Walker Percy Check Collection 1.10 Linear Feet, 6 Boxes Special
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Walker Percy Check Collection 1.10 linear feet, 6 boxes Special Collections & Archives J. Edgar & Louise S. Monroe Library Loyola University New Orleans Collection 75 Walker Percy Check Collection Reference Code Collection 75 Name and Location of Repository Special Collections and Archives, J. Edgar & Louise S. Monroe Library, Loyola University New Orleans Title Walker Percy Check Collection Date 1956-1965, bulk 1956-59 Extent 2.20 linear feet, 6 boxes Name of Creator Percy, Walker, 1916-1990. Percy, Mary Bernice Townsend Administrative/Biographical History Walker Percy was born on May 28, 1916 in Birmingham, Alabama. After his father’s death in 1929, Walker’s family relocated to Athens, Georgia. Percy’s mother died in an automobile accident a couple of years later, and Percy and his brothers relocated to Greenville, Mississippi to live with their father’s cousin, William Alexander Percy. Walker Percy attended the University of North Carolina where he received a B.A. in Chemistry in 1937. He later attended the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University from where he graduated in 1941. In 1944, after battling and recovering from tuberculosis, Percy abandoned his medical career to purse a career in writing. Percy married Mary Bernice (“Bunt”) Townsend in 1946, and shortly thereafter the new couple relocated to Covington, Louisiana. They had two daughters. Around the time they moved to Louisiana both Percy and his wife joined the Roman Catholic Church. Percy published a number of essays in the 1950s. His first novel, The Moviegoer (1961), won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1962. Following the success of The Moviegoer, Percy published both fiction and nonfiction covering subjects such as philosophy, semiotics, religion, science, and life in the South. Percy died of cancer at his home in Covington, Louisiana in 1990. Scope and Content This collection of cancelled personal checks originated from Walker Percy’s office at his home in Covington, LA and was donated by his daughter Ann Percy Moores. The collection consists of checks written by Percy and his wife Mary from 1956-1965 to various business and individuals. System of Arrangement The arrangement scheme is chronological. Conditions Governing Access The collection is open for research use. Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use Physical rights are retained by the J. Edgar and Louis S. Monroe Library, Loyola University New Orleans. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. Copyright Laws. Language and Scripts of the Material Collection is in English. Processing Information Finding aid written by Kure Croker, 2016. Biography taken from the Walker Percy Papers (2014) finding aid written by Jennifer Waxman. Series Description Series I: Cancelled Checks Box 1 1955-1956 Box 2 1957 Box 3 1958 Box 4 1959 Box 5 1964-1965 Series II: Assorted Banking Materials Box 6 Related Archival Materials Walker Percy Papers Percy-Walsh Correspondence, 1980-1999 Percy-Romagosa Collection Walker Percy and Charles Suhor Letters Patrick Samway, S.J. Papers Container List Series I: Cancelled Checks BOX 1 Folder 1 1955 Date From To Amount March 1 04/20/1955 Bank statement November 2 11/16/1955 Walker Percy Entre Nous $2.00 December 3 12/06/1955 Walker Percy A. G. Collins $1.97 4 12/08/1955 Walker Percy Blue Army Headquarters $5.00 5 12/21/1955 Maintenance charge $1.42 6 12/27/1955 Walker Percy Beer & Co. $50.00 7 12/27/1955 Walker Percy Southern Bell Telephone $29.70 8 12/27/1955 Walker Percy Central Louisiana Electric Co. $21.44 9 12/27/1955 Walker Percy United Gas $19.93 Folder 2 1956 Date From To Amount January 1 01/04/1956 Walker Percy Jubilee Magazine $20.00 2 01/09/1956 Walker Percy Leroy Percy $150.00 3 01/10/1956 Walker Percy Knights of Columbus Council 3061 $7.50 4 01/10/1956 Walker Percy Pechon Plumbing & Heating $11.00 5 01/11/1956 Walker Percy John J. Crawley Co. $6.00 6 01/11/1956 Walker Percy Investors Advisory Institute, Inc. $18.00 7 01/11/1956 Walker Percy Vincent J. Perez, Sr. $18.20 8 01/11/1956 Walker Percy Holden's Service Station $7.58 9 01/11/1956 Walker Percy O. J. Hebert Drugs $103.82 10 01/11/1956 