Hattimarie Parks Davis papers

Collection — Container: Box 1

Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0229

Staff Only

Scope and contents

The Hattimarie Parks Davis Papers span the years 1971 to 2013, with the bulk dating from 2011 to 2012, and primarily document her involvement with Friendship Baptist Church. Serving as chair of the Women’s Auxiliary Committee during the church’s Sesquicentennial Anniversary, Hattimarie helped lead the efforts to raise funds for the Reverend Frank Quarles Gravesite Restoration Project, honoring the church’s first pastor, and organized a “Shower for Selina,” in celebration of First Lady Selina Quarles. Materials include meeting minutes, reports, financial records, committee member lists, invoices, programs, brochures, flyers, and a roster of charter members, along with Hattimarie’s StoryCorps interview notes, a biographical sketch of her father, A. Walter Parks, and a small number of family photographs. Additional items document the Sesquicentennial Anniversary, including invitations, steering committee minutes, congratulatory letters, programs from the Anniversary Service and Gala, a church history, and general programs and newsletters.

Dates

Creation: 1971-2013

Rights statement

All materials in this collection are either protected by copyright and/or are the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center, Inc., and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. For more information, please contact archives@auctr.edu.

Biographical note

Hattimarie Parks Davis was born in 1926 in Atlanta, Georgia, to A. (Andrew) Walter Parks and Hattie Brookins Parks. She graduated from Booker T. Washington High School and Spelman College in 1947, the same year she exhibited her sculpture, “Melancholy,” in the Atlanta Annuals. Hattimarie taught 4th and 5th grade in Atlanta and remained a dedicated member of Friendship Baptist Church, where she served on numerous committees. Her service included membership on the Deaconess Board, chairing the Women’s Auxiliary Committee during the Sesquicentennial Anniversary Celebration, participation in the Monday Morning Friends Committee, and founding the “Adopt a Grandparent Program.” Beyond the church, she was active in several organizations and social clubs, including Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., The Links Incorporated, the Smart Set, and the Bridge Club.