http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/search?docsPerPage%3D100;expand%3Dsubject;f1-subject%3DWalton%20family.;facet-format%3DManuscript%20Collection;facet-format%3DPhotograph%20Collection;freeformQuery%3Dcompany%20OR%20corporation Results for your query: docsPerPage=100;expand=subject;f1-subject=Walton family.;facet-format=Manuscript Collection;facet-format=Photograph Collection;freeformQuery=company OR corporation Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4229.xml John Whittlesey Walton (1845-1926) was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, businessman and philanthropist, Walton started a ship chandlery business and co-founded the Upson-Walton Company in 1893. In 1867, Walton was one of the men responsible for the revival of the YMCA in Cleveland. From 1874-1926, Walton was actively involved in charity, serving during this period as treasurer of the Bethel Associated Charities. Throughout his life, Walton was keenly interested in the field of sociology and in the emerging scientific approach to social work. His daughter, Gladys Walton was involved in numerous dramatic and musical events. The collection consists of a diary of a trip by John Whittlesey Walton to the West Indies in 1895, a map charting the West Indies trip, a collection of his writings (consisting of religious hymns, poetry, and articles), correspondence, his scrapbooks, scrapbooks of Gladys Walton, and newspaper clippings. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4229.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3933.xml John Whittlesey Walton (1845-1926) was a co-founder of the Upson-Walton Company in Cleveland, Ohio, who was also treasurer of the Cleveland Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) and a member of many other civic, charitable and literary organizations. He was descended from William Bradford on his father's side and from the Whittlesey family of Tallmadge, Ohio, on his mother's side. The collection consists of one handwritten volume containing genealogical and family history and Walton's memories of personal and national events (ca. 1845-1926). http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3933.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT