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Papers,
1841-1967
MS 13
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Title: Fenton M. Parke Papers,
1841-1967
Extent: 16 linear feet
(23 manuscript boxes )
Repository:
State University of New York at Buffalo. University
Archives
Abstract: This collection consists
of business records, correspondence, plot maps, property listings; ephemera of
civic, religious, fraternal, and cultural institutions; family memorabilia,
reminiscences; clippings on Buffalo local history; photographs of downtown
Buffalo, circa 1910; medals; speech notes on clock collecting and Lincolniana.
Also included are papers of his wife Margaret Kidd Parks: correspondence, notes
from classes at the University at Buffalo, and correspondence related to the
Home for the Friendless.
Preferred Citation
[Description and dates], Box/folder number, MS 13, Fenton M. Parke
Papers, 1841-1967, University Archives, The State University of New York at
Buffalo.
See the Archives'
preferred citations instructions for
additional information.
Acquisition Information
The majority of the collection was donated by Margaret Eastman,
Parke's daughter, in three accessions in 1968 and 1971. Additional material was
donated to the University Archives by Robert Parke, Parke's son, on October 26,
1976.
Terms of Access
The Fenton M. Parke Papers, 1841-1967, are open for research.
Copyright
Copyright of papers in the collection may be held by their authors,
or the authors' heirs or assigns. Researchers must obtain the written
permission of the holder(s) of copyright and the University Archives before
publishing quotations from materials in the collection. Most papers may be
copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures unless otherwise
specified.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Archives staff, circa 1995.
Accruals and Additions
No further accruals are expected to this collection.
Born in Leon, New York, Cattaraugus County, Parke studied law at the
University of Buffalo and began his real estate career in the office of S.S.
Kingsley (1892). He established Parke, Hall & Co. (1902), and as an active
member if the Chamber of Commerce organized the Real Estate Association (1904).
He was chairman of the Buffalo Citizens Committee of 1,000 for International
Celebration of 100 Years of Peace (1912-1915). Parke was President of the
Public Education Association of Buffalo, forerunner of the Buffalo City
Planning Association, (See Barbara Hollins' paper, Planning in Buffalo,
1918-1945) and an organizer of the Municipal Research Bureau. During his later
years, Parke continued an active public life in such organizations as the Old
Fort Niagara Association, and the Jesse Ketchum Memorial Fund.
His wife, Margaret Kidd Parke, died in 1925. Margaret Kidd Parke was
editor of "Our Record," the official organ of a group of prominent Buffalo
women who supported the Home for the Friendless at 1500 Main Street
(1924-1925), and attended the University of Buffalo (1915-1922).
This collection consists of business records, correspondence, plot
maps, property listings; ephemera of civic, religious, fraternal, and cultural
institutions; family memorabilia, reminiscences; clippings on local history;
pictures; medals; speech notes on clock collecting and Lincolniana. Also
included are papers of his wife Margaret Kidd Parks: correspondence, notes from
classes at the University at Buffalo, and correspondence related to the Home
for the Friendless.
This collection is arranged in nine series:
II. Margaret Kidd Parke Papers
III. Real Estate and City Planning
Subseries A. Real Estate
Subseries B. City Planning
Subseries C. Plot Maps
IV. Clippings and Printed Materials
V. Education
Subseries A. Buffalo Public Education Association
Subseries B. Education - Printed Materials
VI. Special Interests
Subseries A. Lincolniana
Subseries B. Clock Collecting
Subseries C. Additional Materials
VIII. Parke, Hall and Company
IX. Buffalo Area Materials
Subseries A. Westminster Presbyterian Church
Subseries B. Clubs
Subseries C. Buffalo and Niagara Frontier - Printed
Materials
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| Box |
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Contents |
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| 1 |
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Family history, photographs, personal clippings;
reminiscences, religious meditations
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| Box-folder |
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Contents |
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| 2.1 |
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S.S. Kingsley family letters,
1841-1876
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| 2.2 |
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General correspondence - Includes A.N.S. Booker T.
