Finding aid for Papers of Morris B. Parker, 1886-1947.

              MORRIS B. PARKER PAPERS
1886-1947
FINDING AID
The Huntington Library
Mitchell W.K. Toda
July 26, 2002
©The Huntington LibraryMorris B. Parker Papers – Finding Aid – Page 2
Administrative Information
This collection of typescripts and photographs was a gift of Lina Parker Matthews on April 18, 1968. In addition to these materials Mrs. Matthews gave a gift of diaries and notebooks on September 8, 1976.
The collection contains 215 pieces in 6 boxes and spans the dates of 1886-1947.
Acquisition number: 353
Biographical Note
Morris B. Parker (1871-1957) was born in 1871, the son of Erastus Wells and Emmeline Brown Parker. He grew up in St. Louis, Missouri and spent his summers in Penn Yan, New York. His father purchased the South Homestake located in White Oaks, New Mexico in 1879 and the family moved there in the summer of 1882. He went back to New York for high school, where he studied chemistry and assaying. He then attended Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colorado from 1889-1892 as well as the University of Missouri from 1892-1893 to study at the School of Mines and Metallurgy. Once his studies were complete, Parker returned to White Oaks to begin assaying. During that same year he married Olive Genevieve McCourt. Parker first visited Mexico in 1895 and after staying in Nacozari, Mexico until 1903, moved his family to El Paso, Texas. Until 1932, much of Parker’s time was spent in Arizona, Mexico, and New Mexico. In each place, he worked for various mining companies assaying ore and predicting the prospects of mining claims. He retired in Hermosa Beach, California and with the help of his daughter, Lina Parker Matthews, was able to write of his experiences in Mexico and White Oaks that were subsequently published after his death in 1957.
Scope and Content
This collection consists of typescripts, diaries, notebooks, and photographs. There are three typescripts, the first was written in 1941 and is an autobiography that details Parker’s life from his high school days in New York to his times in Alaska, Mexico, and New Mexico as a mining engineer and assayer, to his retirement in Hermosa Beach, California. The next typescript was written in 1945 and is titled “History and my story about White Oaks 1880-1900.” Partly drawn from his autobiography, this typescript gives more depth into his families’ life in White Oaks as mine owners and as a prominent family in the community, it includes 8 photographs. This typescript was published in 1971 as Morris B. Parker's White Oaks; life in a New Mexico gold camp, 1880-1900 and was edited by Charles Leland Sonnichsen (1901-). The last typescript was written in 1947 and is titled “Mules, mines, and me in Mexico.” Also building upon information from his autobiography, this typescript covers Parker’s life in Chihuahua and Sonora, Mexico and his extensive travels throughout the region as a mining engineer and consultant for such mining companies as Fortuna-North Tigre, La República, and many others, it includes 103 photographs. In this typescript he discusses the following people: Plutarco Elias Calles (1877-1945), Britton Davis (1860-1930), James Stuart Douglas (1868-1949), William Cornell Greene (1853-1911), George Wylie Paul Hunt (1859-1934), William Colt MacDonald (1891-1968), Pascual Orozco (1882-1915), Luis Terrazas (1829-1923), and Pancho Villa (1878-19223). Parker also covers the Mexico Revolution, 1910-1920 and conflicts with Yaqui Indians. This typescript was published in 1979 as Morris B. Parker's Mules, mines, and me in Mexico, 1895-1932 and was edited by James M. Day.
The diaries give accounts of the daily life of Morris B. Parker from when he was in high school to his travels and life while in Alaska, Mexico, and New Mexico. The notebooks go into the minute details of his trips to various mines as a mining consultant, engineer and assayer, including traveling conditions, itemized travel expenses, drawings of mine shafts, different calculations of ores he assayed, and discussions of the cyanide process of extracting ore.
