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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.
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