Washington to Fenton M. Parke concerning Tuskegee Institute,
1893-1940s
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| 2.3 |
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Letters from S.P. Thrasher, Superintendent of the
Committee of 15, Chicago, Ill., "to aid public authorities ... to prevent
traffic in women,"
1913-1916
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| 2.4 |
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Correspondence regarding site for a new Post Office
building, Buffalo,
1944-1960
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| 2.5 |
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General correspondence,
1950-1951
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| 3.1 |
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Parke family Christmas messages,
1937-1966
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| 3.2 |
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Correspondence: General Bidwell Memorial Association,
Christmas cards, New Year's greetings, birthdays,
1947-1966
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Contents |
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| 24 |
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Autograph book (1880-1885); diaries (1889-1890);
personal financial account books (1896-1902); class book from Chamberlin
Institute (1890),
1880-1902
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| 25 |
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Family correspondence: Kidd family letters (1899-1923);
courtship of Fenton M. Parke and Margaret Kidd, (1900-1901); letters to Fenton
M. Parke and Margaret Kidd Parke from the Parke family, (1901-1938), and Kidd
family (1905-1923); congratulatory cards on the birth of son Robert (1905);
correspondence between Fenton Parke and his children and grandchildren,
(1921-1951); miscellaneous items concerning Robert Parke and Robert Parke
Junior (1921-1951), and daughter Margaret Kidd Parke (Mrs. Frederick J.
Eastman), (1916-1935); non-family correspondence, (1916-1938),
1899-1951
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| 26 |
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Family papers: letters received by Mary Hall from
brother in the Civil War and sister in Trafalgar (1864-1870); Parke family (AG
and Sydney Parke) notes, bills, receipts and correspondence, Cattaraugus County
(1839); AG Parke's papers concerning a patent (1870-1871); and other family
papers of Lydia Parke, (1864-1905), and Lincoln Parke (1908-1943),
1864-1943
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| 27 |
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Photographs, including many cabinet photographs from the
1890s, some identified as acquaintances of Fenton M. Parke; snapshots, largely
unidentified, from the 1890s, showing people and travel scenes; prints showing
Fenton Parke addressing meetings, with his Lincoln collection in other poses,
1890s; photographs of daughter Margaret Kidd Parke, circa 1920s-1930s,
circa 1890-1930
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| 29 |
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Fenton M. Parke's notes concerning his European trip
(1923), correspondence, and speeches about his trip given in Buffalo after his
return; family correspondence concerning Margaret Kidd Parke's European trip
(1925); and postcards, brochures and other items acquired on both trips,
1923-1925
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| 32 |
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Personal financial records, including life insurance
policies and income tax reports, (1925-1948),
circa 1900-1948
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| Box-folder |
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Contents |
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| 4.1 |
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Correspondence: Robert Parke at Antioch College, others,
1915-1925
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| 4.2 |
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Course notes, grade certificates (one signed by Chas.
Norton) from University of Buffalo; English, philosophy, astronomy,
1916-1920
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| 5.1 |
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Correspondence regarding "Our Record," and the Home for
the Friendless; draft of a paper beginning, "In Jan., 1922 the International
Joint Commission placed before Congress a scheme to develop a passage for
Atlantic liners over the St. Lawrence and Great Lakes to Duluth ...,"
1924-1925
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| 5.2 |
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Condolence letters on the death of Margaret Kidd Parke,
1925
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| 5.3 |
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Issue of "Our Record,"
1926
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Contents |
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| 30 |
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Margaret Kidd Parke's Buffalo Free Kindergarten Training
Association papers: handwritten lesson plans and exams explaining Froebel's
"gifts," (1897-1898); miscellaneous items. Margaret Parke's Free Kindergarten
Training certificate (1898), and Buffalo Department of Instruction certificate
of qualification (1898), are stored with other oversize materials from the
Fenton Parke collection,
1897-1898
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III.A Real Estate,
1890-1965
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| Box-folder |
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Contents |
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| 6.1 |
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Kingsley-Potter Realtors, letters, balance sheets,
1890-1896
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| 6.2 |
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Property description forms,
1895-1920s
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| 6.3 |
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Correspondence,
1921-1925
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| 7.1 |
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Buffalo Real Estate Exchange; financial records;
building agreements,
1891-1907
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| 7.2 |
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"Kingsley's Real Estate Bulletins," with property
listings,
1896
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| 7.3 |
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Real Estate Association speeches,
1907,
1909,
undated
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| 7.4 |
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Chamber of Commerce clippings,
1909-1919
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| 7.5 |
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Chamber of Commerce speeches,
1910
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| 7.6 |
