Pirie and Sinclair Families Papers 1899-1981

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Pirie and Sinclair Families Papers 1899-1981

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Friends and neighbors, members of the Pirie and Sinclair families resided in eastern Bexar County, Texas. The son of Scottish immigrants, John Lang Sinclair (1869-1947) attended the University of Texas at Austin from 1899 until 1904. While there, he wrote "The Eyes of Texas are Upon You," which became the official school song. Letters, speeches, printed material, and photographs document the close relationship between the Pirie family and the neighboring Sinclair family. Several items in the collection relate to John Lang Sinclair.

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Pirie (Family : Bexar County (Tex.))

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Jessie Lee Pirie was born in Bexar County, Texas, on 1878 September 20. Her family had a close relationship with their neighbors, the Sinclairs, and Jessie corresponded with brothers John Lang and William Sinclair. She never married and lived her entire life in Bexar County, where she died on 1959 March 25 at the age of eighty. Jessie’s brother Wallace Dunbar Pirie was born on 1894 April 29. He resided in his family’s 1882 home his entire life. Pirie regularly lectured...

Sinclair (Family : Bexar County, Tex.)

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Sinclair, John Lang, 1879-1947

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John Lang Sinclair was born near Center Point, Texas, on November 26, 1879 and raised on a dairy farm in eastern Bexar County. Sinclair attended the University of Texas and was an active member of the university band and Glee Club; served as editor of the campus literary magazine and the literary section of the Cactus yearbook; and played football. In March 1903, Sinclair wrote the verse for "The Eyes of Texas," set to the tune of "I’ve Been Working on the Railroad," on a scrap piece of laund...

Sinclair, William, 1876-1954

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