| LC control no. | n 82081743 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Parvin, T. S. (Theodore Sutton), 1817-1901 |
| Variant(s) | Parvin, Theodore Sutton, 1817-1901 Parvin, Theodore S. (Theodore Sutton), 1817-1901 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1817-01-15 |
| Death date | 1901-06-28 |
| Place of birth | Cedarville (N.J.) |
| Place of death | Cedar Rapids (Iowa) |
| Affiliation | State University of Iowa Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Iowa Iowa Masonic Library |
| Profession or occupation | Lawyers Pioneers |
| Found in | Who made Iowa, or, Who are the "pioneers and old settlers" of Iowa?, 1896: title page (T.S. Parvin, L.L.D., one of the few, very few pioneers living) page 25 (T.S. Parvin, first private secretary to Gov. Lucas (1838-39); Teritorial Librarian (1839); District Attorney Second District of the territory (1839-1840); and Secretary Legislative Council, third session (1840-41)) Annals of Iowa, April 1864: page 266 (Theodore S. Parvin) page 267 (T.S. Parvin) Who was who in America, 1897-1942: (Parvin, Theodore Sutton; high Freemason and librarian; born Cedarville, N.J., Jan. 15, 1817; graduated Woodward College, Cincinnati, 1836; removed to Iowa, 1838, private secretary to first gov. (Lucas); first librarian of Iowa Territory; purchased nucleus of Territorial (now State) library; dist. attorney, 1839; county judge; state register of lands; professor natural science and librarian State University of Iowa; librarian Iowa Historical Society; founded, 1844 and built Iowa Masonic Library, occupying only masonic library building in world; its librarian from its founding; 33d-degree Mason and Knight Templar; 55 years grand sec. and librarian Grand Lodge of Iowa; home: Cedar Rapids, Iowa; died 1901) OCLC search, July 25, 2018: (access point: Parvin, Theodore Sutton, 1817-1901; usage: T.S. Parvin; Theodore S. Parvin) |
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