Mrs. G. J. Walker collection
Scope and Content
An autograph album of a Miss Glasgow, of Virginia, contains autographs, 1842-1847, of American statesmen including John Quincy Adams, Millard Fillmore, Alexander H.H. Stuart, and Henry A. Wise.
The collection also includes a note from Henry Clay, 1847 July 30, responding to a request for an autograph; "In memoriam," a poem "written for Harrie [?] W. Kuhl after his death by Davis"; a letter from George [McCorkle], Newport News, Va., 1901 Dec. 26, to his sister Juliette McCorkle, Glasgow, Va., discussing his living arrangements; and a letter from J Gayle Anderton, Radford, Va. [1901?] to the Misses McCorkle, Glasgow, Va.
The collection also contains two letters, an "In memorium" document, and a bound volume of muscial scores for the piano-forte.
Dates
- Creation: 1842-1901
Language of Materials
The material is in English.
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for reserach use.
Use Restrictions
See the
Extent
0.2 Cubic Feet (5 folders)
Provenance
Deposit of Mrs. G.J. Walker, May 1933.
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Ladies Jackson Memorial Association broadside
- Title
- Mrs. G. J. Walker collection
- Author
- Revised by E. Wilkinson and P. Roland
- Date
- 2019
- Description rules
- Archives, Personal Papers, And Manuscripts (Washington: Library Of Congress)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- The description is in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States