James Parton scrapbook
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- James Parton scrapbook
- Date
- circa 1929-1933 (inclusive)
- Extent
- 0.1 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Cruise ships
- Nursing -- Kentucky.
- Ocean travel
- Belgenland (Steamship)
- Preferred Citation
- 82m3 : [identification of item], James Parton scrapbook, circa 1930-1932, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- James Parton (b. 1912) was an editor and publisher who founded American Heritage. He spent two summers (1929, 1930) as a courier at the Frontier Nursing Service (FNS) in Leslie County, Kentucky, with his close friend Brooke Kirkland Alexander. In 1933, he and Alexander were invited to go along as assistant cruise directors on the FNS sponsored cruise on the S.S. Belgenland. Parton continued his interest and support of the FNS and later served on the Board of Governors.
- Scope and Content
- The James Parton scrapbook (dated circa 1929-1933; 0.1 cubic feet; 1 item) primarily consists of Frontier Nursing Service (FNS) material and memorabilia from a FNS cruise where Parton worked as an assistant cruise director. This material includes photographs, publications, and other ephemera from the cruise to Venezuela aboard the S.S. Belgenland. Additionally, the scrapbook includes newspaper clippings concerning the FNS, FNS pamphlets, photographs of FNS personnel and the Leslie County area, Leslie County political handbills, and a FNS map of Leslie County and part of Clay County.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
Contents of the Collection
James Parton scrapbook, circa 1929-1933
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