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Sue H. Walker Papers

Correspondence and papers, 1818-1936

Manuscript Collection MC 11

SUE H. WALKER

Susan Howard Walker (1857-1939) was the daughter of James David Walker and Mary Walker, and granddaughter of Judge David Walker, a prominent lawyer and politician of Washington County, Arkansas. Susan, who never married, became an art teacher and decorator in Fayetteville and wrote a number of articles dealing with historic Arkansas personalities and the Walker family. She was a member of the Arkansas Society of Colonial Dames, the Southern Memorial Association, and the Episcopal Church.
THE COLLECTION

The Sue H. Walker papers were permanently loaned to Special Collections by the University of Arkansas Museum on June 11, 1965.

The documents in this collection were gathered by both Susan and Judge David Walker, the donor's grandfather.

Processed by Kim Allen Scott, Special Collections, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville, Arkansas, in October 1987.

Series 1. Correspondence, 1839-1936. Box 1, Folder 1.

Correspondence written or collected by Sue H. Walker pertaining to the Walker family history, United Daughters of the Confederacy, and other matters. Included is a letter by Judge David Walker dated 1864 and another from Julius C. Gunter, son of Thomas Montague Gunter, a late 19th century member of the United States Congress from Arkansas.
Box 1
Folder 1
  1. October 26, 1839. A.M. Brodin (Hopkinsville, Kentucky) to "Dear Mother."
  2. April 27, 1864. David Walker (Louisville, Arkansas) to "Dear Friend" and Judge Davis (Fort Worth, Texas).
  3. February 28, 1884. William Smith (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) to David Walker (Fayetteville, Arkansas).
  4. July 30, 1901. Mary Anna Jackson (Morehead City, North Carolina) to Sue Walker (Fayetteville, Arkansas).
  5. [ca. 1935] Sue H. Walker (Fayetteville, Arkansas) to David Yancey Thomas (Fayetteville, Arkansas).
  6. July 29, 1936. Julius C. Gunter (Denver, Colorado) to Sue H. Walker (Fayetteville, Arkansas).
Series 2. Invitations, certificates, and awards. Box 1, Folder 2; Box 2.
Box 1 (cont.)
Folder 2
  1. March 20, 1856. Invitation to attend a meeting of the American Party at Little Rock, Arkansas.
  2. April 7, 1856. Land certificate, issued by the Office of the Commissioner of Pensions, United States Department of the Interior, to John Lynch Teamster.
  3. October 18, 1881. Invitation to attend the Yorktown Centennial celebration at Yorktown, Virginia.
  4. September 15, 1887. Invitation to attend the Centennial Celebration of the Constitution at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Printed schedule is also included.
  5. Ca. 1908. Certificate acknowledging donation to the Democratic Party, issued to Jack Walker.
Box 2 (oversize materials)
  1. September 20, 1839. Federal land office certificate, signed by Martin Van Buren, issued to Rebecca Washington, Washington County, Arkansas.
  2. April 3, 1900. Certificate for Mayor of Fayetteville, Arkansas, issued to Jack Walker.
Series 3. Financial and legal documents. Box 1, Folder 3.
Box 1 (cont.)
Folder 3
  1. Ca. 1835. Handwritten report of the minority legislative committee, Arkansas Territory, regarding arrangement of state senatorial districts.
  2. September, 1838. Handwritten synopsis of Arkansas state census.
  3. April 13, 1850. License to practice law issued to James D. Walker, issued by William W. Floyd, Judge of the Fourth Judicial Circuit of the state of Arkansas.
  4. March 24, 1858. Statement of taxes paid by S. H. Tucker, including a personal note to William Q. Pennington, Pulaski County, Arkansas.
  5. Ca. 1860s. Account statement bearing transactions with J. A. Hicks, Aaron Baker, Thomas Stevens, and David Walker, [Washington County, Arkansas?].
  6. December 6, 1865. Real estate tax statement and receipt for William Q. Pennington, Pulaski County, Arkansas.
  7. Ca. 1866. Printed regulations, mounted on matteboard, of the United States Post Office dealing with newspapers.
  8. January 14, 1919. Minutes of the State Council of Defense, Denver, Colorado, with handwritten marginalia by Sue H. Walker.
  9. n.d. Handwritten statement regarding the J. W. Walker estate.
Series 4. Civil War military documents. Box 1, Folder 4.

