William Louis Gailliard collection

Collection

Identifier: AMN 1160

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection’s first series is biographical contains a single folder which holds a small collection of papers pertaining to Gaillard’s life. The second series is affiliations contains two folders complete with photographs, pertaining to his involvement in the Royal Sultans Orchestra and the Charleston Fire Department. Each of the photographs contains information about the image inscribed in the margins and the backsides of the images. The third series is publications contains two documents, one of which is a Charleston News and Courier article (12/28/1980), and a booklet for the “Souvenir Program Eighty-ninth Anniversary of Wallingford Presbyterian Church, 1867-1956.” The fourth series are subject contains photographic portraits of Charles Pequette, J. Michael Graves, L. Howard Bennett, Jeannette Cox, and Rosslee G. Douglas.

Dates

Creation: 1935-1980
Creation: Majority of material found within 1956-1976

Biographical Note

Captain William Louis Gailliard (b. 1908) was born and raised in Charleston, SC, and was married to Priscilla Bonaparte Gailliard (1908-1997), who had at least three children together. For several years, he was a member of the Royal Sultans Orchestra, who were the first Black band to play on Folly Beach, SC. Ending the band in the early 1950s, he became an auxiliary fireman, and became a fire captain in the 1970s. He passed away in 1999.

Extent

0.2 linear feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Captain William Louis Gailliard (b. 1908) was born and raised in Charleston, SC, and married to Priscilla Bonaparte Gailliard (1908-1997), who had at least three children together. For several years, he was a member of the Royal Sultans Orchestra, who were the first Black band to play on Folly Beach, SC. Ending the band in the early 1950s, he became an auxiliary fireman, and became a fire captain in the 1970s. He passed away in 1999. This collection largely contains a series of photographs of the Royal Sultans Orchestra, the Charleston Fire Department, and individual photographs of Charles Pequette, J. Michael Graves, L. Howard Bennett, Jeannette Cox, and Rosslee G. Douglas. The collection also holds several documents from Gailliard’s life, such as school dance memorabilia, a letter from Chief Wilmot Guthke of the Charleston Fire Department, and a Certification of Recognition. The collection also contains two documents, one of which is a Charleston News and Courier article (12/28/1980), and a booklet for the “Souvenir Program Eighty-ninth Anniversary of Wallingford Presbyterian Church, 1867-1956.”