Robert Kirk Walker papers, 1947-1980 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Collection chiefly contains material covering Walker's service as mayor of Chattanooga, Tenn. (1971-1975), including campaign items, scrapbooks, family papers, photographs, memoranda, reports, awards, hate mail, news releases, speeches, financial reports, correspondence, membership cards, journals, magazine articles, newspaper clippings, and video cassettes. Subjects include annexation, finance, economic development, the energy crises from 1973 to 1974, federal and state programs, fire and police protection, highway development, human services, parks and recreation, taxation, urban development, and all city of Chattanooga departmental functions. Correspondents represented include Gerald R. Ford, Jimmy Carter, Spiro Agnew, Howard H. Baker, Jr., William E. Brock, III, Henry Jackson, and Edmund Muskie