Thompson, Jerry D., Papers 1968-2002

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Thompson, Jerry D., Papers 1968-2002

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Comprised of correspondence, legal documents, newspaper clippings, certificates, printed items, and photographs, the Jerry D. Thompson Papers, 1968-2002, chronicle Thompson’s research and career as an historian and professor at Texas A & M International University.

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Texas A & M International University. Dept. of History.

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Thompson, Jerry D.

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A professor of history at Texas A & M International University, Jerry D. Thompson received his bachelor’s degree from Western New Mexico University in 1964, his master’s from the University of New Mexico in 1968, and his doctor of arts degree in history from Carnegie-Mellon University in 1982. Thompson researches and writes on the American Civil War as well as the history of Texas and the southwest. A prolific writer, he has authored numerous books and articles on historical sub...

Texas Historical Commission

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The Texas State Historical Survey Committee was created on a temporary basis in 1953 (Senate Concurrent Resolution 44, 53rd Legislature, Regular Session) to administer a comprehensive state program for historical preservation; it was given more permanent status in 1957 (Senate Bill 426, 55th Legislature, Regular Session). The committee was composed of eighteen members appointed for six-year terms by the governor. It had the power to erect historical markers, to check the historical ...