Powell, Walter A. (Walter Anderson), 1855-1948

The Christopher Publishing House, Boston. Flyer for A History of Delaware, 1928. "William P. Frank Scholarship." http://www.degridiron.org/scholarship.html (accessed March 2, 2011).

Walter A. Powell, formerly a Judge of the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri, was a Delaware historian who wrote A History of Delaware (1928) and The Pilgrims and Their Religious, Intellectual and Civic Life (1923).

Delaware journalist William P. Frank, widely known as Bill Frank, was a newspaper columnist and radio commentator for over 65 years. Bill Frank was also a Delaware historian, a Judaic scholar, a Shakespearean actor, and social activist. Though born in New York City in 1905, Frank grew up in Wilmington, Delaware. He died in Wilmington on August 21, 1989.

From the guide to the Walter A. Powell letters to William P. Frank, 1928-1978, 1934-1935, (University of Delaware Library - Special Collections)