Discover Janesville: Geoffry Parker Interview + more

[welch]

Interview with Kenneth Parker's grandson about his great grandfather, George S. Parker, and some history of both Parker Pens and their original home, Janesville, Wisconsin.

(While the Parker family no longer owns the pen company, Geoffrey Parker describes himself as a "pack-rat" preserver of family and company papers. Fascinating interview. I haven't seen it linked anywhere else, but this interview deserves to be saved. FPG seems a good place. Youtube has a few other talks by Mr. Parker, although they have scrolled off to oblivion on another fountain pen site.)

Part 1:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3_O6PxlTZs

Part 2:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xdNj3z3TDA

Here is a talk Geoffrey Parker gave on "Growing Up Parker". More details on how and why Parker Pens grew.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-PN_IHj1yg

[kbrede]

Cool. I lived in Wisconsin a couple times in the early 90s. I was always going to try to tour the Parker factory, but never did. :(