Walker Percy Gulf Refining Co. $58.43 11 01/11/1956 Walker Percy C. J. Nichols Store $8.48 12 01/11/1956 Walker Percy Coleman E. Adler & Sons, Inc. $23.37 13 01/11/1956 Walker Percy Elias Hair & Son $14.23 14 01/11/1956 Walker Percy Hebert Cleaners $18.38 15 01/11/1956 Walker Percy R. P. Jenkins Grocery $13.30 16 01/11/1956 Walker Percy Tugy's $22.50 17 01/11/1956 Walker Percy Doubleday Book Shops $5.20 18 01/12/1956 Walker Percy United Gas Co. $20.60 19 01/12/1956 Walker Percy Schneidau's $34.46 20 01/12/1956 Walker Percy Robert L. Aubert Co. $21.30 21 01/12/1956 Walker Percy Norman Haik $8.09 22 01/12/1956 Walker Percy Basement Book Shop & Library $5.26 23 01/12/1956 Walker Percy Jubilee Magazine $4.00 24 01/15/1956 Walker Percy Terry & Juden Company, Ltd. $34.92 25 01/16/1956 Walker Percy Gus Mayer Co. $16.93 26 01/16/1956 Walker Percy D. H. Holmes Co. $17.38 27 01/22/1956 Walker Percy Howard, Weil, Labouisse, Friedrichs $6,200.00 & Co. 28 01/22/1956 Walker Percy Beer & Co. $11,067.30 Folder 3 February 1 02/10/1956 Walker Percy O. J. Hebert Drugs $49.33 2 02/10/1956 Walker Percy R. P. Jenkins Grocery $21.73 3 02/10/1956 Walker Percy Bazer Dairy $13.46 4 02/10/1956 Walker Percy C. J. Nichols Store $10.52 5 02/10/1956 Walker Percy Kreeger's $19.95 6 02/10/1956 Walker Percy Scribner Book Store $26.00 7 02/10/1956 Walker Percy Thomas M. Tillman $1,500.00 8 02/10/1956 Walker Percy Maison Blanche $167.61 9 02/10/1956 Walker Percy Holden's Service Station $37.91 10 02/10/1956 Walker Percy Hebert Cleaners $20.53 11 02/10/1956 Walker Percy The Social Science Book Store $10.18 12 02/10/1956 Walker Percy The Social Science Book Store $6.18 13 02/10/1956 Walker Percy Vincent J. Perez, Sr. $10.40 14 02/16/1956 Walker Percy Busts Lyon $200.00 15 02/20/1956 Walker Percy United Gas Co. $21.91 16 02/28/1956 Walker Percy Orkin Exterminating Co. $25.00 Folder 4 March 1 03/02/1956 Walker Percy Blanks Nursery $6.35 2 03/02/1956 Walker Percy Robert L. Aubert Co. $446.66 3 03/03/1956 Walker Percy Southern Bell Telephone Co. $22.28 4 03/03/1956 Walker Percy CLECO $24.93 5 03/07/1956 Walker Percy Howard, Weil, Labouisse, Friedrichs $895.76 & Co. 6 03/07/1956 Walker Percy Newman Book Shop $2.72 7 03/08/1956 Walker Percy A. G. Collins $3.94 8 03/08/1956 Walker Percy Dalton Barrauy's $137.50 9 03/08/1956 Walker Percy F. F. Hansell & Bro. Ltd. $43.35 10 03/08/1956 Walker Percy R. P. Jenkins Grocery $27.85 11 03/08/1956 Walker Percy The Catholic Book Store $11.37 12 03/08/1956 Walker Percy Gus Mayer Co. $85.65 13 03/08/1956 Walker Percy Hemenways’ $47.27 14 03/08/1956 Walker Percy Fentan Book Store $20.22 15 03/08/1956 Walker Percy Holden's Service Station $31.41 16 03/08/1956 Walker Percy Bazer Dairy $13.98 17 03/08/1956 Walker Percy Norman Haik $1.32 18 03/08/1956 Walker Percy Burns Furniture Co. $21.37 19 03/08/1956 Walker Percy A. L. Combe Plumbing and Heating $3.84 20 03/08/1956 Walker Percy W. H. Kentzel & Son $11.46 21 03/08/1956 Walker Percy O. J. Hebert Drugs $98.45 22 03/08/1956 Walker Percy A. M. & J. Solari, Ltd. $9.06 23 03/08/1956 Walker Percy Basement Book Shop & Library $4.20 24 03/08/1956 Walker Percy Crane Inc. $28.86 25 03/08/1956 Walker Percy Hebert Cleaners $13.27 26 03/08/1956 Walker Percy Smith Hardware Co. $1.84 27 03/08/1956 Walker Percy Privette Oil Company $21.44 28 03/08/1956 Walker Percy The Beacon Press, Inc. $1.15 29 03/08/1956 Walker Percy Poole Lumber Co. $9.17 30 03/10/1956 Walker Percy Gulf Refining Co. $16.18 31 03/11/1956 Walker Percy Howard, Weil, Labouisse, Friedrichs $388.31 & Co. 32 03/12/1956 Walker Percy United Gas Co. $24.10 33 03/12/1956 Walker Percy Lopez Freight Service $89.59 34 03/16/1956 Walker Percy Green Valley Nursery $4.00 35 03/21/1956 Walker Percy E. A. Riley, Juvenile Offices $8.00 36 03/23/1956 Walker Percy Clay-Dutton, Inc. $88.93 37 03/26/1956 Walker Percy Southern Bell Telephone Co. $25.41 38 03/27/1956 Walker Percy CLECO $21.73 39 03/28/1956 Walker Percy Shelby Foote $25.00 Folder 5 April 1 04/02/1956 Walker Percy Augsburg Publishing House $4.45 2 04/02/1956 Walker Percy Harper & Bros. Publishing $2.65 3 04/06/1956 Walker Percy Green Valley Nursery $126.48 4 04/06/1956 Walker Percy Baldwin Motors, Inc. $118.86 5 04/06/1956 Walker Percy Arnold Strain $46.90 6 04/09/1956 Walker Percy A.