William Jackson Parish Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-276-BC
Scope and Content
The bulk of the William Jackson Parish collection is made up of research material for Parish's Harvard dissertation and 1961 Harvard University Press publication, The Charles Ilfeld Company: A Study of the Rise and Decline of Mercantile Capitalism in New Mexico. This material consists of correspondence, notes, manuscripts, business reports, an editor's copy of The Charles Ilfeld Company..., as well as the bound dissertation. Also included is correspondence with Harvard University concerning Parish's graduate work (D.C.S.), 1945-1950, and research concerning the history of the First National Bank of Santa Fe. Included in the First National Bank of Santa Fe material is correspondence, research notes, loan records, ledgers, letter books, statements, and minutes. The Ilfeld Research Material contains a photograph of Emil Amberg. The collection also includes administrative correspondence between Parish and various businessmen concerning donations and transfer of company records to the University of New Mexico Library Special Collections, now known as the Center for Southwest Research.
Dates
- 1700-1964
- Majority of material found in 1945-1963
Creator
- Parish, William J., 1907-1964 (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Limited duplication of CSWR material is allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for compliance with all copyright, privacy, and libel laws. Permission is required for publication or distribution.
Biography
William Jackson Parish was born in Franklin, Pennsylvania in 1907. He received a Ph.B. degree from Brown University in 1929, an M.B.A. from Harvard in 1931, and a Doctor of Commercial Science (D.C.S.) from Harvard in 1950. Parish joined the staff of a Cleveland, Ohio bank in the early 1930's, later becoming associated with a Cleveland electric company and then with several Albuquerque firms. He joined the faculty of the University of New Mexico in 1943, serving in succession as assistant professor and associate professor of economics and business administration, as professor of business administration, as acting head of the Department of Economics, as dean of the College of Business Administration, and finally as dean of the Graduate School.
William Parish, teacher, writer, lecturer, historian, economist, and civic worker was best known as a scholar and gentleman. His legacy is memorialized at the University of New Mexico's William J. Parish Memorial Business and Economics Library. Parish published several books and journal articles including The Charles Ilfeld Company: A Study of the Rise and Decline of Mercantile Capitalism in New Mexico and The German Jew and the Commercial Revolution in Territorial New Mexico, 1850-1900. At the time of his death, Parish was researching the history of the First National Bank of Santa Fe. William Jackson Parish died in Albuquerque on May 4, 1964.
William Parish, teacher, writer, lecturer, historian, economist, and civic worker was best known as a scholar and gentleman. His legacy is memorialized at the University of New Mexico's William J. Parish Memorial Business and Economics Library. Parish published several books and journal articles including The Charles Ilfeld Company: A Study of the Rise and Decline of Mercantile Capitalism in New Mexico and The German Jew and the Commercial Revolution in Territorial New Mexico, 1850-1900. At the time of his death, Parish was researching the history of the First National Bank of Santa Fe. William Jackson Parish died in Albuquerque on May 4, 1964.
Extent
4 boxes (3.25 cu. ft.)
Relevant Secondary Sources
- Simons, Katherine. "William Jackson Parish, 1907-1964." New Mexico Historical Review, Vol., 39, No., 4, Pp., 351-353. Albuquerque: UNM Press, 1964.
- Huber, William H. "Remarks made on behalf of the faculty of the School of Business and Administrative Sciences at the dedication ceremonies of the William J. Parish Memorial Business and Economics Library," May 14, 1970.
Creator
- Parish, William J., 1907-1964 (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid of the William Jackson Parish Papers, 1700-1964 (bulk 1945-1963)
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Processed by Dennis P. Trujillo
- Date
- ©2000
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Revision Statements
- June 28, 2004: PUBLIC "-//University of New Mexico::Center for Southwest Research//TEXT (US::NmU::MSS 276 BC::William Jackson Parish Papers)//EN" "nmu1mss276bc.sgml" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15).
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451