PARK, LEMUEL MADISON, 1846-1916.
Lemuel Madison Park papers, 1888-1922

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Unrestricted access.

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Source

Gift, 1982; with subsequent additions, 1994

Citation

[after identification of item(s)], Lemuel Madison Park papers, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University.

Processing

Processed by Peter Leithart, August 1993 .

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Biographical Note

Lemuel Park (1846-1916) was the son of Major John Park, the founder of LaGrange Female College and a charter member of the Emory College Board of Trustees. A Civil War veteran, Lemuel was president of Park Cotton Mills and Park Hotel in LaGrange, and appears to have been president of Commercial Union Insurance Company in Atlanta during the early twentieth century. In 1914, he ran unsuccessfully for State Treasurer.

Robert Park (1843-1904) was an 1860 graduate of Emory College and a Civil War veteran. Following the war, Robert taught for a year at Tuskegee High School, became principal at Lucas Institute, Mount Meigs, Alabama, and then principal of LaGrange High School. In 1872, he moved to Macon, Georgia, to take a position with a publishing company. From 1886 on he was a Trustee of Emory College and from 1900 until his death he served as Georgia's State Treasurer.

Biographical Source: More detailed information on the Park family, especially concerning Robert Emory, may be found in William Northen, ed., Men of Mark in Georgia, vol. 4, p. 197-203.

Scope and Content Note

The Lemuel Madison Park papers, 1888-1922, consist mainly of correspondence and business records of Lemuel and his brother, Robert Emory Park. This collection has been divided into three sections. Section 1 contains the records of Lemuel Park, which have been separated into three groups: general correspondence and personal papers, insurance papers, and materials relating to his campaign for State Treasurer of Georgia. Section 2 includes personal papers of Robert Park concerning his term as Georgia State Treasurer, his book about the 12th Alabama Regiment of the Confederate States of America, his service on the finance committee of the Emory College Board of Trustees, and diplomas and certificates awarded to him. Section 3 include diplomas and certificates related to other family members. Section 4 contains a genealogy chart of the Park family.

Arrangement Note

Arranged by record type.