William Miles Parker Photograph Collection, circa 1899- circa 1929
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William Miles Parker Photograph Collection, circa 1899- circa 1929
Collection number: BANC PIC 1983.110--PIC
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
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Collection Summary
Collection Title: William Miles Parker photograph collection
Date (inclusive): circa 1899- circa 1929
Collection Number: BANC PIC 1983.110--PIC
Creator:
Parker, William Miles, 1887-
Extent:
325 photographic prints
3 digital objects (3 images)
Repository: The Bancroft Library.
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Information for Researchers
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
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must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft
Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which
must also be obtained by the reader.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], William Miles Parker Photograph Collection, BANC PIC 1983.110--PIC, The Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley
Alternate Forms Available
Digital reproductions of selected images are available.
Related Material
Two books transferred to Bancroft Collection for separate cataloging:
Parker, William Miles. Incidents along the trail of life with Bill Ranger. 1972.
Peters, G. W. Picturesque Manila. 1898.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Gift of James, Genevieve and Alberta West Parker (received Dec. 1982)
Scope and Content
Primarily pictures taken in the Philippines, 1899-circa 1920, including views of Manila and of the Negritos of Luzon, and
many pictures relating to education in California and the Philippines. Also includes photos relating to Bakersfield (and other)
schools and teachers, agriculture, Parker family pictures, and miscellaneous views of California, 1906-1920. In addition
are portraits and pictures relating to the biographies of William and Luther Parker.
Some photos correspond to incidents in William Miles Parker's published autobiography: Incidents along the trail of life with
Bill Ranger.
folder 1
Bakersfield schools.
1906-1916
Physical Description:
19 photographic prints
Scope and Content Note
Includes exterior views of various school buildings, students, teachers and school administration.
Additional Note
Various formats. 3 items shelved as size AX: Track meet teams from towns in Kern County, March 1909; group portrait of students
and faculty with young men in black face, 1907?; group portrait of teachers of the Kern County schools.
folder 2
Family pictures including views of named places in California.
1897-1953
Physical Description:
8 items.
Scope and Content Note
Includes Castro Valley Sunday School, town of Sugar Pine in Madera County, horse drawn fire engine and Olmstead home in Green
Valley.
Additional Note
Group portrait at Chico State Normal School shelved as size B.
folder 3
[John Herbert's prune drying yard at Berryessa, California.]
circa 1890-1900
Physical Description:
1 photographic print : 7 x 9.25 in.
Additional Note
On studio mount. Andrew P. Hill, photographer, San Jose. Herbert is a family name.
folder 4
Postcard views of California.
1908-1924
Physical Description:
31 items
Scope and Content Note
Includes Southern Pacific Depot and Superintendent's Office in Kern County, Kernville, artesian well in Tulare, eruption of
Mount Lassen, clock tower in Bakersfield, diamond mine in Oroville, Sonoma State Home and lime kilns at Tehachapi.
folder 5
U.S. battleships in Manila Bay.
October 1908
Scope and Content Note
16 photographic postcards with original annotations. 15 named ships and 1 general view.
folder 6
Anderson Intermediate School, Arayat, and related pictures.
circa 1908
Physical Description:
17 photographic prints : 4.5 x 7 in.
Scope and Content Note
Includes Luther Parker, who was a teacher in the Philippines from circa 1903-1920s, buildings and students.
folder 6
Group portrait of faculty at Anderson Intermediate School, Arayat.
circa 1908 BANC PIC 1983.110--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photographic print
folder 6
Luther Parker standing on steps of Anderson Intermediate School, Arayat.
circa 1908 BANC PIC 1983.110--PIC
Physical Description:
1 photographic print
folder 7
Other pictures concerning education in the Philippines.
circa 1910-1929
Physical Description:
11 photographic prints
Scope and Content Note
Includes a class in Macabebe School.
Additional Note
various formats.
folder 8
Philippine Islands, unidentified subjects.
circa 1908-1910
Physical Description:
20 photographic prints : 3 x 4 in.
