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By Sarah Osorio
Collection Overview
Title: John Parker Collection, circa 1850-2008![Add to your cart. Add to your cart.](themes/smcarchives/images/addtocart.gif)
ID: 001/01/MSS 2014-002
Primary Creator: Parker, John A. (1944-2014)
Extent: 24.0 Boxes
Arrangement: Arranged by subject matter in rough chronological order.
Date Acquired: 11/12/2014
Subjects: Burlesque (Theater), Families--Virginia, Ghent (Norfolk, Va.), Norfolk (Va.), Norfolk (Va.)--History
Forms of Material: Advertisements, Birth announcements, Booklets, Books, Certificates, Clippings (information artifacts), Deeds, Diplomas, Dog tags (military tags), Lists (document genres), Manuscripts, Maps (documents), Mirrors, Negatives (photographs), Novels, Photocopies, Photographs, Portraits, Posters, Report cards, Thermometers, Yearbooks
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Personal papers, photographs, and manuscripts of John Albert Parker, Jr. of 539 Warren Crescent in Ghent, Norfolk, Virginia. Items include birth and marriage announcements, school diplomas, and miscellaneous mementos. Photographs include family members, especially his wife Rose Marie Norwood Parker and his parents. The photographs also include the Parkers' wedding, John Parker's service in Vietnam from 1967-1968, circa 1990s holiday parties at Kirn Memorial Library, houses and scenes of Ghent, and John and Rose Marie's cats. Manuscripts include at least 10 unpublished novels written by John Parker as well as four manuscript copies of his published nonfiction volume Thirteen Blocks: A Social History of Early Ghent in Norfolk, Virginia.
The collection also includes materials collected by Parker relating to the neighborhood of Ghent and the city of Norfolk. Materials include 1900 and 1910 census transcriptions from Ghent, The Ghent Homeowner's Manual, and a heavily notated copy of Ghent: John Graham's Dream, Norfolk, Virginia's Treasure. Materials relating to Norfolk, Virginia include volumes 3-5 of Shank's Raw Materials, pin-up advertisements for local businesses, a circa 1900 property assessment ledger organized by street name, and two circa 1940-1942 posters advertising Rose La Rose at Gaiety Theatre on Main Street.
Finally, the collection contains papers relating to Fergus Reid, his wife Mary Wilson Chamberlain Reid, and their daughter Helen de Lustrac. Materials include family photographs, receipts and correspondence.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Sargeant Memorial Collection
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:
Estate of John Parker by donation
Preferred Citation:
John Parker Collection, MSS 2014-002, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Box:
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Box 1: John and Rose Marie Parker Personal Papers],
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Box 2: John Parker's Novels],
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Box 3: John Parker's Novels],
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Box 4: John Parker's Novels],
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Box 5: John Parker's Novels],
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Box 6: John Parker's Novels],
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Box 7: John Parker's Novels / Novels],
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Box 8: Ghent],
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Box 9: Ghent],
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Box 10: Ghent / Norfolk],
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Box 11: Norfolk],
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Box 12: Norfolk],
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Box 13: Fergus Reid / de Lustrac Papers],
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Box 14: Photographs],
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Box 15: Photographs],
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Box 16: Negatives],
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Box 17: Norfolk Property Assessments],
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Box 18: Oversized],
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Box 19: Oversized],
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Box 20: Oversized],
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Box 21: Oversized],
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Box 23: Oversized],
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Box 24: Oversized],
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- Box 1: John and Rose Marie Parker Personal Papers
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- Folder 1: Photographs, John Parker Family, circa 1920s-1990s
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- Folder 2: Stamp Album, For the Purchase of United States War Savings Bonds, circa 1942
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- Folder 3: Baby Book, Rose Marie Norwood, 1942
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- Folder 4: Birth Announcement, John Parker, 1944 January 25
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- Folder 5: Book, Your Birthday January 25, 1990
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- Folder 6: Test, Kuder Preference Record, Personal, Form AH, circa 1948
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- Folder 7: Magazine, The Alumni Review, 1950 May
