Seale, William

William Seale is a historian and author. He attended Southwestern University (BA 1961) and Duke University (MA 1964 and PhD 1965). He taught for several years at Lamar University, the University of Houston, the University of South Carolina and Columbia University. From 1973-1974 he was curator of cultural history at the Smithsonian Institution. The photographs in this collection are from his book Texas Riverman: the life and times of Captain Andrew Smyth .

From the guide to the William Seale Items 69-35., ca. 1844-ca. 1878, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)