Collection Number: D-226

Extent

1.2 linear feet

Description

A family history collection which contains correspondence, photographs, and scrapbooks pertaining to the Walker, Spinning, and Durrell families, who are related by marriage. The correspondence includes three letters from and one letter to Hiram Walker, while he was a Union soldier in the U.S. Civil War and five letters from Hiram's daughter, Emma (Walker) Heron, while she was a missionary in India.

Inclusive Dates

1862-1955.

Subject

California History

Finding Aid on the Online Archive of California (http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt438nd2b2)

Access

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