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| Title: | Parker, Francis Warner. Papers |
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| Dates: | 1913-1917 |
| Size: | .25 linear ft. (3 folders) |
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Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | Francis Warner Parker, lawyer, senator. The Francis Warner Parker Papers consist of letters of introduction for Parker from Henry Pratt Judson, President of the University of Chicago; Louis L. Judson, Secretary of the State of Illinois; and Frank Lowden, Governor of Illinois. Papers also include an article written by Parker, "British Municipal Practice Versus American Municipal Theory," and Alma Chapman Parker: In Memoriam, a book written by Parker. |
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Francis Warner Parker was born on April 1, 1858 in Alton, Illinois. He graduated from Shurtelefff College in 1878 (A.B.), where he also met his future wife Alma Chapman. The couple married in September of 1883.
Parker began his career as a lawyer in Chicago, where he was admitted to the bar in 1880. He served in the Illinois State Senate from 1902-1906. Parker was also a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Chicago.
Francis Warner Parker died in 1922.
The Francis Warner Parker Papers consist of letters of introduction for Parker from Henry Pratt Judson, President of the University of Chicago; Louis L. Judson, Secretary of the State of Illinois, and Frank Lowden, Governor of Illinois. Papers also include an article written by Parker, "British Municipal Practice Versus American Municipal Theory," and Alma Chapman Parker: In Memoriam, a book written by Parker.
| Box 1 Folder 1 | Correspondence
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| Box 1 Folder 2 | Article
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| Box 1 Folder 3 | Biography
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