Francis Amasa Walker papers

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Walker, Francis Amasa papers

Francis Amasa Walker papers

1862-1897

https://archivesspace.mit.edu/repositories/2/resources/805

Francis Amasa Walker (1840-1897) was the third president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1881-1897. This collection consists of correspondence, speeches, and writings by Walker, most of which he wrote while president of MIT. His speeches and writings focus on labor and capital, especially the silver standard, technical education, the student workload at MIT, and accounts of the Civil War. Scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings about Walker, several published letters he wrote, and telegrams he received. Also includes a printed version of the Census of 1810, interleaved with manuscript pages where the printed version is incomplete, and a printed volume of the . Atlas of Massachusetts

3.8 cubic feet; (9 manuscript boxes, 1 half manuscript box, 2 flat storage boxes, 3 volumes, each in enclosure)

eng, Latn

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