Finding Aid for Theodore Walker's A trip to the West Indies, 1908
Cataloged by Jonathan Naito, with assistance from Jain Fletcher and Laurel McPhee September 2004; machine-readable finding
aid created by Caroline Cubé.
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Theodore Walker
A trip to the West Indies
Date (inclusive): 1908
Collection number: 170/684
Creator:
Walker, Theodore
Extent:
91 leaves : paper, ill. ; 250 x 200 mm. bound to 257 x 207 mm.
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.
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
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.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
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.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
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.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
1998 purchase, William Reese Company.
Processing Note
Cataloged by Jonathan Naito, with assistance from Jain Fletcher and Laurel McPhee September 2004, in the Center For Primary
Research and Training (CFPRT).
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Theodore Walker
A trip to the West Indies (Collection 170/684). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
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.
Scope and Content
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.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Genres and Forms of Material
Manuscripts.
Related Material
Note
Layout:Average of 25 lines of text per page.
Script: Typescript.
Binding: Black cloth over boards; gilt title on front cover.
Hymn written in pencil on four loose leaves and three photographs (Feering Church,
Feering Vicarage, and unlabeled costal view) laid in
ff. 2r-7r: From London to Barbados; Bridgetown, Barbados
ff. 7r-13r: Trinidad (from ship); Colon and Panama City, Panama
ff. 14r-38r: Jamaica: Kingston, Spanish Town, Newcastle, Williamsfield, Mandeville,
Montpelier, Everton, Bog Walk, Port Antonio
ff. 39r-43r: At sea; "Calebra Cut" (Panama Canal)
ff. 43r-48r: Baranquilla, Columbia; Venezuela
ff. 48r-67r: Port of Spain, Trinidad; Bathsheba, Barbados; Grenada
ff. 67r-74r: Martinique; Dominica; Saint Lucia; Barbados; return to England
ff. 75r-76r: Letter, T. Walker to "my dear workpeople"
February 28, 1908
ff. 78r-79r: Notes on S. S. Oroya
ff. 80r-87r: "A Trip to the West Indies"
Scope and Content Note
an unsigned travel essay by a passenger of the Trent that discusses time spent on Trinidad, Grenada, Martinique, and Barbados
ff. 88r: Notes in passing
ff. 89r: a list of names: People we met and exchanged cards
ff. 90r: newspaper clipping titled "A Trip to the West Indies" by Mr. Theodore
Walker
ff. 90v: newspaper clipping titled "A Trip to the West Indies. The Jamaica Earthquake: A
Visit to Kingston" by Mr. Theodore Walker
ff. 91r: newspaper clipping titled "A Trip to the West Indies. The Panama Canal:
Celebrated Works Described" by Mr. Theodore Walker
ff. 91v: newspaper clipping titled "Cousin Jonathan and Jamaica. Opening for Young Men
with Money" by Mr. Theodore Walker
