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Collection material in English
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The papers of Alton B. Parker, lawyer, judge, and Democratic Party presidential candidate, were given to the Library of Congress by his widow, Amelia C. Parker, and his granddaughter, Mary H. Oxholm, in 1958. Additional items were acquired through gift and purchase, 1960-1971.
The Alton B. Parker Papers were processed in 1960. Additions were made in 1979 and the collection was revised in 2009.
The Parker Papers were described in the Library of Congress
Copyright in the unpublished writings of Alton B. Parker in these papers and in other collections of papers in the custody of the Library of Congress has been dedicated to the public.
The papers of Alton B. Parker are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Alton B. Parker Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of Alton Brooks Parker (1852-1926) span the years 1878-1937, with the bulk of the material from 1904 to 1926. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, scrapbooks, clippings, printed matter, photographs, invitations, legal opinions, financial records, and autobiographical and biographical material. The papers are organized into seven series: General Correspondence, Speech File, Autobiographical and Biographical File, Miscellany, Scrapbooks, Clippings, and Printed Matter.
The principal subjects are the presidential election of 1904 in which Parker ran as the candidate of the Democratic Party and his work from 1920 to 1926 with legal, civic, and philanthropic organizations. Material relating to the 1904 election is chiefly in the Scrapbooks and Speech File series. The General Correspondence series includes New York state and county Democratic committee correspondence for 1904.
General Correspondence between 1919 and 1926 features Parker's committee work, organizational connections, and family matters. He was an active member of the Sulgrave Institution of the United States and of the British Commonwealth, National Civic Federation, New York State Bar Association, American Bar Association, Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Inc., Lawyers' Club (New York, N.Y.), English Speaking Union of the United States, Board of Trustees of the Albany Law School, Charity Organization Society of the City of New York Committee on Criminal Courts, Committee for Armenian Independence, and National Council of Religion in Higher Education.
Correspondents include Josephus Daniels, Ralph M. Easly, Rufus Wheeler Peckham, and William H. Taft.
This collection is arranged in seven series:
Letters sent and received.
Arranged chronologically by year and therein alphabetically. Correspondence with New York county and state Democratic Party committees for 1904 is alphabetically arranged by county in a separate file at the end of the series.
Bound and unbound manuscript and printed copies of speeches.
Arranged chronologically.
Typescript of an unpublished memoir by Parker and reminiscences by his daughter, with miscellaneous memoranda and notes.
Arranged by type of material.
Invitations, legal documents, photographs, financial records, various committee reports, “Gold Telegram” of 1904, and other miscellany.
Arranged by type of material and therein chronologically.
Newspaper clippings mounted in bound volumes.
Arranged chronologically, with some years not represented.
Newspaper clippings.
Arranged chronologically
Pamphlets, reprints of articles, and miscellaneous printed matter.
Arranged chronologically.