Walker, A. B.
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Reminiscences of A.B. Walker
Collection
Identifier:
MSS-0120
Abstract
The collection is a bound book with lined notebook paper. The author, A.B. Walker (1800-1886), moved to Athens in 1810, remaining there until his death in 1886. Involved in the development of the town throughout his life, in 1876 Walker began writing about his memories of the area from his first arrival to the opening of the new county courthouse in 1880. He included the various changes the town went through, and his own personal impressions of the people with whom he lived and worked. In...
Dates:1873 - 1937
Series 6: Letters from A. B. Walker, postmarked Athens, Ohio to Ezra Walker, Charleston, Virginia, 1841 - 1852
Series
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The collection consists of 46 documents: 7 bills, 1 printed document, 1 diagram, 1 hand written manuscript copy (the only document attributed to Ezra Walker), and 36 autographed, signed letters. Each letter is in an individual folder, accompanied by a typewritten transcript. The contents of each are also summarized in a short description in the container list. Correspondence is arranged alphabetically by writer, then chronologically. The bills are separated into two folders; one contains 5...
Dates:1841 - 1852
