Cooper, Oscar Henry Papers 1880-1932,1940

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Cooper, Oscar Henry Papers 1880-1932,1940

Papers concern the career of Cooper(1852-1932), educator, administrator, author, who was active in establishing theUniversity of Texas and served as principal of Houston High School (1886), statesuperintendent of public instruction (1886-1890), superintendent of Galveston publicSchools (1891-1896), president of Baylor University (1899-1902) and of SimmonsCollege in Abilene (1902-1909), head of Cooper’s Boys School at Abilene (1909-1915),president of the Association of Texas Colleges (1923), and part-time professor ofhistory and philosophy of education at U. T. (1928-1930).

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