]> walls_wj William J. Walls Papers An inventory of his papers at Syracuse University -- &su_name; &su_address; Apr 1999 [Derived from Summit] 12 Mar 2007 English 12 Dec 2007 - converted to EAD (MRC) 17 May 2023 - additions incorporated, entire collection rehoused (MRC) Overview of the Collection &su_name; &su_address; Walls, William Jacob, 1885-1975. William J. Walls Papers 1898-1977 15.0 linear ft. Papers of the bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Conference proceedings, correspondence, personal material, photographs, printed material, and writings. 148733 English Biographical History

William J. Walls (1885-1975) was a Black American churchman and author.

Walls was born in Chimney Rock, North Carolina. He was recognized as an effective preacher at very young age, being ordained to the AME Zion ministry at the church's Hopkins Chapel in Asheville shortly after his 14th birthday. He graduated from Livingstone College and Hood Theological Seminary, after which he did graduate work at Columbia University and received an advanced degree from the University of Chicago.

Walls was an active member of the AME Zion Church, originally formed in 1796 in New York City in response to discrimination against Black members in the regular Methodist Church. Walls' home congregation was Thomas Memorial AME Zion in Watertown, New York, long known as an anti-slavery church; notable members included Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Katherine Harris,Jermaine Loguen, and Frederick Douglass.

Among his other duties, Walls served as senior bishop and secretary of the Board of Bishops and as chairman of the Board of Christian Education, Home and Church, and participated in Christian Education conventions on the denominational, national, international, and world levels. He was a member of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches, the executive committee of the World Council of Methodism, and the General Assembly and General Board of the National Council of the Churches of Christ, and was the ecumenical spokesman for Zion Methodism.

In addition to his church activities, Wall was active in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), serving on the Board of Directors and as vice president. He also found time to write, producing a biography of Joseph Charles Price, founder and first president of Livingstone College, and a definitive history of AME Zion entitled The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church: Reality of the Black Church (1974).

Speaking about Black theology, he said. "I don't know what it is. The less we try to reduce Jesus Christ to a segregated level or try to color Him, the better off we will be."

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The William J. Walls Papers consists of conference proceedings, correspondence-subject files, personal material, photographs, printed material, and writings.

Conference proceedings contains material from Methodist and AME Zion conferences at the regional and national level. The bulk are from the New England and Western New York Conferences.

Correspondence-subject files includes fellow churchmen, friends, family, organizations, and legislators at the local, state, and federal level. Much of this material reflects Walls' range of activities within the church, including church camps, schools, leadership conferences, and so on.

Personal material consists of material identified as such by Walls, e.g. items with "Personal" written in upper right corner, or contained in folder labeled "Personal." Included here are early photographs of Walls as a child and young man, programs from events at which he was a guest speaker or honoree, clippings about him, biographical sketches and lists of achievements. Also included here are items of correspondence with legislators at the state and national level which Walls deemed personal.

Most of the Photographs come from various events Walls was attending, speaking at, being honored, and so on. There are also photographs of at least two churches in Africa with which he was connected.

The bulk of Printed material consists of clippings about the AME Zion Church and its conferences, including many which mention, quote, or discuss Walls. There are also articles about civil rights, police brutality, political events, and jazz (Walls wrote an article on the "jazzing" of church music). The remainder of this series contains a few booklets, pamphlets, newsletters, and other random items.

Writings contains articles, books, booklets, Quadrennial Reports the General Conference of the AME Zion Church, sermons, speeches, and miscellaneous items. Of particular interest

Arrangement of the Collection

For the most part, Walls' original order, organization, and folder titles have been maintained. Conference proceedings are filed alphabetically by title of the conference and within that chronologically. Correspondence-subject files are filed alphabetically by the title given them by Walls, with the exception that some notable correspondents (e.g., Martin Luther King, Jr.) have been pulled out and given their own folders. Personal material has been filed alphabetically by the title given it by Walls, or by the simplest title we could deduce (e.g. Photographs). Photographs are arranged chronologically. Printed material is subdivided by type of material; clippings are further arranged chronologically. Writings are subdivided by type and then further arranged alphabetically by title.

