Scope and Contents The Bill Parker Photograph Collection contains photographs documenting Parker’s work acting and directing in St. Louis, particularly with the Southtown Players. Photographs show actors onstage; group portraits, including cast members in costume; and parties. Most actors and productions are unidentified. In addition, several photographs show Parker at a pool with Richard Gerichten and Ron Goode. Copies of two newspaper clippings promote Parker's work as the director of "The Man Who Came to...

Scope and Contents The collection consists of four theater programs from productions in which Bill Parker performed and directed. The productions date from ca. 1960 to 1974 and are arranged chronologically. The first three programs are productions performed by the Southtown Players during their tenure at the Richmond Theatre (1025 Big Bend Blvd., Richmond Heights): A Festival of Song (ca. 1960), The Man Who Came to Dinner (1962), and Dark of the...