Myers, Walter D. (Walter Dennis), 1882-1973
Person
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Crime and law photograph collection
Collection — Folder: SP120
Identifier: SP120
Scope and Contents
This collection includes black-and-white photographs from Indiana and the United States, related to various crimes, criminals, and legal cases, such as a lawsuits between demolition companies and various criminal trials, ranging from 1921 to 1980 and undated. There are images of 3 members of the Reno Gang, Bonnie and Clyde, and several Hoosier criminals from the 20th century, as well as an FBI criminal "wanted notice" of car thief Fred Bowen (1938) sent to ...
Dates:
1921-1980, undated
Indiana George Washington Bicentenary Commission collection
Collection — Folder: S164
Identifier: S0164
Scope and Contents
This collection includes letters from Indiana politicians in United States Congress and members of the United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission in Washington, D.C. to members of the Indiana George Washington Bicentenary Commission ranging from December 7, 1931 to January 28, 1932 regarding speaking engagements and the difficulties obtaining materials on George Washington from the U.S. commission due to financial constraints.
Dates:
1931-1932
Walter D. Myers papers
Collection
Identifier: L115
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, papers, newspaper and magazine clippings, political speeches, programs, name badges, buttons, and pins from Walter D. Myers and others in Indianapolis, Indiana and the United States, ranging from 1905 to 1969, regarding Myers' education, career, political and family life, and achievements.
There are also Myers' certificate of appointment from 1940 and a newspaper clipping from 1948 (OB188).
There are also Myers' certificate of appointment from 1940 and a newspaper clipping from 1948 (OB188).
Dates:
1905-1969, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Walter D. Myers papers
Walter D. Myers photographs
Collection — Folder: SP084
Identifier: SP084
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs of Walter D. Myers in California; New Orleans, Louisiana; Claremore, Oklahoma; Chicago, Illinois; and other unidentified locations in the United States ranging from 1948 to 1952 and undated, depicting him with various people at social and political events, probably as part of his fourth assistant postmaster general duties.
Dates:
1948-1952, undated
Walter D. Myers, Sr. oral history
Collection
Identifier: OH016
Scope and Contents
The collection contains the reel-to-reel tape and transcript of interviews with Walter D. Myers, Sr. conducted by Randall Jehs on December 14, 1970 and January 20, 1971. In the first interview (p. 1-40), Myers discusses why he entered the political arena, his experiences as an attorney for the city and state and city departments, Thomas Taggart, the Federal Reserve Act, his involvement in the American Legion, the Warner Brothers company, Stought Fletcher, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jim Farley,...
Dates:
1970/12/04, 1971/01/20
