Hudson D. Walker papers, 1920-1982

Collection Information

Size: 15.9 Linear feet

Summary: The papers of Hudson D. Walker measure 15.9 linear feet and date from 1920 to 1982. The papers document his career as an art collector, arts administrator, and researcher through correspondence, writings, artist files, personal business records, professional activity files, scrapbooks, printed material, and photographic material.

Biographical/Historical Note

Hudson D. Walker (1907-1976) was an art collector and arts administrator who lived in New York City. Walker studied at the University of Minnesota and at Harvard University's Fogg Museum before becoming an art dealer in Boston in 1930. In 1937 Walker founded the Hudson-Walker Gallery in New York City. Walker also served as the firsr curator for the Univsersity Gallery at the University of Minnesota. In addition, Walker served as president and trustee of the American Federation of the Arts, trustee of the Print Council of America, president of the Friends of the Whitney Museum of American Art, executive director of the Artists Equity Association, and as president of the international Graphic Arts Society. Walker died in 1976.

Provenance

Material on reels D351-D358 & unmicrofilmed donated 1966-1982 by Hudson D. and Ione G. Walker; material on reel 1535 lent for microfilming 1979 by Ione G. Walker, widow of Walker; material on reel 130 donor unspecified.

Related Materials

Also found in the Archives of American Art is an oral history interview with Hudson Walker conducted by Dorothy Seckler, August 21, 1965; an oral history interview with Hudson Walker conducted by Paul Cummings, October 22-28, 1969; an oral history with Hudson Walker conducted by Robert Brown, September 1, 1971-August 2, 1972. The Archives of American Art also holds microfilm of material lent for microfilming on Reel 1535: 4 volumes of a diary, 1929, 1930, 1942, and 1945. The first two volumes were kept while Walker was a graduate student at Harvard, the 1942 volume covers exhibitions and artists, including Marsden Hartley, and the 1945 volume details Walker's travels in Europe after World War II. Also included are 7 letters, a valentine, and two post cards from his wife, Ione G. Walker, and a 1967 letter from Hans van Weeren-Griek. Loaned materials were returned to the donor and are not described in the collection container inventory.

Language Note

English .