Robert W. Parkins scrapbook, 1928-1952

Newspaper clippings of a poem and drawing by Robert W. (Billy) Parkins, printed in the Aunt Elsie Magazine of the Oakland Tribune, circa 1940.
Newspaper clippings of a poem and drawing by Robert W. (Billy) Parkins, printed in the Aunt Elsie Magazine of the Oakland Tribune, circa 1940. Oakland Public Library, Oakland History Center.

This scrapbook documents the early life of Robert W. Parkins, born Oct. 11, 1928 in Oakland, Calif. The scrapbook covers his childhood in Oakland to his military service in the U.S. Army in the early 1950s. Emphasis is given to school report cards and school awards and honors from his student days at Washington School, Golden Gate Junior High, and University High and Oakland Technical High schools. A brief entry inside the back cover notes that he taught at Oakland Technical High School for 13 years, and died Oct. 13, 1974. The scrapbook was compiled by his mother, Harriett Parkins.

 
 
(OHC COLL 2020-5)
1 scrapbook (9x11 in., 72 p.) in box (.2 linear feet)

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