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Percy Maxwell Wallace (1863-1943) was a British educator who taught at the Mohammadan Anglo-Oriental College in Aligarh, India and later served as an administrator at the University of London. Collection consists of sixteen letter books and four loose letters. Topics include Wallace's experiences teaching and reading examinations at the Mohammadan Anglo-Oriental College (now Aligarh Muslim University) and at the University of Allahabad; climate and disease in India; cricket competitions; discussions of books and authors; history of India, particularly during the Sepoy rebellion of 1857; operations and quality of the Indian postal service; social conditions and customs; social life among the British colonial elite in India; travel through Uttar Predesh and northern India; and Wallace's reflections on customs, culture and racial differences in India. The letters describe Wallace's personal and professional interactions and his social relationships with a number of British expatriates and Indian professionals, including A.H. Pirie, L.K. Hyder, Lady Florence Streatfeild, Lady Lansdowne, Lord William Beresford, Mortimer Sloper Howell, Rudyard Kipling, Sir Auckland Colvin, Sir Charles Alfred Elliott, Sir John Edge, Surech Chandra Banerjee, Syed Ahmad Khan, and Theodore Beck. Cities and towns described include Aligarh, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mussoorie, Nainital, and Shimla.

Mary Edwards Walker (1832-1919) was a suffragist and the first female surgeon to serve in the U.S. Army. Collection consists of an albumen photo portrait of Walker and two letters written by her. One letter discusses her advocacy efforts for women's voting rights, and the other expresses her desire to build a hospital, home, and school for tuberculosis patients. Acquired as part of the History of Medicine Collection.

Druggist and court clerk, of Scottsville and Glasgow, Ky. Correspondence and business papers dealing primarily with the drug business and containing information on the practice of medicine in ante-bellum Tennessee and Kentucky. Includes papers relating to Walker's later activities as clerk of the Circuit Court of Allen County, Ky., and personal letters of various members of the Walker family of Kentucky.

Ken Wainio (1952-2006) was an American surrealist author and poet based in San Francisco, California. Collection includes manuscripts and drafts of many of Wainio's poems and writings, including his novel, Starfuck. Also includes his journals and diaries, published poetry and printed materials, some correspondence, snapshots, and other biographical information.

Wagner Sign Service was a signage and sign lettering firm based in Chicago, Ill. established in 1920 by Irwin Wagner. Album consists of black-and-white photographs of sign lettering created by Wagner Sign Service. Photographs are of actual signs promoting public service and workplace safety messages, as well as commercial signs advertising businesses and event venues including automobile dealers, banks, churches, movie theaters, real estate agencies, and restaurants. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History and the Kevin P. Reilly Sr. Outdoor Advertising Archives.

Artist, writer, and arts educator. Collection contains personal correspondence, photographs, writings and drawings, subject files, ephemera, and clippings. The photographs document Wade's personal life, her art exhibits, and trips to Cuba, Alaska, and Costa Rica. The drawings and writings primarily consist of published versions and drafts of cartoons, as well as some manuscripts of writings and drawings for texts, including the artwork for Have You Ever Seen an Ugly Bride?, an unpublished book by Wade and Elizabeth Lide. The subject files include a file for the Resource Center for Women and Ministry in the South, an abortion rights petition signed by Norma McCorvey, and typescripts documenting the Kilbuck family, who were ancestors of Wade's that were missionaries in Alaska. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.

ALS. Inquires whether addressee possesses the proof impression of a portrait.

Author, translator, and teacher Norman Waddell was born in Washington, D.C. in 1940, and he moved to Japan in 1965. He is an emeritus professor at Otani University in Kyoto, from which he received the degree of Doctor of Literature (LittD) and where he taught for more than thirty years. He has translated works by notable Zen figures such as Suzuki D.T. (Daisetz Teitarō), Dōgen Kigen, Bankei Yōtaku, and Hakuin Ekaku. Waddell's papers include correspondence from: Zen teacher Robert Aitken, who was a co-founder of the Diamond Sangha in Honolulu; artist Frederick Franck; and scholar and translator Burton Watson.

ALS. Writes regarding the editing of a publication on Parkinson's disease.