Nance, Joseph Milton, Papers 1875-1994

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Nance, Joseph Milton, Papers 1875-1994

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The Joseph Milton Nance Papers,1875-1994, reflect the career and family history of Nance and containcorrespondence, lectures, maps, classified files, edited drafts of books, businessrecords, financial ledgers, and Nance family documents. Joseph Milton Nance’sacademic correspondence, research notes, article and book drafts, classified files,and lectures, 1962-1994, document his research for publications on Texas history,his activities with the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) and other Texashistorical and educational organizations, as well as his teaching activities atTexas A&M University.

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