William E. and Myra L. Parsons papers, 1939.

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William E. and Myra L. Parsons papers, 1939.

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Correspondence, receipts, and memorabilia connected with a trip to Manila taken by William E. Parsons with his wife, Myra, while working as consulting architect to the Philippine government. Included in the correspondence are accounts by Myra Parson of the trip across the Pacific, descriptions of life in Manila, and comments on the political situation in the Far East.

.25 linear ft. (1 box)

Yale University Library

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Parsons, Myra Louise Matthews.

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Parsons, William Edward, 1872-1939.

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William Edward Parsons was born on June 19, 1872, in Akron, Ohio. He was educated at Norwich Free Academy and Yale University, attaining the degree of B.A. in 1895. After graduation, Parsons continued his studies at Columbia University, where he gained the degree of B.S. in 1898, and at the EĢcole des Beaux-Arts. Between 1901 and 1905, he left his job in New York, received a B.F.A. from Yale, and became consulting architect to the U.S. Government in the Philippines Islands. In 1914, he moved to ...