Scope and Content Note
Includes Kurt Hosaeus.
folder 9
Views of Manila and genre subjects.
circa 1910
Physical Description:
6 photographic prints
Scope and Content Note
Includes Puerta de Isabel I, gate of walled city.
Additional Note
Squires, Bingham and Co., photographer, Manilla, P.I.
folder 10
Philippine album.
circa 1908-1910
Physical Description:
53 photographic prints : 5 x 7 in. and smaller
Scope and Content Note
Mostly images of Manila. Includes Corregidor, Moro women and children, Binondo Church, monuments, Manila Cathedral, a hospital
ward, The Palace, Santa Cruz Church, Malate Church, Chinese Catholic Church, Parian Gate, Carvite Navy Yard, Malecon Drive,
Hotel de Oriente, portrait of Emilio Aguinalda, and a cemetery.
folder 11
Views of the Philippines.
circa 1908-1910
Physical Description:
38 postcards
Scope and Content Note
Includes Ayuntamiento building, Paco Cemetery, Real Gate of Walled City, bird's-eye view of Manlia. Some are dulpicates.
folder 12
Views of the Philippines, miscellany.
circa 1905
Physical Description:
27 photographic prints
Scope and Content Note
Includes Mayon Volcano; Bacolor Church; group portrait with Sultan of Sulu, William Taft and Alice Roosevelt at Mindanao;
woman with conjoined twins; Molo Church; provincial capitol at Bacolod.
Additional Note
Variuos formats.
Pictures relating to incidents in William Miles Parker’s published autobiography.
Additional Note
Incident IV not present.
folder 13
Incident I. San Francisco.
May 4, 1906
Physical Description:
1 photographic print
Scope and Content Note
William M. Parker, Co. A, 2nd Inf. NGC. San Francisco. In camp at Jefferson Square.
folder 14
Incident II. Trip through far east--Hawaii, Japan, Shanghai, Hongkong, Kobe.
March 1908
Physical Description:
13 photographic prints : 3.25 x 4.25 in.
folder 15
Incident III. At home in Philippines.
1908
Physical Description:
21 photographic prints : 3.25 x 4.25 in.
Additional Note
Some are duplicates of images in folder 11.
folder 16
Incident V. First trip among the Pygmies.
April 1908
Physical Description:
20 photographic prints : 3.25 x 4.25 in.
Scope and Content Note
Includes snapshots of Professors David Prescott Barrows, Burke, McClintock and Roberts at camp in Negrito country, Zambales.
folder 17
Incident VI. Reception for Reache's All-American Ball Team. Exiles.
December 31, 1908-January 1, 1909.
Physical Description:
1 photographic print : 6.5 x 8.5 in.
Scope and Content Note
Group portrait of men.
Additional Note
On studio mount of Squires, Bingham and Co., Manila, P.I.
folder 18
Incident VII. Second trip among Pygmies to headwaters of Gumain River.
1909
Physical Description:
25 photographic prints : 5x 7 in.
Scope and Content Note
Includes L. Weigle, Luther Parker, W. H. Chapman, William M. Parker, and many natives (some identified as Negritos of Zambales).
12 photographs from this expedition are contained in a fiber album.
Additional Note
Some are stamped in the negative: Copyright W. Huse Chapman, 1909.
folder 18
Group portrait of Western and native Filipino men in a dwelling.
1909? BANC PIC 1983.110--PIC
Additional Note
This material was selectively digitized from a larger resource or collection.
folder 19
Incident VIII. Snapshots of the wreck of the Coast Guard Cutter Leyte off coast of Samar and postcard.
1905
Physical Description:
8 photographic prints and 1 postcard
Scope and Content Note
Postcard is of men holding the skin of a 34 foot python.
Additional Note
Wreck is dated September 25, 1905. Postcard has divided back, thus dated a few years later than 1905.
folder 20
Unidentified snapshots and postcards of areas outside of California.
1902-1924
Physical Description:
5 photographic prints and 4 postcards
Scope and Content Note
Postcards are of Reno, Neveda; Hyder, Alaska and Vancouver Island, B.C.