Ralph Walker papers, 1920-1972, bulk 1913-2010

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Series III: Personal Papers

This series contains personal notes and letters as well as documents concerning Walker's will, trust, and estate and that of his parents and wives. There are also many letters between Walker and his first wife Stella, in which they refer to each other by the nicknames 'Squabbie' and 'Lyysette'. Found here are also various family photographs, photographs from the home, and several photos of Walker at various stages in his life.



Box 5 Folder 11 281 Roaring Brook Road Photograph

Photo of Walker's home, often referred to by him as Walkerburn



Box 5 Folder 12 American Society Legion of Honor Magazine, 1972



Box 5 Folder 13 Artillery Camouflage Instructions



Box 5 Folder 14 Auction Reports and Appraisals

Of items from Walker's home and estate



Box 5 Folder 15 Belgian Embassy Reception Invitation



Box 5 Folder 16 Cards from Walkerburn, 1949-1972

Cards from the Walker's with poetry and notes; Walkerburn is the name of Ralph Walker's Home



Box 5 Folder 17 Cards and Ephemera



Box 5 Folder 18 Chappaqua Chamber Orchestra Spring Concert

Concert Pamphlet



Box 5 Folder 19 Christine Foulds Walker Visa Copy, 1972



Box 5 Folder 20 Christine Foulds Walker Birth Certificate Copy



Box 5 Folder 21 Christine Foulds Walker Obituary



Box 5 Folder 22 Correspondence, From Charles and Ivy Tennyson, 1940-1970

Tennyson was the grandson of Alfred Lord Tennyson



Box 5 Folder 23 Correspondence, Between Squabbie and Lysette



Box 5 Folder 24 Correspondence, From Maurice Grunsfeld



Box 5 Folder 25 Correspondence, From Arthur Crisp

Crisp was a Canadian painter



Box 5 Folder 26 Correspondence, Syracuse University to Christine Foulds Walker

Concerning acquisition of Walker archive after his death



Box 5 Folder 27 Correspondence, Friends of the Chappaqua Library



Box 5 Folder 28 Correspondence, Walker to Senator Jacob Javits (Draft)



Box 5 Folder 29 Correspondence, Walker's 80th Birthday, 1969-1970



Box 5 Folder 30 Correspondence, Between Walker and Congress, 1969

Concerning tax reform



Box 5 Folder 31 Correspondence, Condolences from AIA to Christine Foulds Walker



Box 5 Folder 32 Correspondence, Sender Unknown



Box 5 Folder 33 Correspondence, To Marion Walker

Marion Walker was Ralph Walker's mother



Box 5 Folder 34 Correspondence, From Arthur C. Holden, 1972



Box 5 Folder 35 Correspondence, C.E. Silling and Arthur C. Holden, 1973

Concerning Walker's Death



Box 5 Folder 36 Correspondence, Arthur C. Holden to Christine Foulds Walker

Concerning Walker's Death



Box 5 Folder 37 Correspondence, From Leo Foulds

Concerning his mother's (Christine Foulds Walker) estate



Box 5 Folder 38 Correspondence, From Welles to Walker, 1945



Box 5 Folder 39 Correspondence, From Dwight Bridge to Walker, 1952

Congratulating Walker on the Chevalier Honor



Box 5 Folder 40-42 Collected Printed Materials



Box 5 Folder 43 Dispute of Land Reassessment

Written by Walker about his properties, contains information about his home and land holdings



Box 5 Folder 44 "Ivy Gladys Tennyson", 1960

Manuscript by Charles Tennyson about his wife Ivy. Copy mailed to Walker



Box 5 Folder 45 Japanese Garden Sketches



Box 5 Folder 46 Print by Jean Gabriel Domergue

Contains note on back side of print from Walker



Box 5 Folder 47 Marion Walker Trust and Estate, 1947-1948



Box 5 Folder 48 Marriage Announcement, Ralph Walker and Christine Foulds



Box 5 Folder 49 Miscellaneous Interior Photos



Box 5 Folder 50 Miscellaneous Family Photos



Box 5 Folder 51 Miscellaneous Newspaper Clippings



Box 5 Folder 52 New York Museum of Science and Industry, 1932



Box 5 Folder 53 Personal Notes



Box 5 Folder 54 Philadelphia Auditorium



Box 5 Folder 55 Photocopy, Syracuse Honorary Degree



Box 6 Folder 1 Ralph Walker Birth Certificate Copy, 1920

Certified Copy



Box 6 Folder 2 Ralph Walker Obituary

With mention of Suicide



Box 6 Folder 3 Ralph Walker Photographs



Box 6 Folder 4 Ralph Walker Estate, Trust, and Will, 1972



Box 6 Folder 5 Realtor Brochure of Chappaqua House



Box 6 Folder 6 Receipts, 1952-1959



Box 6 Folder 7 Rotch Travelling Fellowship, 1938



Box 6 Folder 8 Sample Pamphlet for Walker's 80th Birthday, 1969



Box 6 Folder 9 Schedule, 82nd AIA National Convention (For Stella Walker)



Box 6 Folder 10 Scrapbook of Voorhees Obituaries, 1973



Box 6 Folder 11 Second Congress, International Union of Architects Invitation, 1951



Box 6 Folder 12 Silas Bronson Library's Waterbury Hall of Fame Induction, 2004

Walker was inducted in 2004



Box 6 Folder 13 Silver Evaluation



Box 6 Folder 14 Stella Forbes Walker Estate Tax, 1972



Box 6 Folder 15 Stella Forbes and Ralph Walker Marriage Announcement



Box 6 Folder 16 Thomas Walker Memorium Booklet



Box 6 Folder 17-20 Travel Books

Small Antique books



Box 6 Folder 21 Walkerburn Living room Checklist, 1968



Box 6 Folder 22 Walker Family Trust, 1934-1936

Trust of Ralph Walker's Parents



Box 6 Folder 23 Walker Trip Itineraries

Includes itineraries and passenger lists



Roll 1 50th Birthday Memorabilia