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- Folder 8: Clipping, Charm School student Evelyn Dale, 1954 August 8
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- Folder 9: Report Card, Rose Norwood, 1954-1955
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- Folder 10: Yearbook, The Pilot, Norview High School, 1958
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- Folder 11: Diploma, Old Dominion College, John Albert Parker, Jr., 1965 June 6
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- Folder 12: Dog Tag and Nameplate, John Parker, circa 1967
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- Folder 13: Announcement, Marriage of Rose Marie Norwood to John Albert Parker, Jr., 1970 May 29
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- Folder 14: Deed of Trust and Buyers Closing Statement for 539 Warren Crescent, 1975 November
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- Folder 15: Correspondence, A Gift of Love: Letters from John Albert Parker 1967-1968, for Aunt Vera & Uncle Sam, 1979
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- Folder 16: Notebook, John Parker's personal memoir notes, circa 2005
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- Folder 17: Proclamation, Commendation to John Parker, Jr. by Mayor Paul D. Fraim, 2008 August 24
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- Folder 18: Sketch, Huey, Dewey, and Louie Duck at General Reference Desk, undated
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- Folder 19: Correspondence, Howl of the Wolf Agency to Rose Marie Parker, undated
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- Box 2: John Parker's Novels
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- Folder 1: Index, Novel Episodes
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- Folder 2: Manuscript, Little Voices of Reason, Chapters 1-9
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- Copy 1.
- Folder 3: Manuscript, Little Voices of Reason, Chapters 10-17
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- Copy 1.
- Folder 4: Manuscript, Little Voices of Reason, by John A. Parker, Chapters 1-8, 2008
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- Copy 2.
- Folder 5: Manuscript, Little Voices of Reason, by John A. Parker, Chapters 9-17, 2008
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- Copy 2.
- Box 3: John Parker's Novels
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- Folder 1: Manuscript, "Come On In Kids and Have Fun"
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- Folder 2: Manuscript, Your Standard Three-Way Light Bulb, Chapters 1-10
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- Folder 3: Manuscript, Your Standard Three-Way Light Bulb, Chapters 11-20
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- Folder 4: Manuscript, On Boundary Street, Chapters 1-6
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- Box 4: John Parker's Novels
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- Folder 1: Manuscript, On Boundary Street, Chapters 7-14
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- Folder 2: Manuscript, Ketchikan
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- Folder 3: Manuscript, Under Pears, Grapes, Oranges, and Leaves, Chapters 1-7
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- Folder 4: Manuscript, Under Pears, Grapes, Oranges, and Leaves, Chapters 8-13
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- Box 5: John Parker's Novels
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- Folder 1: Manuscript, One Plus One, Chapters 1-7
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- Folder 2: Manuscript, One Plus One, Chapters 8-13
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- Folder 3: Manuscript, One Plus One, Chapters 14-19
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- Folder 4: Manuscript, A Dinosaur Names Baryshnikov, Chapters 1-9
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- Box 6: John Parker's Novels
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- Folder 1: Manuscript, A Dinosaur Named Baryshnikov, Chapters 10-19
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- Folder 2: Manuscript, Two Views of Tessie Blansky, Chapters 1-9
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- Folder 3: Manuscript, Two Views of Tessie Blansky, Chapters 10-16
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- Folder 4: Manuscript, Five Months, Chapters 1-9
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- Box 7: John Parker's Novels / Novels
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- Folder 1: Manuscript, Five Months, Chapters 10-17
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- Folder 2: Manuscript, Five Months, Chapters 18-25
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- Folder 3: Manuscript, Five Months, Chapters 26-31
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- Folder 4: Manuscript, Episode August 8, 1987, Chapel Hill
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- Folder 5: Manuscript, My Sister, The Witch by Matthew Dillon, 2008
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- Folder 6: Manuscript, No Snowman For the Little Dutch Girl by Tim Cratchit, undated
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- Box 8: Ghent
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- Folder 1: Manuscript, Thirteen Blocks: A Social History of Early Ghent in Norfolk, Virginia by John A. Parker
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- Copy 1. No appendices.
