PUBLIC "-//North Carolina Division of Historical Resources::North Carolina State Archives//TEXT (US::NcD::[P.C.51]::Surry Parker Photograph Collection, 1867-1942)//EN" "phc_parker_surry_1867_1942.xml" Surry Parker Photograph Collection, 1867-1942 Processed by: Stephen E. Massengill; machine-readable finding aid created by: Dietra Stanley North Carolina Division of Historical Resources

North Carolina State Archives 4614 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4614 USA Phone: 919/807-7310 Fax: 919/733-1354 Email: archives@ncdcr.gov URL: http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/

Machine-readable finding aid derived from paper by means of scanning and OCR; OCR file edited for typographical errors before encoding. Microsoft Word. Date of source: 1867-1942 Finding aid completed September 1992, by Stephen E. Massengill; Finding aid encoded by Dietra Stanley, North Carolina State Archives, November 3, 2003 Description is in English. Surry Parker Photograph Collection, 1867-1942 North Carolina State Archives, Division of Historical Resources Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4614 Contact Information Division of Historical Resources North Carolina State Archives 4614 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4614 USA Phone: 919/807-7310 Fax: 919/733-1354 Email: archives@ncdcr.gov URL: http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/archives/arch/default.htm Processed by Stephen E. Massengill Date Completed September, 1992 Encoded by Dietra Stanley Date Encoded November 3, 2003

Descriptive Summary Surry Parker Photograph Collection, 1867-1942 Surry Parker family. The collection of negatives contain images of the Surry Parker (1867-1942) family and business enterprises in northeastern North Carolina and southeastern Virginia. 35 items; Includes 1 Eastman negative album of 35 folios (glassine sleeves) containing 155 black and white negatives. North Carolina State Archives, Division of Historical Resources Information for Users Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

[P.C.51.1] Surry Parker Photograph Collection, North Carolina State Archives, Division of Historical Resources, Office of Archives and History.

Acquisition Information

This collection was donated to the State Archives by Dr. Surry Roberts, 120 Woodburn Road, Raleigh, N. C. 27605 on October 1, 1992. It was accessioned by the archives in October, 1992.

Processing Information

Finding aid completed by Stephen E. Massengill

Completed September, 1992

Collection Overview

The collection of negatives contain images of the Surry Parker (1867-1942) family and business enterprises in northeastern North Carolina and southeastern Virginia, ca. 1904-1920's. There are photos of Parker's Pinetown, North Carolina logging and machinery operation in the 1910's. In addition, there are views of his business interests in Virginia, including the Surry Parker Machine Works at Norfolk. He designed and built logging machinery. Many of the images are of Parker's relatives vacationing in the Virginia Beach area. Also in the collection is a copy of a daguerreotype of Captain George Thomas Parker, the father of Surry Parker, in his Confederate uniform.

(NOTE: The Parker family's handwritten notes on the collection give added detail to many folios. The notes may be found at the end of the collection. The orginal negative album also may be found with the collection.)

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in the original order of negatives in the album. They are organized into folios, and the folders contain the identical numbers of the folios in the album.

Online Catalog Headings Parker, Surry, 1867-1942. Pinetown (N.C.) Virginia Beach (Va.) Surry Parker Machine Works (Norfolk, Va.) Logging. Parker, George Thomas. Container List Folio 1 "Thin Cottage," Virginia Beach, Virginia, June, 1926 (2 negatives) Houseparty at Dr. Robert W. Smith's House, Hertford, North Carolina, May 2, 1926 (1 negative)

L to R: Anna Whaley Smith (later Elliot), unknown, Dorothy Nixon, Jane Odom Parker (later Bosman), Dr. Robert W. Smith, Marjorie Nixon, Anna Whaley Smith (Mrs. R. W. Smith).

Dr. R. W. Smith's yard, Hertford, North Carolina, May, 1926 (5 Negatives)

L to R: Anna Whaley Smith, Dr. R. W. Smith, unknown, Elizabeth Walton Parker (later Roberts), Marjorie Nixon (later Horton), Anna Whaley Smith, Jane Odom Parker, Lavinia May Whaley, Smith Babb, Patty Borland Odom, Mary Shepard Odom Parker.

Jane Odom Parker and 3 unidentified people, "Thin Cottage," Virginia Beach, Virginia, 1926 (1 Negative). "Thin Cottage," Virginia Beach, Virginia, 1926 (1 Negative)

L to R: Ray west, Pattie Hunter, Silas Whedbee, Elizabeth Parker, Shelton White, Lois Efird, Peg Landon, Peggie Parker, Katharine Hunter, Jane Parker.

