William Allen Ward Papers 1918-1960 1920-1935

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William Allen Ward Papers 1918-1960 1920-1935

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Journalist with the , 1917-1920; the , 1920-1938; and the , 1938-1959. Published author of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry.Business and personal papers of William Allen Ward. Correspondence is primarily from publishers about his work and about financial matters. Manuscripts include short stories, children's stories, poetry, and non-fiction. Newspaper clippings are his published poems, historical articles about the settlement of Dallas and Oak Cliff that appeared in the and the , and short stories published under his own name and various pseudonyms. Also included are periodicals containing Ward's short stories and original cartoons by Jack "Herc" Ficklen and Bill McClanahan. Fort Worth Record Dallas Journal Dallas Morning News Dallas Journal Dallas Morning News

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Special Collections, The University of Texas at Arlington Library

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McClanahan, William J., 1907-1981

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Ficklen, Jack, 1911-1980

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Ward, William Allen, 1893-1959

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William Allen Ward was born on September 24, 1893, in Corsicana, Texas. Ward's childhood experiences, which included a trip in a covered wagon, influenced his work. In 1973, Ward took a position as a public school teacher in Fort Worth. By 1917, Ward had given up teaching to be a reporter for The Fort Worth Record . As a correspondent for The Fort Worth Record, Ward accompanied the Seventh Cavalry in the search for Pancho Villa along the border of Mexico. In 1920, Ward joined the st...