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Box 1

 Container

Contains 3 Results:

Slip Reading Grandfather Joel Parker & Brother Burdette Parker both died before Sam Parker returned from Philippines, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7, item: 4
Identifier: VII
Scope and Contents Note From the Collection:

This collection houses materials documenting the murder of University of Tennessee graduate Sam Y. Parker by Judge James E. Fulton of Helenwood, Tennessee in 1906. Newspaper clippings and correspondence between the trial lawyers document the entire saga in detail. Other material includes research into the history of the Newman and Parker families, a Civil War diary, photographs, a family Bible, mementos, and personal items.

Dates: undated

To a Parker sister from Corpl. Sam E. Parker, 1900 November 4

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1, item: 4
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents Note From the Collection:

This collection houses materials documenting the murder of University of Tennessee graduate Sam Y. Parker by Judge James E. Fulton of Helenwood, Tennessee in 1906. Newspaper clippings and correspondence between the trial lawyers document the entire saga in detail. Other material includes research into the history of the Newman and Parker families, a Civil War diary, photographs, a family Bible, mementos, and personal items.

Dates: 1900 November 4

Sam Parker Dies of Wounds Inflicted by Judge Fulton (Helenwood), 1906 July 6

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4, item: 4
Identifier: IV
Scope and Contents Note From the Collection:

This collection houses materials documenting the murder of University of Tennessee graduate Sam Y. Parker by Judge James E. Fulton of Helenwood, Tennessee in 1906. Newspaper clippings and correspondence between the trial lawyers document the entire saga in detail. Other material includes research into the history of the Newman and Parker families, a Civil War diary, photographs, a family Bible, mementos, and personal items.

Dates: 1906 July 6