Inventory of the Parker Family Papers, 1902-1907
Collection Number 5366
Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Contact Information:
- Manuscripts Department
- CB#3926, Wilson Library
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
- Phone: 919/962-1345
- Fax: 919/962-3594
- Email: mss@email.unc.edu
- URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/
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Descriptive Summary
- Repository
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
- Creator
- Parker family/
- Title
- Parker Family Papers, 1902-1907
- Call Number
- 5366
- Language of Materials
- Materials in English
- Extent
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- Items: About 50
- Linear Feet: 0.5
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Administrative Information
- Acquisitions Information
- Received from George Elbert Ivey of Asheville, N.C., in October 2007 (Acc. 100805).
- Processing Information
- Processed by: Amy Roberson, February 2008
- Encoded by: Amy Roberson, February 2008
- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], in the Parker Family Papers #5366, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Copyright Notice
- Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Online Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
- Accountants--History.
- Family--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
- Courtship--North Carolina--History--20th century.
- Courtship--Southern States.
- Harnett County (N.C.)--History.
- Harnett County (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
- Morriston (Fla.)--History.
- Morriston (Fla.)--Social life and customs.
- Parker family.
- Railroads--Southern States--History--20th century.
- Telephone--History.
- Women teachers--North Carolina--History--20th century.
Biographical Note
Luther R. Parker was born in eastern North Carolina and wrote letters from Clio, S.C., Morriston, Fla., Clearwater, Fla., and Williston, Fla. He worked as a brick mason and later as an accountant for businesses in Florida and North Carolina. He served as clerk and treasurer for Morriston, Fla. in 1904. In 1905, he moved back to eastern North Carolina. Cara Parker resided in Harnett County, N.C., where she worked as a school teacher. Luther R. Parker and Cara Parker courted, 1902-1907, and later married. The paternal grandparents of George Elbert Ivey, grandson of Luther and Cara Parker, owned and operated J.B. Ivey and Company of Charlotte, N.C.
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The collection includes correspondence between brick mason and accountant Luther R. Parker of eastern North Carolina, Clio, S.C., Morriston, Fla., and Clearwater, Fla., and teacher Cara Parker of Harnett County, N.C., during their courtship, 1902-1907. There are also two letters from Bessie Parker, Cara Parker's sister, to Luther R. Parker. Letters deal chiefly with courtship, thoughts on marriage, and church services, including Sunday School. Topics also include teaching; brick masonry; accounting; Luther Parker's work for D.B. Morrison and Company, manufacturers of yellow pine lumber and rosin barrel staves in Morriston, Fla.; his election as clerk and treasurer for that town; and early 1900s technology, including the advent of the telephone and additional railroad lines in the South.
Detailed Description of the Collection
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