa 1910s.

Thomas E. Wilson Family Collection, Box 27, Folder 1, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.

Helen is shown with her nurse, Millie.
Black-and-white snapshot of Helen Wilson Williams as young woman standing outdoors on stone steps near planters. She is wearing a long dark dress and glasses. She is a young white woman with dark hair that is pinned up. She is turned sideways to the camera and is looking down.
Photograph of Helen Wilson Williams standing on steps near planter, circa 1920s.

Thomas E. Wilson Family Collection, Box 28, Folder 5, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.
Black-and-white formal photographic portrait of Helen Wilson Williams pasted into a photograph album. Helen is a young white woman with dark hair that is pinned up. She is wearing a long, light-colored dress. She is seated in three-quarters profile and is holding a book open on her lap.
Portrait of Helen Wilson Williams, circa 1910s-1920s

Thomas E. Wilson Family Collection, Box 10, Folder 3, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.
Black-and-white snapshot of Helen Wilson Williams. She is a young white woman. She is shown outdoors wearing a light-colored jacket over a plaid sweater with a bow at the neck. She wears glasses and a brimmed hat.
Photograph of Helen Wilson Williams, circa 1930s

Thomas E. Wilson Family Collection, Box 28, Folder 5, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.
Black-and-white snapshot of Helen Wilson Williams. The photograph is from the same day and place as the preceding photograph. Helen is shown standing next to her husband who is a white man wearing a suit and glasses, and holding a hat in his hand. The two may be shown on the grounds of Edellyn Farms.
Photograph of Helen Wilson Williams and husband Harry Williams, circa 1930s

Thomas E. Wilson Family Collection, Box 28, Folder 5, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.