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Wuanda M. T. Walls family papers
Wuanda M. T. Walls is a writer who was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, but raised in nearby Delaware County. She graduated from Chester High School in 1961 and Lincoln University in 1980. The Walls family was one of the core families of Hinsonville, Pennsylvania, a small African American commu...
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| Collection: | Wuanda M. T. Walls Family Papers |
| Collection Number: | 3532 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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| 245 | 1 | |a Wuanda M. T. Walls family papers |f c.1860-2007 | |
| 300 | |a 2.07 Linear feet |f 4 boxes, 10 volumes, 3 flat file items | ||
| 506 | |a This collection is open for research. | ||
| 520 | |a Wuanda M. T. Walls is a writer who was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, but raised in nearby Delaware County. She graduated from Chester High School in 1961 and Lincoln University in 1980. The Walls family was one of the core families of Hinsonville, Pennsylvania, a small African American community in Chester County that became the site of Lincoln University, the oldest black college in the United States. The collection documents the history of the Wallses and related families, Hinsonville, and Lincoln University Village. It includes family photos, correspondence, clippings, legal papers, diplomas and yearbooks, ephemera, an oral history audiocassette and transcript, a published essay (by Wuanda Walls) and two books on the history of Hinsonville, and other items. There is also some of Walls's own memorabilia, such as autographed photographs and programs, airplane tickets, and a program from the 1966 Newport Jazz festival. | ||
| 544 | |a At the Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Albert M. Greenfield papers, 1921-1967 (1959) Leon Gardiner Collection, 1822-1979 (0008B) Samuel D. Holmes papers, 1932-1976 (D0141) William J. Moore papers, 1871-1952 (MSS121) Henry C. Patterson papers, 1929-1972 (MSS004) Henry C. Patterson photographs, ca. 1940-1968 (PG054) Also see the subject guide for African American collections: http://hsp.org/collections/catalogs-research-tools/subject-guides/african-american-collections At other institutions: Lincoln University's Digital Collections (available online) http://www.lincoln.edu/library/specialcollections/digitalcollections.html Lincoln University Collection at the Lincoln University Library's Special Collections https://bluetigerportal.lincolnu.edu/web/browse-our-collections/collection | ||
| 545 | |a Wuanda M. T. Walls (1943- ) is a writer who was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, but raised in nearby Delaware County. She graduated from Chester High School in 1961 and Lincoln University in 1980. As an adult, she moved to Colorado, but traveled frequently to Europe, Africa, Central and South America, Asia, the Caribbean, and the Middle East. Her writing frequently deals with travel, but she also writes about art, food and cooking, aging, and family history. The Walls family was one of the core families of Hinsonville, Pennsylvania, a small African American community in Chester County that became the site of Lincoln University, the oldest black college in the United States. The development of Hinsonville began when Edward Wall (1793-1880) sold land to many of his African American relatives, encouraging them to settle in the same area in Chester County. The town was named for Emory Hinson (1792-1852), possibly because he bought a great quantity of land in the area. In 1843, Hinsonville established its first church, the Hossana Meeting House, on land deeded for this purpose by Edward Wall. During the Civil War, the Hosanna Meeting House was a refuge for fugitive slaves and a stop on the Underground Railroad. Sometime after the Civil War, the church was given its current name: the Hosanna African Union Methodist Protestant (AUMP) Church. Lincoln University's history begins in 1854, when Reverend John Miller Dickey built a seminar school to train black men as preachers and missionaries for the Presbyterian Colonization Society in Liberia, Africa. He purchased land in Hinsonville and established the Ashman Institute, which was renamed to Lincoln University in 1866. | ||
| 555 | |a Finding Aid Available Online: | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a African American actresses. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a African American authors--20th century. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a African American churches. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a African American Methodists. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a African American soldiers--History--19th century. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a African American universities and colleges. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a African American women authors. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a African Union Methodist Protestant Church (U.S.)--History--19th century. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Hinsonville (Pa.). | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Lincoln University (Pa.). | |
| 852 | |a The Historical Society of Pennsylvania |b Wuanda M. T. Walls Family Papers |l 3532 | ||
| 856 | 4 | 2 | |y Link to finding aid |u http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/w/Walls3532.html |