Subject and Genre Headings Activism and social reformAfrican Americans Church and clergy New York State Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963. Walls, William Jacob, 1885-1975. African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church -- Clergy. Livingstone College African American bishops. African American clergy. African American Methodists. African Americans -- Biography. Christian education. Civil rights workers. Clergy -- United States. Methodist conferences. Methodists -- United States. Sermons, American. Clippings (information artifacts) Correspondence. Manuscript for publication. Photographs. Sermons. Speeches (documents) Clergy. Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

William J. Walls Papers, &su_name;

Inventory Conference proceedings AME Zion 89th, 101st, 117th 1936, 1950, 1966 1 Allegheny Conference 90th-92nd, 94th, 95th, 100th, 101st, 103rd-105th 1937-1939, 1941-1942, 1946-1947, 1949-1951 2 folders 1 Blue Ridge Conference 73rd-77th 1963-1967 1 Indiana Conference 27th-33rd 1937-1942 1 Indiana Conference 36th-38th 1945-1947 2 Kentucky Conference 74th-77th 1939-1944 2 New England Conference 85th-88th, 90th, 93rd, 94th, 96th, 98th-107th, 111th, 112th 1929-1932, 1934, 1937-1938, 1940, 1942-1951, 1955-1956 5 folders 2 New England Conference 116th-119th 1960-1963 3 New York Conference 124th, 126th-128th, 131st-133rd, 136th-138th, 140th-142nd 1945, 1947-1949, 1952-1954, 1957-1959, 1961-1962, 1963 5 folders 3 Western Alabama Conference 30th, 31st, 33rd, [34th?] 1925-1929 3 Western New York Conference 95th, 97th-100th, 102nd, 103rd 1944, 1946-1949 3 Western New York Conference 104th, 105th, 107th, 109th, 110th-115th, 117th 1953-1954, 1956, 1958-1964, 1966 2 folders 4 Western North Carolina Conference 67th-72nd, 74th-77th 1951, 1955, 1957-1959, 1961-1967 4 folders 4 Correspondence-subject files African-Asian and foreign organizations 1959 5 AME Zion departments includes Christian education, financial, foreign missions, etc.; see also specific departments below 1952-1962, undated 2 folders 5 American Bible Society 1948, 1957-1967 2 folders 5 Anderson, F.S. (Bishop) 1960-1963, 1966-1968 5 Appreciation [and] thank you expressions 1959-1964, undated 2 folders 5 A general 2 folders 5 Bell, A.C. 1958-1963 5 Bess, Hunter B. 1954, 1958-1963 5 Board of Bishops 1957-1960 3 folders 5 Board of Bishops 1961-1971, undated 2 folders 6 Boy Scouts / Girl Scouts 1959-1960, 1969, undated 6 Brown, W.C. (Bishop) 1959-1963, undated 6 B general 3 folders 6 Camp Barber 1958-1964, 1970, 1973, undated 6 Camp Dorothy Walls 1958-1962 3 folders 6 Camp Dorothy Walls 1963-1965, undated 2 folders 7 Cauthen, J.D. (Bishop) 1958-1964 7 Christian education, Dr. J.W. Eichelberger See also AME Zion departments, above. 1958-1964, 1967, 1971-1974 2 folders 7 Church extension, Mr. D.W. Andrews See also AME Zion departments, above. 