Parsons library inventory, circa 1950.

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Parsons library inventory, circa 1950.

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This complete inventory of the Bibliotheca Parsoniana, the private library and manuscript collection assembled by Edward Alexander Parsons in New Orleans, was prepared for potential bidders when the library was offered for sale. It was purchased by the University of Texas.

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Parsons, Edward Alexander, 1878-1962

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A lawyer in New Orleans, Louisiana, Edward Alexander Parsons (1878-1962) married and had at least one daughter. A bibliophile, he briefly worked for the New Orleans Public Library in the 1930s and over a period of sixty years built a private collection, known as the Bibliotheca Parsoniana, with over 8,000 manuscripts and 40,000 publications on the American South, which was acquired by the University of Texas at Austin in 1958. An avid researcher and amateur historian, Parsons publis...