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Parker family papers, 1874-1991.
BANC MSS 2003/123 cLOCAL
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Title:
Parker family papers, 1874-1991Creator/Contributor:
Parker family., creatorAbstract:
Contains a biography and clippings about Jean Parker and school named for her, Civil War remembrances of W.L. McEwen, Parker
family genealogy, and photographs of Parker family.
Date:
1874 (issued)Subject:
Parker familyParker, Jean
McEwen, W. L
Jean Parker Elementary School (San Francisco, Calif.)
Educators -- California -- San Francisco
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906
Loma Prieta Earthquake, Calif., 1989
Time capsules
Earthquakes -- California -- San Francisco
California -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories
Note:
Includes 1 photograph of Parker women.
Jean Parker was an educator in San Francisco from 1861 until retirement in 1901. The Jean Parker Grammar School was named
for her. The school building was destroyed once in 1906 and again in 1989 following earthquakes. In 1991 a time capsule was
discovered from 1911 when the school was being rebuilt.
W.L. McEwen, husband of Annie Parker, served in the Calif. Battalion and then the Second Mass. Cavalry during the American
Civil War.
Type:
Photographs.Physical Description:
print
1 v. ; 37 cm.
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 2003/123 cLOCAL