Parker Family Papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Terms of access:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Parker Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Summary

Extent:
1.00 Linear Feet
Creator:
Parker, Lena Augusta, ca. 1902 -, Parker, Bessie, ca. 1905 -, and Williamsburg Historic Records Association (Williamsburg, Va.)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Parker Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains papers related to the Parker family, notably Lena Parker and Bessie Parker of Cumberland County, Virginia. The bulk of the letters are from Harry Leach and Edward Embly, both living in Washington, D.C., which contain descriptions of everyday life. Other letters are from friends, family, the State Teachers College, schools where Lena Parker taught, and from children she had taught. The collection also includes photographs, greeting cards, and genealogical material. concerning the Parker family.

Papers concerning the teaching career of Lena Parker. 18 items.

3 editions from 1932.

Notes for a Bible reading group.

Contains letters, photographs, and other material related to the geneaology of the Parker families in Virginia as well as in New England.

Biographical / historical:

Lena Augusta Parker lived in Cartersville, Cumberland County, Virginia. She was born about 1902, the daughter of Early E. and Nellie Parker. Her sister was Bessie Parker. She attended the Virginia State Teacher's College in Farmville, Virginia and taught school in various schools in Cumberland County, Virginia.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Miss Bessie Parkerthrough the Williamsburg Historic Records Association.
Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into 7 series: Series 1: Correspondence; Series 2: Greeting Cards, Insurance Information and Booklets; Series 3: Photographs and Negatives; Series 4: Lena Parker Papers; Series 5: The Rotunda; Series 6: Notebook; Series 7: Genealogical Notes.