Wood, Ray, 1889-1964
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California Maritime Academy Cadet, class of 1958, Deck.
From the description of Oral history interview with Ray Wood [video recording], 2008. (California Maritime Academy, Library). WorldCat record id: 754876705
Ray Wood was born in Girard, Kansas on September 20, 1889 and died February 5, 1964 in Houston, Texas. His career included teaching, government employment and journalism. He first worked in Oklahoma and Arkansas but from 1946 until his death he worked for the Houston Chronicle. Wood specialized in folklore and published two books on the subject: "Mother Goose in the Ozarks" and "Mother Goose in Texas."
From the guide to the The Ray Wood Collection MSS 8., 1889-1969, 1950-1969, (Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library)
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Subjects:
- Teachers
- California Maritime Academy
- California Maritime Academy
- CMA
- CMA
- Folklore
- Haiti
- History
- Journalists
- Kuku Yalanji / Gugu Yalandji people (Y78) (Qld SD55-13)
- Land rights
- Land rights
- Merchant marine
- Mining industry
- Mining industry
- Settlement and contacts
- Sites
- Sites
- Soldiers
- Stories and motifs
- Stories and motifs
- Verse
- World War, 1914-1918
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- Wuthathi people (Y10) (Qld SC54-16)
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Places:
- Shelburne Bay (Qld Far North, NE Cape York SC54-16) (as recorded)
- Roaring Meg Creek / Falls (NE Qld SE55-01) (as recorded)
- Lockhart River (Qld NE Cape York SD54-04) (as recorded)
- Wujal Wujal / Bloomfield River (Qld SE Cape York SD55-13) (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
