Background
SPALDING, Walter was born on October 28, 1901 in Arroyo dos Ratos, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
SPALDING, Walter was born on October 28, 1901 in Arroyo dos Ratos, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Graduated Institute Sao José, Canoas, 1919.
Professor, of Portuguese, history and geography, national ministry of edn., 1930. Director, cultural pavilion, centenary exposition of the Farroupilha wars, Rio Grande do Sul, 1934-1936. Librarian, city of Porto Alegre, 1937.
Director of city archives and library, since 1940.
Member board of organization, 2d and 3d state congresses of history and geography, 1937 and 1940. Member: Institute Histórico e Geográfico, Academy Rio Grandense de Letras, Associaqao Rio Grandense de Imprensa. Member, Institute Histórico de Ouro Preto.
Institute Histórico de Minas Gerais, Institute Histórico y Geográfico del Uruguay, Academy, de la Historia (Cuba), Society Geográfica (Colombia), Institute Nacional de Investigaciones Geográficas (Uruguay), Institute Heráldico Genealógico (Sao Paulo), Society Geográfica Américana (Buenos Aires).