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Walter W. Edwards collection

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 402

Scope and content

The collection consists of an engraving of Syracuse, N.Y., ca.1855, one photograph of the Oneida Community, ca. 1866; and one volume containing a coin inventory/registry of S. G. Smith, 1868-1876.

Dates

1855-1876.

Creator

Edwards, Walter W. (Collector, Person)

Biographical / Historical

Walter Wallace Edwards, Class of 1893, was born in Forest Home, New York in 1871. He was a teacher from 1901 to 1904; a traveling inspector for Solvay Process Company, Syracuse, N.Y. from 1905-1921; from 1921 to 1940 did assorted work; retired in 1940; and served in World War II in ordnance.