1959-1963, 1972 7 Church Federation of Greater Chicago 1958-1964, undated 7 Church school literature, Dr. J. Van Catledge 1958-1963 7 Church union and consultation on church union 1968-1974 3 folders 7 Circular, incoming 1959-1960, 1962 7 Circular, outgoing "pastoral letter" from First District, AME Zion 1958-1964 7 Clement, Rufus E. (Bishop) 1958, 1960, 1973 7 Clinton Junior College 1958-1959, 1963, undated 7 Connectional Council 1958-1960, 1963-1964, 1974 7 Cooper. W.A. 1958-1963 7 CORE 1960-1961, undated 7 C general 3 folders 8 Discipline, hymnals, General Conference regarding publication of "The AME Zion Church Discipline," a book of hymnals; see also Hymnal Commission / Hymnal matters 1960-1963 8 D general 2 folders 8 Eichelberger, J.W. See Christian education, Dr. J.W. Eichelberger Evangelism, Dr. W.S. Dacons 1959-1960 8 Evangelism, Dr. E.S. Hardge 1961-1963 8 E general 8 Finance department, R.W. Sherrill See also AME Zion departments, above. 1958-1963 8 First District conferences includes some legal material (contracts, lawsuit, etc.); see also Western New York Conf?? 1963-1967 8 First District youth conferences 1959-1964, undated 2 folders 8 Foggie, Charles H. (Bishop) 1960, 1962, 1966, 1969, 1972 8 Foreign letters and stamps 1959-1964, undated 2 folders 9 Foreign missions, "Missionary Seer," J.C. Haggard See also AME Zion departments, above. 1959-1964, 1972 9 Foster, Richard A.G. 1958-1967 9 Fraternal Negro Council of Churches 1959 9 Freedom Centennial, First Epis. Dist. 1963 5 folders 9 F general 2 folders 9 General conference correspondence 1959-1960 2 folders 9 General conference, Indianapolis 1964 2 folders 10 General Secretary auditor, Mrs. Alstork 1959-1960, undated 10 General Secretary auditor, Mr. E.M. Graham 1961-1964, 1967 10 G general 2 folders 10 Hardge, Arthur L. 1958-1963 10 Hardy, Lenora 1958-1959 10 Harriet Tubman Home See also Leak, Hattie M.; includes photograph 1954-1961, 1964-1972, undated 4 folders 10 Henderson, William T. 1958-1960 10 Hilliard, W.A. (Bishop) 1959-1964, 1969 10 Home missions pensions relief, Dr. A.P. Morris 1957-1969, 1972, undated 11 Hood Theological Seminary see also individual names; Walls filed some people associated with HTS under their own name(s) 1959-1961, 1964, undated 11 Hughes, Langston 1967 11 Hunter, R.T. 1958-1963 11 Hymnal Commission / hymnal matters, printing See also "Discipline, hymnals, General Conference" above 1958-1959 11 H general 3 folders 11 Inter-Church Center 1958-1960, undated 3 folders 11 International Society of Christian Endeavor 1959-1963, 1969, 1973 11 Invitations 1957-1959 11 Invitations 1960-1964, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1974 5 folders 12 I general 12 Jones, R.L. (Bishop) 1959-1964, 1972, undated 12 J general 2 folders 12 Kennedy, John F. includes typescript carbon of "AME Zion Bishops greetings…on the occasion of…the 100th year of emancipation and 167 years of freedom's march" 1958-1963 12 Khan, Abiel Isabella Thoburn College, Lucknow 1958-1959, 1969, 1972-1974 12 King, Martin Luther Jr. 1958-1959, 1964-1965 12 K general 12 Lake Placid property 1957-1964 12 Lartey, S. Dorme (Bishop) 1958-1964, 1967, 1969 2 folders 13 Leak, Hattie M. 1958-1965 13 Libraries, misc. 1969, 1972 13 Livingstone College 1958-1968 8 folders 13 Livingstone College 1969-1974, undated 2 folders 14 Livingstone College, Presiden S.E. Duncan 1958-1961, undated 14 Lomax-Hannon College 1959 14 L general 2 folders 14 McGuire, P.E. (Paul) 1958-1959 14 McKinney, Carnes 1958-1963 14 McKinney, Petty D. 1959-1963 14 Medford, H.T. (Bishop) 1958-1964 14 Michael, E.R. 1958-1963, 1969 14 Miller, John H. 1958-1963, 1969 14 M general 2 folders 14 Mc general 14 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) 1958-1964, 1967, 1972 2 folders 15 National