Quanah Parker Family collection, 1933-1987, undated 1952-1965, undated.

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Quanah Parker Family collection, 1933-1987, undated 1952-1965, undated.

The Quanah Parker Family Collection was acquired in one gift on 1984 August 29. The collection begins with a 1933 photograph of the Parker family, and ends with a 1987 clipping. The bulk of the collection is between 1952 and 1965, with a large amount of photographs and literary productions undated. The largest series is the literary productions.

1.8 linear feet (4 document boxes)

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Parker family.

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Parker, Cynthia Ann, 1827?-1864

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Page, Wanada Parker, 1887-1970

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The Quanah Parker Family Collection was assembled by Elsie Hamill through her interest in Cynthia Ann and Quanah Parker, and her friendship with Wanada Parker Page, daughter of Quanah Parker. This collection contains correspondence, literary productions, photographic materials, and artifacts relating to the Comanche and Parker family. Elsie Hamill became interested in the Parker family story in 1951. At that time she was a schoolteacher in Ross Elementary School, Mexia, ...

Parker, Quanah, 1845?-1911

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Prominant Comanche chief; lived in Fort Sill, Okla., area. From the description of Papers, 1852-1911. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70971447 Quanah Parker (ca. 1845-1911), son of Comanche chief Peta Nocona and famous Indian captive Cynthia Ann Parker, was the last chief of the Quahada Comanche Indians. He played a prominent role in the Comanche tribe's resistance to white settlement and ultimately to their adjustment to reservation life. Parker led ...

Hamill, Elsie.

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