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Strunsky-Walling Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSN/MN 0509
 

Strunsky-Walling Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSN/MN 0509

The collection includes over five hundred letters, two diaries, miscellaneous manuscripts, printed ephemera, and photographs. Among the letters are 120 written by Leonard Dalton Abbott to Anna Strunsky Walling, 1933-1937; 90 written between Anna and William English Walling, 1926-1935; 49 written between Anna and Rosamond Walling Tirana, 1931-1936; and 54 written between William English Walling and Rosamond, 1932-1935. In addition to family letters the correspondence also includes a number of letters to Anna from notable literary and political figures, among them Gelett Burgess, Charmian London, Mary White Ovington, Ellery Sedgwich, Charles Edward Russell, Elizabeth Gladys Echlin, and Robert Ely. Also notable are two diaries of Anna Strunsky Walling (1934 and 1936).

Conditions Governing Access

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

Dates
Creation: 1906-1967
Creation: Majority of material found in ( 1925-1937)
Extent
2 Cubic Feet (4 containers; 117 folders)
Related Names
Walling, Anna Strunsky, 1879-1964
Corbett, Rosamond Walling Tirana, 1910-1999
Abbott, Leonard Dalton, 1878-1953
Walling, William English, 1877-1936
Language of Materials
English

I. Correspondence

 Series
Identifier: MSN/MN 0509: Series 1

Letters. Leonard Dalton Abbott to Anna Strunsky Walling, 1933 August-December

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSN/MN 0509-1

Leonard Dalton Abbott's personal letters to Anna Strunsky Walling (folders 1 to 20) number 125 items, dating from 1933 to 1937.

Dates
Creation: 1933 August-December

Letters. Leonard Dalton Abbott to Anna Strunsky Walling, 1934 January-March

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSN/MN 0509-2
Dates
Creation: 1934 January-March

Letters. Leonard Dalton Abbott to Anna Strunsky Walling, 1934 April

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: MSN/MN 0509-3
Dates
Creation: 1934 April

Letters. Leonard Dalton Abbott to Anna Strunsky Walling, 1934 October

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSN/MN 0509-4
Dates
Creation: 1934 October

Letters. Leonard Dalton Abbott to Anna Strunsky Walling, 1935 February-April

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSN/MN 0509-5
Dates
Creation: 1935 February-April

Letters. Leonard Dalton Abbott to Anna Strunsky Walling, 1935 June

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: MSN/MN 0509-6
Dates
Creation: 1935 June

Letters. Leonard Dalton Abbott to Anna Strunsky Walling, 1935 July

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: MSN/MN 0509-7
Dates
Creation: 1935 July

Letters. Leonard Dalton Abbott to Anna Strunsky Walling, 1935 July

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: MSN/MN 0509-8
Dates
Creation: 1935 July

Letters. Leonard Dalton Abbott to Anna Strunsky Walling, 1935 August

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: MSN/MN 0509-9
Dates
Creation: 1935 August

Letters. Leonard Dalton Abbott to Anna Strunsky Walling, 1935 September

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: MSN/MN 0509-10
Dates
Creation: 1935 September

Letters. Leonard Dalton Abbott to Anna Strunsky Walling, 1935 December

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Identifier: MSN/MN 0509-11
Dates
Creation: 1935 December

Letters. Leonard Dalton Abbott to Anna Strunsky Walling, 1936 January

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Identifier: MSN/MN 0509-12
Dates
Creation: 1936 January

Letters. Anna Strunsky Walling to Leonard Dalton Abbott, 1936 February-March

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Identifier: MSN/MN 0509-13
Dates
Creation: 1936 February-March

Letters. Leonard Dalton Abbott to Anna Strunsky Walling, 1936 April-September

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Identifier: MSN/MN 0509-14
Dates
Creation: 1936 April-September

Letters. Leonard Dalton Abbott to Anna Strunsky Walling, 1936 October

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Identifier: MSN/MN 0509-15
Dates
Creation: 1936 October

Letters. Leonard Dalton Abbott to Anna Strunsky Walling, 1936 November

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Identifier: MSN/MN 0509-16
Dates
Creation: 1936 November

