Dr. Holiday, Sellers Parker, UAPB [graphic]. [197-?]

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Dr. Holiday, Sellers Parker, UAPB [graphic]. [197-?]

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Dr. Holiday at podium and Dr. Sellers J. Parker (right) at University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas. Born in Wabash, Phillips County, Arkansas in 1911, Parker was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Zack Parker. He received a B.S. in general agriculture at Arkansas Agricultural, Mechanical and Normal College (A.M. & N., later called University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff- U.A.P.B.) in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas in 1939, a master's degree (1945) and a doctorate (1949) from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. He was a professor of horticulture in the Agriculture Department at U.A.P.B. for 30 years until he retired in 1982. Parker served as the Soil Conservation Service liaison officer to approximately 15 historically black 1890 Land Grant Colleges from 1985 until his death. In 1987, Parker died in Pine Bluff at the age of 75.

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University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

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The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff was created by an act of the State Legislature in 1873 as a land grant institution for blacks. The Branch Normal College opened 27 Sept. 1875 with seven students and Joseph Carter Corbin as professor. Ten baccalaureate degrees were awarded from 1882 to 1894. Operated as a junior college from 1894 to 1929, the institution became a four-year college in 1942 and was renamed Arkansas Agricultural, Mechanical, and Normal College. After merging with the Univers...

Arkansas History Commission

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The Arkansas History Commission was created by the General Assembly in 1905. Inspired and guided during its early years by John Hugh Reynolds, the commission is the official archives of the state, responsible for collecting and preserving the source materials of the history of Arkansas. From the description of Arkansas History Commission records, 1905-1984 [microform]. (Arkansas History Commission). WorldCat record id: 244818119 ...

Parker, Sellers, 1911-1987

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Dean of the Dept. of Agriculture at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. From the description of Sellers Parker papers, [undated]. (University of Arkansas - Pine Bluff). WorldCat record id: 70978644 ...