- Folder 2: Manuscript, Thirteen Blocks: A Social History of Early Ghent in Norfolk, Virginia by John A. Parker, Chapters 1-6
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- Copy 2.
- Folder 3: Manuscript, Thirteen Blocks: A Social History of Early Ghent in Norfolk, Virginia by John A. Parker, Chapters 7-13
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- Copy 2.
- Folder 4: Manuscript, Thirteen Blocks: A Social History of Early Ghent in Norfolk, Virginia by John A. Parker, Chapters 1-7
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- Copy 3.
- Folder 5: Manuscript, Thirteen Blocks: A Social History of Early Ghent in Norfolk, Virginia by John A. Parker, Chapters 8-13
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- Copy 3.
- Box 9: Ghent
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- Folder 1: Manuscript, Thirteen Blocks: A Social History of Early Ghent in Norfolk, Virginia by John A. Parker, Appendices
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- Copy 3.
- Folder 2: Manuscript, Thirteen Blocks: A Social History of Early Ghent in Norfolk, Virginia by John A. Parker, Chapters 1-7
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- Copy 4.
- Folder 3: Manuscript, Thirteen Blocks: A Social History of Early Ghent in Norfolk, Virginia by John A. Parker, Chapters 8-13
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- Copy 4.
- Folder 4: Manuscript, Thirteen Blocks: A Social History of Early Ghent in Norfolk, Virginia by John A. Parker, Appendices
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- Copy 4.
- Folder 5: Ghent 1900 Census
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- Folder 6: Ghent 1910 Census (Folder 1 of 2)
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- Box 10: Ghent / Norfolk
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- Folder 1: Ghent 1910 Census (Folder 2 of 2)
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- Folder 2: Ghent XI, Sandoz-Turner
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- Folder 3: Booklet, The Ghent Homeowner's Manual, circa 1970s
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- Folder 4: Booklet, Ghent, Proposed Zoning For Historic and Cultural Conservation, 1976 May
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- Folder 5: Photographs, circa 1914 streetcar in Ghent, circa 1990s
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- Folder 6: Book, Ghent: John Graham's Dream, Norfolk, Virginia's Treasure by Amy Waters Yarsinske
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- Includes extensive notations.
- Folder 7: Price List, Construction Costs for Homes in Ghent, circa 1890
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- Folder 8: Photocopy, Map of Ghent from 1900 Atlas of Norfolk, undated
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- Folder 9: Shank's Raw Materials, Volume 3, 1890-1899, Pages 729-954, circa 1965
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- Box 11: Norfolk
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- Folder 1: Shank's Raw Materials, Volume 3, 1890-1899, Pages 955-1104, circa 1965
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- Folder 2: Shank's Raw Materials, Volume 4, 1899-1906, Pages 1105-1299, circa 1965
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- Folder 3: Shank's Raw Materials, Volume 4, 1899-1906, Pages 1300-1513, circa 1965
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- Folder 4: Shank's Raw Materials, Volume 5, 1906-1919, Pages 1514-1669, circa 1965
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- Folder 5: Shank's Raw Materials, Volume 5, 1906-1919, Pages 1670-1799, circa 1965
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- Box 12: Norfolk
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- Folder 1: Shank's Raw Materials, Volume 5, 1906-1919, Pages 1800-1892, circa 1965
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- Folder 2: Book, Jamestown Exposition Edition of The Norfolk Dispatch, 1904
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- Folder 3: Photocopy, Original Location of Waterways in Norfolk, Virginia, circa 1736-1956, undated
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- Folder 4: Advertisement, A. J. Legum, circa 1940s
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- Folder 5: Advertisement, A. J. Legum, Framed Thermometer, circa 1940
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- Folder 6: Advertisement, Arrow Cleaners, Framed Mirror, circa 1940
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- Folder 7: Advertisements, Chas. Syer & Co., 1947 March-October
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- Folder 8: Advertisement, Growers Exchange, circa 1950s-1960s
