WAUWalkinshawRobertB5568.xml Guide to the Robert B. Walkinshaw Papers 1903-1963 Walkinshaw (Robert B.) Papers Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries © 2010 (Last modified: 4/19/2018)
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Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections 5568 (Accession No. 5568-001) Walkinshaw, Robert B. (Robert Boyd), 1884-1963 Robert B. Walkinshaw papers 1903-1963 4.68 cubic feet (7 boxes) Collection materials are in English. Papers of a local author, lawyer, mountaineer and local historian, and drawings created by his wife

Robert Boyd Walkinshaw (1884-1963) was an author, lawyer, mountaineer, and local historian.He was born in Millwood, Pennsylvania and graduated from the College of Wooster as a Phi Beta Kappa member. Following graduation, Walkinshaw toured Europe from the summer of 1906 to 1907 generating a lengthy diary of his travels. Upon his return, Walkinshaw began to study law and was awarded his degree from Columbia University in 1911, writing his thesis on the “Taxation of Government Agencies.” He married Jeanie Mayer Walter (1885-1976) on June 10, 1914 in Baltimore, Maryland. They had two children, Walter and Valerie.

From 1912 to 1916 Walkinshaw practiced law in Tacoma, Washington. He and Jeanie moved to Seattle in 1917. He was a member of the Rainier Club, the Monday Club and the Seattle King County, Washington State, and American Bar Associations. His article, "The Nuremberg and Tokyo Trials: Another Step Toward International Justice" was published in The American Bar Association Journal in 1949. Walkinshaw was awarded an honorary law degree from College of Wooster in 1955.

Walkinshaw wrote a local historical and geographical work called, On Puget Sound in 1929, reprinted in 1951. Jeanie’s sketches provided the illustrations for On Puget Sound. Jeanie studied art in Paris for two years under Lucien Seimon and Rene Mesnard. She returned to the United States in 1911 where continued her studies with Robert Henri. Jeanie was also an active member of the Seattle community serving as chairman of sketchers, under the arts and skills department of the King County Chapter of the American Red Cross and a representative of Seattle and the Northwest for Portraits, Inc. She was a member of the National Association of Women Artists, The National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors, Salons of America, Pacific Northwest Academy for the Arts, and Women Painters of Washington.

Arranged into 19 series: Biographical College of Wooster Russian Church Case Law Career On Puget Sound Other Writings Writing Files Personal Papers Four Minute Men "The Study of Foreign Languages" Columbia University European Travels Mountaineering Monday Club "The Nuremberg and Tokyo Trials" "Woodrow Wilson" Jeannie Walkinshaw Miscellaneous Speeches

The collection contains manuscript drafts, folios, publications, diaries, notes, personal and professional correspondence, legal documents, clippings, photographs, negatives, slides, sketches, prints, sound recordings on LP and tape, ephemera, speeches, financial records, posters, maps, and itineraries. A small portion of the papers are Jeanie’s sketches and materials relating to her.

Contents include materials generated while he was a student at the College of Wooster and material relating to his honorary law degree and alumni involvement (1903-1955). Papers from a European tour (1906-1907) consist mostly of correspondence, an itinerary, and a diary of his travels. Minimal papers from Columbia University consist of alumni newsletters and a copy of his master’s thesis (1911-1929). Professional papers include legal documents, letters, financial documents, and publications from a court case in which he represented the Russian Greek Orthodox Catholic Church in Seattle (1923-1930), as well as other miscellaneous documents and letters from his law practice. Walkinshaw's writing career is represented mainly by material concerning On Puget Sound, including correspondence, drafts, sketches, and prints of the drawings (1927-1961). Additionally, materials and drafts of his essay on the Nuremberg and Tokyo trials (1944-1949) and for a speech he gave on Woodrow Wilson (1916-1926) and "The Study of Foreign Languages" (1934-1935) are included. There are a variety of writing files ranging from clippings, notes, and lists of words and phrases (1917-1961).

The collection contains personal correspondence and documents relating to Robert and Jeanie’s home life, as well as documents and publications relating to Seattle. There are publications, documents, menus, and diaries relating to Robert’s mountaineering and membership in the Rainier club (1930-1963) as well as correspondence and minutes relating to the Monday Club (1936-1940).

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The creators' literary rights have been transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Source: Jean Walkinshaw, December 08, 2009

Processed by Deb Hamilton and Susan Kemp in 2010.

7 boxes of stereographic plates from Walkinshaw's book, On Puget Sound were separated from the papers and given to the Book Arts Collection.

