Background
Parker, Arthur Caswell was born on April 5, 1881 in Iroquois, New York, United States. Son of Frederick Ely and Geneva H. (Griswold) Parker.
Parker, Arthur Caswell was born on April 5, 1881 in Iroquois, New York, United States. Son of Frederick Ely and Geneva H. (Griswold) Parker.
Student Dickinson Seminary, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, 1899-1903, archeology under Frederick Ward Putnam, Harvard, 1903-1904. Master of Science, University of Rochester, 1922. Doctor of Science (honorary), Union College, 1940.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Keuka College, Keuka Park, New York, 1943.
Anne. Archeological at Harvard (Peabody Museum), 1903-1904. Ethnologist New York State Library, 1904-1905. Archeologist New York State Museum, 1905-1925.
Director Rochester (New York) Museum Arts and Sciences, 1925-1946, director emeritus since 1946.
Editor Parker Literature Service, since 1904, Research. and Transactions, New York State Archeological Association, since 1916, Museum Service, 1926-1946, Research Records, 1926-1946, The Galleon since 1949. Associate editor of The Builder, 1922-1924.
Served as inspector draft boards and assistant to adjutant’s officer, New York State, World War I. Masonic Writers. Member Nundawaga Society (founder, baord chairman), Society of American Archeology, Rochester Engineering Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Sons of the American Revolution (past president Rochester chapter, 1933-1936. Mason (Knight of the Order of the Thistle, 33°).; Clubs: Torch (past president), Philosophers’ (Rochester).
Married Beatrice Tahamont, April. Married second, Anna T. Cook, September 17, 1914. Children: Melville A., Bertha A. (Mistress Oscar Cody).