George Leon Walker and Williston Walker Papers, 1722-1922

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George Leon Walker and Williston Walker Papers, 1722-1922

Correspondence, diaries, notes and writings ofGeorge Leon and Williston Walker form the core of the collection and provideextensive biographical information. They detail the activities of a typical NewEngland clergyman during the second half of the 19th century and provideinformation on national news, political events, the Civil War, the slaveryissue, financial news on currency and taxes, and daily weather conditions. Alsoincluded are records of sermons preached and pastoral records. George LeonWalker (1830-1900) was a Congregational clergyman in Portland, Maine(1858-1867), New Haven, Connecticut (1868-1873), and Hartford, Connecticut(1879-1892). He was a corporate member of the American Board of Commissionersfor Foreign Missions and served on the commission to prepare the Congregationalcreed. His son, Williston Walker (1860-1922) was professor of history/churchhistory at Bryn Mawr College (1888-1889), Hartford Theological Seminary(1889-1901) and Yale University (1901-1922). He also served as a trustee ofAmherst College (1896-1922), acting dean of Yale Graduate School (1916-1917)and provost of Yale University (1919-1922).

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