Guide to the Frank Fish Walker Papers SC0189

Daniel Hartwig
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford 94305-6064
Fax Number: (650) 723-8690
specialcollections@stanford.edu

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Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Frank Fish Walker papers
Identifier/Call Number: SC0189
Physical Description: 7 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1934-1946
Summary: Correspondence, reports, speeches, a scrapbook, and other papers largely relating to Mr. Walker's years in finance with some materials pertaining to his positions at Stanford.
Language of Material: Undetermined .

Immediate Source of Acquisition note

Gift of Mrs. Frank Fish Walker, 1978.

Information about Access

This collection is open for research.

Ownership & Copyright

All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

Cite As

Frank Fish Walker papers (SC0189). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Biographical/Historical Sketch

Financial vice-president at Stanford University (1940-1945); trustee (1939-1940). Prior to his affiliation with Stanford, he was a successful financier and stockbroker in New York, working with Blyth, Witter and Company and Eastman, Dillon and Company.

Description of the Collection

Correspondence, reports, speeches, a scrapbook, and other papers largely relating to Mr. Walker's years in finance with some materials pertaining to his positions at Stanford.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Minutes.
Capitalists and financiers.
Speeches.

 

General Correspondence, incoming/outgoing Series 1 1937-1946

Arrangement note

General Correspondence - incoming/outgoing. The letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent's last name. Where more than one letter to or from an individual is included, the letters are further arranged chronologically.
Box 1, folder 1

Correspondence: Adams through Awl 1941-1946

Scope and Contents note

Adams, Addinsell, Aetna, Agnew, Albert, Allen, Alvord, Ambrose, Anderson, Armstrong, Aten, Avery, Awl
Box 1, folder 2

Correspondence: Bacon and Co. through Buyritan 1941-1946

Scope and Contents note

Bacon, Bailey, Baldwin, Banker, Barclay, Barker, Barton, Bashore, Bates, Beal, Becker, Beckett, Beeger, Bernjard, Bing, Blackman, Bliss, Blodget, Bogert, Bowman, Boyle, Bradford, Breeden, Brent, Brigham, British War Relief, Broderick, Brooke, Brookings Institute, Brown, Browne, Bruns, Bryant, Bucklin, Bull, Bullock, Bunker, Burdett, Burlingame, Bush, Buyritan
Box 1, folder 3

Correspondence: California Historical Society through Cuthbertson 1942-1946

Scope and Contents note

California Historical Society, Carlson, Carter, Cavalier, Chace, Chamberlain, Chandler, Chapin, Chickering, Clark, Birge Clark, Cohu, Cole, Coleman, Commercial and Financial Chronicle, Connely, Coonan, Cornish, Cottrell, Coulson, Craig, Crandall, Crary, J.C. Cross, R.W. Cross, E. Cutler, G. Cultler, L.W. Cutler, Sr., L.W. Cutler, Jr., Cuthbertson
Box 1, folder 4

Correspondence: Dana Co. through Dyson 1943-1946

Scope and Contents note

Dana Co., Davidson, Davis, Dean, Deane, Dee, Desherow, Dillman, J. Ditz, G. Ditz, Dixon, Dodds, Dodsan, Dolan, Douglass, Dow, Downey, F.S. Downing, P.M. Downing, Dun, Duniway, Dutton, Dyson
Box 1, folder 5

Correspondence: Eaton through Eurich 1942-1946

Scope and Contents note

Eaton, Ebbott, Eberstadt, Editor and Publisher (magazine), Edwards, Ehrman, Ellinger, C.K. Elliott, H.C. Elliott, Ellis, Elwood, Ely, Emerson, Erb, Eurich
Box 1, folder 6

Correspondence: Facciolla through Fuller 1942-1946

Scope and Contents note

Facciolla, Faye, Fisher, Fitting, A.S. Flack, C. Flack, Flood, Forbes, Forrestal, Fowler, Frasier, Freeman, French, Fried, Friend, C.P. Fuller, K. Fuller
Box 1, folder 7

Correspondence: Gabriel through Gunther 1943-1945

Scope and Contents note

Gabriel, Gamble, Garfias, Garfield, General Rayon Co., Georgeson and Co., Gerry, Giannini, Gillespie, Gilmour, Glenn, Goodman, Gordon, Graham, Grainger, Grannis, Graves, Greene, Griffin, Gunther
Box 1, folder 8

