| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Walder, Carl Anton |
| Title: | Carl Anton Walder Papers |
| Dates: | 1904-1982 |
| Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) |
| Abstract: | Carl Anton Walder (1881-1974) was a Swiss immigrant who settled in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1912. He was the founder of the Best Stove and Repair Company and a trustee and chairman of the board of the North American Swiss Alliance. He also served as the first Swiss Consular Agent for the Ohio District around Cleveland from 1936 to 1950. The collection consists of machine copied newspaper articles and miscellaneous items such as letters, Christmas cards, a Michigan Central Railroad Company engineers' examination book, a typescript of an article by William R. Murphy celebrating the twenty-first anniversary of the Best Stove and Repair Company, and a Department of State certificate naming Walder the Consular Agent of Switzerland. |
| MS Number | MS 3809 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
The Carl Anton Walder Papers, 1904-1982 and undated, consist of machine copied newspaper articles and miscellaneous items such as letters, Christmas cards, a Michigan Central Railroad Company engineers' examination book, a typescript of an article by William R. Murphy celebrating the twenty-first anniversary of the Best Stove and Repair Company, and a Department of State certificate naming Walder the Consular Agent of Switzerland.
This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of the Swiss immigrant community in Cleveland, Ohio, and the history of business and industry there in the twentieth century.
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Related MaterialThe researcher should also consult PG 207 Carl Anton Walder Photographs.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 3809 Carl Anton Walder Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Gift of Mrs. John Bachleder in 1975 and others.
Carl Anton Walder Papers 1904-1982 undated |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Correspondence and miscellaneous items 1904-1965 undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Newspaper clippings relating to Carl Walder 1928-1974 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Newspaper clippings relating to Carl Walder 1912-1982 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Printed material relating to Carl Walder 1940-1960 | |||||||||