Fonds
Harold Wilson Parker papers
Catalogue reference: PARK
What’s it about?
This record is about the Harold Wilson Parker papers dating from 1906-1973.
Is it available online?
Maybe, but not on The National Archives website. This record is held at London University: Goldsmiths Library: Special Collections and Archives.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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PARK
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Title (The name of the record)
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Harold Wilson Parker papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1906-1973
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Description (What the record is about)
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Official/identity papers 1906-1950; correspondence 1925-1966; testimonials c 1930-1935; Notes and sketches; press cuttings 1925-1960; printed material 1906-1977; photographs and negatives
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Chronological within series
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- London University: Goldsmiths Library: Special Collections and Archives
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Harold Wilson Parker (1896-1980)
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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2 linear metres
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
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Good
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Harold Wilson Parker, sculptor and medallist, was born in Newington on 6th May 1896, the son of Alfred James Parker, a vegetable commission salesman. Harold Wilson studied at Walthamstow Art School probably c.1911. His commissions included the wren on the reverse of the farthing coin for the Royal Mint. Parker was married in 1945 to Constance Howard (1910-2000), embroiderer, who set up the Department of Embroidery at Goldsmiths College in 1948. He taught at Goldsmiths from the 1940s until the 1960s. He died on the 4th of August 1980.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/2cdad435-4f12-4c86-ab1c-fc89629a9205/
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Harold Wilson Parker papers