John A. Park Papers, PC.815
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- John A. Park Papers
- Call Number
- PC.815
- Creator
- Unknown
- Date
- 1861, 1919-1950
- Repository
- State Archives of North Carolina
Collection Overview
Papers of Park, publisher of the Raleigh Times, including letters (1919-1938) from a number of prominent people such as Mrs. Thomas W. Bickett, Heriot Clarkson, and Cameron Morrison complimenting the paper or acknowledging clippings; from S. A. Ashe about his publications in the 1870s; and from a prisoner seeking pardon. Printed material includes two pages of the New York Daily Tribune, Apr. 13, 1865; history (1924) of the Tabernacle Baptist Church, Raleigh; news reports of the death and funeral of President Roosevelt (1945); Raleigh newspapers and programs from President Truman's visit and unveiling of monument to the three presidents from North Carolina (Oct., 1948); and typescript of editorial about Henry M. London.