 Walkinshaw, Robert B. (Robert Boyd), 1884-1963--Archives Walkinshaw, Jeannie Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington) Diaries Laws and Legislation Photographs Fine Arts

 

Biographical 1/1 Obituary 1963 1/2 Photograph-National Cyclopedia of American Biography undated 1/3 Photograph undated College of Wooster 1/4 Correspondence-1905 Selby Frame Vance Fund 1956-1957 1/5 Card 1954 1/6 Publication- Wooster Alumni Bulletin Vol. XLII, No. 10 1930 1/7 Report on Commencement undated 1/8 Clippings- Wooster Alumni Bulletin 1950-1962 1/9 Publications- Wooster Alumni Bulletin Vol. LV, No. 9 1941 1/10 Publications- Wooster Alumni Bulletin Vol. 64, No. 10 1950 1/11 Images of Campus 1947 1/12 Photograph-[Herbi Blankenherz ?] 1906 1/13-14 Photograph-Robert B. Walkinshaw undated 1/15 Photograph-William C. Falconer 1905 1/16 Photograph-Earnest A. Okori 1906 1/17 Clippings-Debate 1904-1905 1/18 Publications- Wooster Alumni Bulletin Vol. 76, No. 6 1962 1/19 Publications- Wooster Alumni Bulletin Vol. 76, No. 9 1/20 Publications- Wooster Alumni Bulletin Vol. 69, No. 10 1955 1/21 Publications- Wooster Alumni Bulletin Vol. 52, No. 3 1959 1/22 Clippings- Wooster Bulletin 1947-1948 1/23 Program-Commencement-Honorary Doctor of Laws 1955 1/24-25 Correspondence 1941-1951, 1955 1/26-27 Documents 1955 1/28 Program-Commencement 1950 1/29 Program-Alumni Association Annual Dinner 1955 1/30 Program-College Night 1905 1/31 Program-Memorial for W.J. Boone 1936 1/32 Program-Baccalauraeate Services 1955 1/33 Clippings undated 1/34 Notebooks 1903, undated 1/35 Photograph 1900-1901 1/36 Clippings- Wooster Alumni Bulletin 1928-1930 1/37 Bulletin-Baccalaureate Address 1946 1/38 Bulletin-The College of Wooster, 36th Series, No. 9 1943 1/39 Publications- Wooster Alumni Bulletin Vol. 69, No. 10 1955 1/40-41 Publications- Wooster Alumni Bulletin Vol. 64, No. 10 1950 1/42 Convocation Address 1929 1/43 Publications- Wooster Alumni Bulletin Vol. 69, No. 10 1955 1/44 Clipping- "The Wooster Voice" 1905 1/45 Citations-Commencement 1955 1/46 Response-Commencement 1955 1/47 Clippings 1940-1955 1/48 Ephemera 1950-1955 1/49 Program-Commencement 1955 7/8-9 Photograph-Reunion 1955 7/10 Photograph undated 7/11 Photographs 1955 7/12 Photographs-Fire 1901 7/13 Photograph-Band undated 7/14 Photograph-Tiefent Gang 1901-1902 7/15 Photograph undated 7/16 Sound Recording-LP "Response of RBW to Presentation of Medals" undated Russian Church Case 1/50 List-Properties Belonging to Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church in Alaska undated 1/51 Legal Documents 1924 1/52 Legal Documents-Appearance 1924 1/53 Correspondence and Billing 1924-1925 1/54-59 Correspondence 1923-1930 1/60 Publication- Decrees and Constitution of Soviet Russia 1926 1/61 Legal Documents 1926 1/62 Legal Documents-Bylaws 1925 1/63 Documents and Correspondence 1924-1925 1/64 Notes 1929, undated 1/65 Telegrams 1924 1/66 Resolution and Minutes 1923-1924 1/67 Notes and Memos undated 1/68 Legal Documents 1924-1930 1/69 Pamphlet- Russian Greek Orthodox Catholic Church of America 1926 1/70 Notes-Found in Court of Appeals-Kedrovsky v. Rojdesvensky and Turkevich between pages 220 and 221 undated 1/71 Documents-Found in Court of Appeals-Kedrovsky v. Rojdesvensky and Turkevich between pages 2 and 3 1923-1926 1/72 Publication- The New York Supplement 1926 1/73-75 Legal Documents-Kedrovsky Case 1923-1924 1/76 Legal Documents-Exhibits 1924 1/77 Legal Documents-Subpoenas 1924 7/5 Publication- Court of Appeals of the State of NY-Kedrovsky v. Rojdesvensky and Turkevich 1924 7/6 Legal Documents-Articles of Incorporation undated 7/7 Clippings 1924-1927 Law Career 1/78 Notes and Correspondence 1937-1952 1/79 Publication, In the Supreme Court of the United States Brief in Opposition