Governor George A. Parks Papers, ca. 1976-1981

Collection

Identifier: MS 4-29-15

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection includes correspondence to and from Governor Parks in his later years. Dora Sweeney wrote some of the letters for Governor Parks. The letters center on his birthdays after age 90. The collection also includes a proclamation by the City and Borough of Juneau for Governor George Parks Day and “State of Birthdays in the Supreme Court for Candle County” from a group of his friends.

Dates

ca. 1976-1981

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is unrestricted.

Conditions Governing Use

Request for permission to publish or reproduce material from the collection should be discussed with the Librarian.

Biographical / Historical

BIOGRAPHICAL TIMELINE

1883 May 29 Born in Denver, Col., son of Mr. and Mrs. James Parks

1906 Graduated with an E.M. degree from Colorado School of Mines

1907 Arrived in Alaska and worked as a mining engineer for private companies

1909 May 8 Appointed as a practical miner, General Land Office, U.S. Dept. of the Interior. • First lieutenant of engineers, Fairbanks • Captain, Chemical Warfare Service, Camp Lee, VA • Reassigned to Ninth Div. of Alaska as gas officer to train troops in gas warfare

1919 May 12 Appointed Chief of the Alaska Field Division, General Land Office, Juneau

1924 April 9 Appointed Assistant supervisor of Surveys and Public Lands

1925 June 16 Appointed Governor of Alaska by President Calvin Coolidge

1919 Oct. 1 Reappointed Governor for a second term by President Herbert Hoover, terminating April 3, 1933 with his resignation to President Franklin D. Roosevelt

1934 June 14 District Cadastral Engineer, Alaska

1936 Jan. 1 Regional Cadastral Engineer, Alaska

1948 June 2 Retired from federal service with forty years of service to the Territory

1948 1984 Continued living and working in Alaska until his death on May 11, 1984 in Juneau just a few weeks short of his 101st birthday

[Taken from MS 91 Guide to Collection]

Extent

8 items

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The papers were donated by Philip Nelson via Jerrold and Bette Olson in July 2004, Acc. #2004-26.

Processing Information

Items are numbered. Some pages are fragile. Collection is housed in mylar.

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Finding aid for the Governor George A. Parks Papers, ca. 1976-1981
Status: In Progress
Author: Processed by: Gladi Kulp July 2004 ; ArchivesSpace finding aid by: Sandy Johnston
Date: 2019 July
Description rules: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description: Undetermined
Script of description: Code for undetermined script
Language of description note: Eng