Fred Parker Killebrew Collection

8/3/2023

The Fred Parker Killebrew Collection is a digital-only collection of documents, photographs and ephemera belonging to Stewart County native Fred Parker Killebrew (1926/2012), who was born and raised in the Parkertown community of northeastern Stewart County. The collection includes photographs of the Parker and Killebrew families, as well as documents and ephemera from those families.

Fred Parker Killebrew was the son of David Brunson Killebrew and Cynthia Frances Parker of Parkertown, Stewart County. He graduated from Stewart County High School in 1944.

Items in the collection include:

Killebrew, Parker and Brunson family photos
An album of tintype and CDV photos belonging to Allen B. Parker
Photographs of O. K. School at Parkertown, Big Meadow School, Big Rock School, and Daisy Glen School at Tobaccoport
Parker family original deeds and ephemera
Fred P. Killebrew's 1944 Dover High School graduation card album
“Down Memory Lane,” a memoir and scrapbook by Katie Parker (1908-1999), daughter of Herbert L. & Emma B. Parker, including chapters Our Family, The Early 1900s, Christmas Time, School Days, Our Church, The Great Depression, New York World Fair, Wars, Tours, Moving Time, Employment, America’s Moral Decline, Deceased Family Members, My Last Night at home at Big Rock, My Years at Malibu