The photographs that were originally with the typescripts have been removed and placed into Boxes 5 and 6. Negatives taken of the original pages that the photographs were mounted on are in Box 6.Morris B. Parker Papers – Finding Aid – Page 3
Organization and Arrangement
The collection is arranged in the following manner:
1. Typescript: “Autobiography” and “History and my story about White Oaks 1880-1900” (Box 1)
2. Typescript: “Mules, mines, and me in Mexico” (Box 2)
3. Diaries (1886-1926) – in chronological order (Box 3)
4. Diaries (1927-1936) and Notebooks (1908-1936) – in chronological order (Box 4)
5. Photographs (Box 5)
6. Photographs and negatives (Box 6)
Container List
Box 1: Typescript: “Autobiography” and “History and my story about White Oaks 1880-1900”
Folder
Author
Description
Date
1
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“Autobiography”: preliminaries [typescript]
1941
2
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“Autobiography”: p. 1-39 [typescript]
1941
3
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“Autobiography”: p. 40-78d [typescript]
1941
4
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“Autobiography”: p. 89-129 [typescript]
1941
5
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“Autobiography”: p. 130-169 [typescript]
1941
6
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“Autobiography”: p. 170-199 [typescript]
1941
7
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“History and My Story about White Oaks 1880-1900”: preliminaries [typescript]
1945
8
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“History and My Story about White Oaks 1880-1900”: chapter 1 [typescript]
1945
9
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“History and My Story about White Oaks 1880-1900”: chapter 2 [typescript]
1945
10
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“History and My Story about White Oaks 1880-1900”: chapter 3 [typescript]
1945
11
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“History and My Story about White Oaks 1880-1900”: chapter 4 [typescript]
1945
12
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“History and My Story about White Oaks 1880-1900”: chapter 5 [typescript]
1945
13
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“History and My Story about White Oaks 1880-1900”: chapter 6 [typescript]
1945
14
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“History and My Story about White Oaks 1880-1900”: chapter 7 [typescript]
1945Morris B. Parker Papers – Finding Aid – Page 4
Box 1: Typescript: “Autobiography” and “History and my story about White Oaks 1880-1900” (continued)
Folder
Author
Description
Date(s)
15
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“History and My Story about White Oaks 1880-1900”: chapter 8 [typescript]
1945
16
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“History and My Story about White Oaks 1880-1900”: chapter 9 [typescript]
1945
17
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“History and My Story about White Oaks 1880-1900”: chapter 10 [typescript]
1945
18
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“History and My Story about White Oaks 1880-1900”: chapter 11 [typescript]
1945
19
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“History and My Story about White Oaks 1880-1900”: chapter 12 [typescript]
1945
20
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“History and My Story about White Oaks 1880-1900”: chapter 13 [typescript]
1945
21
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“History and My Story about White Oaks 1880-1900”: chapter 14 [typescript]
1945
22
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“History and My Story about White Oaks 1880-1900”: chapter 15 [typescript]
1945
23
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“History and My Story about White Oaks 1880-1900”: chapter 16 [typescript]
1945
24
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“History and My Story about White Oaks 1880-1900”: chapter 17 [typescript]
1945
25
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“History and My Story about White Oaks 1880-1900”: chapter 18 [typescript]
1945
26
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“History and My Story about White Oaks 1880-1900”: chapter 19 [typescript]
1945
27
Clippings with “History and My Story about White Oaks 1880-1900”
1892-1908
28
Clippings
1957
29
Ephemera
n.d.Morris B. Parker Papers – Finding Aid – Page 5
Box 2: Typescript: “Mules, mines, and me in Mexico”
Folder
Author
Description
Date
1
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“Mules, Mines, and Me in Mexico”: preliminaries [typescript]
1947
2
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“Mules, Mines, and Me in Mexico”: chapter 1 [typescript]
1947
3
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“Mules, Mines, and Me in Mexico”: chapter 2 [typescript]
1947
4
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“Mules, Mines, and Me in Mexico”: chapter 3 [typescript]
1947
5
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“Mules, Mines, and Me in Mexico”: chapter 4 [typescript]
1947
6
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“Mules, Mines, and Me in Mexico”: chapter 5 [typescript]
1947
7
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“Mules, Mines, and Me in Mexico”: chapter 6 [typescript]
1947
8
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“Mules, Mines, and Me in Mexico”: chapter 7 [typescript]
1947
9
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“Mules, Mines, and Me in Mexico”: chapter 8 [typescript]
1947
10
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“Mules, Mines, and Me in Mexico”: chapter 9 [typescript]
1947
11
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“Mules, Mines, and Me in Mexico”: chapter 10 [typescript]
1947
12
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“Mules, Mines, and Me in Mexico”: chapter 11 [typescript]
1947
13