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- Folder 9: Advertisements, Navy Gift Shop, circa 1950s-1960s
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- Folder 10: Advertisement, Norfolk, Baltimore & Carolina Line, 1952 January
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- Folder 11: Advertisement, Richmond Auto Parts, Inc., Norfolk Branch, 1959 August
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- Folder 12: Memo Books, Priddy's Fertilizers advertisements, circa 1949-1960
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- Folder 13: Memo Books, Smith-Douglass Co. Fertilizers, AGRICO, circa 1952-1955
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- Box 13: Fergus Reid / de Lustrac Papers
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- Folder 1: Chromolithographs, circa 1850-1900
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- Folder 2: Portrait, Antoine Marquis de La Corbiere, 1743-1831, undated
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- Folder 3: Photographs, Reid Family, circa 1890-1930
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- Folder 4: Photographs, Mary Chamberlaine Reid, circa 1910-1920
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- Folder 5: Portrait, Two Young Boys, circa 1900
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- Reverse side of photograph: "R. J. Butler" and "[E.] Butler."
- Folder 6: Photographs, Woman and Dog, circa 1910
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- Folder 7: Print, William S. Sims, Vice-Admiral, U. S. Navy, circa 1918
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- Folder 8: Excerpts, Chataigne's Norfolk Directory, 1892
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- Folder 9: Postcards, circa 1900-1960
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- Folder 10: Correspondence, Fergus Reid to Mary Reid, 1900 September 4-5
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- Folder 11: Menu, New York Club, 1904 March 23
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- Folder 12: Resolution, Fergus Reid resignation as Treasurer of Norfolk Protestant Hospital, 1904 December 3
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- Folder 13: Cards, by Fergus and Helen Reid, circa 1906
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- Folder 14: Essays by Helen Reid, circa 1910
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- Folder 15: Memoir, Armistead Borland, circa 1936
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- Folder 16: Map, Virginia State Highway, 1936 May
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- Folder 17: Receipts, Fergus and Mary Reid, 1906-1941
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- Folder 18: Diploma, Sacred Heart School, Francoise C. de Lustrac, 1945 June 8
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- Folder 19: Booklet, Trois Reconnaissances de Cavalerie en Septembre 1914 by Baron de Lustrac, 1949
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- Folder 20: Address Book, circa 1910
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- Folder 21: Clippings, circa 1910-1990
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- Folder 22: Needlework, undated
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- Folder 23: Miscellaneous Materials, circa 1920s-1940s
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- Box 14: Photographs
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- Folder 1: John and Rose Marie Norwood Parker, circa 1945-2000
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- Folder 2: John and Rose Marie Norwood Parker Wedding, 1970 May 30
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- Folder 3: John Parker in Vietnam, circa 1968
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- Folder 4: Family Photographs, circa 1940s-2000s
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- Box 15: Photographs
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- Folder 1: Kirn Library, John and Rose Marie Parker and library staff, circa 1990s
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- Folder 2: Ghent Houses and Scenes, circa 1970s-1990s
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- Folder 3: Elmwood Cemetery Monuments, circa 1980 March
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- Folder 4: Demolition of Maritime Tower and Adjacent Buildings, circa 1996 November 24
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- Folder 5: Chapel Hill, North Carolina, circa 1990s
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- Folder 6: Tucson, Arizona, circa 1996
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- Folder 7: Cats, 1970s-1990s
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- John and Rose Marie's cats.