Folio 2 Boardwalk, Virginia Beach, Virginia, June 17, 1926 (1 Negative) Virginia Beach, Virginia, June 17, 1926 (1 negative)

L to R: Mary Shepard Parker, Alec Taylor, Georgia Riddle (later Chamblee), Mary Whitehurst, 2 unknowns, Mademoiselle Louise De Maison

Virginia Beach, Virginia, June 17, 1926 (1 negative)

L to R: Ella Aston, Alec Taylor, Mary Shepard Odom Parker, Mlle. Louise De Maison.

Virginia Beach, Virginia, June 17, 1926 (1 negative)

L to R: Ray West, Patty Hunter, Silas Whedbee, Elizabeth Parker, Shelton White, Lois Efird, Peg Landon, Katharine Hunter, Jane Parker.

Cars in front of cottage, Virginia Beach, Virginia, June 30, 1926 (1 negative) Virginia Beach, Virginia, June 17, 1926 (1 Negative)

L to R (top row): Ella Aston, Alec Taylor, Mary Shepard Odom Parker, Mlle. Louise De Maison, Elizabeth Brownley Odom Hunter, Mary Shepard Parker, Mary Whitehurst, Georgia Riddle.

Virginia Beach, Virginia, June 17, 1926 (1 negative)

L to R (kneeling): Lois Efird, Silas Whedbee, Elizabeth Parker, Patty Hunter, Shelton White, Peg Landon, Ray West, Jane Parker, Katherine Hunter, Peggie Parker.

Virginia Beach, Virginia, June 17 and 26, 1926 (2 negatives) Virginia Beach, Virginia, June 17, 1926 (2 negatives)

L to R: Ray West, Patty Hunter, Shelton White, Peg Landon, Silas Whedbee, Elizabeth Parker.

Virginia Beach, Virginia, June 17, 1926 (2 negatives) Virginia Beach, Virginia, June 17, 1926 (1 negative)

L to R: Peg Landon, Patty Hunter, unknown, Shelton White, Ray West.

Mrs. H. H. Hunter and two swimmers, Virginia Beach, Virginia, June 28, 1926 (1 negative). Folio 3 Houseparty, Virginia Beach, Virginia, June, 1926 (5 negatives)

L to R: Jane Parker, Elizabeth Parker, Peg Landon, Silas Whedbee, unknown, Ray West, Lois Efird, Shelton White.

Folio 4 Surry Parker, Mr. Cohn, Mr. Whaley, Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Cheney, Washington, D. C., June, 1904 (1 negative) Folio 5 Cars and machinery (including a Norfolk & Western Rail Car and Our Berkley Locomotive), ca. early 1900's (6 negatives) Folio 6 Log Cottage, Raeford, North Carolina, February 16, 1927 (2 negatives) Folio 7 Mr. A. W. Evans at the site of the first theater in Jamestown, Virginia, March 28, 1927 (1 negative) Mr. A. W. Evans at the ruins of a church in Jamestown, Virginia, March 28, 1927 (2 negatives) Mr. A. W. Evans at the site of the battlefield in Jamestown, Virginia, March 28, 1927 (1 negative) Mr. A. W. Evans at the Moore House in Jamestown, Virginia, March 28, 1927 (1 negative) Folio 8 Small nail keg saw mill, near Homeville, Virginia, April 4, 1927 (6 negatives) Folio 9 Mileage signs at a street corner, Williamston, North Carolina, March 26, 1927 (4 negatives) Folio 10 "George Washington's Ditch," Lake of the Dismal Swamp, May 11, 1927 (1 negative) Folio 11 Aloys Butler, rural Edenton, North Carolina, May 10, 1927 (1 negative) Aloys Butler and wife, rural Edenton, North Carolina, May 10, 1927 (1 negative) Folio 12 Small pine timber, near Edenton, North Carolina, May, 10, 1927 (7 negatives) Folio 13

See Parker family notes for more information on these photographs.

Arbuckle's Landing and repair of the wharf, near Wallaceton, Virginia, May 3, 4, 10, 1927 (5 negatives) Folio 14 Margaret Reay and Jane Parker, May 8, 1927 (1 negative) Folio 15 Mrs. Bailey Griffith and her nine children eating bread provided by Surry Parker, Arbuckle's Landing, near Wallaceton, Virginia, May 9, 1927 (1 negative) Folio 16 Mrs. Bailey Griffith's nine children, Arbuckle's Landing, near Wallaceton, Virginia, May 9, 1927 (1 negative) Folio 17

See Parker family notes for more information on these photographs.

