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Isaac Charles Parker Correspondence and Employment Contract

 Collection
Identifier: MS P226

Scope and Content Note

Letter dated at Washington, D. C. January 16, 1885, from United States Attorney General Benjamin Harris Brewster to Parker, Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, Fort Smith, together with two other documents created or received by Parker, February 2, 1885 and August 22, 1888, pertaining to the employment of a stenographer for the court. After this term, Parker was elected to represent Missouri's 7th district in the U. S. House of Representatives, serving in that role from 1871 to 1875. Parker is best known for the next phase of his career wherein he served as a member of the federal judiciary. He was nominated by President Ulysses S. Grant to serve on the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas in 1875. Parker moved to Fort Smith, Arkansas to begin serving in this role until his death in 1896. Parker became known as "The Hanging Judge" because of the amount of death sentences his court gave out.

Dates

  • 1885
  • 1888

Creator

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Access Information

Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.

Use Information

No Use Restrictions Apply.

No Interlibrary Loan.

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Biographical Note

Isaac Charles Parker was born in Barnesville, Ohio on October 15, 1838. Parker passed the bar exam in Ohio in 1859 and moved to St. Joseph, Missouri shortly thereafter. Parker began his political career by being elected as city attorney for St. Joseph between 1861 and 1863. After the American Civil War, Parker served a six-year term as judge of the Twelfth Missouri Circuit.

Extent

.001 Linear Feet (3 items)

Arrangement of the Papers

The collection consists of a single folder, housed in a box with other smaller manuscript collections.

Acquisition Information

The Isaac Charles Parker Correspondence and Employment Contract was purchased by Special Collections, University of Arkansas Libraries circa 1938.

Processing Information

Unknown processing information.

Title
Isaac Charles Parker Correspondence and Employment Contract
Status
Completed
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid is written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Department Repository

Contact:
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444