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John Parker Collection

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John and Rose Marie Parker Personal Papers

John Parker's Novels

John Parker's Novels

John Parker's Novels

John Parker's Novels

John Parker's Novels

John Parker's Novels / Novels

Ghent

Ghent

Ghent / Norfolk

Norfolk

Norfolk

Fergus Reid / de Lustrac Papers

Photographs

Photographs

Negatives

Norfolk Property Assessments

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John Parker Collection, circa 1850-2008 | Sargeant Memorial Collection

By Sarah Osorio

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Collection Overview

Title: John Parker Collection, circa 1850-2008Add to your cart.

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 Manuscripts include at least 10 unpublished novels written by John Parker as well as four manuscript copies of his published nonfiction volume Thirteen Blocks: A Social History of Early Ghent in Norfolk,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

Burlesque (Theater)
Families--Virginia
Ghent (Norfolk, Va.)
Norfolk (Va.)
Norfolk (Va.)--History

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


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[Box 1: John and Rose Marie Parker Personal Papers],
[Box 2: John Parker's Novels],
[Box 3: John Parker's Novels],
[Box 4: John Parker's Novels],
[Box 5: John Parker's Novels],
[Box 6: John Parker's Novels],
[Box 7: John Parker's Novels / Novels],
[Box 8: Ghent],
[Box 9: Ghent],
[Box 10: Ghent / Norfolk],
[Box 11: Norfolk],
[Box 12: Norfolk],
[Box 13: Fergus Reid / de Lustrac Papers],
[Box 14: Photographs],
[Box 15: Photographs],
[Box 16: Negatives],
[Box 17: Norfolk Property Assessments],
[Box 18: Oversized],
[Box 19: Oversized],
[Box 20: Oversized],
[Box 21: Oversized],
[Box 22: Oversized],
[Box 23: Oversized],
[Box 24: Oversized],
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Box 13: Fergus Reid / de Lustrac PapersAdd to your cart.
Folder 1: Chromolithographs, circa 1850-1900Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Portrait, Antoine Marquis de La Corbiere, 1743-1831, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 3: Photographs, Reid Family, circa 1890-1930Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Photographs, Mary Chamberlaine Reid, circa 1910-1920Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Portrait, Two Young Boys, circa 1900Add to your cart.
Reverse side of photograph: "R. J. Butler" and "[E.] Butler."
Folder 6: Photographs, Woman and Dog, circa 1910Add to your cart.
Folder 7: Print, William S. Sims, Vice-Admiral, U. S. Navy, circa 1918Add to your cart.
Folder 8: Excerpts, Chataigne's Norfolk Directory, 1892Add to your cart.
Folder 9: Postcards, circa 1900-1960Add to your cart.
Folder 10: Correspondence, Fergus Reid to Mary Reid, 1900 September 4-5Add to your cart.
Folder 11: Menu, New York Club, 1904 March 23Add to your cart.
Folder 12: Resolution, Fergus Reid resignation as Treasurer of Norfolk Protestant Hospital, 1904 December 3Add to your cart.
Folder 13: Cards, by Fergus and Helen Reid, circa 1906Add to your cart.
Folder 14: Essays by Helen Reid, circa 1910Add to your cart.
Folder 15: Memoir, Armistead Borland, circa 1936Add to your cart.
Folder 16: Map, Virginia State Highway, 1936 MayAdd to your cart.
Folder 17: Receipts, Fergus and Mary Reid, 1906-1941Add to your cart.
Folder 18: Diploma, Sacred Heart School, Francoise C. de Lustrac, 1945 June 8Add to your cart.
Folder 19: Booklet, Trois Reconnaissances de Cavalerie en Septembre 1914 by Baron de Lustrac, 1949Add to your cart.
Folder 20: Address Book, circa 1910Add to your cart.
Folder 21: Clippings, circa 1910-1990Add to your cart.
Folder 22: Needlework, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 23: Miscellaneous Materials, circa 1920s-1940sAdd to your cart.

Browse by Box:

[Box 1: John and Rose Marie Parker Personal Papers],
[Box 2: John Parker's Novels],
[Box 3: John Parker's Novels],
[Box 4: John Parker's Novels],
[Box 5: John Parker's Novels],
[Box 6: John Parker's Novels],
[Box 7: John Parker's Novels / Novels],
[Box 8: Ghent],
[Box 9: Ghent],
[Box 10: Ghent / Norfolk],
[Box 11: Norfolk],
[Box 12: Norfolk],
[Box 13: Fergus Reid / de Lustrac Papers],
[Box 14: Photographs],
[Box 15: Photographs],
[Box 16: Negatives],
[Box 17: Norfolk Property Assessments],
[Box 18: Oversized],
[Box 19: Oversized],
[Box 20: Oversized],
[Box 21: Oversized],
[Box 22: Oversized],
[Box 23: Oversized],
[Box 24: Oversized],
[All]


Norfolk Public Library
Slover Library
235 Plume Street
Norfolk, Virginia 23510
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