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Joseph Solomon Walton Papers

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Call Number:
RG5.158
Repository:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
2.25 linear ft. (5 boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item or series here], RG5/ 158, Joseph Solomon Walton Papers, 1878-1943, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Date:
1878-1943 [bulk, 1878-1910] (inclusive)
Creator:
Joseph Solomon Walton (1855-1912) and George School (Bucks County, Pa.)
Abstract:
Joseph Solomon Walton (1855-1912) was a Quaker educator and the second principal (1901-1912) of the George School (Bucks County, Pa.). The collection contains diaries and biographical material, financial and legal papers, correspondence, writings and lectures, and papers related to the George School.

Joseph Solomon Walton (1855-1912) was a Quaker educator and the second principal of the George School (Bucks County, Pa.). He was a birthright member of Fallowfield Monthly Meeting, the son of George and Ann Eliza (Pusey) Walton. He attended West Chester State Normal School and taught at public and Friends' schools, including West Chester State. He married Dora E. Brosius in 1880, and they had four sons: George A. (1883-1969), Joseph Bernard (1885-1963), Jesse Pusey (b. 1887), and Lewis Brosius (b. 1889). Walton served as superintendent of Chester County schools, principal of Friends Central School (1898-1901) and headmaster of the George School (1901-1912). He also taught part-time at Swarthmore College.

Joseph S. Walton died suddenly in January 1912, and his son, George A. Walton, succeeded him as headmaster of the George School.

The collection contains diaries and biographical material, financial and legal papers, correspondence, writings and lectures, and papers related to the George School. The Waltons were a long-time Quaker family, involved in Quaker, social, and educational concerns.

The collection is divided into six series:

  1. Biographical material
  2. George School papers
  3. Lectures and other writings
  4. Financial and legal papers
  5. Correspondence
  6. Memorabilia from George School

  1. PG7 reference files

Accession information:

Donor: George A. Walton, 1966, 1967

Donor: George School, unknown, ca. 1990

The bulk of collection was given by the George A. Walton, son of Joseph Solomon Walton, who succeeded him as headmaster of the George School. A letter from Deborah Fisher Stubbs, matron at George School and the sister of Joseph Walton, was given by the son of the recipients. Additional correspondence and some unrelated miscellaneous material was given by the George School, date unknown.

The papers were partially arranged by the donor when received. Soon after the collection was processed, a letter from Deborah Fisher Stubbs, matron at George School and the sister of Joseph Walton, was received from the son of the recipients and added to Series 2, George School Papers. Additional material, including correspondence and some unrelated papers received from the George School was added to the collection at a later date as Series 5, Correspondence, and Series 6, Miscellaneous.

When received by the Library, most of the collection was arranged by George A. Walton by topic, with correspondence and related materials kept together. That order has been retained as much as possible.

See also:

  1. RG 5/157, George A. (George Arthur) Walton Papers
  2. RG 5/159, Margaretta Walton Family Papers

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Publisher
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Author
FHL staff
Finding Aid Date
1967
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Collection is open for research

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Collection Inventory

Outline chronology of life of Joseph S. Walton.
Box 1
Physical Description

1 sheet

Diary, 1879-1897.
Box 1
Diary, 1898-1908.
Box 1
England and Scotland journal, 1904.
Box 1
Journal entitlted "Glimpses of Friends in England", 1904.
Box 1
Tour of Europe journal, 1911.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Describes experiences in traveling to be used for articles or books.

"A Pedestrian's trip to Buck Hill", 1902.
Box 1
"A Sunrise at Sea", n.d.
Box 1
"Sunset Oak", 1902.
Box 1
"In Through Creek Valley", 1903.
Box 1
"Lake George Camp", 1903.
Box 1
"Quaker Footsteps in the Land of J. Knox", 1906.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Published in the Friends' Intelligencer.

Physical Description

printed

"Maine", 1906.
Box 1
List of Lewis B. Walton "Archives of Joseph S. Walton".
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Papers which belonged to Lewis B. Walton and are included in this collection.

University of Pennsylvania records and thesis (printed), 1893-1896, 1897.
Box 1
Miscellaneous notes, Swarthmore College, 1904.
Box 1
Family pictures, including copy negatives.
Box 1
3 photos unidentified, ca. 1880.
Box 1
Obituaries, and personal letters to George Walton after the death of Joseph S. Walton, and of Dora E. Walton.
Box 2
Letters re: Joseph S. Walton.
Box 2
Account of mountain climb in Switzerland with his father, written by Lewis B. Walton.
Box 2

Letter from Deborah Fisher Stubbs (J. Walton's sister), matron, to Isaac and Isabel Wierman, 10/21/1910.
Box 2
Letter from Joseph Swain, 11/11/1908.
Box 2
Letters from recent alumni to Joseph S. Walton, 1911.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Letters kept in his desk.

Letters and memos from former pupils to George A. Walton, 1964-1965.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

Letters includes reminiscences about Joseph S. Walton.

