T.B. Walker Foundation and relatedfoundations records. 1925-1984.

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T.B. Walker Foundation and relatedfoundations records. 1925-1984.

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Project files and administrative records of the T.B. WalkerFoundation, the Archie D. and Bertha H. Walker Foundation, and the Guthrie TheaterFoundation, all based in Minneapolis and related to the family of Minneapolislumberman T. B. (Thomas Barlow) Walker (1840-1928). Includes corporate record books,administrative subject files, financial and accounting information, news clippings,foundation officers' correspondence, notes and memoranda, and blueprint drawings.Much of the collection consists of project files and grant proposals containingbackground information on cultural, educational, religious, health, social welfare,scientific, conservation, and other organizations and programs in Minnesota,California, and elsewhere. There is information about the Walker Art Center and theTyrone Guthrie Theatre (both in Minneapolis), the Tyrone Guthrie Theatre Foundation,the Minnesota Theatre Company Foundation, theatrical director Sir Tyrone Guthrie,programs for the treatment of alcoholism, and efforts to eliminateracism.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6646569

Related Entities

There are 11 Entities related to this resource.

Walker Art Center.

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Located in Minneapolis, Minn. From the description of Exhibition records, 1940-1960. (Walker Art Center Library). WorldCat record id: 70958328 ...

Minnesota Theatre Company Foundation (Minneapolis, Minnesota).

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Walker family.

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McCannel, Louise Walker, 1915-

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Philanthropist and civic activist Louise Walker McCannel was the granddaughter of Harriet G. and Thomas Barlow Walker, who was a Minnesota lumber magnate, art collector, and founder of the Walker Art Center. Her father, Archie Dean Walker, was a businessman and civic leader married to Bertha Willard Hudson Walker; they had six children: Hudson, Louise, Phillip H., Stephen A., Walter W., and Archie D. Walker, Jr. Louise Walker was married to Malcolm A. McCannel, a physician. From the ...

Walker, Archie Dean, 1882-1971.

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Guthrie Theater

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The idea of the theater began in 1959 during a series of conversations among Tyrone Guthrie and two colleagues -- Oliver Rea and Peter Zeisler -- who were disenchanted with Broadway. They wanted to create a theater with a resident acting company that would perform the classics. In Minneapolis/St. Paul a steering committee was formed to bring theater to the Twin Cities. The T.B. Walker Foundation donated the land behind the Walker Art Center for a building and contributed $400,000 fo...

Archie D. and Bertha H. Walker Foundation (Minneapolis, Minnesota).

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Guthrie, Tyrone, Sir, 1900-1971

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T.B. Walker Foundation (Minneapolis, Minnesota).

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Records of the T.B. Walker Foundation, the Archie D. and Bertha H. Walker Foundation, and the Guthrie Theater Foundation, all based in Minneapolis and related to the family of Minneapolis lumberman T. B. (Thomas Barlow) Walker (1840-1928). The collection contains information about the Walker Art Center and the Tyrone Guthrie Theatre (both in Minneapolis). There is also information about a variety of cultural, educational, religious, health, social welfare, scientific, conservation, ...

Guthrie Theater. Foundation

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Walker, Walter Willard, 1911-.

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