Damien Parer papers and photographic material 1930-1964

MLMSS 1097

fonds

1930-1964

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs

422128

Microfilm : CY 990 (MLMSS 1097/1-2)
Microfilm : CY 4615 (MLMSS 1097/3)
Microfilm : CY 4616 (MLMSS 1097/4)

4 boxes, 1 volume of textual material

Damien Parer (1912-1944), a photographer and cameraman, was killed in action while filming a documentary at Peleliu in September 1944. He marries Elizabeth Marie Cotter in March, 1944.

SERIES 01: Manuscripts

MLMSS 1097/1
File 01: Diaries, May-23 December 1943 (Items 1-4)

MLMSS 1097/2
File 02: Miscellaneous notebooks, ca. 1937-1944
A. Notes on films, ideas, and miscellaneous subjects 1937-1944 (Items 5-19)
B. Addresses (Items 20-21)

File 03: Certificates and personal papers, 1930-1949 (Item 22)

MLMSS 1097/3
File 04: Miscellaneous papers, ca. 1943-1945
A. Film ideas, projects, stories for films, Articles, Interviews, Notes, Film industry circulars, 1944-1945
B. Miscellaneous U.S. Army circulars, Oct.-Dec. 1943
C. Religious material
D. Death notices, biographies, Parer family tree.

MLMSS 1097/4
File 05: Correspondence, 1937-1945
Correspondence between Damien Parer and his wife Elizabeth Marie Cotter, later Mrs. Parer
Damien Parer to Elizabeth Parer, 1940-1944
Elizabeth Parer to her husband, 1943-1944

MLMSS 1097/5
File 06: Miscellaneous correspondence, 1937-1945
Letters by Damien Parer 1944
Letters to Damien Parer, 1937-1944
Letter and telegrams received by Damien and Elizabeth Parer on their wedding, Mar. 1944
Letters and telegrams received by E. Parer on the birth of her son, Feb. 1945

MLMSS 1097/6
File 07: Letters and telegrams received by E. Parer on the death of her husband, Sep. 1944.

File 08: Papers of Mrs Elizabeth Parer, 1944-1964
Mainly letters and other papers relating to her late husband

SERIES 02: Photographicl material

SERIES 03: Motion picture film reels

Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (8-222B) as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012