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Buffalo Real Estate Board: letters, pamphlets,
1924-1944
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| 7.7 |
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Newsletters: "Buffalo Realtor,"
1934
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| 7.8 |
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Parke, Hall & Co.; financial records,
1943-1948
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| 7.9 |
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Counselor's Report on the Buffalo Branch of the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York; plot maps; oversize plot maps are located in
map case,
1957
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| 7.10 |
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Society of Real Estate Counselors (National
Association of State Real Estate Boards),
1957-1961
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| 7.11 |
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Speech drafts; Real Estate Association, Committee on
Professional Standards, Chamber of Commerce pamphlets, Ad Club speech,
undated
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| 8.1 |
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New York Real Estate Association; letters and printed
material,
1912-1919
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| 8.2 |
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Real Estate Association; letters and printed material,
1923-1960
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| 8.3 |
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Society of Industrial Realtors (National Association
of Real Estate Boards) Governing Council Meeting, Chicago, Ill. Letters,
1947-1950
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| 8.4 |
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National Association of Real Estate Boards;
correspondence,
1952-1957
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| 8.5-8.6 |
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National Association of Real Estate Boards
Conventions, Chicago, Illinois,
1918-1952,
1965
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Contents |
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| 9 |
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Parke, Hall & Co.; clippings and pertaining to
local real estate,
1918-1925
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III.B City Planning,
1923-1950s
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| Box-folder |
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Contents |
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| 10.1 |
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City planning clippings,
1923-1940
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| 10.2 |
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Schedule of Zoning Regulations; drafts of ordinance,
1925
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| 10.3 |
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Buffalo City Planning Association: correspondence,
1920s-1950s
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| 10.4 |
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Minutes, Buffalo City Planning Association (Housing
Committee),
1934
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III.C Plot Maps,
1914-1948
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| Oversize |
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Contents |
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| MC 13+ |
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FJ & WA Kidd, Architects: Convention Hall,
1934
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| MC 13+ |
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SS Kingsley, Real Estate: Property at Bailey and
Clinton, undated
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| MC 13+ |
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The American Appraisal Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
Buffalo Builders Supply Co. Plants 1 and 2,
1914
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| MC 13+ |
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White and Getman engineers: Penn RR & adjoining
property,
1919
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| MC 13+ |
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Bancroft and Jones: Penn RR yards,
1923
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| MC 13+ |
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Fabrication Plant for Bancroft and Jones, undated
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| MC 13+ |
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Harrison Real Estate Corp. holdings on Monroe Street,
1925
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| MC 13+ |
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SS Kingsley: Delaware Avenue north of Erie RR,
1923
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| MC 13+ |
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Windsor Park Subdivision: Delaware Avenue, Forest,
Lincoln Parkway, Soldiers Place, Bird Avenue, VRW Goode & Co., Agents with
restrictions on cost, type of residence
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| MC 13+ |
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Hertel Avenue west of Erie RR switch, undated
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| MC 13+ |
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Map of Lancaster,
1931
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| MC 13+ |
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City of Buffalo map showing tax districts,
1926
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| MC 13+ |
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Map of City of Buffalo, Parke & Hall Co. ad,
1915
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| MC 13+ |
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Sketch showing suggested use of Erie Canal lands for
RR and industrial development,
1924
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| MC 13+ |
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Erie County highway map,
1948
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| Box-folder |
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Contents |
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| 21-22 |
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Clippings
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| 10.1 |
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"The Citizen"; the Civic Government Association, Albany,
New York,
1917
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| 10.2 |
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Miscellaneous printed material,
1925, undated
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| 10.3 |
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Buffalo City Planning Association newsletters,
1935-1940
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| 10.4 |
