Dorothy Charlotte Walter Papers, 1898-1941.

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Dorothy Charlotte Walter Papers, 1898-1941.

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This collection represents a small portion of the papers of Dorothy Charlotte Walter (1889-1967). Her scrapbooks of early years at Lyndon, Vt., college days at Brown University in Providence, R.I., and later years are included here. The collection also includes research notes which she compiled as a field worker for the Vermont Commission on Country Life, a partial index to the publications of the Burke (Vt.) Historical Society, a children's story entitled "The Old Witch," and a eulogy to Walter John Coates. Miss Walter was an avid collector of other people's writings and local history some of which are included in this collection, particularly a scrapbook of clippings about the St. Johnsbury, Vt., region.

1.5 linear ft. (1 box)

Vermont Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7376905

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Coates, Walter John, 1880-1941

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Vermont Commission on Country Life

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Burke (Vt.) Historical Society.

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Brown University.

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In 1917 the university established the Brown War Records Bureau, whose intention was to "collect and preserve a record of all Brown men who are serving in the present war". Brown faculty, students and alumni who were in the military were asked to fill out a small card called "Are you in the war?" and to send original letters, clippings or photographs which "have any bearing on the service of Brown men in the war." This collection is partly a result of that effort. From the guide to t...

Walter, Dorothy Charlotte, 1889-1967

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Dorothy Charlotte Walter was born April 27, 1889, in St. Johnsbury, Vt., the eldest child of Charles True and Sarah Mabel (Hall) Walter. She received her early education at Lyndon Academy and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Brown University in 1912. Her career included teaching, research work, proof reading and editing, writing, home nursing, and many other activities. Although she traveled quite extensively, the main focus of her life was Vermont and Providence, R.I. She died in 1967. ...