Walker, Mrs. G. J., collectionMrs. G. J. Walker collection MSS 38-115Revised by E. Wilkinson and P. RolandAlbert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

2019

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections LibraryP.O. Box 400110University of VirginiaCharlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110URL:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-03-05 17:52:31 +0000.The description is in English.Finding aid prepared using Hensen, Steven L. Archives, personal papers, and manuscripts (Washington: Library of Congress). Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Mrs. G. J. Walker collection MSS 38-115 Archival Resource Key /repositories/3/resources/827 0.2 Cubic Feet 5 folders 1842-1901 The material is in English. BW 38-115 Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for reserach use.

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 Preferred Citation

MSS 38-115, Autograph album and music book, undated, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library.

 Scope and Content

An autograph album of a Miss Glasgow, of Virginia, contains autographs, 1842-1847, of American statesmen including John Quincy Adams, Millard Fillmore, Alexander H.H. Stuart, and Henry A. Wise.

The collection also includes a note from Henry Clay, 1847 July 30, responding to a request for an autograph; "In memoriam," a poem "written for Harrie [?] W. Kuhl after his death by Davis"; a letter from George [McCorkle], Newport News, Va., 1901 Dec. 26, to his sister Juliette McCorkle, Glasgow, Va., discussing his living arrangements; and a letter from J Gayle Anderton, Radford, Va. [1901?] to the Misses McCorkle, Glasgow, Va. The collection also contains two letters, an "In memorium" document, and a bound volume of muscial scores for the piano-forte.

 Provenance

Deposit of Mrs. G.J. Walker, May 1933.

 Autograph albums. Autographs--Collections Lexington (Va.) Music--19th century. In MemoriamArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/1756150.04 Cubic Feet1 folder1878-10-09EnglishBW 38-1151 [X030043723]George to Juliette, ALSArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/1756160.04 Cubic Feet1 folder1901-12-26EnglishBW 38-1152 [X030043724]J. Gayle Anderton to "My dear sisters," ALSArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/1756170.04 Cubic Feet1 folder[1901]EnglishBW 38-1153 [X030043725]Piano forte exercisesArchival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/1756180.04 Cubic Feet1 foldercirca 1850sEnglishBW 38-1154 [X030043726]Autograph album5Archival Resource Key/repositories/3/archival_objects/1762030.03 Cubic Feet1 folder1842-1847English5