Parvin-Brown family photographic collection

Collection

Identifier: Org. Lot 771

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Small collection of 11 black and white card photographs and photographic prints, circa 1880-1927, depicting members of the Parvin and Brown families. The bulk of the photographs are of spouses Addie Sutton Parvin and Zimri Mullen Parvin; other family members depicted include their grandson Vivian Zimri Brown, great-grandson Walter Zimri Brown, and daughter Mamie P. Brown. One image, taken in 1911, shows Vivian Z. Brown posing with a group at a home on Thurman Street, according to a handwritten note on the back.

Dates

circa 1880-1927

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.

Biographical note

Zimri Mullen Parvin, known during his life as Zimri M. Parvin or Z. M. Parvin, was a composer and professor of music who lived in Salem and Portland, Oregon, during the latter part of his life. He was born in Ripley County, Indiana, in 1843, served in the Civil War in 64th and 151st Illinois Infantry, and married Addie Sutton in 1866. He studied music from 1868 to 1874, and became the director of music at the State Normal School of California (now San Jose State University) in 1875. In 1883, he was appointed dean of the College of Music at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, a post he held until his move to Portland in 1906. He was also director of the Albany Conservatory of Music in Albany, Oregon. In Portland, he helped to found the Northwestern Normal School of Music and Art. He was an expert on harmony and published many compositions, including "The wide world knows the Portland Rose."

Extent

0.1 Cubic Feet (2 folders in shared box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Small collection of black and white photographs depicting members of the Parvin and Brown families. The bulk of the photographs are of spouses Addie Sutton Parvin and Zimri Mullen Parvin; other family members depicted include their grandson Vivian Zimri Brown, great-grandson Walter Zimri Brown, and daughter Mamie P. Brown.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Colonel and Mrs. W. Z. Brown, May 1991 (Lib. Acc. 20356, Photo Acc. 992D010).

Related Materials

Additional materials at the Oregon Historical Society Research Library that relate to the Parvin and Brown families include the Walter Zimri Brown family photographs collection, Org. Lot 111, and the Brown, Clawson, and Parvin family papers, Mss 2506.