Rosy, Charlottesville, Virginia
A: Heavily researched biographies include those by Neil Gabler (Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination) and Steven Watts (The Magic Kingdom: Walt Disney and the American Way of Life), but the only one by someone who actually knew Walt Disney is Bob Thomas’s Walt Disney: An American Original. Diane Disney Miller’s early biography of her father, written with Pete Martin, The Story of Walt Disney, is long out of print.
Jason, Davenport, Florida
A: I could not find the 1947 photograph you describe at the Walt Disney Archives, nor is there any correspondence between Walt and Jenkins for that year.
Camille, Pawtucket, Rhode Island
A: Some have worked at the Disney Studio, but I am unaware of any working at the parks. The closest we come is Roy Patrick Disney, who, while he was working in Film and TV Post Production at the Studio, helped staff several attractions at Disneyland during cast Christmas parties.