Correspondence: Hahn through Hunter 1942-1946

Scope and Contents note

Hahn, Hale, Halle, Halsted, Hammet, Hammond, Hanau?, Hanley, Hannah, Hanssen, Harden, Harding, Harris, Hart, Hartman, Haugh, C. Hauser, H.P. Hauser, Hawkins, Hazelwood, Heffner, Heintz, Herndon, Hettinger, Heuer, Hicks, Hieb, Higley, Hill, Hinman, Hirsch, Hobbs, Hodgdonk, Hoffman, Hogate, Holmes, Hoover, Hotaling, Howard, A. Howe, B. Howe, Howell, J. Hunter, T. Hunter
Box 1, folder 9

Correspondence: Illinois Company through Irwin 1941-1946

Scope and Contents note

Illinois Company, Investment Letters, Inc., "Investment Timing…", Investographs, Irwin
Box 1, folder 10

Correspondence: Jackson through Joseph 1941-1946

Scope and Contents note

J.H. Jackson, G. Jackson, Jacobi, Jacobsen, James, F. Jameson, M. Jameson, Jedenoff, Jeidel, Jenkins, Jertberg, Jessup, Jewett, H. Johnson, S.L. Johnson, A.G. Jones, C.T. Jones, E.E. Jones, K.S. Jordan, Josephs
Box 1, folder 11

Correspondence: Kaiser through Lolb 1942-1946

Scope and Contents note

Kaiser, Kalb, Kaufman, Keary, Keast, A.S. Keesling, F.V. Keesling, Kefauver, Kelly, Kendrick, P.B. Kennedy, R. Kennedy, Kern, Keyston, Kilpatrick, Kimball, F.B. King, J.H. King, L.S. King, Kinney, Kneass, Knorp, Kolb
Box 1, folder 12

Correspondence: Lachmund through Lutz 1942-1945

Scope and Contents note

Lachmund, Laing, Lamb, Langnecker, Lathrop, LeClair, Levison, Levit, E.C. Lipman, F.L. Lipman, Lilly, Limbert, Lloyd, Lochend, Lockwood, Loeb, G. Long, Wm. Long, Loucks, Lutz
Box 1, folder 13

Correspondence: McBean through McMurphy 1941-1945

Scope and Contents note

McBean, McCanie, McClanahan, McClelland, McClenahan, McCord, A. McDonald, E.B.M. McDonald, McDonnell, McDuffie, McElroy, McGoey, McGrath, McIntosh, McKellar, McKenna, McKinnon, McLain, McLaine, B.M. McLaughlin, R.P. McLaughlin, D.W. McLellan, R.T. McLellan, McMullin, McMurphy
Box 1, folder 14

Correspondence: Magill through Musick 1942-1946

Scope and Contents note

Magill, Mallatratt, Maloney, Mansfield, Manspeaker, Marks, Marsh, Martindell, Marx, J.C. Maxwell, G.L. Maxwell, Maynard, Mein, Mellor, Merrill, Middleton, G.W. Miller, R.V. Miller, Minsch, Mitchell, Mitchum, Montgomery, Moody's, Moran, Morey, R. Morris, W. Morris, Moseley, Musick
Box 1, folder 15

Correspondence: Nadler through Norris 1943-1945

Scope and Contents note

Nadler, National Cash Register Co., Neil, Newton, Nordwell, Nourse, Norris
Box 1, folder 16

Correspondence: Padgett through Pugh 1943-1945

Scope and Contents note

Padgett, Page, Palmer, Palo Alto Hospital, Parton, Pearce, Penney, Persons, Peter, Petree, Phelps, Ponting, E.J. Power, J.F. Power, A.C. Prendergast, C.W. Prendergast, R.A. Prendergast, Price, Prior, Pugh
Box 1, folder 17

