Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Parton, Jane Bourne, 1917-1962
- Abstract:
- Extent:
- 3,706 items in 4 Hollinger Boxes
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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Parton (Jane Bourne) Papers. Northeastern University (Oakland)
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Parton collection includes diaries and memorabilia from Jane’s years at Annie Wright Seminary; correspondence written while she was an undergraduate at Mills; and correspondence and memorabilia from her years with Hilton Hotels, including 81 letters from Conrad Hilton. Her correspondence with James Parton begins in 1947. Her wedding in 1950 is fully documented, and notebooks kept by Jane Parton include dress designs and dinner menus from the 1950s. Several dozen photographs of Jane Bourne Parton and her family, and such miscellaneous materials as obituary clippings and letters of condolence on her death, complete the collection.
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Preferred citation:
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Parton (Jane Bourne) Papers. Northeastern University (Oakland)
- Location of this collection:
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Special Collections, F. W. Olin Library5000 MacArthur Blvd.Oakland, CA 94613, US
- Contact:
- 510.430.2047