to Petition for Writ of Certiorari and Conditional Cross-Petition for Certiorari 1955 1/80 Publication, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Court No. 14293 Brief of Appelles 1955 1/81 Publication, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Court No. 14293 Supplemental memo of Appelles 1955 1/82 Publication, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Court No. 14293 1955 1/83 Publication, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Court No. 14293 1955 1/84 Publication, In the Supreme Court of the State of Washington Brief of Respondants Elliot and Elliot 1936 1/85 Documents and Correspondence 1937 On Puget Sound 2/1 Complete Draft undated 2/2 List and Draft pages for Drawings undated 2/3 List of Corrections undated 2/4 Draft of Ch. I undated 2/5 Draft of Ch. IV undated 2/6-7 Draft of Ch VIII undated 2/8 Drafts of Ch. IX undated 2/9-11 Draft Pages-Unordered undated 2/12 Speech to Chamber of Commerce 1930 2/13 Pamphlet- Washington Book List 1961 2/14 Notes undated 2/15 Correspondence and Revised Chapter 1949 2/16 Documents and Correspondence 1929-1951 2/17 Publication, Fourth Report and Proceedings British Columbia Historical Association 1929 2/18 Publication, The British Columbia Historical Quarterly Vol. VI, No. 1 1942 2/19 Correspondence 1927-1948 2/20 Clippings 1930 5/9 Folios 1929 5/10 Clippings-Reviews 1929-1930 5/11 Drawings undated 5/12-13 Prints of Drawings 1930, undated Other Writings 2/21 Brochure- Centennial Seattle-Excerpt written by Walkinshaw 1952 2/22 Draft- This Pestilent Pedagogue undated 2/23 Manuscripts and Drafts-Poetry 1908, undated 2/24 Memoirs-"My Life Chart" 1909 Writing Files 2/25-27 Clippings and Notes 1927-1933, 1950 6/1 Word Lists, Clippings and Maps undated 6/2 Phrase Lists and Clippings undated 6/3 Clippings-Foldered 1917-1926 6/4 Clippings-Humor undated 6/5 Clippings-Poetry 1917-1921 6/6 Clippings-Writings by Ben Hur Lampman 1933 6/7 Clippings-Quotations and Notes undated 6/8 Clippings-Prose and Discussions 1917-1926 6/9-11 Clippings-Miscellaneous 1934-1961, undated 6/12 Notes undated Personal Papers 2/28 Correspondence -Reinoehl 1922-1959 2/29-32 Correspondence -Reinoehl 1925-1962, undated 2/33-38 Documents and Correspondence 1927-1945 2/39 Reading List undated 2/40 Notebook-Reading Notes undated 2/41 Publication- Manual for the Holy Eucharist Confirmation 1924 2/42 Log-Art Accounts 1954-1963 2/43 Notebook-Gardening and Others 1944, undated 2/44 Clippings-Walkinshaw in Who's Who 1930 2/45 Notes-Geneology 1948, undated 2/46 Notes-Excerpts from John C. Walkinshaw's Diary undated 2/47 Notes-Slide show of farm 1950 2/48 Notes 1950 2/49-51 Notes-Greek Translations undated 2/52 Documents and Letters- Geneology 1933-1938 7/1 Legal Documents and Notes 1926-1944 7/2 Documents and Letters 1925-1958 Four Minute Men 3/1 Ephemera-FRAGILE! 1917-1918 3/2 Periodical- Four Minute Men News Edition F. Dec. 24 1918 3/3 Correspondence and Certificate 1918-1919 3/4 Speeches 1917 "The Study of Foreign Languages" 3/5 Correspondence 1934-1935 3/6 Invitation 1935 3/7 Speech 1935 Columbia University 3/8 Master's Thesis, Taxation of Governmental Agencies 1911 3/9 Correspondence 1911 3/10 Publication, Columbia Alumni News Vol. 10, No. 1 1918 3/11 Publication, President's Annual Report (Fragment) 1928 3/12 Publication, Columbia Alumni News 1929 European Travels 3/13 Itinerary 1906-1907 3/14-15 Correspondence-Papa, Mamie, and Hugh 1906-1907 3/16 Correspondence-Dr. and Mrs. Holden 1907 3/17 Diary and Maps 1906 3/18 Diary and Photograph 1906-1907 3/19 Diary and Clipping 1906-1907 3/20-24 Diary 1906-1907 Mountaineering 3/25 Documents and Notes-Council of Soyp 1933-1942 3/26-27 Publications- The Book of Soyp with photograph and inscribed cover 1936 3/28-29 