Porter Brothers Locomotive and cars, April 16, 1927 (1 negative) Repairing sign on water at Berkley Mill, Norfolk, Virginia, April 16, 1927 (6 negatives) "For Sale" sign at Berkley Mill, Norfolk, Virginia, April 16, 1927 (1 negative) Folio 18

See Parker family notes for more information on these photographs.

Crane at Berkely Mill, Norfolk, Virginia, 1925, 1926, and February, 1927 (6 negatives) Folio 19 Liberty Iron and Wire Works buildings, Norfolk County, Virginia, n. d. (5 negatives). Folio 20 Gates to the estate of Mr. W. T. Fergus (in Stamford CT), built at Arbuckle's Landing, near Wallaceton, Virginia, n. d. (2 negatives) Folio 21 Mr. W. L. Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, April 25, 1927 (3 negatives) Folio 22 Gas engine crane, Hampton Boulevard, (Norfolk?) Virginia, April, 1927 (2 negatives) Folio 23

See Parker family notes for more information on these photographs.

Dead bear on crane, saw mill at Arbuckle's Landing, near Wallaceton, Virginia, n.d. (3 negatives) Jane Parker, Mr. Fergus, his son, and his son's goat cart, South Norfolk, Virginia, n.d. (3 negatives) George Dyer, wife Jane, and their four children in front of their house on the land between Lake Drummond and the Feeder Ditch, near Arbuckle's Landing, Wallaceton, Virginia, n.d. (1 negative) Jay Dunbar and a group of deer hunters, Arbuckle's Landing, near Wallaceton, Virginia, n.d. ( 1 negative) Destruction of the saw mill by forest fire, Arbuckle's Landing, near Wallaceton, Virginia, April 28, 1927 (5 negatives) Folio 25 Walter L. Cohoon Farm, road pictures, April 12, 1927 (5 negatives) Folio 27 Group and canoe, Dismal Swamp and Arbuckle's Landing, near Wallaceton, Virginia, ca. 1920's (4 negatives) May Shepard Parker (middle), her principal and wife, and a captive bear cub, Arbuckle's Landing, near Wallaceton, Virginia, n.d. (1 negative) Folio 28 Georgia Riddle, M. S. Parker, Sarah Boren, Marian Cooper, Cape Henry, Virginia, June 15, 1925 (3 negatives) Folio 29 Monument erected in the Dismal Swamp, near George Dyer's house, when Prohibition went into effect, n.d. (1 negative)

L to R: Mrs. Surry Parker, Elizabeth Walton Parker, Mrs. Thomas Lingle, Eustace Lingle, Peggie Parker, Jane Parker, and Dr. Thomas Lingle.

Folio 30 An unidentified sailor and Surry Parker, Lake Drummond Feeder Ditch Locks, Dismal Swamp, North Carolina, n. d. (1 negative). Folio 31 Elizabeth Parker and cat at Parker house, Norfolk, Virginia, August 20, 1925 (1 negative) Folio 32 Jane Parker in front of sign commemorating the Merrimac/Monitor battle, n.d. (1 negative). Folio 34 Anna Whaley Smith at Parker house, Norfolk, Virginia, n. d. (2 negatives). Folio 35 Machinery designed and built by Surry Parker, Pine Town, North Carolina, n. d. (7 negatives) Folio 75 Ensign Jim Griffin, n. d., (1 negative) Unknown, Mary Shepard Parker, Elizabeth Walton Parker, Hertford, North Carolina, n. d. (1 negative) Unknown child beside Surry Parker's office, Pine Town North Carolina n. d. (1 negative) Unidentified group on boat, n. d. (1 negative) Mr. and Mrs. Sidney (Dick) Elliot and son Sidney, Hertford, North Carolina, n. d. (1 negative) Sidney (Dick) Elliot, Hertford, North Carolina, n. d. (3 negatives) Folio 76 Miscellaneous photographs of Surry Parker's family and Pine Town logging operation, ca. 1910's (14 Negatives and contact prints) Folio 100 Captain George Thomas Parker (b. 1836), Companies G and H, 5th Regiment, North Carolina State Troops, in uniform, resident of Gates County, father of Surry Parker (1 negative taken from daguerreotype) Related Material:

Additional information on topics found in this collection may be found in the Manuscript and Archives Reference System (MARS) at http://www.ncarchives.dcr.state.nc.us