President Albert G. Parker Papers, 1871-1980 - Finding Aid

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Scope and Content: The Parker Collection spans from 1871-1980 focusing on Parker's presidency from 1929-1958. Materials include correspondence, information on the daily running of the college, Board of Trustee business, financial documents, donation information, material for soliciting students, college expansion and construction documents including blueprints, and the ending of segregation at Hanover. Correspondents include William H. Donner, P.E. Goodrich, Charles Lynn, Harry V. Wade, and architect Jens Fredrick Larson.

Biographical Note: Albert George Parker, Jr. Was born in 1892, earned his Bachelor of Arts from Park College (1914), his Bachelor of Divinity from McCormick Theological Seminary (1919) and his PhD from the University of Chicago (1929) and was ordained a Presbyterian minister (1917). He was the president of Hanover College from 1929-1968, suffering a heart attack right before retirement. He was married to Katherine McAfee and they had several children. Parker's Presidency saw great changes at Hanover College including the construction many iconic buildings across campus and the ending of segregation at Hanover. Parker raised considerable money for the college, especially through professional friendship with W. H. Donner.

This is a finding aid, which provides information about the contents of an archival collection. The presence of a finding aid on this website does not mean that items from the collection have been digitized or are available online. For more information about this collection, or to schedule a time to visit and review nondigitized materials, please contact the Hanover College Archives at archives@hanover.edu.

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MLA citation style (9th ed.)

Parker, Albert George, 1863-1937. President Albert G. Parker Papers, 1871-1980 - Finding Aid. Hanover College. 1871. hanover.hykucommons.org/concern/generic_works/300e51f2-04a9-4482-89e0-b870bae5b3b3?locale=en.

APA citation style (7th ed.)

P. A. G. 1863-1937. (1871). President Albert G. Parker Papers, 1871-1980 - Finding Aid. https://hanover.hykucommons.org/concern/generic_works/300e51f2-04a9-4482-89e0-b870bae5b3b3?locale=en

Chicago citation style (CMOS 17, author-date)

Parker, Albert George, 1863-1937. President Albert G. Parker Papers, 1871-1980 - Finding Aid. Hanover College. 1871. https://hanover.hykucommons.org/concern/generic_works/300e51f2-04a9-4482-89e0-b870bae5b3b3?locale=en.

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