Dr. J. S. Walton as his pupils remember him, by classes at George School.
Box 2
An account of Joseph S. Walton at the time of his death, with account to George School.
Box 2
Physical Description

4 typed carbon pages

Address by the principal, re: Thanksgiving, 1901.
Box 2
Note by George Walton about Joseph S. Walton.
Box 2
"To the graduates", 1903.
Box 2
Founders Day Welcome, 1903.
Box 2
Teachers' outing, 1909-1910.
Box 2

Struggle for Ohio Valley (incomplete manuscript), n.d.
Box 3
Newspaper clipping, "Conclusion as formed in the child's mind", 1890.
Box 3
Book of judgment.
Box 3
Emergencies (series of talks to school audiences).
Box 3
Possibilities.
Box 3
Quakerism: what shall a Quaker do with it?.
Box 3
Who pays the school tax?.
Box 3
The Will.
Box 3
Boys and boys, 1891-1899.
Box 3
Great men, God's instruments: George Washington, 1897.
Box 3
Boys on a farm (unfinished manuscript).
Box 3
The new democracy or the advent of Quakerism, 1901-1902.
Box 3
The inner light, 1902-1903.
Box 3
Keithianism, 1903.
Box 3
The legacy of William Penn, 1903.
Box 3
Scope and Contents

Reprint from Friends Quarterly Examiner, v. 37 p. 46-53.

Theological portions of Penn's writings, n.d.
Box 3
Religious education, 1905.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Prepared for address at 15th and Race St.

Philosophy of education, 1905.
Box 4
David Lloyd (incomplete), 1905.
Box 4
Elements of liberty in a spiritual religion, 1906-1907.
Box 4
Early Quakerism lectures (given at Swarthmore), 1907.
Box 4
Studies in mystical religion, 8/21/1909.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

Printed in the Friends Intelligencer, v. 66, no. 34.

Will of Joseph S. Walton, 3/29/1890.
Box 4
Publication contract between J.S. Walton and George W. Jacobs Co., 4/30/1900.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

re: book Conrad Weiser and the Indian Policy of Colonial Pennsylvania

Account book of Joseph S. Walton, 1904-1911.
Box 5
Account book of Joseph Walton, used by others, 1912-1937.
Box 4
Quit claim from Martin G. Brumbaugh to J.S. Walton, 9/10/1906.
Box 4
Scope and Contents

concerning Stories of Pennsylvania

Will of Dora E. Walton, 3/20/1933.
Box 4
Agreement, Dora E. Walton to Helen C. Muller re. Buck Hill Falls property, 4/1/1939.
Box 4
Estate of Dora E. Walton; George A. Walton, Exec., 1943.
Box 4
Marriage certificate, Joseph to Dora Brosine.
Box CC
Scope and Contents

Filed in Chart Case.

Scope and Contents

Filed in chart case.

University of Pennsylvania, Ph.D, philosophy, 1896.
Scope and Contents

Filed in chart case.

State Normal School, Master in Didactics, 1878.
Box 4

from: American Book Company, 11/7/1898.
Box 5
L. [W.?] Brosius "To Brother and Sister", 4/25/1902.
Box 5
John J. Cornell, 11/24/1898.
Box 5
F. Darlington.
Box 5
Scope and Contents

With news clippings regarding Joseph S. Walton's speech on teachers and tobacco.

Lilian Graham, 11/13/1904.
Box 5
Jessie R. Henderson, 2/10/1898.
Box 5
Scope and Contents

With excerpts from an article titled "Lincoln's Religion."

John A. M. Passmore, 2/15/1897.
Box 5
James L. Pennypack, 12/17/1903.
Box 5
G.M. Phillips, 8/12/1896.
Box 5
Laura Richardson, 11/14/1904.
Box 5
D.S. "To My dear brother", n.d.
Box 5
[indecipherable] of the State Normal School 6th District "To my dear friend", 2/5/1902.
Box 5
Martin Brumbaugh, 1900, 1901.
Box 5
Ellen Gordon, 1895-1896.
Box 5
from: W.H. Thomas, 1898-1902.
Box 5
George Mavle, with notes, 7/18/1898.
Box 5
Pusey Harvey, 7/28/1898.
Box 5
from: George Abbott (Abbot's Alderney Dairies), with Milk Statements, 1902-1903.
Box 5

Donation note of a book to Mrs. H.J. Turner, from the Agassiz Association of Philadelphia, n.d.
Box 5
Memorial of Mrs. Ernest Turner, 2/1885.
Box 5
Scope and Contents

As published in The Amateur Naturalist, vol. III no. 6.

Resolutions passed at the last meeting of the Leidy Association, concerning Mrs. Turner, 1/7/1885.
Box 5
Catalogue of the West Chester State Normal School 1st District, 1876.
Box 5
Scope and Contents

J.S. Walton listed in the student roster.

Funeral announcement for Margaretta Walton, 5/4/1904.
Box 5
with American Book Company, with receipts, 1898-1900.
Box 5
from Addison L. Jones, 3/22/1898.
Box 5
Franchise to Ramon Valdes, 4/12/1900.
Box 5
Scope and Contents

Franchise grants the right to use water in the Rio Plata for energy production. 2 versions, with "Notes of inquiry on Valdes Franchise." No signature.

Puerto Rican currency, 7/23/1870.
Box 5
Unidentified photograph (Margaretta Walton?), ca. 1880s.
Box 5

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