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Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Bush, George, 1924-2018

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George Herbert Walker Bush (1924-2018) was Vice President of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and the 41st President of the United States from 1989 to 1992. He was born on June 12, 1924, in Milton, Massachusetts, to Dorothy Walker Bush and Prescott Bush (who was a Republican Senator from Connecticut from 1952 to 1962). He graduated from Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts on his 18th birthday, June 12, 1942. That same day, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy as a Seaman 2nd Class. Receiving ...

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 ...

Halbouty, Michel T.

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Cutrer, Lewis

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Blaffer, John H.

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McNeese, A. G. Jr.

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Strake, George W.

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Sheild, Fred W.

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Kinkaid School (Houston)

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Ellison, Samuel P., 1914-

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Hirsch, Maurice

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Webb, Harry Charles, 1919-

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American Institute of Professional Geologists

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Clark, Lester

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St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital (Houston, Tex.)

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Davis, Watson

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Flawn, Peter Tyrell

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Reistle, Carl E.

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Gonzalez, Richard J.

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Anderson, Robert M.

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McCollum, Leonard F.

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UT Geology Foundation

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Reistle, Carl E. Jr.

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American Society for Oceanography

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Houston museum of natural science

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Connally, John

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Bell, Olin G.

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Davis, Veta Moore

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Shivers, Allan

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Hurlbut, S. Finley

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Pratt, Wallace Everette, 1885-1981

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Wallace E. Pratt was born March 15, 1885, in Phillipsburg, Kansas. Pratt received four degrees from the University of Kansas (1908 [2], 1909, 1914) and was names a distinguished Service Citee in 1945. The Erasmus Haworth Distinguished Alumni Award was given to him in 1950. Pratt, the first geologist ever employed by Humble Oil, was considered by many to be one of world's foremost exploration geologists. Pratt acquired considerable land in far west Texas which he later gave to the National Park S...

Humble Oil and Refining Company

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American Petroleum Institute.

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Brown, George Rufus

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Brown, Jay H.

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Levine, Max

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RFE/RL

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American radio broadcasting organization operating Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty. From the description of RFE / RL corporate records, 1949-2005. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122385004 From the description of RFE / RL broadcast records, 1951-2005. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122384983 ...

Ransom, Harry Huntt, 1908-1976

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Harry Huntt Ransom (1908-1976) served as professor, dean, vice president, provost, president, and chancellor (1961-1971) of the University of Texas. A champion of library development, Ransom promoted the concept and construction of UT's Undergraduate Library and Academic Center and of the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, a renowned collection which includes rare books, literary manuscripts, and theater arts, film, and photography archives. From the guide to the Harry Huntt Ra...

Bass, Perry R.

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Davis family

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Eisenhower, Milton

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Thompson, Ernest O.

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Davis, Elizabeth B. (Elizabeth Brooks)

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Davis, Morgan Jones Jr.

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Murray, Grover

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Gibraltar Savings Association (Houston)

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Rowan, Arch H.

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Goldstein, August Jr.

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Brown, Herman

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Nixon, Maston

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Thomas, Albert

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Kayser, Paul

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UT Department of Geology

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Hill, Al G.

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Croneis, Carey, 1901-1972

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Geologist Carey Croneis joined the Rice University faculty in 1953, designed the Geology department, and held many other university positions, including provost, before he retired as chancellor emeritus on August 31, 1971. Croneis died in Houston on Jan. 22, 1972. From the description of Carey Croneis personal papers, 1929-1971. (Rice University). WorldCat record id: 56092122 ...

Landreth, Ed A.

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Sawtelle, George

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Wise, Watson W.

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Davis, James Harrison

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Baker, Hines H.

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Ramada Club (Houston)

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Southwestern Association of Petroleum Geologists

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Jones, Charles S.

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Geological society of America

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Lallinger, E. Michael

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Culberson, Olin Wellborn Nichols

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Olin Culberson was a Texas Railroad Commissioner known for championing the causes of independent oil producers. Culberson was born October 26, 1886 in Turnerville, Texas. He began his working life in the railroad yards at the suggestion of his relative Charles A. Culberson, Texas governor and U. S. Senator, before enlisting for World War I. Culberson returned to Texas and was elected Hill County Clerk and then County Judge. Culberson was then appointed examiner for the Commission in the late 193...

Davis, Morgan Jones

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Holman, Eugene

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Barrow, Leonidas T.

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Wheeler, O. C.

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Echols, Hugh Jr.

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Standard Oil Company of New Jersey

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Directed by Roy Stryker and his successors (1943 - 1963), the project depicts the operations of the oil industry throughout the world and its effect on life in the twentieth century. From the description of Picture Library, 1943-1950. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 191916439 Standard Oil Company of New Jersey was an oil company and holding company during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Standard Oil Company of New Jersey was originally formed in 1882 as a refining and...

Holcombe, Oscar, 1888-1968

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Oscar F. Holcombe (1888-1968) was elected eleven times as Mayor of Houston between 1921 and 1957. He was born in Mobile, Alabama on December 31, 1888. His family moved to Texas in 1891 and first came to Houston in 1907. When he first ran for mayor in 1921 he was an established lumberman and building contractor. During the 22 years he served as mayor the population of Houston increased from 140,000 in 1921 to almost 1 million in 1957. From the guide to the Oscar Holcombe Collection MS...

Davis, Morgan Jones, 1898-1979

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Morgan Jones Davis was born in Anson, Texas on November 19, 1898 to John Wesley and Gabrella (Jones) Davis. He grew up in Fort Worth, worked as a ranch hand on the Texas Cattle Ranch in 1915, and entered Texas Christian University in 1916 where he studied geology under Professor W. M. Winton. He left T.C.U. in 1918, served briefly in the armed forces, and returned to T.C.U. for one semester. Davis then came to the University of Texas and attended until 1921, when he took...