Research Catalog

Title

Lester Walton audio collection : 5 audio recordings related to his career as a journalist.

Author

Walton, Lester A., 1882-1965

Publication

[1978]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
• Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division.

Description

5 audio discs (analog)

Subjects

• Sound recordings
• African Americans > Civil rights
• Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
• Theatrical managers > New York (State) > New York
• African American newspapers > New York (State) > New York
• United States > Foreign relations > Liberia
• Diplomatic and consular service, American > Liberia
• Liberia > Commerce
• Liberia > Economic conditions
• Liberia > Foreign relations > United States
• African American journalists
• Ambassadors > United States
• African American diplomats
• New York (N.Y.) > City Commission on Human Rights
• New York Amsterdam news (New York, N.Y.: 1919)
• New York age (New York, N.Y. : 1957)
• Walton, Lester A., 1882-1965

Genre/Form

Sound recordings.

Biography (note)

• Lester Aglar Walton enjoyed a multi-faceted career in the entertainment field, as a journalist, American ambassador to Liberia, and civic leader. Born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1882 he was awarded three honorary degrees: Master of Arts from Lincoln University in Chester, Pa. (1927), LL.D. from Wilberforce University (1945), and the University of Liberia (1958). Walton began his journalistic career with the "St. Louis Star" in 1902, later wrote for the "New York Age" and "New York World." He also served as arbitrator in a labor dispute between the Newspaper Guild of New York and the "New York Amsterdam News" (1957-1959). Walton's involvement in the entertainment field included his roles as manager of Harlem's Lafayette Theatre and chairman of the Coordinating Council for Negro Performers. An active Democrat, Walton served as director of publicity of the Colored Division of the Democratic National Campaign Committee in 1924, 1928 and 1932. President Franklin Roosevelt appointed Walton as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Liberia in 1933, a position he held until 1946. Among his accomplishments, he concluded significant treaties between the United States and Liberia, including the terms under which the American government established a United States Army base. He also negotiated with the Liberian government for the construction of a port in Monrovia and concluded commerce, navigation and aviation treaties. Walton concluded his career as commissioner for the Commission on Intergroup Relations, a New York City agency founded in 1955 which later became known as the Commission on Human Rights. Until his retirement in 1964, Walton worked with the Commission in the fields of civil rights and civil liberties, especially fair housing practices. His death occurred in 1965.

Call Number

Sc MIRS Walton 1978-26

OCLC

1182633450

Author

Walton, Lester A., 1882-1965, creator.

Title

Lester Walton audio collection : 5 audio recordings related to his career as a journalist.

Publisher

[1978]

Type of Content

performed music

Type of Medium

audio

Type of Carrier

audio disc

Biography

Lester Aglar Walton enjoyed a multi-faceted career in the entertainment field, as a journalist, American ambassador to Liberia, and civic leader. Born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1882 he was awarded three honorary degrees: Master of Arts from Lincoln University in Chester, Pa. (1927), LL.D. from Wilberforce University (1945), and the University of Liberia (1958). Walton began his journalistic career with the "St. Louis Star" in 1902, later wrote for the "New York Age" and "New York World." He also served as arbitrator in a labor dispute between the Newspaper Guild of New York and the "New York Amsterdam News" (1957-1959). Walton's involvement in the entertainment field included his roles as manager of Harlem's Lafayette Theatre and chairman of the Coordinating Council for Negro Performers. An active Democrat, Walton served as director of publicity of the Colored Division of the Democratic National Campaign Committee in 1924, 1928 and 1932. President Franklin Roosevelt appointed Walton as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Liberia in 1933, a position he held until 1946. Among his accomplishments, he concluded significant treaties between the United States and Liberia, including the terms under which the American government established a United States Army base. He also negotiated with the Liberian government for the construction of a port in Monrovia and concluded commerce, navigation and aviation treaties. Walton concluded his career as commissioner for the Commission on Intergroup Relations, a New York City agency founded in 1955 which later became known as the Commission on Human Rights. Until his retirement in 1964, Walton worked with the Commission in the fields of civil rights and civil liberties, especially fair housing practices. His death occurred in 1965.

Local Note

Forms part of the Lester Walton archive. Papers can be found in the Manuscript & Rare Books Division: Lester Walton Papers, 1905-1977. Photographs can be found in the Photographs and Prints Division. Artifacts can be found in the Art and Artifacts Division.

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Added Author

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division.

Research Call Number

Sc MIRS Walton 1978-26