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Walton Clark Papers

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This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

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Call Number:
777
Repository:
Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center
Extent:
0.5 linear feet (1 box)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Walton Clark Papers, Acc. 777, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Date:
1895-1954 (inclusive)
Form:
Books, Correspondence, Financial records, Lantern slides, Manuscripts, Newsletters, Photographs, and Reports
Abstract:

Dr. Walton Clark (1856-1934), was consulting engineer and a former Vice-President of the United Gas Improvement Company (UGI). He was active in a variety of Philadelphia organizations and served as the President of the Franklin Institute from 1907 to 1924. He received the first Walton Clark Medal, endowed by UGI, from the Franklin Institute in 1926 in recognition of his contributing to the gas industry. He also served as President of the American Gas Light Association and later the American Gas Institute.

This collection contains letters and telegrams, financial records, drafts of writings, lantern slides, photographs, and publications by and related to Walton Clark.

Collection is arranged by type of material.

Purchased from Tamerlane Books with funds from the Paley Endowment Fund, November 29, 1993.

Finding aid revised according to contemporary archival standards in June 2015.

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Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center
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Machine-readable finding aid created by: Rajkumar Natarajan, Sky Global Services India (P) Ltd.
Finding Aid Date
February 2024
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

The Walton Clark Papers are the physical property of the Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries. Intellectual property rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. Researchers are responsible for determining the identity of rights holders and obtaining their permission for publication and for other purposes where stated.

Collection Inventory

Letter to Clark from Theobald Forstall, President of Chicago Gas Light and Coal, November 6, 1888.
Box 1 Folder 1
Two letters to Clark from Alexander C. Humphreys dealing with Clark's Appointment as Assistant General Superintendent, June 29, July 3 1888.
Box 1 Folder 2
Two telegrams to Clark from Alexander C. Humphreys dealing with Clark's Appointment as Assistant General Superintendent, July 3, July 9, 1888.
Box 1 Folder 3
Clark financial statements, real estate holdings and life insurance policies, 1926.
Box 1 Folder 4
Photograph of portrait of Clark installed at Franklin Institute, and photograph of (Lamplighter) "Station A", undated.
Box 1 Folder 5
Twelve Lantern Slides dealing with illumination in homes and costs, circa 1915.
Box 1 Folder 6
"Esprit de Corps: Honor is the Subject of My Story," typescript draft by Walton Clark, undated.
Box 1 Folder 7
"The Gas House Terrier," Poem by Walton Clark, one copy contains manuscript note and signature, 1895.
Box 1 Folder 8
Resume of Walton Clark, July 31, 1911.
Box 1 Folder 9
"Walton Clark Medal and the Presentation to Dr. Clark as its First Recipient," reprint from the Journal of the Franklin Institute (2 copies), March 1927.
Box 1 Folder 10
Biography of Walton Clark with corrections, typescript copy from the Philadelphia Times of December 11, 1898, October 1, 1910.
Box 1 Folder 11
"A Century of Light," address delivered by Walton Clark before the New Century Club of Philadelphia (3 copies), November 1915.
Box 1 Folder 12
Gas Convention Bulletin, October 16, 1895.
Box 1 Folder 13
Physical Description

Vol. 1, No. 1

Gas Convention Bulletin, October 17, 1895.
Box 1 Folder 14
Physical Description

Vol. 1, No. 2

Illustrated and Descriptive Souvenir History and Reference Book of the American Gas Light Association, 1894.
Box 1 Folder 15
P.G.W. News, May 1939, December 1954.
Box 1 Folder 16
"Report No. 2862, Investigating Work of Doctor Walton Clark of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the Gas Industry," Franklin Institute, 1926.
Box 1 Folder 17
Resolution by the Board of the Franklin Institute upon Clark's death, October 17, 1934.
Box 1 Folder 18
"Sons of Rest Scraps," Hand published, one of twelve copies, regarding Group from UGI, including Walton Clark, William Sherril, Albertus Beadle, George Roberts, Carter Page William Gantley, and Lewis Lillie, undated.
Box 1 Folder 19

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