Conference on Religion and Race 1962-1963 15 National Council of Churches of Christ 1956-1969, 1972, undated 9 folders 15 National Council of Churches of Christ, General Assembly 1963 16 New England Conference 1958-1964 3 folders 16 New York Conference 1902, 1957-1963 5 folders 16 N general 16 O general 16 Paris, William A. 1958-1963 16 Pittsburgh Courier 1958-1961, 1969 16 Pope, Daniel C. (Bishop) 1959-1964 17 Programs dedications, services, district conferences, memorials, anniversaries, etc.; includes Livingstone College, New York Conference, Board of Bishops, Young Peoples' Conference, etc. 1943, 1947, 1949, 1955, 1957-1968 12 folders 17 Programs dedications, services, district conferences, memorials, anniversaries, etc.; includes Livingstone College, New York Conference, Board of Bishops, Young Peoples' Conference, etc. 1969, 1973-1974, undated 18 Protestant Council of Churches, New York 1959-1963 3 folders 18 Public relations, Mr. Alexander Barnes 1959-1963 18 Publishing House, Dr. L.L. Boyd 1959-1962 18 P general 3 folders 18 Quarterly review, Dr. David H. Bradley 1958-1963 18 Randolph, A. Philip 1959-1962, 1969 18 Rice, Willa Mae 1958-1963, 1967 18 Robeson, B.C. 1958-1962 18 Robinson, Jackie 1958-1962 18 Robinson, M.B. See also Star of Zion. 1958-1969 18 Rochester, Enoch B. 1960-1963 18 Rockefeller, Nelson 1961, 1963, 1968 18 Roosevelt, Eleanor 1954, 1958, 1960 18 Rudd, Matthew S. includes his wife Daisy 1958-1964 18 R general 2 folders 18 Satterwhite, John H. 1959-1965, 1969 19 Shaw, H.B. (Bishop) 1959-1963, 1969 19 Siler, Lee Clinton 1958-1969 19 Slade, W.W. (Bishop) 1959, 1963 19 Smith, Leslie 1960-1963 19 Smith, W.M. (Bishop) 1960-1963, 1972-1973 19 Southern Conference Education Fund, Inc. 1959-1960 19 Spottswood, S.G. (Bishop) 1959-1964, 1969 19 Star of Zion editors W.R. Lovell, M.B. Robinson 1954, 1959-1963, 1972 19 State and local councils mostly New York, North Carolina 1958-1967, 1972 3 folders 19 Stewart, James E.W. 1958-1964, 1972-1973 19 Stewart, W.A. (Bishop) 1959-1965, 1969 19 Subscriptions books, magazines, papers, etc. 1959-1960, undated 19 S general 4 folders 19 Telegrams, incoming 1958-1970 3 folders 20 Telegrams, outgoing 1958-1967 20 Thomas, Carl Alan 1958-1959, 1963 20 Thomas, George 1960-1964, 1968, 1973 20 Trent, William J. 1958-1964, 1969 20 Tucker, C.E. (Bishop) 1959-1963, 1969 20 T general 2 folders 20 U.S. Department of State 1961-1963, 1969 20 Ursuline Lower School letters from students at Catholic girls' school in Westchester County 1971 20 U general 20 Vantage Press 1958, 1960 20 V general 20 Walters, Zoe 1958-1961 20 Ward, M.N. 1958-1961 20 Watkins, Johnsie and Donnie 1958-1961 20 Wells, I.J.K. 1958-1961 21 Western New York Conference 1957-1964 4 folders 21 Western North Carolina Conference 1957-1963 5 folders 21 White House Conference on Children and Youth 1959-1960 21 World Council of Christian Education 1958-1963, 1969 21 World Council of Churches 1946, 1949, 1957-1967, 1972-1975, undated 4 folders 22 World Council of Churches, 3rd General Assembly 1961 2 folders 22 World Council of Churches, 4th General Assembly 1968 22 World Methodist Council 1958-1967 3 folders World Sunday School Convention See World Council on Christian Education 22 W general: Wa-Whi 2 folders 22 W general: Who=-Wy 2 folders 23 X-Y-Z general 23 Unidentified 23 Personal

