Louis Napoleon Parker papers, 1869-1943

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Series II: Personal Material, 1879-1942

This series contains Parker's diaries and personal documents such as passports and financial records.


Subseries II.1: Diaries, 1897-1941

These date-book-style diaries include little information about Parker's personal life; however, they give very detailed information about which projects Parker was working on during the time periods the entries cover.



Box 3 Folder 1 Every Hour Diary, 1897


Box 3 Folder 2 Every Hour Diary, 1898


Box 3 Folder 3 Every Hour Diary, 1900


Box 3 Folder 4 Every Hour Diary, 1902


Box 3 Folder 5 Every Hour Diary, 1906


Box 3 Folder 6 Every Hour Diary, 1908


Box 3 Folder 7 Every Hour Diary, 1908


Box 3 Folder 8 Daily Diary, 1922


Box 3 Folder 9 Every Hour Diary, 1926


Box 3 Folder 10 Every Hour Diary, 1931



Box 4 Folder 1 Every Hour Diary, 1934


Subseries II.2: Other Personal Material, 1879-1942

Two of Parker's passports are included in this sub-series, as well as signed guest books, menus for dinners given in Parker's honor; and ephemera such as tickets and wedding and funeral programs. Included here is a portrait of Parker, in chalk (25" by 19"), by Cyril Roberts, dated 1920, located in map case 14-16-04.


Box 4 Folder 3 Passports


Box 4 Folder 4 "Louis N. Parker Dinner and Presentation, Hyde Park Hotel, March 9, 1919,"


Box 4 Folder 5 "York Historic Pageant, 1909. Presentation to Louis N. Parker, Esq. (List of Subscribers)"


Box 4 Folder 6 Menus, 1910-1919


Box 4 Folder 7 General Printed Material, undated, 1896-1911, 1922, 1942, 1896-1911, 1922, 1942



Mapcase 14-16-04 Portrait of Parker, in chalk, by Cyril Roberts (25"x19"), 1920.