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First Annual Report - City Planning Committee of the
"Council,"
1918-1919
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| 10.5 |
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Recreation Survey on Buffalo,
1925
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| 10.6 |
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Survey of the Port of Buffalo,
1927
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| 10.7 |
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Problems Involved in the organization of a Buffalo port
authority,
1950
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| 10.8 |
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Final Report on the International Joint Commission on
the Pollution of Boundary Waters Reference - Washington-Ottawa,
1918
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| 10.9 |
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Proceedings of the Eleventh National Conference on City
Planning, Niagara Falls and Buffalo NY,
1919
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| 10.10 |
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A State Park Plan for New York,
1922
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| 10.11 |
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The State Park Plan for New York,
1924
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| 10.12 |
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The Milwaukee Harbor Project,
1936
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V.A Buffalo Public Education Association,
1911-1959
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| Box-folder |
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Contents |
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| 11.1 |
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Public Education Association literature,
1913
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| 11.2 |
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Digest of Charter Amendment Proposal,
1914
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| 11.3 |
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Public Education Association clippings,
1915-1919
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| 11.4 |
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Bills pertaining to the creation of the Board of
Education, papers relating to the reorganization of the Association,
1917
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| 11.5 |
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Correspondence and records pertaining to the closing
of the Public Education Association's financial books,
1921-1924
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| 11.6 |
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Buffalo High Schools -- printed items ,
1921 ,
1924,
1937,
1911-1912
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| 11.7 |
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Public Education Association; "a plea for the junior
high school", undated
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| 11.8 |
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State Education Dept. questionnaire on apprentice
training; related items,
1922-1923
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| 11.9 |
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Municipal Research Bureau reports on education, water,
the cost of elections,
1926-1933
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| 11.10 |
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Buffalo Common Council proceedings (one meeting 1931,
1932, for each date given),
1927, 1928, 1934,
1936
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| 11.11 |
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Mr. Parke's testimony before the Common Council's
hearing on the office of assessor; typed draft and tape recording,
1959
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V.B Education - Printed Materials,
1890-1923
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| Box-folder |
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Contents |
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| 12.1 |
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1890s Study guides, law (1896); regents questions,
spelling, geography; One Hundred Lessons in Business (1887) and 1901 Arbor Day
Program,
1890-1901
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| 12.2 |
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Announcements; Harvard, Yale,
1898-1899
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| 12.3 |
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Antioch College,
1890-1891; newsletters,
1920s,
1933
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| 12.4 |
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Silver Bay School for Boys, Silver Bay on Lake George;
catalog,
1921-1923
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| 12.5 |
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Education reports: New York State. U.S. Chamber of
Commerce: "Participation of the Federal Govt. in Education,"
1916,,
1900s
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| 12.6 |
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Buffalo publications: "Buffalo's Textbook"; "Character
Building," "The School Magazine," "Handbook for Elementary Teachers,"
1920s
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VI.A Lincolniana,
1909-1934
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| Box-folder |
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Contents |
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| 19 |
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Correspondence relating to Fenton M. Parke's
collection of Lincolniana; printed materials such as a program of exercises for
the Lincoln Centenary,
1909;
manuscript - "Why was Lincoln great?"; correspondence pertaining to the
erection of Lincoln statue in Buffalo; (Additional Lincoln materials: framed
and unframed lithographs and prints, plaque of U.S. Grant, undated,
1934
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VI.B Clock Collecting,
undated
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| Box-folder |
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Contents |
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Notes for speeches on clocks; correspondence; printed
material, one box tapes from WBEN, one envelope negatives
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VI.C Additional Materials,
1913-1914
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Contents |
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Peace celebrations,
1913-1914, on occasion of the 100th anniversary of
peace between the United States and Canada, including correspondence with the
American Peace Centenary Committee, plans for celebrations and printed
materials; miscellaneous printed materials on peace, prohibition and Catholics;
notes and typescripts addressed to Parke's "metaphysical" friends on Parke's
experience at the East Aurora Sun Diet Sanitorium, correspondence with Dr. Hay