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“Mules, Mines, and Me in Mexico”: chapter 12 [typescript]
1947
14
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“Mules, Mines, and Me in Mexico”: chapter 13 [typescript]
1947
15
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“Mules, Mines, and Me in Mexico”: chapter 14 [typescript]
1947
16
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“Mules, Mines, and Me in Mexico”: chapter 15 [typescript]
1947
17
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“Mules, Mines, and Me in Mexico”: chapter 16 [typescript]
1947
18
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“Mules, Mines, and Me in Mexico”: chapter 17 [typescript]
1947
19
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“Mules, Mines, and Me in Mexico”: chapter 18 [typescript]
1947
20
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“Mules, Mines, and Me in Mexico”: chapter 19 [typescript]
1947
21
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“Mules, Mines, and Me in Mexico”: chapter 20 [typescript]
1947
22
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“Mules, Mines, and Me in Mexico”: chapter 21 [typescript]
1947
23
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“Mules, Mines, and Me in Mexico”: chapter 22 [typescript]
1947
24
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“Mules, Mines, and Me in Mexico”: chapter 23 [typescript]
1947
25
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“Mules, Mines, and Me in Mexico”: chapter 24 [typescript]
1947Morris B. Parker Papers – Finding Aid – Page 6
Box 2: Typescript: “Mules, mines, and me in Mexico” (continued)
Folder
Author
Description
Date
26
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“Mules, Mines, and Me in Mexico”: chapter 25 [typescript]
1947
27
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“Mules, Mines, and Me in Mexico”: chapter 26 [typescript]
1947
28
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“Mules, Mines, and Me in Mexico”: chapter 27 [typescript]
1947
29
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“Mules, Mines, and Me in Mexico”: chapter 28 [typescript]
1947
30
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“Mules, Mines, and Me in Mexico”: chapter 29 [typescript]
1947
31
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“Mules, Mines, and Me in Mexico”: chapter 30 [typescript]
1947
Box 3: Diaries (1886-1926)
Envelope
Author
Description
Date(s)
1
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
Diary
1886
2
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“Morris B. Parker Penn Yan New York Age, 15-16”
1887
3
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
“Morris B. Parker White Oaks, N. Mex.”
1893
4
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
Diary
1900-1901
5
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
Diary
1905
6
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
Diary
1906
7
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
Diary
1907
8
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
Diary
1908
9
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
Diary
1910
10
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
Diary
1911
11
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
Diary
1915
12
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
Diary
1917
13
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
Diary
1918
14
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
Diary
1921
15
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
Diary
1922Morris B. Parker Papers – Finding Aid – Page 7
Box 3: Diaries (1886-1926) continued
Envelope
Author
Description
Date
16
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
Diary
1924
17
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
Diary
1925
18
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
Diary
1926
Box 4: Diaries (1927-1936) and notebooks (1908-1936)
Envelope
Author
Description
Date(s)
1
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
Notebook: Espirito mine in Sonora
1908
2
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
Notebook
1912-1913
3
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
Notebook: “Mine measurements”
1920
4
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
Notebook: “Tejones M Co 1922-1923”
1922-1923
5
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
Notebook: “Fay-Nevada April 1925”
1925
6
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
Diary
1927
7
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
Diary
1928
8
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
Diary
1929
9
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
Diary
1930
10
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
Notebook: “1930-31 Nevada-Butte-Arizona-Mulatos”
1930-1931
11
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
Diary
1932
12
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
Notebook: “Mascota-Jalisco Mexico”
1932
13
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
Notebook: “1-Alaska-1932”
1932
14
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
Notebook: “Alaska-1933-Bluff-2”
1933
15
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
Notebook: “Alaska-1933-3”
1933
16
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
Notebook: “Locatelli, Hatchen, Bocoachii 1 1933”
1933
17
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
Diary
1933
18
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
Notebook: “1933-to July 1934”
1933-1934
19
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
Diary
1934Morris B. Parker Papers – Finding Aid – Page 8
Box 4: Diaries (1927-1936) and notebooks (1908-1936) continued
Envelope
Author
Description
Date(s)
20
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
Notebook: “July 1934 to Aug-1935”
1934-1935
21
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
Diary
1935
22
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
Notebook: Mill record Nubalaska Mining Co.
