Rosene Conrad Walker Papers
Scope and Contents
Collection includes material of the Walker family, early settlers in Talladega County, Alabama. The bulk of the material is antebellum, but the financial items date to the 1890's. Besides correspondence between 1846 and 1852 (primarily letters to Rosa Conrad Walker) the collection consists of financial papers, legal items, tax assessments and receipts, miscellaneous items such as poetry and a cloth bag, and several Civil War items, specifically a parole and pardon.
Dates
- 1846 - 1890
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open.
Biographical / Historical
Rosene Conrad Walker was believed to have been born in France where she spent her early childhood. Sometime in the 1840's she traveled to the United States and resided with Robert and Margaret Jemison of Talladega County, Alabama. She is believed to have worked as a housekeeper and seamstress for the couple until the early 1850's. She met and married William F. Walker of Munford, Alabama sometime in the mid or late 1850's. During the American Civil War, William Walker served in the Confederate Army, but his activities during the war were not documented in the correspondence. Following the war, he returned to farming and operating a lumber mill.
Extent
6 Folder(s) (150 items)
1 Items (1 ledger)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This finding aid is organized by accessions. Each accession represents an addition to the collection. Each accession also represents a transfer of physical and legal custody of archival materials from the donor(s) to Auburn University Special Collections and Archives.
Processing Information
Accession 09-1965 processed by CJD, October 1965. HTML Finding Aid listed by Dieter C. Ullrich, July 2003. Added to ArchivesSpace by Cara Eiland, October 3, 2019. Revised by Joanna Ashley, 2025.
- Title
- Guide to the Rosene Conrad Walker Papers
- Subtitle
- Record Group 66
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- CJD
- Date
- October 1965
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Auburn University Special Collections and Archives Repository
Auburn University
Ralph Brown Draughon Library
231 Mell Street
Auburn Alabama 36849
334-844-1732
archives@auburn.edu
