Horatio Hyde Parker was born in England in 1850, and migrated to America in 1869. He moved to Portland, Oregon in 1887, where he was employed in the law firm of Williams and Wood. The Horatio Hyde Parker papers consist of diaries, letters, and other documents concerning the family of Horatio Hyde Parker and his wife, Charlotte Boykin Parker.
Repository:
University of Oregon Libraries
Special Collections & University Archives
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through
a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biographical Note
Horatio Hyde Parker was born in England in 1850, and migrated to America in 1869. He clerked in stores and law offices in Georgia, Florida, and Alabama, read law, was admitted to the bar, and came to Portland, Oregon in 1887. In Oregon, he was employed in the law firm of Williams and Wood. In 1882, he married Charlotte Boykin of Tilden, Alabama.
Content Description
The Horatio Hyde Parker Papers consist of diaries, letters, and other documents concerning the family of Horatio Hyde Parker and Charlotte Boykin Parker.
The papers include letters of Alfred Parker, Horatio’s father, a bookseller in Manchester, and letters of Horatio’s brothers and sisters, his children, and various friends. Among the letters are series from Richard H. Thornton, and Charles Erskine Scott Wood.
The diaries and journals in the collection are by Alfred Parker, Horatio Parker, and Horatio’s son, Jamieson. The journal of Alfred Parker describes a walking tour from Manchester to London, and from Manchester to Scotland, 1845, 1847, and 1848. One of Horatio Parker’s early diaries describes traveling from Manchester to Rouen, France, and a return, in 1867. His American diaries depict conditions in the South from 1870 to 1875. The Jamieson Parker diaries, 1916-1918, describe social life in New York during World War I, and the beginnings of the architectural career of Jamieson Parker.
One of the letter series is the so-called “Seaview Letters.” It represents a series from 1888 to 1914, written from Seaview, Washington, where the Parker family maintained a summer home. The letters describe a mode of vacationing popular at the time.
The Horatio Hyde Parker Papers consist of 26 volumes of diaries, copybooks, and similar volumes, and 821 letters, 1844-1917. In addition to the Parker family records, there is material, largely genealogical, concerning the Boykin-Scott-Bibb families of Alabama.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Access :
Collection is open to the public.
Collection must be used in Special Collections & University Archives Reading Room.
Restrictions on Use :
Property rights reside with Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries.
Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to the
Manuscripts Librarian in Special Collections & University Archives. The
reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Preferred Citation :
[Identification of item], Horatio Hyde Parker Papers, Ax 076, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene, Oregon.
Administrative Information
Arrangement :
Collection is organized into the following ten series: Series I. Horatio H. Parker Diaries; Series II. Horatio H. Parker Letters Received; Series III. Horatio Parker Letters Sent; Series IV. Horatio H. Parker "Seaview Letters;" Series V. Alfred Parker Journals; Series VI. Miscellaneous; Series VII. Parker Family Genealogical Documents; Series VIII. Scott-Bibb-Boykin Families Genealogical Documents; Series IX. Books; Series X. Miscellaneous.
Acquisition Information :
Gift of the estate of Van W. Anderson in 1963.
Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
Diary contents: In school and at home in Stretford, England; visits Isle of Man on holiday trip with father
March 19, 1861-October 5, 1862
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Diary contents: Clerk, in Manchester, with William Henry Bradley, pawnbroker, and Cartwright, Haywood and Co., carpet manufacturers
February 21, 1865-January 3, 1866
1
4
Diary contents: Journal of wanderings, Manchester to Dover, to Calais, to Rouen, to Dippe, to Newhaven to Manchester
August 20, 1867-September 25, 1867
1
5
Diary contents: Description of sermon heard in "New Jerusalem Church;" remarks on Swedenborgianism
February 14, 1869
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6
Diary contents: Migration to America through port of Savannah, Georgia; clerking in store in Swainsboro, Georgia
December 7, 1869-November 6, 1870
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7
Diary contents: Clerking for circuit judge
November 15, 1870-April 14, 1871
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8
Diary contents: Clerking for Dr. P.H. Holt, Lake City, Florida; move to Montgomery, Alabama, clerking for circuit judge
April 15, 1871-May 23, 1872
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9
Diary contents: Move to St. Paul, Minnesota; apprentice printer at St. Paul Dispatch; return to Montgomery, Alabama; clerking in law office; walking tour in Alabama backlands
May 24, 1872-October 1872; January 1874-August 15, 1875
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10
Diary contents: Clerking in law office
May 9, 1875-December 1875
1
11
Diary contents: Clerking for Montgomery Railroad; after May 30, 1876, all entries are in shorthand
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
Personal Names :
Parker, Alfred
Parker, Charlotte Boykin
Parker, Horatio Hyde, b. 1850---Archives
Parker, Jamieson
Thornton, Richard H. (Richard Hopwood), 1845-1925--Correspondence
Wood, Charles Erskine Scott, 1852-1944--Correspondence
