walter lord

This has been one of those red-letter days at the mailbox. As many of you know I have had the great pleasure of meeting and getting to know Lawrence Beesley's step-daughter, Dinah Quilter. At present, Dinah and her husband are in the throes of moving to another city. In the mail today, I...

I assume Walter Lord had a huge Titanica collection and just wonder who he might have chosen as the beneficiary of his largesse. Also did he leave any specific bequests for further research?

In the American Heritage Magazine for May 2003 on page 16 is a really nice article on Walter Lord. It was a surprise to me to find out that Walter was a huge music fan. The article went on to mention that Walter wrote the lyrics for 'The Third Man' theme for the Orson Welles movie. And this...

A source has just told me that items from the Walter Lord collection are now on display at the NMM, including the pig-of-great-fame. This seems have been done with remarkably little fanfare, although there was some media from Greenwich...

Hello: The one thing I appreciate the most about our local library is the free magazines which greet you upon entry. Most are *has beens* from subscribers. I always like to strum through NEWSWEEK and TIME in hopes of finding some good news. In their 3 June '02 release, NEWSWEEK featured...

Wouls some of you know what is going to happen with Walters' collection? If this has been addressed before, sorry for the double thread. I would dearly love to know what is to become of Lights' whistle or Edith Russels' musical pig, along with all the other artifacts. Thank you, Don

Have put together a format for posting tributes for Walter. Hope you may all take a few minutes to drop a line. I will try to include as much as I can fit for each submission-this will be linked into the home site, sent to Walter's friends and registered to search engines. You know I have to...

This may give some idea of yesterday's gathering at the Historical Society. There are three linked pages- graphic-rich, music, and will take a bit of time to load. I shall have some digital photos to post tomorow. It's 3:30 so off to bed...! http://www.revdma2.com/memorial.html

Hello--Does anyone have any info on Walter Lord before he became an author? I read that he changed professions to become a historian. Thank you so much, dj

There will not ever be another historian like Walter Lord. Richard K.

It has already been posted that the New York memorial will be Monday, June 10th at the New York Historical Society 12-2 p.m. Speaking today with Mr. Lord's secretary, she feels confident that anyone wishing to attend will be able to be seated at the service. A number of speakers have requested...

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In addition to being an avid American Civil War historian and collector of Civil War memerobillia, I understand Walter Lord had ancestors who fought for the Confederacy. Anyone know the names of Walter Lord's Confederate ancestors? Thanks Tarn Stephanos

This tribute can be listed in the CREW RESEARCH Section, too. I think we all owe a special "THANK YOU" to Walter Lord, for the great work that he did. Think about "what might have been" had Walter Lord not painstakingly researched all his information, if "A Night to Remember" had not been...

it is my sad duty to inform the members of this board that antr author walter lord is dead at the age of 84 after a long illness he died this past sunday at his home in manhattan and i just want to say how sorry i am to hear about the death of this famous author and i hope that he rests in peace...

I heard this afternoon that Walter Lord passed away this afternoon from Parkinsons disease at his New York home. He will be missed, and without his contribution many of us wouldn't be as interested in Titanic as we are. Erik

Who out there among us Boat People can remember the day when we first read A Night To Remember? It was July of 1974 for me- and I stayed up all night. Titanic then became a lifelong obsession due entirely to the completely captivating style of Walter Lord- I felt I was there on deck. Over the...

At the start of Walter Lord ANTR sequel The Night Lives On, a 1st class passenger is quoted as complaining that more men might have been saved if the people from steerage hadn't taken up so much space in the "first class boats." Does anyone know who it was who said that?

Doesn't Walter Lord live in New York? How close was he to the WTC?

Seems like this man deserves his own thread. Walter Lord was the real beginning of Titanic mania for me-when I read A Night to Remember back in 1976. He has often good-naturedly shrugged and observed it would seem that this book would be The Book to Be Remembered By! His entire literary output...