1935-1936
23
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
Diary
1936
24
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
Notebook: “1936-Alaska”
1936
25
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
Notebook
n.d.
26
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
Notebook: “Subscriptions: La Republica Mining Co.”
n.d.
Box 5: Photographs
Folder
Caption
Source
Dimensions
Notes
1
“Looking West. Baxter Mountain, and gold Mines . . .”
Box 1, Folder 8 [Frontispiece]
10 x 20 cm
2
“South Homestake Mill and Assay Office”
Box 1, Folder 14 [p. 25]
8 x 10 cm
3
“South Homestake – Mine and Ore bin”
Box 1, Folder 14 [p. 25]
8 x 10 cm
4
“2 story (1 ½) adobe house . . .”
Box 1, Folder 16 [p. 32]
9 x 9 cm
5
“Old Abe – Mill and Mine”
Box 1, Folder 17 [p. 41a]
6 x 11 cm
6
“Res. Watt Hoyle”
Box 1, Folder 17 [p. 41a]
6 x 6 cm
7
“Res. John Y. Hewitt”
Box 1, Folder 17 [p. 41a]
9 x 9 cm
8
“Wells-Parker Coal mine, 2 1/2 miles east of town”
Box 1, Folder 24 [p. 70]
8 x 17 cm
Found on p. 48-49 in Morris B. Parker’s White Oaks; life in a New Mexico gold camp, 1880-1900.
9
“Family Life Jacal – There’s no place like home”
Box 2, Folder 3 [p. 25]
9 x 11 cm
10
“Street and Market place – Guanacevi”
Box 2, Folder 3 [p. 25]
9 x 11 cmMorris B. Parker Papers – Finding Aid – Page 9
Box 5: Photographs (continued)
Folder
Caption
Source
Dimensions
Notes
11
“Standard Concord Stage-coach . . .”
Box 2, Folder 3 [p. 43]
12 x 17 cm
12
“Barranca de Cobre. Looking down”
Box 2, Folder 3 [p. 44]
7 x 12 cm
13
“On trail to Batopilas, Chihuahua. Looking up.”
Box 2, Folder 3 [p. 44]
7 x 12 cm
14
“Near the summit-or moose. A good place to stop”
Box 2, Folder 3 [p. 44]
7 x 12 cm
15
“Hacienda de Corralitos-Chihuahua”
Box 2, Folder 5 [p. 64]
9 x 12 cm
Found on p. 24 in Morris B. Parker's Mules, mines, and me in Mexico, 1895-1932.
16
“Carding Wool and Spinning . . .”
Box 2, Folder 5 [p. 64]
9 x 12 cm
17
“San Nicolas Mine and camp”
Box 2, Folder 5 [p. 76]
10 x 16 cm
Found on p. 33 in Morris B. Parker's Mules, mines, and me in Mexico, 1895-1932.
18
“Leon Mine. Note men packing ore on backs”
Box 2, Folder 5 [p. 76]
10 x 16 cm
Found on p. 31 in Morris B. Parker's Mules, mines, and me in Mexico, 1895-1932.
19
“Congreso Mine. Company store-warehouse, built 1900”
Box 2, Folder 5 [p. 76v]
9 x 17 cm
20
“Old San Pedro Mine . . .”
Box 2, Folder 5 [p. 77]
15 x 20 cm
Found on p. 26 in Morris B. Parker's Mules, mines, and me in Mexico, 1895-1932.
21
“Side view, Candelaria Mine”
Box 2, Folder 5 [p. 77v]
9 x 17 cm
Found on p. 31 in Morris B. Parker's Mules, mines, and me in Mexico, 1895-1932.
