Parker, Ethelyn Murray, 1895-1995. Ethelyn Murray Parker papers, ca. 1899-1992 (bulk 1920-1980).
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Ethelyn Murray Parker papers, ca. 1899-1992 (bulk 1920-1980).
The Ethelyn Murray Parker collection consists of her early writings, correspondence, photocopied newspaper clippings from The Lighthouse and Informer and The Charleston Chronicle, with booklets, ephemera, awards and plaques, the majority of items consisting of photographs throughout various series. The correspondence series contains a letter from Josephine Pinckney (1947), letters (1949-1964) from The Chicago Defender and Afro-American Newspapers and The Pittsburgh Courier; and greeting cards and postcards (1927-1960, nd) from relatives and friends. The school related series contains Parker's unbound autograph book (1925) from Tuskegee Institute, with an inscription from principal Robert R. Morton; and numerous photographs of Parker, the campus and class mates. Also included are invitations, booklets and photographs (c.1920-1931) from Voorhees Institute, Denmark, S.C.; group photographs (1955) of faculty from Sanders-Clyde Elementary, Charleston; and one with Septima Clark at the "South Carolina Congress of Parents and Teachers/ PTA Workshop." The National Council of Negro Women, National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, and S.C. Federation of Colored Women's Clubs series contain organizational materials, minutes, correspondence, newsletters, clippings, programs and photographs of Parker and notable S.C. women such as Mamie Garvin Fields, Albertha Murray, Sarah Dart Butler and others at various organizational meetings (1953-1968). With some data from The National Council of Negro Women re the Interracial Conference of Women (1956). The S.C. Federation of Women's Clubs materials contain financial reports, magazine articles, programs, and photographs (1940, 1957, 1963) re the Wilkinson Home for Girls; conference programs and photographs (1949, 1958-1966) from the Coastal District, and Elite Art and Social Club members. Central Baptist Church files (1951, 1962-64, 1972) include photographs, minutes and programs (1960, 63, 65-66) of the Women's Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of S.C. With many images (c. 1920-1960s) of Parker, her husband, relatives and friends, mostly unidentified. A photograph (c. 1899) of an African American soldiers (possibly Troop H, 9th Calvary) deployed for the Philippine Insurrection is included as well, along with photographs of Parker at the Highlander Center (c. 1950s), a photograph of Ella Baker, and group picture featuring Septima Clark and Guy Carawan. Photos (1954) taken by Boags Modern Arts Photo Studio (1954) are of the Charleston Chapter of the NAACP honoring Judge Julius Waites Waring; present are NAACP counsel Robert L. Carter, Elizabeth Waring, Septima Clark and Parker. With other images of Charleston's African American policemen, playing pool (1952), photos (1956) by Coards Studio of the opening of F. D.Ward Wilson Drug Store, and a variety of photos (c. 1920-1960) featuring many significant buildings in Charleston, and statues at Brookgreen Gardens. With some miscellaneous items.
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3.5 linear ft.
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