Items filed here were identified as such by Walls, e.g. "Personal" written in upper right corner, or contained in folder labeled "Personal."

Biographies and achievements 23 Clippings about 1925, 1943-1958, 1963-1968, 1975, undated 3 folders 23 Correspondence, government misc. includes White House, Congress, state and local legislators, etc. 1916, 1958-1968 23 Correspondence, individuals Mazie and James Noble; Fannie [last name unknown] 1958-1963 23 Correspondence undated items include two partial letters from Walls to his mother 1943, 1956-1975, undated 3 folders 23 Financial and legal miscellany bank books, copy of will, etc. 24 Photographs 1898, 1918, 1921, 1924, 1926, 1950, 1953, 1956, 1966, 1968, 1971, undated 24 Programs events at which Walls spoke, presided, presented, etc. 1937, 1943-1954, 1957, 1965, 1968-1969, 1973 24 Travel memorabilia England, Norway, Germany, "Pan Am Clipper" material 3 folders 24 Tributes and honors a few items accompanied by photographs 1913, 1916, 1939, 1941-1942, 1949, 1954-1969, 1974-1977, undated 5 folders 24 Miscellaneous 2 folders 25 Photographs Miscellaneous Adam Clayton Powell at AME Zion Sesquicentennial Program in New York City; Camp Dorothy Walls buildings; Livingstone College Board of Trustees; consecration of youth officers 1940, 1946, 1948, 1953, 1957-1959 25 Miscellaneous Livingstone College presentation of property; General Conference, Buffalo NY; cornerstone ceremony for Cartwright Memorial AME Zion church in Monrovia; testimonial banquet honoring Bishop and Mrs. Walls 1960 2 folders 25 Miscellaneous World Council of Churches, Lucknow, India; Board of Bishops, Knoxville; dedication of Boys Building, Camp Dorothy Walls; World Methodist Conference, Oslo; Founders' Day, Livingstone College; Governor Terry Sandford, Mayor Lynnwood Foil, Christian Education conference 1961-1962 25 Miscellaneous Freedom Centennial; Commencement, Livingstone College; Board of Bishops meeting with President Kennedy; Walls Temple 1963 25 Miscellaneous Dorothy Walls Girls School, Liberia; General Conference, Indiana; World Methodist Council Executive Board 1964 25 Miscellaneous dedication of William J. Walls Center, Livingstone College; Western North Carolina Conference, Salisbury NC; National Council of Churches, Des Moines 1965 25 Miscellaneous Board of Bishops; World Methodist Council, London; J.W. Eichelberger; dedication of Harriet Tubman Memorial Chapel, Niagara Falls; Walls Memorial Church and baseball team; WH&FM Society General Conference; architect's rendering of Heritage Hall, Livingstone College; Walls receiving Distinguished Alumni Award; Dr. Frederick Douglass Patterson; Youth Congress, Western NY 1966-1967 25 Miscellaneous testimonial dinners for Walls; Commencement, Livingstone College; Dr. Carrington retirement banquet 1968-1969 25 Miscellaneous dedication ceremony for Cartwright Memorial Chapel, Liberia; Walls with Vice-President Nixon undated 25 Printed material Book: Together we live by William A. Cooper 1962 26 Booklets miscellaneous booklets and pamphlets 2 folders 26 Clippings most are about AME Zion Church events, many of which mention, feature, or quote Walls 1949-1953, 1956-1963 7 folders 26 Clippings most are about AME Zion Church events, many of which mention, feature, or quote Walls 1964-1975, undated 3 folders 27 Newsletters an periodicals most have to do with Christian education 27 Miscellaneous 27 Writings Articles The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church undated 27 The bishop's word pubilshed The lamplighter 1961 27 The church faces totalitarianism and war [circa 1943] 27 From nature's pulpit to editor's chair undated 27 The greatest opportunity of Protestantism 1932, 1942 27 Green hair published in Grassroots supplement undated 27 History of the Star of Zion 1921 27 On jazzing Negro religious songs includes issue of Hue which has an article on the topic and quotes Walls; see also Clippings from this date 1958, 1960 27 Politics undated 27 Rise of the Negro church undated 27 Some conditions on Methodist union 1967 27 Washington memorial attended by nearly 2000 regarding Booker T. Washington memorial service in Louisville [1915] 27 What the churches are doing in race relations 1930 27 Booklets

Some of these may be printed versions of speeches or addresses, it is not always clear.

Connectionalism and the Negro church undated 27 Glimpses of memories 1921 27 Harriet Tubman undated 27 The Harriet Tubman home: Its present and future 1954 27 Living essentials of our Methodism undated 27 Meeting the present challenge undated 27 The trials and triumphs of bishops undated 27 Books Prophets of freedom ten chapters, typescript 5 folders 28 The romance of a college published edition; about Livingstone College 1963 28 Quadrennial reports Historian Fund 1972, 1974 28 First Episcopal District 35th, 36th, 37th, 38th sessions 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968 4 folders 28 Second Episcopal District 33rd, 34th sessions 1948, 1952 29 Fourth Episcopal District 32nd session 1944 29 Fifth Episcopal District 31st session; typed pages also have a 1963 date, unclear why 1940, 1963 29 Eighth Episcopal District 29th and 30th sessions 1932, 1936 29 Tenth Episcopal District 28th session 1928, 1963 29 [as] Editor of the Star of Zion 27th session 1924 29 School papers

Most, if not all, of these were written by Walls for his work at the University of Chicago towards the MA in Religious Education. They vary widely in length and complexity.

