Edmonds, Walter Dumaux, 1903-1998

Walter D. Edmonds was a popular writer of regional and historical fiction primarily set in the Mohawk Valley region of Upstate New York.

From the description of Walter D. Edmonds correspondence with Harold Ober Associates, 1924-1974 (bulk 1931-1968). (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 82334287

American author of children's and adult fiction.

From the description of The matchlock gun : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62488830

From the description of Beaver valley : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62423212

From the description of The story of Richard Storm : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62684760

Walter Dumaux Edmonds (1903-1998) earned his Harvard AB in 1926 and received an honorary degree in 1952; he was an author best known for Drums Along the Mohawk and other historical novels.  He also served the University as a Harvard Overseer (1944-1950) and President of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin .

From the guide to the Papers of Walter Dumaux Edmonds : Harvard material, 1903-1998, (Harvard University Archives)

Walter Dumaux Edmonds (1903-1998) earned his Harvard AB 1926 and received an honorary Litt.D. in 1952; he was an author, best known for Drums Along the Mohawk and other historical novels. He served his alma mater as a Harvard Overseer (1944-1950) and President of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin.

From the description of Themes in English 12, 1924-1925. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77075577

From the description of Papers of Walter Dumaux Edmonds : Harvard material, 1903-1998. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77064746

American author of children's and adult fiction; Newbery Award winner in 1942.

From the description of Papers, 1941-1974. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62684759

Walter D. Edmonds was born July 15, 1903, in Boonville, NY; died January 28, 1998, in Utica, NY. Most of his books are part history, part fiction and were set in Mohawk Valley in the Adirondack region of upstate New York, where he grew up. He received the Newbery Medal in 1942 for The Matchlock Gun. In 1976 he won the National Book Award for Bert Breen's Barn. Drums Along the Mohawk was his best-known historical novel and was on the bestseller list for two years. In 1939 it was made into a movie starring Henry Fonda and Claudette Colbert.

Biographical Source: Something About the Author, vol. 99, p. 78

From the guide to the Walter Dumaux Edmonds, 1941-1974, (University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc])