Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1820-1913 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
18 type one boxes, miscellaneous bound volumes, loose photographs and lantern slides
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
George Washington Walker (1800-1859), Quaker, shopkeeper and humanitarian, was born on 19 March 1800 in London, the twenty-first child of John Walker (1726-1821) by his second wife, Elizabeth, née Ridley. Because of the death of his mother and the ... »
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Most of the Walker papers were deposited in the care of the University by members of the Walker family (W9), some members still retaining some papers, but some correspondence of George Washington Walker was deposited by F.C. Wolfhagen solicitor of the ... »
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The papers consist mainly of family correspondence of G.W. Walker and his children and a few diaries and miscellaneous papers. James B. Walker's letters to his sisters, particularly letters to Mary Augusta while she was over seas are especially ... »
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open for research
Conditions governing reproduction
This material is made available for personal research and study purposes under the University of Tasmania Standard Copyright Licence. For any further use permission should be obtained from the copyright owners. For assistance please contact Special.... »
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Dates of creation revision deletion
HE Mar2019