Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Walker, Lucy Medora, 1848-1916
- Extent:
- 1 cubic foot
- Language:
- English
Background
- Scope and Content:
This collection documents the youth and young adulthood of Lucy Medora Walker, 1848-1916 of East Springfield, Otsego County, NY throughcCorrespondence from friends and family, diaries, school papers, programs, and photographs. Topics of discussion in correspondence and diaries include household chores, school, hop harvesting, and church.
- Biographical / Historical:
Lucy Medora Walker, (aka Dora, Dode, Dodie, Lucy, Medora, and Petite Walker) 1848-1916, was born in East Springfield, Otsego County, New York, the only child of Hannah (Seabrook VanHorne) Walker, 1816-1907 and Benjamin Walker, 1811-1870. Benjamin Walker was a cabinet maker who operated a cabinet shop in East Springfield. In her childhood, Walker attended a private school in East Springfield. There she took geometry, composition, Latin grammar, declamation and French. From East Springfield, she went to Schenectady to finish her education where she lived with the John (father of Alice) McNee family.
She returned to East Springfield and in 1873 married William Smith Guardenier (ca. 1843- ). He took over her father's business that same year, but later became an undertaker. They had nine children: Lucy Hotchkiss, Benjamin Walker, Blanche Ormiston, W. Harry., Fred V., Doane Sinclair, Edgar VanHorne, Anna G., and Hannah Medora. The family lived in the same house that Walker grew up in. Shedied February 16, 1916 at the age of 68 and was buried in Springfield Cemetery.
- Acquisition information:
Gift; Roger Butterfield; 1971; FM-38.71 (Series 1)
Gift; 2013; NM-9.2013 (Series 2)
- Processing information:
The processing, cataloging, and encoding of this collection were made possible by a grant from the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- Hop pickers--New York (State)--East
Springfield
Hops--Harvesting--New York (State)--East Springfield
Young women--New York (State)--Otsego County
Teenage girls--Education--New York (State)--Otsego County
Home economics--New York (State)--East Springfield
East Springfield (N.Y.)--Family and personal papers
Social life and customs.--East Springfield (Otsego County N.Y.)
correspondence
diaries - Names:
- Walker, Lucy Medora, 1848-1916
Access
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