Correspondence: Rabinowitz through Rutherford 1942-1946

Scope and Contents note

Rabinowitz, Rand, Randan, L. Raymond, M. Raymond, R. Raymond, Real Estate, Rebele, Rechholtz, "Red", Reed, Rehm, Reid, Republican, H. Reynolds, J. Reynolds, L. Reynolds, R. Reynolds, Rhea, Rible, Rice, Rickard, Riechers, Riley, Ritter, Robertson, Robinson, Rogers, Roseberry, Ross, Rounds, Ruhl, Russell, Rutherford
Box 1, folder 18

Correspondence: Safro through Spencer 1945-1946

Scope and Contents note

Safro, Saunders, Schick, Schissler, Schlemner, Scholl, Schroder, Schroeder, Schudt, Schwabacher, Schwartz, Schwarzenbek, Schott, Scribner, Selfridge, Shainwald, Shaughnessy, Shoup, Shriver, Silloway, Simpson, Sisson, Sloss, A.F. Smith, F. Smith, Soares, Spence, Spencer
Box 1, folder 19

Correspondence: Stamm through Swimm 1945-1946

Scope and Contents note

Stamm, Stanton, Starke, Starring, Stepp, Stern, J.S. Stevens, L. Stevens, S. Stevens, Stewart, Stillman, Stone, Storey, Stuart, Sullivan, Supple, Swain, Sweet, Swigart, Swimm
Box 1, folder 20

Correspondence: Taylor through Turner 1942-1945

Scope and Contents note

Taylor, F.E. Terman, L.M. Terman, E.L. Thompson, W.H. Thompson, Thornton, Tomlinson, Torrey, Townsend, Tripp, Troy, Tully, Turner
Box 1, folder 21

Correspondence: Uhrig through Volkmann 1943-1945

Scope and Contents note

Uhrig, Underhill, Union Pacific Railroad, United Airlines, Valentine, Vanderpool, Van Fleet, Van Patten, Vaughn, Veale, Vivian, Volkmann
Box 1, folder 22

Correspondence: Walker through Worswick 1943-1945

Scope and Contents note

B. Walker, D. Walker, I. Walker, N. Walker, Warren, Waterman, Wearin, Webb, Weber, 45 Webster, Weeden, Weinmann, Weinberg, Wentworth, F.C. Wheeler, O.P. Wheeler, Whisler, A.P. White, L. White, R.L. White, Wiggins, Wilbur, Willis, Winkler, D. Witter, G. Witter, J. Witter, Wolford, Wood, Woods, Worswick
Box 1, folder 23

Correspondence: Yates through Zink 1941-1945

Scope and Contents note

Yates, Yost, YMCA, YWCA, Yucca Loma, Zellerbach, Zink
Box 1, folder 24

Correspondence: Personal matters 1943 June-December

Scope and Contents note

Receipts, invitations, travel
Box 1, folder 25

Correspondence: Personal matters 1944 January-July

Scope and Contents note

Invitations, travel arrangements, personal receipts
Box 1, folder 26

Correspondence: Christmas lists, letters, and cards 1938-1943

Box 1, folder 27

Correspondence: Christmas letters 1944-1945

Box 1, folder 28

Correspondence: Finance reports 1944

Box 1, folder 29

Correspondence: Investment securities 1939-1940

Box 1, folder 30

Correspondence: New York trip 1944

Box 1, folder 31

Correspondence: New York trip 1945

Box 1, folder 32

Correspondence, Reports: Railroad Commission 1943-1945

Box 1, folder 33

Correspondence: Real Estate 1937-1939

 

Subject Correspondence, incoming/outgoing Series 2 1934-1945

Arrangement note

Correspondence - incoming/outgoing under subject headings in chronological order.
Box 1, folder 1