22
“Durita and Candelaria Mine and Camp”
Box 2, Folder 5 [p. 77v]
9 x 17 cm
23
“Corralitos Flats . . .”
Box 2, Folder 9 [p. 121]
6 x 8 cm
Found on p. 50 in Morris B. Parker's Mules, mines, and me in Mexico, 1895-1932.
24
“Miniature rock ‘fort’ near . . .”
Box 2, Folder 9 [p. 121]
7 x 10 cm
Found on p. 49 in Morris B. Parker's Mules, mines, and me in Mexico, 1895-1932. Morris B. Parker Papers – Finding Aid – Page 10
Box 5: Photographs (continued)
Folder
Caption
Source
Dimensions
Notes
25
“Old Hacienda Baviachic, near Fronteras . . .”
Box 2, Folder 9 [p. 121]
7 x 10 cm
26
“The end of the trail – by horseback . . .”
Box 2, Folder 9 [p. 121]
10 x 5 cm
Found on p. 54 in Morris B. Parker's Mules, mines, and me in Mexico, 1895-1932.
27
“Prickly Pear Cactus Hacienda Durazo”
Box 2, Folder 9 [p. 130]
7 x 9 cm
28
“Siamese Sycamore Trees, Near Nacozari”
Box 2, Folder 9 [p. 130]
10 x 7 cm
29
“Giant ‘Organ’ Cactus Near Moctezuma”
Box 2, Folder 9 [p. 130]
9 x 6 cm
30
“Prickly Pear Parasite – growing in . . .”
Box 2, Folder 9 [p. 130]
7 x 9 cm
31
“Rock structure”
Box 2, Folder 9 [p. 131]
8 x 10 cm
32
“Pole and Thatch”
Box 2, Folder 9 [p. 131]
8 x 8 cm
33
“Packing supplies for mine”
Box 2, Folder 9 [p. 131]
9 x 10 cm
Found on p. 89 in Morris B. Parker's Mules, mines, and me in Mexico, 1895-1932.
34
“Whip (Hand) – sawed lumber”
Box 2, Folder 9 [p. 131]
10 x 7 cm
Found on p. 89 in Morris B. Parker's Mules, mines, and me in Mexico, 1895-1932.
35
“Don Venancio Durazo . . .”
Box 2, Folder 11 [p. 139]
10 x 7 cm
Found on p. 60 in Morris B. Parker's Mules, mines, and me in Mexico, 1895-1932.
36
“Palm Trees”
Box 2, Folder 11 [p. 139]
9 x 11 cm
37
“Sugar Plant – Crushing Rolls . . .”
Box 2, Folder 11 [p. 144]
8 x 10 cm
38
“Arrastra-for gold and silver”
Box 2, Folder 11 [p. 144]
7 x 12 cm
Found on p. 62 in Morris B. Parker's Mules, mines, and me in Mexico, 1895-1932.
39
“Orange trees (author in foreground)”
Box 2, Folder 11 [p. 153]
7 x 10 cmMorris B. Parker Papers – Finding Aid – Page 11
Box 5: Photographs (continued)
Folder
Caption
Source
Dimensions
Notes
40
“Irrigated field (background ‘fence’ Prickly Pear Cacti)”
Box 2, Folder 11 [p. 153]
6 x 10 cm
41
“Three of his children”
Box 2, Folder 11 [p. 153]
8 x 6 cm
42
“Yaqui Indian Dwarf, 48” tall, . . .”
Box 2, Folder 11 [p. 153]
6 x 7 cm
43
“Enlarged view – Pilares Shaft Gallows Frame and . . .”
Box 2, Folder 11 [p. 156]
16 x 21 cm
44
“Pilares Miners standing beside Ore Bin . . .”
Box 2, Folder 11 [p. 157]
16 x 21 cm
Found on p. 76 in Morris B. Parker's Mules, mines, and me in Mexico, 1895-1932.
45
“Silver Bullion Bars 100 lbs, value $1000.00 each”
[1 of 2 photographs]
Box 2, Folder 11 [p. 158]
13 x 9 cm
46
“Silver Bullion Bars 100 lbs, value $1000.00 each”
[2 of 2 photographs]
Box 2, Folder 11 [p. 158]
13 x 9 cm
47
“Office and Store, Mexican Officials . . .”
