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JAMES PARKES AND THE AGE OF INTOLERANCE

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The photographs featured in this exhibition are displayed with kind permission from the Special Collections team at the University of Southampton, where the papers of James Parkes are held.
Please click the images to view in full size and to find out more.
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![Parkes and siblings, David and Molly, 1904 [MS60/34/6 Box 1 Folder 1]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/05c766_757064a4a389497e82f88e69cd6294df~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_311,h_310,q_75,enc_avif,quality_auto/05c766_757064a4a389497e82f88e69cd6294df~mv2.jpg)
![Parkes and family, 1907 [MS60/34/6 Box 1 Folder 2]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/05c766_8d14b4c2d949401d81202c35267f70e7~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_311,h_310,q_75,enc_avif,quality_auto/05c766_8d14b4c2d949401d81202c35267f70e7~mv2.png)
![James Parkes in his military uniform, 1917 [MS60/34/6 Box 1 Folder 2]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/05c766_04f312b4b14040a78b0ecd29306011a7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_310,h_310,q_75,enc_avif,quality_auto/05c766_04f312b4b14040a78b0ecd29306011a7~mv2.jpg)
![James Parkes reading in his office, 1923 [MS60/34/6 Box 1 Folder 2]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/05c766_4392ca0ef4644107b8db0d044f456b5c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_311,h_310,q_75,enc_avif,quality_auto/05c766_4392ca0ef4644107b8db0d044f456b5c~mv2.jpg)
![James Parkes (centre) and friends, 1925 [MS60/34/6 Box 1 Folder 3]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/05c766_412b8a9d30d84deea5eda5bd941bbc86~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_311,h_310,q_75,enc_avif,quality_auto/05c766_412b8a9d30d84deea5eda5bd941bbc86~mv2.png)
![A sketch drawn by Parkes of the Octagon at Hertford College, Oxford [MS60/34/7]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/05c766_e0fe245949454d41b299f6026a4ef797~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_310,h_310,q_75,enc_avif,quality_auto/05c766_e0fe245949454d41b299f6026a4ef797~mv2.jpg)
![Parkes holding a bouquet of flowers, 1928 [MS60/34/6]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/05c766_8457de6c6ca54cee9d3b22e0b8c50ad1~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_311,h_310,q_75,enc_avif,quality_auto/05c766_8457de6c6ca54cee9d3b22e0b8c50ad1~mv2.jpg)
![Parkes with cats, c. 1930 [MS60/34/6]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/05c766_009c5fdcf07245d7874c3bd0abeaaed5~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_311,h_310,q_75,enc_avif,quality_auto/05c766_009c5fdcf07245d7874c3bd0abeaaed5~mv2.png)
![James Parkes in 1932 [MS60/34/6 Box 1 Folder 2]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/05c766_faf77f6415c740429d8dc1c3a02c5608~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_310,h_310,q_75,enc_avif,quality_auto/05c766_faf77f6415c740429d8dc1c3a02c5608~mv2.jpg)

![James Parkes making radio broadcasts during the Second World War [MS 60/34/6]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/05c766_ebc82391f83442fcb6b74a30a30f4eb7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_311,h_310,q_75,enc_avif,quality_auto/05c766_ebc82391f83442fcb6b74a30a30f4eb7~mv2.jpg)
![Portrait photograph of James Parkes [MS60/34/6 Box 1 Folder 4]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/05c766_a2e0dd341a3646489f2723c384718629~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_310,h_310,q_75,enc_avif,quality_auto/05c766_a2e0dd341a3646489f2723c384718629~mv2.jpg)



![Edmond de Rothschild speaking at the opening of the Parkes Library [MS/1/39]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/05c766_8592d1352b2e4454ab1392332026f36d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_311,h_310,q_75,enc_avif,quality_auto/05c766_8592d1352b2e4454ab1392332026f36d~mv2.jpg)


![A rare colour photo of James Parkes, playing cards [MS60/34/6 Box 2 Folder 2]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/05c766_3eb5d0b7b45944f8af23467d9a4b6977~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_311,h_310,q_75,enc_avif,quality_auto/05c766_3eb5d0b7b45944f8af23467d9a4b6977~mv2.jpg)
![An elderly James Parkes at his desk [MS60/34/6 Box 2 Folder 2]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/05c766_4be0763445e64d48be9475ea928d5f25~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_311,h_310,q_75,enc_avif,quality_auto/05c766_4be0763445e64d48be9475ea928d5f25~mv2.jpg)
![An elderly James Parkes in 1979 [MS60/34/6]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/05c766_bc3a1f479b294ef08914fc0e318c4158~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_310,h_310,q_75,enc_avif,quality_auto/05c766_bc3a1f479b294ef08914fc0e318c4158~mv2.jpg)