Box 1

Trip to Europe with parents

Records social activities in Baltimore, classes at Maryland Institute

Covers Parker's first three years at Johns Hopkins University; summers with his family in Europe (1927, 1929) and at their home “Byway” in Brooklandville, Md. The diary entries about his daily activities are intersperse with Parker's thoughts on books he read and poetry he wrote.

Covers Parker's first year at Harvard Law school and records his social life in detail

Covers period Parker worked for the District Attorney in Baltimore.

Covers Parker's return to Harvard/ The notebook begins as his class notes for a course in contracts. The diary entries record his social life along with observations on his extracurricular reading