Description | This folder contains the following printed ephemera on the Walker family:
1a) "Pedigree of Walker, of Masborough, Clifton, etc." - family tree dating back to William Walker of Ecclesfield, born 1650, died 1708, including seven generations of the Walker family (n.d.) 1b) Same as above, taped together vertically down centre. 1c) Same as above printed on across two smaller sheets, taped together vertically down centre. 2) Excerpts from Burke's Landed Gentry printed on A4 sheets, stapled together, pgs. 624-627, details the Walker family (n.d.) 3) "Look At Rotherham" history and landmarks booklet by Bessacarr Prints (1984) 4) Photocopy of Rotherham Literary & Scientific Society Fifth Conversazione, 24th February 1876 5) Information on Clifton House, three A4 sheets stapled together (n.d.) 6) Museum information, six A4 sheets held together by paperclip (n.d.) 7) Photograph of Mary Walker's gravestone on card (n.d.) 8) Photograph of Jonathan Walker's gravestone on card (n.d.) 9) Photograph of Old Schoolhouse Grenoside on card (n.d.) 10) Photocopy of excerpts from "The Strutts and the Arkwrights 1758 - 1830 by R. S. Fitton and A. P. Wadsworth (1958), pages 326-327, 198-203, 38-39 (n.d.) 11) Printout "Pictures in the Dining Room" and "Portraits in Clifton House: The Walker and Need Family" (n.d.) 12) Walker family tree with portraits, four generations (n.d.) 13) Excerpt from The Rotherham Advertiser, "Valuable Collection of Portraits", 27th January 1945 14) Letter to Mr. D. A. Phillips from L. G. Lovell, dated 12th May 1970 15) Small letter to Mr. Lovell regarding Walker portraits (n.d.) 16) County Borough of Rotherham Public Library and Museum Committee Chief Librarian and Curator's Report, 18th January 1945 17) Letter to Mr. C. C. Williams - Director of Libraries, Museum & Arts - from Mr. L. Walker dated 6th August 1980, with small letter attached with paperclip to Mr. L. Walker from the National Portrait Gallery dated 2nd July 1959 18) Letter to Ms. Heather Williams from Chloe Bennett dated 24th November 1977 19) Handwritten list of Walker portraits in the Collection, including material, location, and object numbers, on lined paper 20) Three small loose pages, numbered 1-3, details on paintings in the Collection 21) Letter to Mr. Constantine from L. G. Lovell dated 28th August 1963 22) Information regarding the Walker family (n.d.) 23) "The Walkers of Rotherham" Information Sheet (n.d.) 24) Information sheet on Samuel and Mary Walker oil on canvas (1756) 25) Information sheet on Joshua and Susannah Walker oil on canvas (1784) 26) Information sheet on Henry and Elizabeth Walker oil on canvas (1806) 27) Print of email from Judy Ely to Alison Duce regarding Walker family portraits, 22nd May 2003 28) Information sheet "The Walker family
a Rotherham story" 29a) Photocopies of "Rotherham", pages 489-491, 500, 502, 643 29b) Copy of page 502 of "Rotherham" 30) Photocopy from "Bicentenary Booklet" (1960), "Who Built the First Chapel and Later Buildings?" 31) Information sheets on Chapel Walk (south side), Masbrough, pages 12-13, sheets loose 32) Two black and white pictures of Walker family chapel memorial tablets, sheets loose 33) "Chapel Memorial Tablets" pages 36-44, 58-59, and "A Brief History of the Burial Ground", pages 68-70 34) "A Plan for Dinners, to be Observed by the Families of the Walkers", 18th March 1785, signed by Susanna Walker [sic], M. Walker, Mary Walker, Jo. Walker, Thos. Walker, Jon. Walker, Elizabeth Walker, and Sarah Walker, typed on paper 35a) Information on The Walker Mausoleum, Eastwood House, and Ferham House, two sheets stapled together 35b) Copy of second sheet of above. 36) "Table showing relationship of partners in the Iron, Steel and Lead concerns" (n.d.) 37) Hand drawn family tree of the Walker family (n.d.) 38) Photocopies taken from "Burke's Landed Gentry", pages 624-627, held together with paperclip 39) Photograph of Masbrough Hall Stables on card (n.d.) 40) Drawing of Masbrough Hall on card (n.d.) 41) Photocopies of the Last Will and Testament of Joshua Walker (n.d.)
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