Correspondence, 1945-1960

The collection is a chronicle of Walter McCaslin's life and death as recorded by his correspondence with his old high school history teacher, Mr. George Schooley, and newspaper clippings. The letters and newspaper clippings span the period from 1945 through 1981.

The McCaslin Collection includes newspaper clippings representative of Walter McCaslin's journalistic writings and they also document his death. Correspondence with George Schooley covers his army career as well as the time that he spent at Hampton Institute in Virginia as an instructor. The major part of the collection deals with McCaslin's newspaper work.

The Walter McCaslin Collection is divided into two series and three files. Files two and three comprise the McCaslin correspondence and are arranged chronologically.

File one is made up of newspaper clippings and photocopies illustrating McCaslin's work as a journalist and some also from the Journal Herald. One, dated April 18, 1981, contains a short biographical sketch of McCaslin and the other, dated September 19, 1973, is an article praising George Schooley. Most clippings are incorporated in file one, but a few, which are attached to the appropriate letters, can be found throughout the collection. Several clippings have been annotated by McCaslin while latter clippings record his death and funeral.