Box 2, Folder 12 [p. 159]
8 x 10 cm
Found on p. 75 in Morris B. Parker's Mules, mines, and me in Mexico, 1895-1932.
48
“Nacozari-Sonora-1902. Looking east towards . . .”
Box 2, Folder 12 [p. 159]
11 x 18 cm
Found on p. 71 in Morris B. Parker's Mules, mines, and me in Mexico, 1895-1932.
49
“Pilares Tramway-1800 ft. long, 600 ft lift . . .”
Box 2, Folder 12 [p. 160]
21 x 16 cm
Found on p. 73 in Morris B. Parker's Mules, mines, and me in Mexico, 1895-1932.
50
“Pilares Shaft Headframe and . . .”
Box 2, Folder 12 [p. 161]
7 x 10 cm
51
“Stage-coach from Douglas, 1901 . . .”
Box 2, Folder 12 [p. 161]
9 x 7 cm
Found on p. 70 in Morris B. Parker's Mules, mines, and me in Mexico, 1895-1932.
52
“Mt Lowe Tramway, near Pasadena . . .”
Box 2, Folder 12 [p. 161]
10 x 8 cm
53
“Nacozari Mill – 1912 Capacity 3500 tons”
Box 2, Folder 12 [p. 161]
7 x 10 cmMorris B. Parker Papers – Finding Aid – Page 12
Box 5: Photographs (continued)
Folder
Caption
Source
Dimensions
Notes
54
“Original owner, family and residence . . .”
Box 2, Folder 14 [p. 200]
8 x 20 cm
Found on p. 82 in Morris B. Parker's Mules, mines, and me in Mexico, 1895-1932.
55
“El Pasoans on trail – Mesa Correo . . .”
Box 2, Folder 14 [p. 200]
8 x 18 cm
Found on p. 85 in Morris B. Parker's Mules, mines, and me in Mexico, 1895-1932.
56
“American camp (center), Tailing Pond and Mill”
Box 2, Folder 14 [p. 201]
8 x 18 cm
Found on p. 82 in Morris B. Parker's Mules, mines, and me in Mexico, 1895-1932.
57
“Closer view, looking north”
Box 2, Folder 14 [p. 201]
5 x 17 cm
58
“Open view of terrain, look west . . .”
Box 2, Folder 14 [p. 201]
7 x 17 cm
Box 6: Photographs and negatives
Folder
Caption
Source
Dimensions
Notes
1
“Minaca-nearest railroad”
Box 2, Folder 14 [p. 202]
7 x 10 cm
2
“Ready to go”
Box 2, Folder 14 [p. 202]
7 x 7 cm
3
“Mesa Correo – on north branch of trail”
Box 2, Folder 14 [p. 202]
6 x 8 cm
4
“Ocampo-south branch, 15-20 miles south of Mesa Correo”
Box 2, Folder 14 [p. 202]
7 x 10 cm
Found on p. 86 in Morris B. Parker's Mules, mines, and me in Mexico, 1895-1932.
5
“Mesa Correo”
Box 2, Folder 14 [p. 202]
7 x 9 cm
6
“Mesa Talayote . . .”
Box 2, Folder 14 [p. 202]
7 x 8 cm
7
“Gold Ore Monument. Rose tree”
Box 2, Folder 14 [p. 203]
7 x 9 cm
8
“Watterson Gold Mill . . .”
Box 2, Folder 14 [p. 203]
10 x 7 cm
Found on p. 86 in Morris B. Parker's Mules, mines, and me in Mexico, 1895-1932.
9
“Plaza Parade, school children”
Box 2, Folder 14 [p. 203]
7 x 10 cmMorris B. Parker Papers – Finding Aid – Page 13
Box 6: Photographs and negatives (continued)
Folder
Caption
Source
Dimensions
Notes
10
“Road above cliffs, to Mesa Correo”
Box 2, Folder 14 [p. 203]
7 x 10 cm
11
“Road along cliff near town and 2000 ft above”
Box 2, Folder 14 [p. 203]
10 x 7 cm
12
“On trail”
Box 2, Folder 14 [p. 204]
6 x 8 cm
13
“Collar of shaft and outcrop . . .”
