Louis Carlisle Walker papers, 1881-1963.

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Louis Carlisle Walker papers, 1881-1963.

Correspondence, scrapbooks, printed materials and miscellanea concerning student activities at University of Michigan, the Shaw-Walker Company of Muskegon, Michigan, unemployment during the Depression, State Republican Party affairs, political conservatism, the Muskegon Red Cross, Liberty Bond drives and the United States Shipping Board during World War II, and his activity as an author and patron of conservative writers.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7361394

Bentley Historical Library

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