Descriptive Summary
Creator: Joseph A. Walton, 1886-1977
Title: The Joseph A. Walton Poetry Collection
Dates: 1943–1958
Quantity: .5 cubic feet
Abstract: Contains seventy-nine poems by Joseph A. Walton in both their original form and collected in a binder labeled "Poems by Pop."
Accession: 10-09-533

Biographical Note
Joseph A. Walton was born in 1886 and began a career in real estate in 1903, during which he was the secretary of the Mobile Real Estate Board. He also worked for the real estate firm Sage and Burgett. In his spare time he wrote many poems that were collected by members of his family. He is the author of History of the Mobile Rea Estate Association (Mobile, 1959). Walton died in 1977.

Scope and Content
Consists of seventy-nine original poems covering many subjects including plants and animals, water, real estate, Randolph the mouse, places, and a group labeled "et cetera." The collection also includes a three-ring binder entitled "Poems by Pop" that consists of a copy of each of the seventy-nine poems as well as introductory material and Walton’s genealogy.

Provenance
Gift of poet’s granddaughter-in-law, Mary Wittman, 2010.

Access Restrictions
This material is open for research

Preferred Citation
Joseph A. Walton Poetry Collection, The Doy Leale MCall Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama

Box 1

1. Contents and Introduction
2. Plants and Animals Poems
3. Water Poems
4. Places Poems
5. Randolph Poems
6. Real Estate Poems
7. Et Cetera Poems
8. Family Tree
9. "Poems by Pop" by Joseph A. Walton