Sidney Van Ulm Collection ca. 1920's - 1960's

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973

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Lyndon Baines Johnson, also known as LBJ, was born on August 27, 1908 at Stonewall, Texas. He was the first child of Sam Ealy Johnson, Jr., and Rebekah Baines Johnson, and had three sisters and a brother: Rebekah, Josefa, Sam Houston, and Lucia. In 1913, the Johnson family moved to nearby Johnson City, named for Lyndon''s forebears, and Lyndon entered first grade. On May 24, 1924 he graduated from Johnson City High School. He decided to forego higher education and moved to California with a few ...

Houston, Sam, 1793-1863

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Texas politician, soldier, and frontier hero. He was the first president of the Republic of Texas and served as a United States Senator for that state. From the description of Letter, ca. 1855. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122699442 From the description of Letter, 1859. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145435304 Sam Houston's colorful public life began with his heroic action during the war of 1812. He served as congressman and governor of Tennessee, spent years amon...

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York. He was the son of James (lawyer, financier) and Sara (Delano) Roosevelt. He married Anna Eleanor Roosevelt on March 17, 1905, and had six children: Anna, James, Franklin, Elliott, Franklin Jr., John. He received his B.A. from Harvard in 1904 and later attended Columbia University Law School. Roosevelt was admitted to the Bar in 1907 and worked for the Carter, Ledyard, and Milburn firm in New York City from 1907 to 19...

Fogle, Ray

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Samuels, Louis

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Harris, T. J.

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Crotty, Charles

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McVea, J. C.

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Slaughter, J. W.

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Mayfield, Earl B.

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Elledge, Raymond B.

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Cunringham, Al

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Trimble, Vance

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Smith, W. A.

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McCoy, Val Jean

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Starke, Fred

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Lykes, J. M.

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Moore, W. A.

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Montieth, Walter

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Benbow, Sidney

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Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917, to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy of Brookline, Massachusetts. John Kennedy, the second of nine children, attended Choate Academy (1932-1935), Princeton University (1935-36), Harvard College (1936-40), and Stanford Business School (1941). In 1940, he published a book based on his senior thesis entitled "Why England Slept." The book criticized British policy of Appeasement. In 1941, Kennedy enlisted in the Navy. In August 1943, Kenn...

Fishman, Joe S.

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Manfredini

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Wortham, Gus S.

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Dowdy, W. A.

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Meyer, Joseph F.

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Farrar, Ray M.

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Wooley, Fay

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Selph, Carey

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Colby, Frank

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McMahon, V. Lee

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Feagin, H. C.

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Bath, A. A.

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O'Leary, Wallace C.

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Allred, James

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Castro, Fidel, 1926-2016

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Fidel Castro (b. August 13, 1926, Birán, Cuba–d. November 25, 2016, Havana, Cuba) was a Cuban communist revolutionary and politician who governed the Republic of Cuba as Prime Minister from 1959 to 1976 and then as President from 1976 to 2008. Under his administration, Cuba became a one-party communist state, while industry and business were nationalized and state socialist reforms were implemented throughout society. The son of a wealthy Spanish farmer, Castro adopted leftist anti-imper...

Bagles, Tex

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Whitson, Walter F.

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McDlhannon, R. L.

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Rainey, Homer P. (Homer Price), 1896-

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Homer Price Rainey (1896-1985) was born in Clarksville, Texas, where he grew up in a poor farming family. He was valedictorian of his class at Lovelady High School in 1913. At the age of 19, he became a Baptist minister, and he served in the United States army during World War I. In 1919, Rainey earned his B.A. degree from Austin College and taught education there for three years before attending the University of Chicago, where he earned a master’s degree in 1923 and a doctorate in...

Baker, Burke

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Platt, Reginald

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Wier, Tom P.

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Deering, Francis

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Tarver, Charles L.

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Scott, Harry A.

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Kessler, W. F.

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Malone, Clayton E.

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Weis, Harry C.

