Grace Parker Tazewell Collection on the Parker, Brooke, and Waldrop Families, circa 1860-1993

Collection Overview

Title: Grace Parker Tazewell Collection on the Parker, Brooke, and Waldrop Families, circa 1860-1993

ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-207

Creator: Tazewell, Grace Parker, 1955-

Extent: 19.0 Boxes

Arrangement: Arranged by record type, in original order and by date.

Date Acquired: 03/01/2009

Languages: English [eng]

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Personal correspondence of the Parker, Brooke, and Waldrop families. Much of the correspondence is between Mr. and Mrs. James H. Parker from 1937-1976. Other prominent correspondents include Ellen Douglass Waldrop, Ellen Brooke, Ellen Parker, and Warren L. Brooke. Also included are financial and travel records, wills and deeds, certificates, photographs, and miscellaneous records and artifacts such as academic papers and military uniform insignia. The collection also includes a circa 1880-1934 scrapbook belonging to Maria Shelby Fassman and a 1951-1952 scrapbook of Mr. and Mrs. James Harrison Parker relating to the United World Federalists of Virginia and Daughters of the American Revolution.

Administrative Information

Accruals: August 11, 2010.

Access Restrictions: This collection is open to all researchers.

Use Restrictions: The status of copyright for these materials is governed by Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. C.). Copyright restrictions may apply.

Acquisition Source: Grace Parker Tazewell by donation

Preferred Citation: Grace Parker Tazewell Collection on the Parker, Brooke, and Waldrop Families, MSS 0000-207, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.

Processing Information: Processed in October 2019; August 17, 2020.

Box and Folder Listing

Box 1

Folder 1: Personal correspondence of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Parker, 1937-1940
Folder 2: Personal correspondence of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Parker, 1940-1948
Folder 3: Personal correspondence of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Parker, 1948-1950
Folder 4: Personal correspondence of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Parker, 1950

Box 2

Folder 1: Personal correspondence of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Parker, 1950-1953
Folder 2: Personal correspondence of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Parker, 1953
Folder 3: Personal correspondence of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Parker, 1953-1958
Folder 4: Personal correspondence of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Parker, 1958-1959

Box 3

Folder 1: Personal correspondence of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Parker, 1959
Folder 2: Personal correspondence of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Parker, 1960-1961
Folder 3: Personal correspondence of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Parker, 1961
Folder 4: Personal correspondence of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Parker, 1961-1962

Box 4

Folder 1: Personal correspondence of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Parker, 1962-1963
Folder 2: Personal correspondence of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Parker, 1963-1964
Folder 3: Personal correspondence of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Parker, 1964
Folder 4: Personal correspondence of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Parker, 1967

Box 5

Folder 1: Personal correspondence of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Parker, 1967-1973
Folder 2: Personal correspondence of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Parker, 1973-1975
Folder 3: Personal correspondence of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Parker, 1976
Folder 4: Personal correspondence of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Parker, undated

Box 6

Folder 1: Personal correspondence of Grace Shelby Parker, 1972
Folder 2: Personal correspondence of Warren L. Brooke, 1912-1948
Folder 3: Personal correspondence of Ellen Douglass Waldrop, 1904-1906
Folder 4: Personal correspondence of Ellen Douglass Waldrop, 1906-1919
Folder 5: Personal correspondence of Mrs. Douglas Brooke, 1922

Box 7

Folder 1: Personal correspondence and miscellaneous documents of Eloise Taylor Waldrop, 1950-1967
Folder 2: Military-related correspondence and records of James H. Parker, 1942-1945
Folder 3: Personal correspondence of Ellen Brooke, 1940-1944
Folder 4: Personal correspondence of Ellen Brooke, 1944-1945
Folder 5: Personal correspondence of Ellen Brooke, 1945

Box 8

Folder 1: Personal correspondence of Ellen Brooke, 1945-1946
Folder 2: Personal correspondence of Ellen Brooke, 1946-1948
Folder 3: Personal correspondence of Ellen Brooke, 1948