Box 2, Folder 14 [p. 204]
7 x 8 cm
14
“Ore Pile Average . . .”
Box 2, Folder 14 [p. 204]
6 x 9 cm
15
“Mule whim-hoist”
Box 2, Folder 14 [p. 204]
5 x 8 cm
16
“Miners at collar shaft”
Box 2, Folder 14 [p. 204]
6 x 8 cm
17
“My Mule and Me (left)”
Box 2, Folder 14 [p. 204]
6 x 9 cm
Found on the frontispiece in Morris B. Parker's Mules, mines, and me in Mexico, 1895-1932.
18
“Log residence. My white mule”
Box 2, Folder 14 [p. 205]
6 x 7 cm
19
“Low clouds near Cuchillo”
Box 2, Folder 14 [p. 205]
6 x 10 cm
20
“Ranch horse en route”
Box 2, Folder 14 [p. 205]
6 x 9 cm
21
“In festive attire. La R.”
Box 2, Folder 14 [p. 205]
6 x 4 cm
22
“Creek below outcrop, La R . . .”
Box 2, Folder 14 [p. 205]
7 x 7 cm
23
“Camp, overnight on trail”
Box 2, Folder 14 [p. 205]
6 x 10 cm
Found on p. 103 in Morris B. Parker's Mules, mines, and me in Mexico, 1895-1932.
24
“Logs for mine timber
Box 2, Folder 14 [p. 206]
5 x 16 cm
25
“Cord wood ready for mill . . .”
Box 2, Folder 14 [p. 206]
5 x 17 cm
26
“Amateur rodeo and bull-fight . . .”
Box 2, Folder 14 [p. 206]
7 x 9 cm
27
“Ready to load concentrates . . .”
Box 2, Folder 14 [p. 206]
7 x 9 cm
28
“Medieval”
Box 2, Folder 14 [p. 207]
6 x 9 cmMorris B. Parker Papers – Finding Aid – Page 14
Box 6: Photographs and negatives (continued)
Folder
Caption
Source
Dimensions
Notes
29
“Volcanic Cone”
Box 2, Folder 14 [p. 207]
7 x 7 cm
30
“Picacho, peak”
Box 2, Folder 14 [p. 207]
7 x 7 cm
31
“’El Pilar,’ pillar, 400 ft high”
Box 2, Folder 14 [p. 207]
6 x 8 cm
32
“Homo Sapiens ‘Happy Felix’”
Box 2, Folder 14 [p. 207]
7 x 7 cm
33
“Pine Timber – on trail –Mesa Correo . . .”
Box 2, Folder 14 [p. 208]
15 x 21 cm
34
“Forked poles and leather thongs”
Box 2, Folder 22 [p. 289]
7 x 9 cm
35
“Stone foundation marks line of old adobe fence”
Box 2, Folder 22 [p. 289]
6 x 10 cm
36
“Rectory and Church at Moris . . .”
Box 2, Folder 22 [p. 289]
7 x 10 cm
37
“Belfry at San Miguel”
Box 2, Folder 22 [p. 289]
8 x 7 cm
38
“Cananea – Looking North”
Box 2, Folder 22 [p. 295]
8 x 25 cm
Found on p. 140-141 in Morris B. Parker's Mules, mines, and me in Mexico, 1895-1932.
39
“Mazanal Mill”
Box 2, Folder 22 [p. 295]
8 x 25 cm
40
“Silver Plume – at rear, uppr-M.C. Hodge”
Box 2, Folder 22 [p. 296]
9 x 24 cm
41
“Lower, Beyond tent-cabin where Koster was killed”
Box 2, Folder 22 [p. 296]
9 x 24 cm
42
“Arispe, Sonora built 1756”
Box 2, Folder 22 [p. 297]
9 x 17 cm
43
“Camp near Cananea, Sonora”
Box 2, Folder 22 [p. 297]
9 x 17 cm
44
“Monument to President Alvaro Obregon 1880-1928 . . .”