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Benson, Phillip A.

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Hutchison, R. M.

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Peckinpaush, W. T.

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Galiano, John

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Painter, J. H.

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Lewis, George H. (George Henry), 1842-1913

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Title: 1st Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001026.0x00007c ...

Willisford, E. H.

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Carter, R. Bruce

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Tatum, J. H.

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Rosenthal, Morris

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Simpson, Mrs. G. E.

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Fantham, M. C.

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Sigal, Morris

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McGregor, Douglas W.

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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...

Player, T. T.

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Evans, J. W.

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Wilson, A. G.

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Mansell, W. H.

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Clayton, W. L.

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Giles, Harry

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Cochran, J. S.

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Moody, E. A.

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Van Ulm, Sidney

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Burkhart, Elmer

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Evans, Joseph W.

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Joseph W. Evans and his wife Emily (nee Scott) owned the Evans & Company cotton buyers and exporters which was organized in 1908. Evans & Company was a major business in Houston throughout the early 20th century and was located in the eminent Houston Cotton Exchange Building. As president of the Houston Cotton Exchange and Board of Trade, Mr. Evans worked to establish the Port of Houston's Houston Ship Channel as a main thoroughfare for cotton producers. His work...

Dreaper, John

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Connor, R. W.

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West, J. M.

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Sakowitz, Simon

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Beard, Norman H.

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Belk, Claude E.

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Richardson, George

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Leach, J. Sayles

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McDonald, L. B.

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Goyen, John

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Anderson, A. R.

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Potter, Hugh

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Hamburger, Phil

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Allred, James V., 1899-1959

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Jurist and governor of Texas. From the description of Proclamation of James V. Allred, 1937. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449510 ...

Martin, R. J.

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Buxton, A. A.

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Shepard, Virgil

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Allin, Ben

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Fite, J. A.

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Washington, George, 1732-1799

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George Washington (b. Feb. 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, Va.-d. Dec. 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, VA) was the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. Washington came from a family of farmers and landowners. He had little education but showed an aptitude for mathematics. He used this talent to become a surveyor. At 15, Washington took a job as assistant surveyor on a team sent to map the Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia. In his early 20s, Washington joined the Virgin...

Morris, Robert B.

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Morse, R. Emmett

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Towles, L. R.

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Moore, Carlton

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Porter, W. E.

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Kennedy, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1925-1968

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Robert Francis Kennedy (November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968), also referred to by his initials RFK and occasionally by the nickname Bobby, was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 64th United States Attorney General from January 1961 to September 1964, and as a U.S. Senator from New York from January 1965 until his assassination in June 1968. He was the brother of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Senator Edward Moore Kennedy. Kennedy and his brothers were born into a wealthy,...

Ward, James W.

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Moore, Edith L.

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Donohue, T. J.

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Houston Astros (Baseball team)

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Fugate, G. L.

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Meyer, Dutch

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Browne, J. W.

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Austin, Fred

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Pasche, Alden

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Ryan, William P.

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Cullen, Hugh Roy

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Mitchell, Jerry

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Kitts, Jimmie

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Taub, Ben

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Smith, Joseph S., 1900-1993

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Byron, George L.

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Carter, Bruce

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Hutchison, Sam

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Bryan, Chester

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Michael, Pete

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Connally, Tom, 1877-1963

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Thomas Terry Connally (1877-1963) represented Texas in the United States Congress for 35 years, serving in the House of Representatives from 1916 to 1929 and in the Senate from 1929 to 1953. Best known for his Senate career, Connally was an able debater whose major assignments were to the Senate Finance Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, of which he was chairman, 1941 to 1946 and 1949 to 1953. He was responsible for three national laws, which particularly affected Texas: the C...

Moody, Dan

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Neely, Jess

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Bertner, Phillip W.

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Foulke, Harry

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Cochran, W. S.

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Davidson, Al

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Millis, H. Lee

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Brennan, J. Earl

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Clarke, H. O.

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Thomas, Albert

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