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Gaines W. Walter collection
Descriptive Summary | |
| Title: Gaines W. Walter collection | |
| Creator: Walter, Gaines | |
| Inclusive Dates: 1854-1924 | |
| Language(s): English | |
| Extent: 1 Linear Feet 2 boxes | |
| Collection Number: ms174 | |
| Repository: Hargrett Library | |
Collection Description
Historical Note
Gaines Winningham Walter received his AB degree from the University of Georgia in 1915; his MA in 1916, and did special graduate work in 1917. He later went to Yale University, earning his PhD in 1933. Walter taught at Boys High in Atlanta, eventually becoming Professor of History Emeritus at Georgia State College.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of the college notebooks, research materials, and miscellanous class notes, and term papers of Dr. Gaines Winningham Walter, from his classes at the University of Georgia and Yale.
Series 1: College Notebooks is comprised of notebooks with class notes from Psychology, History, French, Economics, German, Georgia History, Ethics, Chemistry, English, Political Science, Greek, and Spanish.
Series 2: Maps is comprised mainly of photostats of maps that Walter used as minor aids in the preparation of his doctoral dissertation, The Commerce of Colonial Philadelphia, at Yale University. They are chiefly maps, views, and miscellaneous items concerning Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Philadelphia (particularly street plans and environs), the Carolinas, New England, Virgina, and other regions, with special reference to the local trading area of Philadelphia.
Series 3: Clippings contains a book of clippings from the Georgia Alumni Record, and newspaper clippings concerning current events in the 19th century.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged into three series: Series 1: College Notebooks; Series 2: Maps; Series 3: Clippings.
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Gaines W. Walter collection, ms 174, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Dr. Gaines Winngham Walter in October 1966; gift facilitated by Dr. Kenneth Coleman.
Finding Aid Publication
Finding aid prepared on: 2020.