Dyer, Walter A. (Walter Alden), 1878-1943
Variant namesWalter Dyer, a prolific author, was a member of the Amherst College Class of 1900. From 1900 to 1901 he was on the staff of The Springfield Union and The Criterion (New York), and from 1901 to 1905, he was on the editorial staff of Clifford and Lawton, publishers of trade journals in New York. From 1905 to 1914 he worked on the staff of the magazine Country Life in America, serving as editor from 1907 to 1914. From 1914 until his death in 1943, he was an independent author, publishing many books and magazine articles on antiques, animals (particularly dogs), country life, and short fiction. He was editor of The Amherst Graduates' Quarterly for more than ten years (from 1932 to 1943) and became the director of Amherst College Press in 1933. In 1903 Dyer married Ethelind Thorp Childs, who died in 1904. In 1907 he married her sister Muriel Worthington Childs. Dyer died in Pelham, Mass. on June 20, 1943.
From the description of Dyer papers, 1910-1944. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 51957721
Walter Dyer, a prolific author, was a member of the Amherst College Class of 1900. From 1900 to 1901 he was on the staff of The Springfield Union and The Criterion (New York), and from 1901 to 1905, he was on the editorial staff of Clifford and Lawton, publishers of trade journals in New York. From 1905 to 1914 he worked on the staff of the magazine Country Life in America, serving as editor from 1907 to 1914. From 1914 until his death in 1943, he was an independent author, publishing many books and magazine articles on antiques, animals (particularly dogs), country life, and short fiction. He was editor of The Amherst Graduates' Quarterly for more than ten years (from 1932 to 1943) and became the director of Amherst College Press in 1933. In 1903 Dyer married Ethelind Thorp Childs, who died in 1904. In 1907 he married her sister Muriel Worthington Childs. Dyer died in Pelham, Mass. on June 20, 1943.
Dyer was the author of the following books:
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1910:
The Lure of the Antique -
1911:
The River Life -
1915:
Pierrot, Dog of Belgium -
1915:
Early American Craftsmen -
1916:
Gulliver the Great and Other Dog Stories -
1916:
The Humble Annals of a Back Yard -
1917:
Creators of Decorative Styles -
1917:
The Five Babbits of Bonny-Acres -
1918:
The Dogs of Boytown -
1918:
Handbook of Furniture Styles -
1919:
Ben, the Battle Horse -
1919:
With the Help of God and a Few Marines (co-author) -
1920:
Sons of Liberty -
1924:
Many Dogs There Be -
1926:
All Around Robin Hood's Barn -
1927:
The Breakwater -
1927:
Country Cousins -
1928:
Chronicles of a Country Man -
1928:
The Rocking Chair (co-author) -
1931:
Sprigs of Hemlock
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1910:
The Lure of the Antique -
1911:
The River Life -
1915:
Early American Craftsmen -
1916:
The Humble Annals of a Back Yard -
1917:
The Five Babbits of Bonny-Acres -
1918:
Handbook of Furniture Styles -
1919:
With the Help of God and a Few Marines (co-author) -
1920:
Sons of Liberty -
1924:
Many Dogs There Be -
1926:
All Around Robin Hood's Barn -
1927:
Country Cousins -
1928:
The Rocking Chair (co-author) -
1931:
Sprigs of Hemlock
From the guide to the Walter Alden Dyer (AC 1900) Papers, 1862-1944, 1910-1944, (Amherst College Archives and Special Collections)
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| creatorOf | National Arts Club (New York, N.Y.). Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1906-1931. | University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library | |
| referencedIn | Houghton Mifflin Company. Houghton Mifflin Company reader reports on manuscripts submitted for publication. 1882-1931. | Houghton Library | |
| creatorOf | Dyer, Walter A. (Walter Alden), 1878-1943. Letter, 1915 May 7, Hempstead, N.Y., to Harold Goddard Rugg, Hanover, N.H. / Walter A. Dyer. | Dartmouth College Library | |
| creatorOf | Dyer, Walter A. (Walter Alden), 1878-1943. Dyer papers, 1910-1944. | Amherst College. Library | |
| creatorOf | Walter Alden Dyer (AC 1900) Papers, 1862-1944, 1910-1944 | Amherst College Archives and Special Collections | |
| referencedIn | Letters sent to Walter Hines Page from various correspondents, English period, 1876-1937. | Houghton Library |
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| associatedWith | Houghton Mifflin Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | National Arts Club (New York, N.Y.). | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Page, Walter Hines, 1855-1918 | person |
| associatedWith | Rugg, Harold Goddard, 1883-1957. | person |
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Birth 1878-10-10
Death 1943-06-21
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