Box 2, Folder 24 [p. 314]
11 x 8 cm
45
“At the edge of the forest of organs (cactus)”
Box 2, Folder 24 [p. 314]
8 x 11 cmMorris B. Parker Papers – Finding Aid – Page 15
Box 6: Photographs and negatives (continued)
Folder
Caption / Negative no.
Source
Dimensions
Notes / Piece count
46
“Townspeople awaiting the train at Navjoa, Sonora”
Box 2, Folder 24 [p. 315]
8 x 11 cm
47
“Type of mountain Indians”
Box 2, Folder 24 [p. 315]
8 x 12 cm
Found on p. 118 in Morris B. Parker's Mules, mines, and me in Mexico, 1895-1932.
48
“A familiar sight in Mexico . . .” [1of 2 photographs]
Box 2, Folder 25 [p. 326]
6 x 10 cm
49
“A familiar sight in Mexico . . .” [2 of 2 photographs]
Box 2, Folder 25 [p. 326]
8 x 11 cm
50
“Earthquake Freak at Ameca”
Box 2, Folder 28 [p. 359]
8 x 11 cm
51
“Crossing Ameca river”
Box 2, Folder 28 [p. 359]
8 x 11 cm
52
“Trail - Ameca to Mascota”
Box 2, Folder 28 [p. 360]
8 x 11 cm
53
“Marriage celebration at a village en route”
Box 2, Folder 28 [p. 360]
8 x 11 cm
54
Negatives no. 1-10
10 pieces
55
Negatives no. 11-20
10 pieces
56
Negatives no. 21-30
10 pieces
57
Negatives no. 31-39
9 pieces
Indexing: Subjects
Calles, Plutarco Elias, 1877-1945
Davis, Britton, 1860-1930
Douglas, James S. (James Stuart), 1868-1949
Greene, William Cornell, 1853-1911
Hunt, George W. P. (George Wylie Paul), 1859-1934
MacDonald, William Colt, 1891-1968
Orozco, Pascual, 1882-1915.
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957
Terrazas, Luis, 1829-1923
Villa, Pancho, 1878-1923Morris B. Parker Papers – Finding Aid – Page 16
Indexing: Subjects (continued)
Assayers – Alaska
Assayers – Mexico
Assayers – New Mexico
Cyanide process
Frontier and pioneer life – New Mexico – History – 19th century – Sources
Mineral industries – Alaska
Mineral industries – Mexico
Mineral industries – New Mexico
Mines and mineral resources – Alaska – History – 20th century – Sources
Mines and mineral resources – Mexico – History – 20th century – Sources
Mines and mineral resources – New Mexico – History – 19th century – Sources
Mines and mineral resources – New Mexico – History – 20th century – Sources
Mining engineering – History – 19th century – Sources
Mining engineering – History – 20th century – Sources
Mining engineers – Alaska
Mining engineers – Mexico
Mining engineers – New Mexico
Mining machinery – Alaska
Mining machinery – Mexico
Mining machinery – New Mexico
Yaqui Indians – History – Sources
Chihuahua (Mexico : State) – Description and travel
Chihuahua (Mexico : State) – History – 20th century – Sources
El Paso (Tex.) – Description and travel
El Paso (Tex.) – Social life and customs
Mexico – History – Revolution, 1910-1920
Penn Yan (N.Y.) – Description and travel
Penn Yan (N.Y.) – Social life and customs
Sonora (Mexico : State) – Description and travel
Sonora (Mexico : State) – History – 20th century – Sources
White Oaks (N.M.) – Description and travel
White Oaks (N.M.) – History – 19th century – Sources
White Oaks (N.M.) – Social life and customs
Bibliography
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957. Morris B. Parker’s White Oaks; life in a New Mexico gold camp, 1880-1900. Edited with an Introduction by C.L. Sonnichen (Tucson, Ariz.: University of Arizona Press, 1971). Reference F804.W55 P3
Parker, Morris B., 1871-1957. Morris B. Parker's Mules, mines, and me in Mexico, 1895-1932. Edited with an introduction and notes by James M. Day (Tucson, Ariz.: University of Arizona Press, 1979).
Reference TN28 .P37 1979