B-C The bible in modern religious experience; Close study of the prophet Isaiah [1938-1941] 29 H History of Christian thought in America [1938-1941] 29 J-N Jesus' ascetic teaching and its basis; John Wesley's doctrine of the church; Liberal Christian theology in the light of the present cultural situation; Methods of private religious living; The Negro and the intelligence [1938-1941] 29 T The teaching of Jesus [1938-1941] 29 Sermons Appalachian preaching mission, sermons 1-6 topics include Christian leadership, Christians and the law, dreams and God's word; includes correspondence and printed material relating to the project 1956 28 Miscellaneous 1948, 1955-1957, 1959, 1963, undated 2 folders 29 Speeches and addresses

All of these were identified as "Speeches and addresses" by Walls. Included here are episcopal addresses, fraternal addresses, commencement speeches, eulogies, prayers for specific occasions, radio speeches, and so on. Some are typed originals, some are carbon copies. Some have corrections and annotations. Several of the earlier-dated items were evidently retyped at a much later date, as they are on modern paper with the original date handwritten at the top.

All aboard for Africa: Hoist the flag for Christendom 1965 29 The AME Zion Church: Its Methodist identity 1966 29 The AME Zion Church in the present religious situation 29 American freedom and the Negro 29 Bishop J.S. Caldwell and 25 years of episcopacy 29 Black power 1968 29 The Black preacher and his church: Our omnipresent freedom force 1971 29 Business and religion 1918 29 The Central Committee: An interpretation 1949 29 Christian devotion and loyalty 1951 29 Civil rights 1972 29 Demands of the situation 1956 29 Desegregation radio address 1954 29 The ecumenical movement 1955 30 Episcopal addresses, Allegheny Conference 1939, 1941, 1951 30 Episcopal addresses, Indiana Conference 1937, 1939 30 Episcopal addresses, Kentucky Conference 1936 30 Episcopal addresses, New England Conference 1933, 1939, 1941, 1945 30 Episcopal addresses, New York Conference 1954 30 Episcopal addresses, North Carolina Conference 1951 30 Episcopal addresses, unidentified 1960, 1962 30 Eulogy, Rev. A.A. Perry [1963] 30 Evangelism and the AME Zion Church in the freedom centenary 1963 30 Fraternal addresses delivered at AME Zion General Conferences 1918, 1928 30 Freedom and love 1959 30 The function of the Negro press circa 1920? 30 Getting beyond verbalizing about religion to the religious reconstruction of personal and social experience 1941 30 The gospel of liberation 1972 30 Home and church school in a technological age radio address 1940 30 The home heart of America radio address 1939 30 In Pakistan and India Isabella Thoburn College in Lucknow, India 1935 30 Jesus' asceticism teaching and its basis radio address 1940 30 Jesus' conception of his own task radio address undated 30 John Wesley, evangelist and social leader 1940s 30 Ministers undated 30 The Negro and labor unions 1940s 30 The Negro's needs and desires 1936 30 On public school prayer 1962 30 Our day: Smiting a passage through a world like this 1952 30 The place of the Negro church in history 1951 30 Prayers, miscellaneous 1950, 1958 30 Realizing the reality 1940 30 Religion and the American spirit radio address 1932 30 Religion and the public mind 30 Richard Allen and our time 1962 30 The romance of a college: its evolution 1963 30 Rough times ahead 1956 30 Significance of Bandung 1954 30 The spirit of Lincoln in the present age radio address 1935 30 Supremacy of the cook book 1940 30 The tree is known by his fruit 1972 30 Types of creative living 1950 31 Walking with the Lord "in recognition of the Mongomery, Alabama bus boycott" 1955-1956 31 What the Negro wants clipping from the Louisville Leader 1919 31 Why and how Paul purposed on Rome 1963 31 Will yesterday be tomorrow undated 31 Untitled 1931, 1941, 1956, 1958-1959, 1963, 1965, undated 31 Miscellaneous Invitational tour of Europe by representative American clergymen organized by the US Department of the Army and Secretary of War Robert Patterson; includes several photographs 1947-1948 31 My creed [1949] 31 Notebook notes on various books of the Bible; numerous laid-in items have been left in their original position 31 Travel diary notes made during a trip to South Africa 1952 31 A-Z, miscellaneous includes handwritten notes on John Locke, "appraisements" of the 1951 World Methodist Conference, press release on firing of Autherine Lucy from University of Alabama, response to article by William Faulkner, foreword to a booklet entitled "My Life," paper on problems in religious education, Walls' testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 1949, responses to interview questions, etc. 31 Fragments 31 Author uncertain most likely by other people 31