| Scope and content |
Collection (1945-circa 1980s, undated) of clippings, photographs, Christmas cards, World War II ration books, relating to the Parker family, "Pitch a Boogie Woogie" a film with an all-black cast, the Corner Stone Baptist Church, and Mt. Calvary Free Will Baptist Church of Greenville, North Carolina. |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
Lester and Agnes Parker Collection (#1005), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
| Terms of use | Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Gift of Janice L. Rice. |
| Biographical note | Lester and Mary Parker and their daughter Agnes were an African American family who resided in Pitt County during the World War II period (earliest known) until their deaths. Agnes Parker died on July 12, 2003, at the age of 73 and is buried at Homestead Cemetery in Pitt County, N.C. |