Letters. Leonard Dalton Abbott to Anna Strunsky Walling, 1936 December

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Identifier: MSN/MN 0509-17
Dates
Creation: 1936 December

Letters. Leonard Dalton Abbott to Anna Strunsky Walling, 1937 January-March

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Identifier: MSN/MN 0509-18
Dates
Creation: 1937 January-March
 

Letters. Leonard Dalton Abbott to Anna Strunsky Walling, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 19
Identifier: MSN/MN 0509-19
Dates
Creation: undated

Letters. Leonard Dalton Abbott to Anna Strunsky Walling, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 20
Identifier: MSN/MN 0509-20

Fragments of letters in Leonard Dalton Abbott's hand.

Dates
Creation: undated

Letters. Miscellaneous correspondents to Leonard Dalton Abbott, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 21
Identifier: MSN/MN 0509-21
Dates
Creation: undated

Letters. Anna Strunsky Walling to William English Walling, 1926

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 22
Identifier: MSN/MN 0509-22

The Anna Strunsky Walling-William English Walling correspondence (folders 22 to 35) includes 90 items. The majority of the letters were written by Anna to English from 1926 to 1935. Anna's letters are largely personal and social in content. Of the 10 letters written by English to Anna, all express some concern over the family's financial situation.

Dates
Creation: 1926

Letters. Anna Strunsky Walling to William English Walling, 1931 January

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 23
Identifier: MSN/MN 0509-23
Dates
Creation: 1931 January

Letters. Anna Strunsky Walling to William English Walling, 1931 November

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 24
Identifier: MSN/MN 0509-24
Dates
Creation: 1931 November

Letters. Anna Strunsky Walling to William English Walling, 1931 December

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 25
Identifier: MSN/MN 0509-25
Dates
Creation: 1931 December

Letters. Anna Strunsky Walling to William English Walling, 1931 December

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 26
Identifier: MSN/MN 0509-26
Dates
Creation: 1931 December

Letters. Anna Strunsky Walling to William English Walling, 1931 December

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 27
Identifier: MSN/MN 0509-27
Dates
Creation: 1931 December

Letters. Anna Strunsky Walling to William English Walling, 1932 January

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 28
Identifier: MSN/MN 0509-28
Dates
Creation: 1932 January

Letters. Anna Strunsky Walling to William English Walling, 1932 January

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 29
Identifier: MSN/MN 0509-29
Dates
Creation: 1932 January

Letters. Anna Strunsky Walling to William English Walling, 1932 February

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 30
Identifier: MSN/MN 0509-30
Dates
Creation: 1932 February
Dates
Creation: 1932 February-March

Correspondence. Anna Strunsky Walling and William English Walling, 1932 March-April

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 32
Identifier: MSN/MN 0509-32
Dates
Creation: 1932 March-April

Letters. William English Walling to Anna Strunsky Walling, 1935

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 33
Identifier: MSN/MN 0509-33
Dates
Creation: 1935

Correspondence. Anna Strunsky Walling and William English Walling, undated

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 34
Identifier: MSN/MN 0509-34

Includes a letter from English summarizing the family's dire financial situation: "...radically reduced income will scarcely allow [Anna] more than $150.00."

Dates
Creation: undated

Letters. Anna Strunsky Walling to William English Walling, undated

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 35
Identifier: MSN/MN 0509-35

Fragments of letters in Anna Strunksky Wallings's hand to William English Walling.

Dates
Creation: undated

Letters. Rosamond Walling Tirana to Anna Strunsky Walling, 1931

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 36
Identifier: MSN/MN 0509-36

The Anna Strunsky Walling-Rosamond Walling Tirana correspondence (folders 36 to 45) includes 49 items, the greater number of which are from Rosamond to her mother. Dates range from 1931 to 1936. Rosamond's lengthy contain mostly personal and social news.

Dates
Creation: 1931

Correspondence. Rosamond Walling Tirana to Anna Strunsky Walling, 1932 January-June

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 37
Identifier: MSN/MN 0509-37
Dates
Creation: 1932 January-June

In a letter of 28 September Rosamond explains her feelings on abortion, which she endorses.

Dates
Creation: 1932 September-December
 
 
 
 
 
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