of the Sun and Diet Sanitorium,
1933, and
miscellaneous health related brochures and clippings
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| Box-folder |
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Contents |
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| 23.1 |
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Newspaper with article on Leon, NY, Fenton Parke's
birthplace,
1890
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| 23.2 |
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Musical program, the 31st National March of the Grand
Army of the Republic, Buffalo, NY Camp Jewett edition,
1897
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| 23.3 |
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Advertisement for lodgings, Pan American Exposition,
stock certificate from Pan American Exposition Company,
1901
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| 23.4 |
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American Patriotic Society of NY scroll honoring Fenton
Parke,
1918
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| 23.5 |
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Program: New York Central Railroad Centennial,
1926
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| 23.6 |
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Membership certificates: Citizens' Guild of
Fredricksburg, VA; Old Fort Niagara Association; Freemasons; Young Republicans;
National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors,
1926-1959
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| 23.7 |
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First annual report: Board of Publicity, City of
Buffalo,
1940
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| 23.8 |
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Membership certificates: National Assn. of Real Estate
Boards,
1944-1948,
1957
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| 23.9 |
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Membership certificates: Buffalo Real Estate Board,
1945-1948,
1961
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| 23.10 |
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Membership certificate: American Society of Real Estate
Counselors,
1954
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| 23.11 |
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Membership certificate: Jamestown Real Estate Board,
1955
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| 23.12 |
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Plaque of certificate of appreciation for service as
President of New York State Association. of Real Estate Boards (1918-1919),
1961
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| 23.13 |
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100th Birthday card, honorary certificates from Erie
County Executive, Mayor of Buffalo, and City Planning Board,
1966
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| 23.14 |
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One-reel motion picture on clocks, Buffalo Statler
Hilton "Man of the Week" announcement, undated
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Correspondence, financial records and other materials
pertaining to the industrial properties and real estate business of Parke,
Hall, and Company,
circa 1906-1946
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IX.A Westminster Presbyterian Church,
1898-1955
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Contents |
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| 13 |
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Presbyterian Board of Publication pamphlets (1898),
correspondence with the Rev. Samuel V.V. Holmes (1905-1933); programs
(1906-1955); correspondence with Rev. A.G. Butzer, (1932-1941, 1951); folder of
Christian Science Society of Central Park materials, including bank book of
Christian Science Society of Central Park, clippings on the Lafayette Ave.
Presbyterian Church, miscellaneous religious pamphlets,
1898-1955
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Printed material; The Buffalo Club, Buffalo Athletic
Club, Central Railroad Club, Chamber of Commerce, Ellicott Club, Erie County
Republican Club, Executive Club (Preceded the Rotary Club), Masonic Lodge,
YMCA, Jesse Ketchum Memorial Association
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| 15 |
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Newsletters established by the Buffalo Society of
Natural Sciences, The Buffalo Historical Society, Grosvenor Library, Fine Arts
Academy, Buffalo Foundation; other non-profit institutions and miscellaneous
programs
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| 16-17 |
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Pamphlets on local history, the Old Fort Niagara
Association, travel literature, theatrical and musical programs; automobile
road maps (1920-1922), miscellaneous Buffalo publications, additional theater
programs; Box XVII Gettysburg battlefield guide (1887); Tennessee Civil War
battleground maps, guides; programs observing Washington's birthday; postcards;
business brochures, 1920s advertisements,
1887-1920s
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| 18 |
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Hymnals:
1876, 1880, 1883,
1884, and undated
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IX.C Buffalo and Niagara Frontier - Printed Materials,
1905-1926
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Material collected for a speech by Robert Parke on
transportation. Includes publications of the Manufacturers Club (1905), the
Chamber of Commerce (1905, 1914), a copy of Palmer's Views (circa 1911), New
York Telephone (1913), the Weed Hardware Store (1918), the Buffalo Yearbook
(1920), Niagara Power (1925), and the Central Railway Club (1926),
1905-1926
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the Library's online catalog.
Buffalo (N.Y.). City
Planning Association
Home for the Friendless
(Buffalo, N.Y.)
Parke, Margaret Kidd, d.
1925
Public Education
Association of Buffalo
State University of New
York at Buffalo. University Archives
University of Buffalo.
School of Law
Associations, institutions,
etc.--New York (State)--Buffalo
Buffalo
(N.Y.)--Archives
Buffalo
(N.Y.)--History
City planning--New York
(State)--Buffalo
Clocks and watches--Private
collections--New York (State)--Buffalo
Home for
the Friendless (Buffalo, N.Y.)
Lincoln,
Abraham, 1809-1865--Bibliography
Popular culture--New York
(State)--Buffalo
Public schools--New York
(State)--Buffalo
Real estate
business--United States--Records and correspondence
Real estate agents--New
York (State)--Buffalo
Real property--New
York(State)--Buffalo--Maps
State
University of New York at Buffalo--Archives
Westminster
Presbyterian Church (Buffalo, N.Y.)
Westminster
Presbyterian Church (Buffalo, N.Y.)--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Separated Materials
A list of books removed and transferred to the Lockwood Memorial
Library is available upon request.
