Wallace, Paul A.W.

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Paul A. W. Wallace was a professor of English, with interests in Pennsylvania history.

From the description of Papers, [ca. 1920]-1967. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122347523

Anthropologist, historian, and folklorist Paul A.W. Wallace (1894-1967) drew national recognition in the 1940s and 1950s for his pioneering work on eighteenth century Indian-white relations. A contemporary and colleague of Alfred Irving Hallowell, Wallace bridged the generations of Frank G. Speck and William N. Fenton and counted among his colleagues some of the 20th century's most renowned ethnologists and historians.

An English professor at Lebanon Valley College in Pennsylvania, where he eventually became chair and spent most of his career, Wallace's interests in folklore and ethnology developed into studies of the Pennsylvania Dutch and the Indians of Pennsylvania, New York State, and Canada. The Toronto-born Wallace shared Speck's dedication to and concern for the Indians, whom he considered friends as well as ethnographic subjects. Through his extensive ethnographic fieldwork among the Iroquois and Huron tribes at the Six Nations Reserve in Brantford, Ontario and in other communities in Canada and Western New York state, Wallace forged bonds of friendship with many Indians.

One of these friendships led to Wallace's adoption by the Mohawk nation. Shortly after the publication of White Roots of Peace (Philadelphia, 1946), Ray Fadden (Aren Akweks) wrote to Wallace on behalf of the Akwesasne Mohawk Counselor Organization and expressed his appreciation of the book, which he felt created "respect for the Indian, not only in the white readers but also among the Indian people." Over the next three years, Wallace and Fadden maintained a steady and increasingly friendly correspondence. When the Mohawks adopted Wallace into their nation on July 15, 1949, giving him the name Tor-ri-wa-wa-kon ("holding a message."), Fadden's wife Christine (Ska-won-ate) served as Wallace's sponsor. Wallace and Fadden's friendship lasted over twenty years until Wallace's death in 1967.

Through works such as Conrad Weiser, 1696-1760, Friend of Colonist and Mohawk (Philadelphia, 1945); The White Roots of Peace; The Muhlenbergs of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1950); Indian Paths of Pennsylvania (Harrisburg, 1952 and subsequent editions); Thirty Thousand Miles with John Heckewelder (Pittsburgh, 1958); and Indians in Pennsylvania (Harrisburg, 1961), Wallace achieved national recognition in his second career as an historian. He served as editor of Pennsylvania History and as consultant to the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) from 1951-1957, when the PHMC hired him as a staff historian, a position he held until 1965.

From the guide to the Paul A. W. Wallace Papers, 1920-2000, (American Philosophical Society)

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referencedIn Frank G. Speck papers, 1903-1950 American Philosophical Society Library
creatorOf Paul A. W. Wallace Papers, 1920-2000 American Philosophical Society Library
referencedIn American Philosophical Society Library. Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection. 1668-1983. American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Wallace, Anthony Francis Clarke. Anthony F. C. Wallace Papers. 1920-2000. American Philosophical Society Library
creatorOf Lancaster, G. B., 1874-1945. Edith J. Lyttleton letters to Paul A.W. Wallace, 1918- 1943. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
referencedIn Frank G. Speck papers, 1903-1950 American Philosophical Society Library
referencedIn Papers, 1934-1981 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Wallace, Paul Anthony Wilson. Paul A. W. Wallace Papers. [ca. 1920]-1967. American Philosophical Society Library
referencedIn Wallace, Evelyn Lorraine Schmitt, 1923-1981. Papers, 1934-1981 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn William N. Fenton papers, 1933-2001 American Philosophical Society Library
referencedIn William N. Fenton papers, 1933-2001 American Philosophical Society Library
referencedIn Wallace family fonds. [1917-1922]. University of Victoria Libraries, UVic
referencedIn Wallace, Anthony Francis Clarke. Anthony F. C. Wallace Papers. 1920-2000. American Philosophical Society Library
referencedIn Prints Collection, 1500-2000 American Philosophical Society
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associatedWith Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873 person
associatedWith Ahenakew, Edward. person
associatedWith Akwesasne Counselor Organization. corporateBody
associatedWith Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820 person
associatedWith Barbeau, Marius, 1883-1969. person
associatedWith Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834 person
associatedWith Bodmer, Karl, 1809-1893 person
associatedWith Cooper, Thomas, 1759-1839 person
associatedWith Cornplanter, Jesse. person
associatedWith Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899 person
associatedWith Cuvier, Georges, Baron, 1769-1832 person
associatedWith Darlington, William, 1782-1863 person
associatedWith Eastman, Seth, 1808-1875 person
associatedWith Edison, Thomas A., (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 person
associatedWith Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 person
associatedWith EVELYN LORRAINE (SCHMITT) WALLACE, 1923-1981 person
associatedWith Everett, Edward, 1794-1865 person
associatedWith Fadden, Ray. person
associatedWith Fadden, Ray (Tehanetorens), 1910-2005 person
associatedWith Fenton, William N. (William Nelson), 1908-2005. person
associatedWith Fitch, John person
associatedWith Genth, F. A., (Frederick Augustus), 1820-1893 person
associatedWith Gray, Asa, 1810-1888 person
associatedWith Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872 person
associatedWith Harding, Warren G. person
associatedWith Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus, 1743-1823. person
associatedWith Jenness, Diamond, 1886-1969. person
associatedWith Lancaster, G. B., 1874-1945. person
associatedWith Lingelbach, William E. (William Ezra), 1871-1962. person
associatedWith Mohawk nation at Akwesasne. corporateBody
associatedWith Montgomery, Charles B. person
associatedWith Montgomery, Charles B (Charles Berwind) person
associatedWith Muhlenberg, Henry, 1753-1815. person
associatedWith Muhlenberg, Henry Melchior, 1711-1787. person
associatedWith Newcomb, Simon person
associatedWith Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727 person
associatedWith Parker, Arthur Caswell, 1881-1955. person
associatedWith Poinsett, Joel Roberts, 1779-1851 person
associatedWith Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796 person
associatedWith Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 person
associatedWith Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, 1793-1864 person
associatedWith Seybert, Adam, 1773-1825 person
associatedWith Six Nations Indian Museum. corporateBody
associatedWith Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866 person
associatedWith Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950. person
associatedWith Sterling, Matthew W. person
associatedWith Stevens, Henry person
associatedWith Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872 person
associatedWith Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824 person
associatedWith Voegelin, C. F. (Charles Frederick), 1906-1986. person
associatedWith Wallace, Anthony F. C., 1923- person
associatedWith Wallace, Evelyn Lorraine Schmitt, 1923-1981. person
associatedWith Waterton, Charles, 1782-1865 person
associatedWith Wayne, Anthony person
associatedWith Weiser, Conrad, 1696-1760. person
associatedWith West, Benjamin, 1730-1813 person
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Pennsylvania
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American Philosophical Society
Delaware Indians
Delaware Indians
Eastern Woodlands Indians
Ethnology
Germans
Goodenough, Ward Hunt
Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus (1743-1823)
Indians of North America
Indians of North America
Indians of North America
Indians of North America
Indians of North America
Iroquois Indians
Iroquois Indians
Iroquois Indians
Iroquois Indians
Mohawk Indians
Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne
Moravians
Oneida Indians
Onondaga Indians
Pennsylvania History
Weiser, Conrad (1676-1760)
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Death 1967

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