Box 9

Folder 1: Personal correspondence of Ellen Parker, 1970-1972
Folder 2: Personal correspondence of Ellen Parker, 1972
Folder 3: Personal correspondence of Ellen Parker, 1972-1973
Folder 4: Personal correspondence of Ellen Parker, 1973-1980

Box 10

Folder 1: Personal correspondence and miscellaneous documents of Ellen Parker, undated
Folder 2: Personal correspondence of Warren L. Brooke, 1908-1918
Folder 3: Personal correspondence of Warren L. Brooke, 1918-undated
Folder 4: Personal correspondence of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas S. Brooke, 1929-1949

Box 11

Folder 1: Personal correspondence of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas S. Brooke, 1942-1943
Folder 2: Personal correspondence of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas S. Brooke, 1943-1946
Folder 3: Personal correspondence of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas S. Brooke, 1946-1950

Box 12

Folder 1: Miscellaneous correspondence, 1946-1967
Folder 2: Insurance documents, 1921-1922
Folder 3: Miscellaneous documents and photographs, 1930-circa 1980
Folder 4: Tax documents, 1940, 1942
Folder 5: Academic papers of Ellen Brooke, 1943-1946
Folder 6: Funeral-related records for Douglas S. Brooke and Francis B. Anderson, 1953, 1973
Folder 7: Travel-related records, circa 1937-1956: Includes passports and travel log.

Box 13

Folder 1: Travel-related records, circa 1950-1959: Includes travel logs.
Folder 2: Engagement calendar, 1966: From Chapel Hill, N.C.
Folder 3: Estate records for Richard W. Waldrop, circa 1933
Folder 4: Miscellaneous financial ledgers, circa 1860-1910
Folder 5: Miscellaneous deeds, legal and financial records, circa 1872-1930: Includes draft will of Ellen Brooke.

Box 14

Folder 1: Miscellaneous deeds, legal and financial records, circa 1874-1930
Folder 2: Miscellaneous genealogy records and correspondence, circa 1956
Folder 3: Diary of confederate soldier John G. Wallace (transcription), 1863
Folder 4: Bryn Mawr College yearbook, 1946
Folder 5: Miscellaneous photographs and records, circa 1919-1986: Includes mostly family photos.

Box 15

Folder 1: Miscellaneous photographs and certificates, circa 1908-1976
Folder 2: James Parker military uniform insignia, undated
Folder 3: James Parker military uniform insignia, undated
Folder 4: James Parker military training records, circa 1942
Folder 5: Hat, United States Coast Guard, circa 1940s
Folder 6: Notes, James H. Parker, Sixth Platoon, Officers' Indoctrination School, 1941-1943

Box 16

Folder 1: Loose Items from Maria Shelby Fassman Scrapbook, circa 1880-1934
Folder 2: Photographs from Parker Scrapbook, circa 1950s
Folder 3: Denton-Briggs Company Records from Parker Scrapbook, 1941-1945
Folder 4: Correspondence and Clippings from Parker Scrapbook, 1951-1952
Folder 5: Clippings from Parker Scrapbook, 1952-1953
Folder 6: Photographs, Waldrop Family (Folder 1 of 3), circa 1890s-1950s
Folder 7: Photographs, Waldrop Family (Folder 2 of 3), circa 1890s-1920s
Folder 8: Photographs, Waldrop Family (Folder 3 of 3), circa 1890s-1920s

Box 17

Item 1: Scrapbook, Maria Shelby Fassman, circa 1880-1934

Box 18

Item 1: Scrapbook, Mr. and Mrs. James Harrison Parker, 1951-1952

Inscription on front inside cover, written in black pen, reads, "ScrapBook of Mr. and Mrs. James Harrison Parker, 5433 Rolfe Ave., Norfolk, Va., 6-19-2010 - Given by Grace Parker Tazewell - their daughter RBH.

Scrapbook includes clippings relating to United World Federalists of Virginia and Daughters of the American Revolution.

Box 19

Folder 1: Oversized Photograph and Certificates, circa 1942-1993: Photograph of sailing ship "Sea Cloud" includes descriptive information from the back of the photo frame.
Folder 2: Diploma, James Harrison Parker, Maury High School, 1937 June 11