- Box 16: Negatives
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- Folder 1: 539 Warren Crescent I
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- Folder 2: 539 Warren Crescent II
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- Folder 3: 539 Warren Crescent III
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- Folder 4: 539 Warren Crescent IV
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- Folder 5: 539 Warren Crescent V
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- Folder 6: 539 Warren Crescent VI
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- Folder 7: 539 Warren Crescent, C. Walker
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- Folder 8: 539 Warren Crescent, Picnic
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- Folder 9: 539 Warren Crescent, Removing stairs
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- Folder 10: "Unknown"
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- Folder 11: Norfolk's Traffic Accident Record, 1937-1938
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- Folder 12: Aerial negative, Ghent
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- Folder 13: Slides, 539 Warren Crescent
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- Three slides.
- Box 17: Norfolk Property Assessments
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- Item 1: Ledger, Property Assessments in Norfolk, Virginia, circa 1900
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- Index includes street name and page number. Property assessments by street name include house number, owner name, land value, building value, and total value.
- Box 18: Oversized
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- Folder 1: Print, Captain William Wilson Chamberlain, 806 17th Street NW, circa 1863
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- Folder 2: Photograph, Beechwood Place, M. W. C., circa 1895
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- Folder 3: Book, The City of Norfolk: A Sketch of Its Growth and a Record of its Progress, circa 1897
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- Folder 4: Calendar, Greenbrier Farms, Inc., 1935
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- Folder 5: Portrait, John Albert Parker, circa 1960
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- Folder 6: Diplomas, John Albert Parker, 1961, 1966
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- Granby High School (June 12, 1961) and University of North Carolina (August 27, 1966).
- Folder 7: Diploma, Rose Marie Norwood, University of North Carolina, 1967 January 28
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- Folder 8: Certificates, Army Commendation Medal and Honorable Discharge, 1968, 1972
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- Army Commendation Medal (July 2, 1968) and Honorable Discharge (October 10, 1972).
- Folder 9: Architectural Drawing, Elevation of main stair and front door, circa 1890
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- Box 19: Oversized
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- Folder 1: Cartes-de-visite, "Folk", circa 1880-1910
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- Folder 2: Portrait, Unidentified Man in Confederate Uniform, circa 1900
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- Folder 3: Hand Painting on Velvet, John Parker in Vietnam 1967-1968, circa 1970
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- Folder 4: Photograph, Warren Crescent, circa 1990
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- Folder 5: Photographs, Ghent and Downtown Norfolk, undated
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- Box 20: Oversized
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- Folder 1: Poster, Gaiety Theatre (Folder 1 of 2), circa 1940
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- Folder 2: Poster, Gaiety Theatre (Folder 2 of 2), 1942 November
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- Box 21: Oversized
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- Items in Box 21 are housed separately.
- Folder 1: Map, Plan of The Norfolk Co., circa 1890
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- Color map shows 6th Ward of The City of Norfolk.
- Folder 2: Map, The New World Order, circa 1990-2000
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- Handdrawn map shows John Parker's version of southside Hampton Roads, Virginia.
- Box 22: Oversized
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- Item 1: Atlas of Norfolk, Portsmouth, Berkley, and Vicinity, 1900
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- Published by Sam W. Bowman.
- Box 23: Oversized
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- Item 1: Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch, Progress Edition, 1952 May 21
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- Box 24: Oversized
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- Item 1: Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch, 1944 January-February
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Box 1: John and Rose Marie Parker Personal Papers],
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Box 2: John Parker's Novels],
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Box 3: John Parker's Novels],
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Box 4: John Parker's Novels],
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Box 5: John Parker's Novels],
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Box 6: John Parker's Novels],
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Box 7: John Parker's Novels / Novels],
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Box 8: Ghent],
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Box 9: Ghent],
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Box 10: Ghent / Norfolk],
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Box 11: Norfolk],
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Box 12: Norfolk],
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Box 13: Fergus Reid / de Lustrac Papers],
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Box 14: Photographs],
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Box 15: Photographs],
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Box 16: Negatives],
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Box 17: Norfolk Property Assessments],
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Box 18: Oversized],
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Box 19: Oversized],
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Box 20: Oversized],
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Box 21: Oversized],
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Box 22: Oversized],
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Box 23: Oversized],
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Box 24: Oversized],
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