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By Will Hopkins
Collection Overview
Title: Grace Parker Tazewell Collection on the Parker, Brooke, and Waldrop Families, circa 1860-1993
ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-207
Primary 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. More info below under Accruals.
Subjects: Brooke family, Family trees, Man-woman relationships, Parker family, Tazewell family, Waldrop family, World War, 1939-1945
Forms of Material: Clippings (information artifacts), Correspondence, Cultural artifacts, Military records, Photographs, Scrapbooks
Languages: English
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.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Sargeant Memorial Collection
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
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- 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
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