Olive Walker (1899 April 16-1984 July 19), daughter of Alexander W. and
Sallie J. Walker of Osceola, Arkansas, married Joseph F. Pfauser (1896
March 1-1977 March 20) of Little Rock, Arkansas, on September 16, 1917.
The couple had two children: Virginia E. (1918 July 20-1984 February 17)
and Francis William "Billy" (born 1920 October 13). Through the years,
Joseph Pfauser worked at a variety of jobs, including serving as a
machinist with Missouri Pacific Railroad, as a Fuller Brush salesman,
and as an insurance salesman for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. He
operated a grocery store at Sixteenth and Jones in Little Rock and held
other positions in retail businesses.
This collection contains correspondence and other material pertaining to
the life of Olive Walker Pfauser. The older items belonged to the
Walker family of Osceola, Arkansas, while the more recent documents
describe Olive Pfauser's life in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Personal correspondence
1. 1882-1899 (Box 1)
2. 1900-1911
3. 1915
4. 1916 January
5. 1916 February
6. 1916 March
7. 1916 April
8. 1916 May
9. 1916 June (Box 2)
10. 1916 July
11. 1916 August
12. 1916 September
13. 1916 October
14. 1916 November
15. 1916 December
16. 1917 January (Box 3)
17. 1917 February
18. 1917 March
19. 1917 April
20. 1917 May
21. 1917 June
22. 1917 July
23. 1917 August (Box 4)
24. 1917 September
25. 1917 October
26. 1917 November
27. 1917 December
28. 1918 January (Box 5)
29. 1918 February
30. 1918 March
31. 1918 April
32. 1918 May
33. 1918 June
34. 1918 July
35. 1918 September
36. 1918 October-December
37. 1919
38. 1920
39. 1921
40. 1922
41. 1923
42. 1924 (Box 6)
43. 1925
44. 1926
45. 1927
46. 1928
47. 1929
48. 1930
49. 1931
50. 1932
51. 1933 (Box 7)
52. 1934
53. 1935
54. 1936
55. 1938
56. 1939
57. 1940
58. 1943
59. 1944-1955
60. 1956-1967
61. Undated
Personal, miscellaneous
62. Joseph F. Pfauser military records, 1918
63. Pfauser family death certificates and funeral records, 1977 and 1984
64. Postcards (Box 8)
65. Postcards
66. Christmas cards
67. Christmas cards
68. Miscellaneous greeting cards
Legal/Financial
69. Deeds, bills of sale, other, 1873-1951 (Box 9)
70. Poll tax receipts, 1901-1921
71. Tax receipts, 1873-1890
72. Tax receipts, 1891-1910
73. Tax receipts, 1911-1920
74. Tax receipts, 1921-1930
75. Tax receipts, 1931-1937
76. Tax receipts (Oklahoma property), 1912-1932
77. Ledger, "Building Checks," 1907-1911
78. Receipts, invoices, 1894-1937
79. Receipts, purchase of Oklahoma property, 1910-1913
Other
80. Religious activities
81. Education
82. Poems and songs (Box 10)
83. Poems and songs
84. Poetry scrapbook, in "Maury's Physical Geography"
85. R.A. Belcher, 1917-1921
86. Miscellaneous
87. Miscellaneous
88. Certificates and diplomas, 1911-1931 (Box 11)
89. Calendars, 1929 (from Blue Ribbon Shoe Shop, Little Rock)
90.
Newspapers and clippings (including fragments of "Osceola Times," 1926
January 8 and 1943 February 26; and "The Guardian," 1952 May 30)
91. Book: "The Boy's Cubbook," Boy Scouts of America, 1930