Donated Mary Rosalind Parr's Photographs to the Boone County Historical Society

August 4, 2026

I’m pleased to share that I’ve donated three photographs of Mary Rosalind (Parr) Cunningham (1911–1995) to the Boone County Historical Society in Indiana.

The donation includes her high school portrait — also published in the 1927/1928 Lebanon High School yearbook — along with two additional studio photographs from the same period of her life. The Boone County Historical Society was the right choice for these photographs because of Mary’s life-long connections with the county.

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Mary Rosalind Parr school photograph posed on an old typewriter — Figure: School photograph of Mary Rosalind Parr on my desk.

FEATURED IMAGE: Vanessa Wood, “Typewriter,” photograph

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Vanessa Wood is a genealogical researcher and writer specializing in American family history, with particular depth in Southern states, California, and families with roots in the United Kingdom. She is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) and the National Genealogical Society (NGS), and holds a Certificate in Genealogical Research from Boston University. She is a First Prize winner of the 2026 Montana Family History Writing Contest and has 25+ published articles in journals including the National Genealogical Society Quarterly. Vanessa is the author of Pryor Wives: Stories of Family, Fortune, and Fiasco (2023), Board in Venice (2025), and The Kinship Papers, Vol. 1. Her books are available on Amazon.com. She can be contacted via email.