Research Catalog

Title

Charles D. Walker photograph collection.

Author

Walker, Charles D., 1903-

Publication

1920-1987.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Carveth, Christopher
• Hamilton, Lucinda
• Hamilton, Russell
• Hubble, Elisabeth
• Gutrick of Milford (Milford, Conn.), photographer.

Found In

p1pc Walker, Charles D., 1903- Charles D. Walker papers, 1923-1987 (OCoLC)122533815

Description

• 56 items (.3 cubic ft., one box); 21 x 26 cm and smaller.
• 47 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white ;
• 8 photographic prints : color ;
• 1 photographic postcard : gelatin silver, black and white ;

Summary

• Collection consists of portraits and views of the activities of Baptist minister and civic leader, Charles D. Walker, mainly from 1960s to the late 1980s. Depictions of Walker before the 1960s are very limited; his personal life is not depicted. The collection consists of studio portraits of Walker; group portraits showing Walker with United States Senator Lowell Weicker and with local college faculty; candid shots of Pastor Walker at his church, the First Baptist Church, Milford, Connecticut (1963); views of Walker participating in religious services and public gatherings (1970s); and being interviewed at South Central Community College, New Haven, Conn. (1987).
• Of note are studio portraits of Walker upon entering the Hampton Institute ROTC program (1920) and as a young man (1923). Also included are views of speakers, crowds and the parade at the Black Founding Fathers Day celebration in New Haven (1976); and a view of Dadd's Hotel, a Black-owned hotel that served Black travelers in West Haven, Connecticut (1930s).

Subject

• Walker, Charles D., 1903-
• First Baptist Church (Milford, Conn.)
• African American clergy > Connecticut
• African American civic leaders > Connecticut
• African American civil rights workers > Connecticut
• African American business enterprises > Connecticut > West Haven > 1930-1939
• Commemorations > Connecticut > New Haven > 1970-1979
• Parades & processions > Connecticut > New Haven > 1970-1979
• Interviewing
• Public speaking > 1970-1979

Genre/Form

• Portrait photographs – 1920-1989.
• Group portraits – 1960-1989.
• Gelatin silver prints – 1920-1989.
• Dye coupler prints – 1960-1989.
• Photographic postcards – 1920-1929.

Note

• Title taken from Charles D. Walker Papers.
• Some photographs bear photographer's or photography studio's hand stamp on verso. Some items bear handwritten captions on verso or recto; one item bears inscription. One item accompanied by typewritten caption label. Some items are mounted; some items are mounted to loose scrapbook pages.
• Collection contains work by Christopher Carveth, Gutrick of Milford, Lucinda Hamilton, Russell Hamilton, and Elisabeth Hubble.

Terms of Use (note)

• Some items may be under copyright and require permission of the copyright holder for duplication.

Biography (note)

• Charles D. Walker, 1903-1989, was a Baptist minister and civic leader. Born in Triboro, North Carolina, and raised in Hampton, Virginia, Walker held a variety of jobs before becoming a Baptist minister in 1958. Between the 1920s and the 1950s, Walker worked as a butler; a real estate manager of Harlem, New York, properties; an aircraft firm employee; and, as a writer, had some of his work published by the New York Herald Tribune in 1923. In 1960, Walker became pastor of the First Baptist Church in Milford, Conn., where, until his retirement in 1980, he was a civil rights activist and local civic leader. Walker died in Milford in 1989.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of the Charles D. Walker Papers, 1923-1987.

Call Number

Sc Photo Charles D. Walker Collection

OCLC

1273426998

Author

Walker, Charles D., 1903- , collector.

Title

Charles D. Walker photograph collection.

Production

1920-1987.

Type of Content

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Terms Of Use

Some items may be under copyright and require permission of the copyright holder for duplication.

Biography

Charles D. Walker, 1903-1989, was a Baptist minister and civic leader. Born in Triboro, North Carolina, and raised in Hampton, Virginia, Walker held a variety of jobs before becoming a Baptist minister in 1958. Between the 1920s and the 1950s, Walker worked as a butler; a real estate manager of Harlem, New York, properties; an aircraft firm employee; and, as a writer, had some of his work published by the New York Herald Tribune in 1923. In 1960, Walker became pastor of the First Baptist Church in Milford, Conn., where, until his retirement in 1980, he was a civil rights activist and local civic leader. Walker died in Milford in 1989.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Charles D. Walker Papers, 1923-1987.

Local Note

Sc MG 375

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Added Author

Carveth, Christopher, photographer.

Hamilton, Lucinda, photographer.

Hamilton, Russell, photographer.

Hubble, Elisabeth, photographer.

Gutrick of Milford (Milford, Conn.), photographer.

Found In:

p1pc Walker, Charles D., 1903- Charles D. Walker papers, 1923-1987 (OCoLC)122533815

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Charles D. Walker Collection