Correspondence 1940

Scope and Contents note

Re: Walker's decision to work at Stanford
Box 1, folder 2

Correspondence 1939-1940

Scope and Contents note

Re: Congratulations on Walker's Stanford appointment
Box 1, folder 3

Correspondence 1940

Scope and Contents note

Re: Congratulations on Walker's appointment
Box 1, folder 4

Correspondence 1940

Scope and Contents note

Re: Congratulations on Walker's appointment
Box 1, folder 5

"Stanford Portfolio matters" Undated

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence
Box 1, folder 6

Stanford Investment Committee 1940-1941

Scope and Contents note

Minutes
Box 1, folder 7

Stanford Investment Committee 1940-1941

Scope and Contents note

Minutes/agenda
Box 1, folder 8

Stanford Investment Committee 1941-1942

Scope and Contents note

Minutes
Box 1, folder 9

Stanford Investment Committee 1941-1942

Scope and Contents note

Minutes
Box 2, folder 1

Insurance 1934-1935

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence
Box 2, folder 2

"Selby Lane" - Walker's Atherton property 1934-1938

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence
Box 2, folder 3

Correspondence 1936-1937

Scope and Contents note

Contributions, taxes, income tax
Box 2, folder 4

"Selby Lane" - Atherton property 1938

Box 2, folder 5

Correspondence, information Undated

Scope and Contents note

Re: Vacation plans, Kingswood School
Box 2, folder 6

"Personal correspondence" 1941

Scope and Contents note

Business transactions
Box 2, folder 7

Correspondence 1941 June 20

Scope and Contents note

Re: Walker dinner, Palace Hotel
Box 2, folder 8

"Personal correspondence" 1942

Scope and Contents note

Business transactions
Box 2, folder 9

Osborne luncheon 1942 May 20

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence
Box 2, folder 10

"Personal correspondence" 1943

Scope and Contents note

Business transactions
Box 2, folder 11

Correspondence Undated

Scope and Contents note

Re: death of Nellie Walker, F.F. Walker's mother
Box 2, folder 12

Red Cross 1941-1943

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence
Box 3, folder 1

Red Cross 1944

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence
Box 3, folder 2

Red Cross 1945

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence
Box 3, folder 3

Protestant Orphanage Society 1942-1945

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence
Box 3, folder 4

Correspondence 1943-1945

Scope and Contents note

Re: Capt. Gene Coldiron
Box 3, folder 5

Correspondence 1944-1945

Scope and Contents note

Re: Frederick Coykendall
Box 3, folder 6

Correspondence 1942-1945

Scope and Contents note

Re: Charles S. Hobbs
 

General files Series 3 1936-1946

Arrangement note

General files organized by subject heading. Includes "Bond Club Material", receipts, etc.
Box 1, folder 1

Speeches to Medical Alumni, School of Education Undated

Box 1, folder 2

Speeches about Stanford 1940-1941

Box 1, folder 3

Further speeches to Stanford groups Undated

Box 1, folder 4

Correspondence on finance and investments with newsclippings Undated

Box 1, folder 5

Untitled speech to Alumni Association Undated

Box 1, folder 6

Miscellaneous newsclippings Undated

Scope and Contents note

Stanford's financial situation/campus problems
Box 1, folder 7

Stanford Associates Undated

Scope and Contents note

Publications
Box 1, folder 8

Eastman, Dillon and Co. Undated

Scope and Contents note

Reports
Box 1, folder 9

Carnegie Corporation Report on current problems of professional colleges Undated

Box 1, folder 10

Correspondence Undated

Scope and Contents note

Business transactions/mailing list
Box 1, folder 11

Unpublished manuscript Undated

Scope and Contents note

"Insurance for colleges and universities"
Box 1, folder 12

"Stanford Club matter" Undated

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence
Box 1, folder 13

Memoranda Undated

Scope and Contents note

Re: Retirement plan for non-academic employees of Stanford University
Box 1, folder 14

Newsclippings 1942

Scope and Contents note

Re: Stanford's military plans
Box 1, folder 15

"Short Rocks" 1936 May

Scope and Contents note

Vacation
Box 1, folder 16

Commodities reports 1940 June-July

Scope and Contents note

Investment information, Correspondence, re: Investments of universities
Box 1, folder 17

Bank Statements 1942

Box 2, folder 1

Correspondence, Andrew E. Baldwin 1935-1937

Box 2, folder 2

Correspondence regarding George O. May, Bond Club Speaker, Nov. 24

Box 2, folder 3

Guest List, Speech, Newsclippings regarding George O. May, Bond Club Speaker, Nov. 24

Box 2, folder 4

Correspondence regarding George O. May, Bond Club Speaker, Feb. 19

Box 2, folder 5

Speech and Newsclippings regarding Dr. Frank B. Jewett, Bond Club Speaker, Feb. 19