Three receipts for cotton destroyed by the Confederate Army in Pulaski County, Arkansas, May, 1862; General Order No. 1, issued by Colonel M. LaRue Harrison, Fayettevillle, Arkansas, June 16, 1864; oath of allegiance signed by Mary K. Stone, Fayetteville, Arkansas, June 20, 1864.
Box 1 (cont.)
Folder 4. Civil War military documents (5 items).
Series 5. Printed speeches, resolutions, and proclamations. Box 1, Folder 5.

Printed pamphlets and booklets of speeches, resolutions, and proclamations dealing with Arkansas political, social, and economic matters. Publications retained in the collection contain handwritten marginal notations by Sue H. Walker and Judge David Walker.
Box 1 (cont.)
Folder 5
  1. Resolutions of the Democratic Convention, Assembled at Little Rock, Ark., Jan. 27, 1868 (Little Rock: 1868).
  2. Speech of Hon. J. N. Cypert, of White County, Before the Constitutional Convention [Little Rock: 1868?].
  3. Proceedings of the Rail Road Convention Held at Fayetteville, Ark., Aug. 15th, 1870: Together with the Report of Hon. David Walker, Delegate to Boston in the Interests of the Arkansas Western Railway (Fayetteville: 1870).
  4. Baxter Sustained [Little Rock: 1874?].
  5. Address of Hon. David Walker of Fayetteville, Arkansas, on the History and Resources of the State (Philadelphia: Collins, Printer, 1876).
  6. Message of Governor A. H. Garland to the General Assembly of Arkansas (Little Rock: Gazette Printing, 1877).
  7. Justice to the Old South [ca. 1890s?].
Series 6. Newspaper clippings. Box 1, Folders 6-9; Box 2.

Newspaper clippings dealing the Arkansas history, David Walker, and Walker family genealogy. Also included are articles written by Sue H. Walker fot the Fayetteville Daily Leader on Arkansas pioneers. One full newspaper issue bearing marginal notations by Sue Walker has been retained in the collection in the oversize box.

Box 1
(cont.) Folder 6. Articles by Sue H. Walker.
Folder 7. Articles about Judge David Walker.
Folder 8. Articles about the Walker-Washington families.
Folder 9. Articles dealing with Arkansas history.

Box 2 (oversize materials)

3. Fayetteville Daily Democrat, vol. 34, no. 193, July 3, 1928.

Series 7. Artwork, poetry, music. Box 1, Folders 10-11; Box 2.Leather bound handwritten poem by William A. Washington, 1875; typescript copy of "The Fine Arkanss Gentleman" by Albert Pike with handwritten marginalia by Sue H. Walker; two silhouette cut art pieces, mounted on matteboard, done by Netta G. Bedinger, University of Arkansas, circa 1890s; typed museum label identifying artwork; one bound volume of individual sheet music pieces, circa 1850s, with handwritten repertoire of Mary Walker pasted inside front cover, 1852.
Box 1 (cont'd)
Folder 10. Leather bound poem.
Folder 11. Artwork and poem (4 items).

Box 2 (oversize materials)

4. Bound sheet music.

Series 8. Miscellaneous materials. Box 1, Folder 12.

Box 1 (cont.)
Folder 12
  1. Photograph, 7" x 5", black and white, unmounted. Close-up view of a bronze tablet, erected in Tryon County, North Carolina, 1919, to commemorate the signers of a local declaration of independence in 1775.
  2. Typewritten copy of the Tryon County declaration of independence, mounted on matteboard, with handwritten marginalia by Sue Walker.
  3. Printed engraving of Jefferson Davis.
  4. The Mentor, vol. 17, no. 6, July, 1929. (Handwritten marginalia by Sue Walker on page 19.)
Series 9. Printed broadsides, 1818-1877. Box 2.

Printed broadsides dealing the events in Arkansas history. The only broadside retained with the collection has handwritten marginalia by Sue H. Walker. The other broadsides have been removed to the Special Collections broadside collection.

Box 2 (oversize materials)
 5. June 1, 1818 [Washington, D.C.?]. Circular by David Walker to the voters of the 6th Congressional District of Kentucky.
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