Harvey, Frances, papers 1836-1928

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Harvey, Frances, papers 1836-1928

The correspondence, literaryproductions, interviews, and thesis composing the Frances Harvey Papers, 1836-1928,document Harvey’s University of Texas master’s thesis research about life in Georgiaduring the Civil War and the migration of John Harveys and other southerners toTexas after the war.

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University of Texas at Austin.

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The University of Texas at Austin (UT) opened in 1883 with eight professors, four assistants, a proctor, and 221 male and female students. The first set of graduates, consisting of thirteen law students, attended UT commencement on June 14, 1884. By World War I, enrollment rose to 2,254 and by World War II to over 11,000. African Americans were admitted in 1950, and by 1966, there were 27,345 students. Over the next 40 years, the university continued to expand. In 2009 e...

Harvey, Frances

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In 1928, Frances Harvey earned an M.A. in history from the University of Texas at Austin. Harvey’s thesis discussed the migration of southerners into Texas during the Reconstruction era, from 1865 to 1880. From the guide to the Harvey, Frances, papers, 1836-1928, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin) ...