Background
Parker, Peter Jolle was born on January 11, 1936 in White Plains, New York, United States. Son of Cecil Carlton and Wilhelmina Gessina (Asser) Parker.
Parker, Peter Jolle was born on January 11, 1936 in White Plains, New York, United States. Son of Cecil Carlton and Wilhelmina Gessina (Asser) Parker.
AB, Harvard University, 1956; Master of Arts, University of Pennsylvania, 1962.
History instructor, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, 1966-1970; curator manuscripts, History Society Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1970-1984; acting director, History Society Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1984-1985; director, History Society Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1985-1990; partner, Inlook Group, Portsmouth, N.H., since 1990. Member Pennsylvania State History Records Advisory Board, 1986-1990. Treasurer Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference, 1976-1981.
President Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion, Philadelphia, 1980-1982, 89-91, Richard Allen Museum, Philadelphia, 1986-1988. Treasurer Coalition for Democratic Alternative, Saratoga County, New York, 1968. Trustee Cliveden, since 1987, Pennsylvania Federation History Societies, 1987-1991.
Executive committee Philadelphia Area Consortium Special Collections Libraries, 1985-1990. Board member National Constitution Center, 1987-1990. Member American Association Museum, American Association State and Local History, Association Canada Archivists, Society of America Achivists (chair joint committee with American Library Association 1980-1981).
Clubs: Franklin Inn (Philadelphia), Print (Philadelphia) (board governors 1981-1986). Appalachian Mountain (Boston).
Married Eleanor A. Webster, March 30., 30, 1957 (divorced 1967). 1 child, Elizabeth Ashton. Married Cynthia Grace Swank, October 11, 1980.