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Matthew Parsons oral history transcript
No full textA transcript of an oral history of Matthew Parsons on the Vietnam War
[Letter to Police Department from C. E. Parsons, November 7, 1963 #2]
No full textPhotocopy of a letter addressed to the Dallas Police Department. The letter, which was written by C. E. Parsons, states that Jack Ruby was courageous and a great American
[Letter to Police Department from C. E. Parsons, November 7, 1963 #1]
No full textPhotocopy of a letter addressed to the Dallas Police Department. The letter, which was written by C. E. Parsons, states that Jack Ruby was courageous and a great American
Parsons, Jack; Parsons Sue. Interview about life in Woody Point.
No full textInterview with the Parsons about their experience of growing up and staying in Woody Point. Information on family history, the school system, local businesses and events, and what it' like to live in a National Park
Other Titles: Biennial Report of Parsons State Hospital and Training Center, 1960-1980 Parsons State Hospital and Training Center (1960-1980)
No full textThese biennial reports are summaries of the activities of this agency. They were extracted from a series of Kansas agency reports covering over 100 state agencies and institutions bound together for each biennium., 1959/1960 - 1979/1980.
Parsons State Hospital and Training Center was established in 1953.The Hospital and Training Center, originally known as Parsons State Training School, was established in 1953 in 50-year-old buildings of a former state hospital for epileptic patients located in Parsons, which were converted to create Kansas' second residential rehabilitation facility for the mentally retarded. Parsons State Hospital and Training Center (PSH&TC) is one of four residential treatment, training and care facilities operated by the State of Kansas to serve ambulatory mentally retarded and emotionally disturbed children and young adults six to twenty-one years of age whose circumstances require specialized residential service provisions for full physical, mental, emotional and social growth. Its purpose is to "examine, treat, educate, train, and rehabilitate the persons admitted and retained so as to make such persons more comfortable, happy, and better fitted to care for and support themselves. The staff is committed to accomplishment of four goals: (1) Residential Service--to provide effective habilitation, rehabilitation and care to residents of this facility; (2) Research--to develop knowledge, techniques, program innovations and verification data required in the development of more effective habilitation and rehabilitation services; (3) Professional and Paraprofessional Training--to provide education, training and supervised experience to current and future service providers; (4) Community Services--to supplement and extend development of community service provisions for developmentally disabled children and adults. The primary mission is to serve the habilitation, rehabilitation and residential care needs of each person admitted in ways that fulfill standards of quality and effectiveness and thus enable residents to acquire greater control and additional options for meeting their needs. The goal in all areas of endeavor is to help the mentally handicapped find their place as well-adjusted, contributing members of society. The agency is also a major research and professional training center in mental retardation and other childhood developmental disabilities, in affiliation with Kansas University. The institution today is a complex of modern buildings specifically designed to meets its needs as a combined service, research, and teaching facility, and has been almost completely rebuilt under a modernization plan started in 1954. The center offers a full range of care, treatment and training programs which are individually prescribed to meet the developmental needs of each resident. Supplementing these direct services are special grant projects and research, inter-disciplinary professional training and community outreach programs carried out in collaboration with Kansas University. PSHTC operates under jurisdiction of the Division of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, State Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services. Internal organization is structured around the major functions of general administration, program services and support services
Jack Parsons Jr. and Marina (Parsons) Boone
No full textJack Jr and his sister Marina Parsons as children sitting on the front step of a house with a puppy. Circa 1946
Reg Parsons on horseback
No full textReg Parsons sitting sideways on the back of a horse in front of his Glenburnie house. A woman is standing on the front steps of the house. Circa 1950
Floyd Parsons, Sally Parsons, and Becky Parsons oral history recording
No full textAn audio recording of an oral history of Floyd Parsons, his wife Becky Parsons, and their daughter Becky Parsons. Floyd was born in Kentucky, and Sally and Floyd met in Ohio as young teenagers on the farm about 73 years before the time of the recording. Floyd got involved with music at six years old when he taught himself to play the guitar. He could never read sheet music, but played by ear. Becky can read music, but Sally doesn’t play music at all. They moved to Hillsboro, Oregon in 1962, and then one town over in Forest Grove in 1963. In 1964, they bought a music store in Hillsboro after Floyd had been a manager there for a year. They sold all kinds of instruments, sheet music, and music supplies, as well as records and record players. It was just a family business and they never had any outside employees. Their store was the central place for the locals to get their records for a time. They stopped selling records after an eighty-eight cent store moved into town and started selling popular records. Floyd had a band for a while and they played in prisons and at small venues. At the store, Floyd also gave music lessons to students. They talked about the local businesses in Hillsboro and Forest Grove, particularly old record shops including “What’s Up Music?” and “Forest Groove”. The local businesses worked together well and even held social nights for the community, including a pajama night. They looked at pictures of the family and Floyd even plays the guitar a bit at about 37 minutes into the recording
Malha (Mallie) Parsons
No full textMalha "Mallie" Parsons of Woody Point sitting in a chair knitting next to a Christmas tree
Paul Parsons : A Retrospective
No full textOn the occasion of a 25-year retrospective of this Newfoundland artist's mystical landscape Parsons comments on his approach to painting
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