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

By Will Hopkins

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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

Brooke family
Family trees
Man-woman relationships
Parker family
Tazewell family
Waldrop family
World War, 1939-1945

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

Browse by Box:

[Box 1],
[Box 2],
[Box 3],
[Box 4],
[Box 5],
[Box 6],
[Box 7],
[Box 8],
[Box 9],
[Box 10],
[Box 11],
[Box 12],
[Box 13],
[Box 14],
[Box 15],
[Box 16],
[Box 17],
[Box 18],
[Box 19],
[All]

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.