Anna Strunsky Walling Papers

Description

The collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, diaries, photographs and newspaper clippings pertaining to the life and career of Anna Strunsky Walling and her husband, William English Walling (1877-1936). The majority of the collection is correspondence between Anna Strunsky Walling and her family, friends and colleagues. The collection also contains portions of Walling's personal diary, manuscript poems and prose pieces authored by Walling and others, and several photographs and newspaper clippings relating to familial concerns and political matters. Some of the collection's materials originally belonged to William English Walling, and the collection includes some of his personal and professional correspondence and writing. Most of the collection relates to the Walling family and its members personal and professional concerns, and much of it relates to the Wallings' interest in politics (especially socialism) and political activism.