Box 2, folder 6

Correspondence regarding William O. Douglas, Bond Club Speaker, Mar. 24

Box 2, folder 7

Guest Lists, Copies of Speech regarding William O. Douglas, Bond Club Speaker, Mar. 24

Box 2, folder 8

Newsclippings regarding William O. Douglas, Bond Club Speaker, Mar. 24

Box 2, folder 9

Mr. Frederick P. Keppel, Correspondence, Newsclippings regarding Bond Club Luncheon, Oct. 2

Box 2, folder 10

The Most Honorable Marquess of Lothion, Correspondence, Guest Lists regarding Bond Club Luncheon, Oct. 19

Box 2, folder 11

Newsclippings, in Scrapbooks, of Marquess of Lothian at Bond Club, Oct.

Box 2, folder 12

RSVP's to Bond Club Luncheons, Speakers- Hall Rickenbacker 1932-1937

Box 2, folder 13

RSVP's to Bond Club Luncheon and Thank Yous, Speaker-Jewett

Box 2, folder 14

RSVP'S and Thank You's, Bond Club Luncheon, Speaker-Grover Whalen

Box 2, folder 15

RSVP's and Thank You's, Bond Club Luncheon, Speaker George O. May

Box 2, folder 16

RSVP's, Thank You's, Newsclippings, Bond Club Luncheon, Speaker, Marquess of Lothian

Box 2, folder 17

RSVP's, Bond Club Luncheon, Speaker, Keppel 1935-1939

Box 2, folder 18

RSVP's, Bond Club Luncheon, Thank You's, Douglass Speech

Box 2, folder 19

Miscellaneous Bond Club Luncheon Correspondence, Speaker Refusals, RSVP's, Copies of Invitations 1936-1937

Box 2, folder 20

Correspondence, Mariner S. Eccles 1936-1937

Box 2, folder 21

Correspondence, Winthrop W. Aldrich 1936-1937

Box 2, folder 22

Correspondence, Bond Club Speakers, B-L 1936-1937

Box 2, folder 23

Correspondence, Bond Club Speakers, P-T 1936-1937

Box 2, folder 24

Correspondence, Bond Club Speakers, Declined File 1936-1937

Box 2, folder 25

Correspondence, Bond Club of New York Field Day Committees 1936-1937

Box 2, folder 26

Correspondence-The Bond Club, Ex President's Luncheon, Aug. 21

Box 2, folder 27

Correspondence, Bond Club of New York, Advisory Committee, List of Officers and Members 1936-1937

Box 2, folder 28

Newsclippings, New York Bond Club

Box 2, folder 29

Notebook, Speech, Guest list, Re. Capt. E.V. Rickenbacker

Box 2, folder 30

Capt. Edward V. Rickenbacker, N.Y. Bond Club Speaker, May. 4

Box 2, folder 31

Notebooks: RE: Newsclippings on Edward B. Hall N.Y. Bond Club Speaker

Box 2, folder 32

Edward B. Hall, President, Investment Bankers Associations, Bond Club Speaker, Apr.l 21

Box 2, folder 33

N.Y. Bond Club Miscellaneous, Field Day Memorabilia

Box 2, folder 34

Newsclippings, Re: Bond Club of N.Y. 1936-1937

Box 2, folder 35

Bond Club of New York, Letters of Congratulations, Walker Elected President of Bond Club 1936-1937

Box 2, folder 36

Thank You Letters for Bond Club Luncheons 1936-1937

Box 2, folder 37

Bond Club of N.Y. Memberships 1936-1937

Box 2, folder 38

Bohemian Club, Misc., dues, receipts, membership lists, announcements 1936-1937

Box 2, folder 39

Broad Street Club, Inc., Correspondence, Dues Receipts 1936-1937

Box 2, folder 40

C U Meetings, Correspondence 1936-1937

Box 3, folder 1

"Sales Talk"

Language of Material: English.
Box 3, folder 2

Eastman, Dillon, and Co. - "Security Analysis and Recommendations"

Language of Material: English.
Box 3, folder 3

Eastman, Dillon, and Co. - Research Facilities, etc. (Manual)

Language of Material: English.
Box 4

Bond Club scrapbook - news clips, articles, publications

Language of Material: English.