Publications- The Book of Soyp 1956 3/30 Menus-Rainier Club-March 24th 1951, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1960 3/31 Documents and Notes on Ascents of Mt. Rainier 1930-1931 3/32 Diary-Olympic Trip 1924 3/33 Publications and ephemera, The Mountaineers 1935 3/34 Catalog-Camtors 1928 5/1 Card and Clipping 1930 Monday Club 3/35 Publication- Thirty Years of the Monday Club of Seattle 1936 3/36-45 Minutes and Correspondence 1931-1940 "The Nuremberg and Tokyo Trials" 3/46 Publication, The American Bar Association Journal Vol. 35, No. 4 RBW's article on page 299 1949 3/47 Correspondence 1944-1947 3/48 Correspondence and Publication- A Design for a Charter of the General International Organization 1944 3/49-50 Manuscripts and Notes undated 3/51 Publication- Opening Address for the U.S.A. by Hon. Robert H. Jackson at the Trail of War Criminals at Nuremberg undated 3/52 Publication- Trial of Japanese War Criminals-Annotated 1946 3/53 Publication- Trial of War Criminals-Annotated 1945 3/54 Publication- Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression 1947 3/55 Clippings 1935-1948 5/2 Notes and Documents 1943-1946 5/3 Publication, The Argonaut Vol. 38. No. 3730 5/4 Publication, The United Nations Conference on International Organization (San Francisco/Seattle) 1945 5/5 Notes and Clippings 1946-1948 5/6 Clippings 1942-1951 "Woodrow Wilson" 3/56 Speech undated 5/7 Clippings 1902-1921 5/8 Poster undated Jeanie Walkinshaw 4/1 Clipping 1947 4/2 Documents and Correspondence 1914-1930 4/3 Publication- Space Journal Autographed 1957 4/4 Publication, A Century of Baltimore Collecting 1941 4/5 Pamphlet- National League of American Pen Women with illustrations of Jeanie Walkinshaw undated Miscellaneous 4/6 Publication, Some Observations on the Recognition of Russia-Charles E. Martin, Institute of World Affairs 1933 4/7 Publications- Library Roster Seattle Public Library 1917 4/8 Publication- The Neglected Age - Olivia Howard Dunbar undated 4/9 Clipping-Walter Walkinshaw 1950 4/10 Publication, A Radio Discussion of the Jews- University of Chicago Round Table 1940 4/11 Publication, The Mass on the Day of Marriage-St. Joseph's Seattle 1941 4/12 Publication- Examinations in Their Bearing on National Efficiency- P.J. Hartog 1911 4/13 Publication, The Drum Call Vol. XX, No. 1 1941 4/14 Program, InbalSeattle Symphony undated 4/15 Program, The Sewickley United Presbyterian Church 1950 4/16 Documents-University of Washington 1935 4/17 Program-68th Commencement-University of Washington 1943 4/18 Publication-Emergency Conservation Committee, A Little Lesson on Vermin 1932 4/19 Pamphlet- XXVIII International Eucharistic Congress 1926 4/20 Pamphlet- The Kent-DeLord House undated 4/21 Program-Derry Presbyterian Church 1928 4/22 Program- Magna Carta- A Pageant Drama Performed for the American Bar Association 1928 4/23 Notecards undated 4/24 Pamphlet, A List of One Hundred of the Best Novels- Seattle Public Library undated 4/25 Address- University of Dacca 1925 4/26 Correspondence 1908 4/27 Program-Memorial of Harvey W. Scott 1910 4/28 Program- Saint Mark's Cathedral 1960 4/29 Invitation-Exhibitionof Japanese Paintings-Seattle Fine Arts Club 1928 4/30 Pamphlets-Civilian Protection Divison-City of Seattle-Annotated 1942 4/31 Slides and Negatives undated 4/32-35 Photographs and negatives undated 4/36 Publication, The Old Settler 1902 4/37 Map-McKee's Road Map of Seattle 1894 4/38 Pamphlet, The Southern Slavs By: Nevill Forbes" 1914-1915 4/39 Publication, The Evolution of a Lament - C.T. Johnson in Washington Historical Quarterly undated 5/14 Map and Bulletin-University of Washington Arboretum 1950-1952 Speeches 7/3 Sound Recording-Tape used for LPs-Poor Condition 1954 7/4 Sound Recording-Pioneer Association 1953