%PDF-1.4 % 1 0 obj << /Title (Guide to the George Leon Walker and Williston Walker Papers) /Author (Compiled by Martha Lund Smalley) /Subject (Correspondence, diaries, notes and writings of George Leon and Williston Walker form the core of the collection and provide extensive biographical information. They detail the activities of a typical New England clergyman during the second half of the 19th century and provide information on national news, political events, the Civil War, slavery, financial news on currency and taxes, and daily weather conditions. Also included are records of sermons preached and pastoral records. George Leon Walker \(1830-1900\) was a Congregational clergyman in Portland, Maine \(1858-1867\), New Haven, Connecticut \(1868-1873\), and Hartford, Connecticut \(1879-1892\). He was a corporate member of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions and served on the commission to prepare the Congregational creed. His son, Williston Walker \(1860-1922\) was professor of history/church history at Bryn Mawr College \(1888-1889\), Hartford Theological Seminary \(1889-1901\) and Yale University \(1901-1922\). He also served as a trustee of Amherst College \(1896-1922\), acting dean of Yale Graduate School \(1916-1917\) and provost of Yale University \(1919-1922\).) /Keywords (Yale Divinity Library, RG 51) /Creator (Apache FOP 2.6) /Producer (Apache FOP Version 2.6) /CreationDate (D:20240327180023-04'00') >> endobj 2 0 obj << /N 3 /Length 3 0 R /Filter /FlateDecode >> stream xgPTY{ MI$$A@wiAQdpFI AFQŀ((N#2"**K٭U[gxsOs[1M:1C H( JN !c sϑ>qyvy%. ʱlN2kwr4;- 8=%1 {iW-o!o\Vk ZkL0+ tj +|iA/o3`?(Of+yS/T7orL@ʿr` QWN = t8@W) Xo9 Ȁ