Dyer, Walter A. (Walter Alden), 1878-1943

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Birth 1878-10-10
Death 1943-06-21
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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.

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:

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 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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