Parke family papers, 1817-1949 (bulk 1828-1945).

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Parke family papers, 1817-1949 (bulk 1828-1945).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173863281

The collection consists of papers of the Parke family from 1817-1949. The papers include early family records (1817-1828) consisting of family correspondence, legal documents, and genealogical materials. The bulk of the collection consists of papers of Pennsylvania lawyer Benjamin Parke (1838-ca. 1856), including letters, reminiscences, clippings and parts of a manuscript autobiography; papers of Episcopal minister Robert Nathan Parke, including an autobiography, a scrapbook of clippings regarding his work in the Protestant Episcopal Church (1870's-1880's), sermons (ca. 1898), family correspondence, and memorabilia. The collection also contains papers of Benjamin Parke Avery consisting of correspondence from California mainly to his wife (1861-1874), other family letters, genealogical information, and clippings relative to his assignment in China; scrapbooks and papers of Eunice Parke Detweiler and daughter Eunice Detweiler Parke (Mrs. Frederick Huntington Parke), mainly concerning their lives in St. Petersburg, Russia (1889-ca. 1902), where Frederick Huntington Parke was working; photographs and correspondence from Frederick H. Parke Jr., to his sister Theodosia Parke (1945-1947) concerning the U.S. Army and World War II in the Pacific.

4.5 linear ft. (9 boxes and 1 oversized paper (OP))

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6927286

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Parke, Frederick Huntington.

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Parke, Benjamin, 1801-1882

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Parke, Robert Nathan, 1828-1907.

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Parke, Eunice Detweiler.

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Parke family.

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The Parke family produced many prominent leaders in religious, political, and civic life, including Pennsylvania lawyer Benjamin Parke (1801-1882); Robert Nathan Parke (1828-1907), minister in the Protestant Episcopal Church in the 1870's and 1880's; and Benjamin Parker's daughter Eunice Park Detweiler, who was a leader in the Protestant Episcopal Church in Halifax (Pa.) ca. 1862-1885. Other prominent family members include Robert N. Parke's son, Frederick Huntington Parke, a Westinghouse execut...

Avery, Benjamin Parke, 1828-1875

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Avery was a prominent Calif. newspaperman and pioneer born in New York City. He established and ran the Hydraulic Press and, with a partner, the Appeal. He served as state printer, 1861-1863. He was the editor of the San Francisco Evening Bulletin, and of the Overland Monthly, 1872-1874. He also served as United States Minister to the Chinese Imperial Court, 1874-1875. From the description of Benjamin Parke Avery miscellany, 1867-1885. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record...