Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Theodore Walker A trip to the West Indies
- Dates:
- 1908
- Creators:
- Walker, Theodore
- Abstract:
- This bound manuscript consists of the typescript of a journal kept during a 1908 trip to the West Indies, along with sixty-nine photographs and clippings tipped in.
- Extent:
- 91 leaves : paper, ill. ; 250 x 200 mm. bound to 257 x 207 mm.
- Language:
- Finding aid is written in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Theodore Walker A trip to the West Indies (Collection 170/684). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This bound manuscript includes the typescript of a journal kept during a 1908 trip to the West Indies, sixty-nine photographs (most of which were apparently taken by the author), an essay titled "A Trip to the West Indies", a letter signed by "T. Walker", and four newspaper articles attributed to Theodore Walker, three of which appear under the title "A Trip to the West Indies". Among other places, Walker visited Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad, Grenada, and Panama. The manuscript focuses on important issues in the West Indies for Edwardian Britain: race, British colonialism, the United Fruit Company and American economic interests, the Panama Canal, education, and religion. Although Walker's name does not appear in the journal itself, it seems very likely that he was its author; the events mentioned and attitudes expressed in the journal closely match those in Walker's newspaper articles. The photographs show a variety of scenes with both British and West Indian individuals; many of the photographs are in poor condition.
- Biographical / historical:
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Little is known about Theodore Walker. According to the manuscript, he appears to have been from Essex, England, possibly from Feering or Leicester. A deeply patriotic Englishman, he was also interested in religion, education, and colonialism.
- Acquisition information:
- 1998 purchase, William Reese Company.
- Processing information:
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Cataloged by Jonathan Naito, with assistance from Jain Fletcher and Laurel McPhee September 2004, in the Center For Primary Research and Training (CFPRT).
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Manuscripts.
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2009
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from database containing container list structure and data, encoding added via MS Access and Notetab Pro; Date of source: 2004-2007; frontmatter gathered MARC Record. Supplementary encoding and revision supplied by Caroline Cubé.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Theodore Walker A trip to the West Indies (Collection 170/684). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988